World Kinect Q1 2023 Earnings Call Transcript

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April 27, 2023

There are 7 speakers on the call.

Operator

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by, and welcome to the World Fuel Services First Quarter 2023 Earnings Conference Call. My name is Gigi, and I will be coordinating the call this evening. During the presentation, all participants will be in a listen only mode. After the speakers' remarks, there will be a question and answer session. Instructions on how to ask a question will be given at the beginning of the Q and A session.

Operator

As a reminder, this conference is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to Mr. Glenn Klevitz, World Fuel's Vice President, Treasurer and Investor Relations. Mr. Klevitz, you may begin your conference.

Speaker 1

Thank you, Gigi. Good evening, everyone, and welcome to the World Fuel Services Q1 2023 earnings conference call, which Today's presentation is also available via webcast. To access this webcast or future webcasts, Please visit the World Fuel Services Corporation website and click on the webcast icon. With us on the call today are Michael Kasbar, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and Ira Burns, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. By now, you should have all received a copy of our earnings release.

Speaker 1

If not, you can access the release on our website. Before we get started, I would like to review World Fuel's Safe Harbor statement. Certain statements made today, including comments about World Fuel's expectations regarding future plans and performance are forward looking statements that are subject to a range of uncertainties and risks that could cause World Fuel's actual results to materially differ from the forward looking information. A description of the risk factors that could cause results to materially differ from these projections can be found in World Fuel's most recent Form 10 ks and other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. World Fuel assumes no obligation to revise or publicly release the results of any revisions to these forward looking statements in light of new information or future events.

Speaker 1

This presentation also includes certain non GAAP Financial measures as defined in Regulation G. A reconciliation of these non GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable GAAP financial measures is included in World Fuel's press release and can be found on its website. We will begin with several minutes of prepared remarks, which will then be followed by a question and answer period. As with prior conference calls, we ask that members of the media and individual private investors on the line At this time, I would like to introduce our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Michael Kaspar.

Speaker 2

Thank you, Glenn. Good afternoon, everyone. We appreciate you joining us today. The Q1 of 2023 This benefited from increased international airline passenger demand as many parts of the world were still experiencing pandemic related travel restrictions, which did not fully ease until the latter part of the year. Aviation has also benefited from the inventory risk mitigation efforts In response to the extreme price volatility experienced in 2022, which negatively impacted our aviation results through the first half of last year.

Speaker 2

We experienced continued growth of our diversified business in general aviation offerings, including products and services ancillary to our core fuel supply, such as trip support services and de icing fluid, which also contributed meaningfully to the year over year increase in aviation profitability. Many of the services and digital offerings we provide to these customers form integral parts of a broader aviation ecosystem that connects us intimately with our customer base. This connectivity has proven to be more resilient to short term economic weakness than traditional fuel sales, which is why our investment in an expansion of these lines of business over the past several years has been a primary strategic focus. Looking forward, this is a key underpinning of our digital growth strategy. We believe that by expanding our portfolio of digital offerings Across all of our businesses, we can not only engage more deeply with our customers, but also improve the ratability of our revenue sources and reduce the capital intensity of our offerings to deliver enhanced returns.

Speaker 2

We are also focused on implementing advanced technologies to integrate our processes and make us easier to do business with, further enabling us to be the counterparty of choice in the markets we serve. On previous calls, I emphasized our efforts over the last several years to sharpen our portfolio and maximize returns, which resulted in the reorganization of our marine business. These actions have positioned our business to be able to weather the inevitable of the global shipping industry through a lower cost structure that enables us to generate respectable financial returns in down markets, while preserving the ability to provide value in volatile and credit constrained markets, especially when demand strengthens. While the high fuel prices witnessed throughout much of 2022 began to ease in the Q1 of 2023, the marine business nevertheless benefited from the elevated interest Both our aviation and marine businesses have benefited from our ability to leverage our strength and stability as a preferred and reliable counterparty to support our customers' fuel and financing requirements amidst an increasingly constrained and costly credit environment and a continued period of heightened supply and logistical uncertainty. While our land fuels business was liquid land fuel business was impacted by extreme weather in North America, Our Gas Power and Sustainability businesses performed well.

Speaker 2

Our Liquid Land and World Connect Sustainability businesses Following the common operating model we have in Aviation and Marine and we are now enhancing our products and services, Realigning teams, hiring top talent where needed and leveraging our digital capabilities to build out a similar solutions ecosystem. I continue to be optimistic about our liquid land, gas, power and sustainability businesses becoming a larger and very complementary contributor to our overall business. In closing, while we continue to focus on driving growth and efficiencies in our conventional fuels business activities, which remain critical to our success for years to come. We recognize the evolving needs of our customers and growing global demand for sustainable solutions. We therefore continue to focus on building our lower carbon fuel As well as a growing suite of other sustainability related products and services, we are continuing to build a business that not only thrives in the present, but also paves the way for an even brighter future.

Speaker 2

All of our successes to date are due to the collective efforts of every individual in our organization And these are the same individuals who will lead us to a greener tomorrow in more ways than one. Thank you for your continued support. I'll now turn the call over to Ira for a review of our financial results.

Speaker 3

Thank you, Michael, and good evening, everyone. Before I walk through our Q1 results, please note that while there were no adjustments to GAAP results in this year's Q1, that's correct, Ken, no adjustments. The comparative prior year numbers do exclude the impact of non operational items, principally acquisition related expenses and integration costs, all highlighted in our earnings release. To assist you in reconciling the results published in our earnings release, the breakdown of Last year's non operational items can be found on our website and on the last slide of today's webcast presentation. Now let's continue with the financial highlights.

Speaker 3

Consolidated revenue for the Q1 was $12,500,000,000 that's up 1% compared to the Q1 of last year. Consolidated volume for the Q1 was 4,500,000,000 gallons and gallon equivalents, effectively flat with the prior year. I'll talk a bit more about gallon equivalents shortly. Adjusted EBITDA for the Q1 was $87,000,000 That's an increase of $12,000,000 or 16% compared to the Q1 of last year. Adjusted first quarter net income and earnings per share were 20 1st quarter volume in our Aviation segment was 1,800,000,000 gallons.

Speaker 3

That's an increase of 7% compared to the Q1 of 2022. The volume increase in the Q1 was principally driven by a further year over year increase in commercial passenger activity. Looking forward and considering the significantly higher interest rate environment, we are placing an even greater emphasis on generating commensurate returns, which may temper volume growth over the next few quarters. However, we remain confident in our opportunities to drive profitability in aviation over the balance of the year. Our land segment volume was 1,600,000,000 gallons or gallon equivalents in the Q1.

Speaker 3

That's a slight decline of 1% compared to the Q1 of last year. As a reminder, this gallon equivalent amount comprises liquid fuel activity as well as a growing contribution from natural gas and power volume, which represented approximately 1 third of the aggregate land volume reported for the Q1. While volume in our North American liquid fuel business was negatively impacted By adverse weather during the quarter, including 2 record atmospheric rivers, which drenched parts of Flyer's territory on the West Coast, We were pleased to see natural gas activity offset this decline, which benefited from increased demand and a growing customer base. And lastly, volume in our Marine segment for the Q1 was 4,300,000 metric tons. That's a 9% decrease year over year, driven principally by a softening container market.

Speaker 3

Consolidated gross profit for the Q1 was $263,000,000 That's an increase of $32,000,000 or 14% year over year. Our Aviation segment Contributed $101,000,000 of gross profit in the Q1, an increase of $36,000,000 or 57% Compared to last year's Q1 results, when as you recall, we were negatively impacted by the backwardated jet fuel market that commenced in a significant way in the latter half of last year's Q1. We also benefited from strong growth in our business and general aviation activities. As we look ahead to the Q2, we anticipate a significant seasonal increase in aviation gross profit with year over year results Our Land segment delivered gross profit of $110,000,000 in the Q1. That's a decrease of $10,000,000 or 8% year over year.

Speaker 3

As already mentioned, extreme weather events during the Q1 resulted in both volume and gross profit declines in our core liquid fuel activities in North America. Reduced volatility and somewhat warmer weather also negatively impacted the year over year comparison of our U. K. Land results. And partially offsetting these declines were strong increases in profitability in our Connect natural gas power and sustainability related offerings.

Speaker 3

For the Q2, we anticipate land gross profit to be flat sequentially, but down from the Q2 of 2022 when our U. K. Operations continue to benefit from significant market volatility. The Marine segment generated 1st quarter gross profit of $52,000,000 That's an 11% increase when compared to the Q1 of last year. While bunker fuel prices have declined, marine benefited from a As we look ahead to the 2nd quarter, Margins are expected to remain well ahead of historical averages.

Speaker 3

However, gross profit is expected to decline sequentially, driven principally by flattening prices and reduced market volatility. Consolidated operating expenses were $198,000,000 in the first quarter, below the low end of the guidance provided on last quarter's call. Looking ahead to the Q2, we expect operating expenses will be in the range of 204 $208,000,000 The anticipated sequential increase principally relates to increased variable compensation related to the expectation of a significantly higher consolidated results in the 2nd quarter. I already mentioned our Q1 adjusted EBITDA earlier, But our year over year adjusted trailing 12 month EBITDA was also up significantly, increasing 56% year over year to $392,000,000 our highest level of trailing 12 month EBITDA since the Q1 of 2020. This year over year increase is inclusive of the benefit of the Flyers acquisition completed start the year in 2022.

Speaker 3

Interest expense in the Q1 was $34,000,000 in line with our guidance on last quarter's call, but up $20,000,000 from last year's Q1 when interest rates were still materially lower. Fees associated with our receivable sales activity again comprised approximately 40% of our total interest costs in the Q1. We expect our consolidated interest expense for the 2nd quarter to be flat to modestly down sequentially and we remain focused on opportunities to reduce our current run rate of interest expense. Our adjusted effective tax rate for the Q1 was 16% compared to 20% for the Q1 and full year in 2022. As I mentioned on last quarter's call, we believe our 2023 full year tax rate will remain generally consistent with 2022.

Speaker 3

However, our quarterly rates may vary as evidenced by the lower rate in this year's Q1. During the Q1, We generated positive operating cash flow of $143,000,000 driven by lower fuel prices and solid focus on and management of all components of working capital, including accounts receivable, inventory and accounts payable. While it will not be easy to repeat the strong results in the 2nd quarter with average fuel prices already up 6% to 7% from the 1st quarter, We remain focused on delivering solid cash flow for the full year, contributing to overall liquidity and returns. And our liquidity profile remains strong with significant availability under our revolving credit facility. This positions us well to pursue growth opportunities while maintaining very important financial flexibility.

Speaker 3

So despite it being a seasonally weak quarter for us in the Q1, We delivered solid overall results. Aviation delivered very strong performance in what is traditionally the weakest quarter for air travel. While our land liquid fuels activity in North America was impacted by extreme weather, our natural gas and power businesses continued to perform well. Marine continued to outperform historical averages with very strong operating margins. And we are now entering our seasonally strongest second and third quarters and remain optimistic about our opportunities to deliver strong results for the full year.

Speaker 3

On the corporate development side of the house, We have expanded our team who are busy analyzing a growing pipeline of synergistic conventional fuel opportunities as well as a growing number of opportunities to complement our existing suite of sustainability solutions in World Connect. And our focus on operating margin improvement continues. I frequently remind our team how many gallons of fuel we need to sell to cover each and every expense we incur, so that every member of our organization thinks critically about how each activity and cost contributes to our overall financial performance. We are scrutinizing every aspect of our business to identify areas to eliminate waste and drive greater process efficiencies. And we therefore remain confident in our ability to achieve or even surpass Our longer term articulated goals for operating margin improvement.

Speaker 3

And finally, we remain confident in our ability to continue to navigate challenges and capitalize on opportunities. Our strong balance sheet combined with our continuing commitment to profitable growth positions us well for continued success And we remain steadfast in our commitment to delivering value to our shareholders, customers and employees. Thank you. I will now turn the call back over to our wonderful operator, Gigi, for the Q and A session.

Operator

Thank You will then hear an automated message advising your hand is raised. If your question has been answered and you would like to withdraw your registration, We will pause for just a moment to compile the Q and A roster. Our first question comes from the line of Ken Hoexter from Bank of America.

Speaker 4

Hey, great. Good afternoon, Ira, Michael, Glenn. So just a couple from me on Let's start on land. I guess, Ira, you talked about the harsh weather. Are you back up and running?

Speaker 4

Should we look at kind of the run rate there getting back to Normal obviously, typically middle of the year tends to be stronger some years weaker in others with the UK, I guess balanced out now with your acquisition, Seems like the middle of the year should get stronger. So maybe just talk us through how you think about land going forward?

Speaker 3

The Fires in the mix, obviously, the weather conditions have improved that happened during, I believe months of February March, in that business, we generally see seasonal strength as we get into the second and third quarter and We think that'll be that'll generally be the case again. At the same time, the strongest periods for the UK business Our Q4 and the Q1, so we generally see a drop off. Obviously, the heating oil business drops off dramatically in Q2. So Yes, some pluses and minuses, but nothing extraordinary or out of the ordinary in the Q2 compared to Historical trends.

Speaker 4

Okay. By the way, I just wanted to say before I get started, congrats on so many things, Ira, but Not just the fact that there's no adjustments, but now that jets have gotten Brett Favre Version 2 of Aaron Rodgers, Should be a good year. Thank you. The interest expense, can you kind of dig into what you were talking about there? Obviously, we just look at it straight up, you've got a 17% rate just on your debt, but you're talking about throwing in there you've got the accounts receivable thrown in there, but you were talking about Maybe holding this despite debt coming down that your level your interest expense should be flat.

Speaker 4

So maybe walk us through what's in the makeup there?

Speaker 3

Remember, over the 1st few months of the year, interest rates were still rising. They hopefully have that's hopefully Stock except for maybe the other 25 basis points next month. So that's where the flat comes from. We do not have a 17% Rate on our debt, that's the reason that I've been sharing the percentage of the interest related to the receivable sales. Our average rate on debt is just under 7%, Glenn.

Speaker 3

So we're working at that number is still obviously a lot higher than where it was when Interest rates were at historical lows, but as evidenced by this quarter, we're working really hard to drive cash flow as best And bring down our trade cycle, which should help us reduce interest expense a bit going forward. And it's a little easier, your rates don't keep going up. But for the moment, our run rate is what our run rate is. So we'll probably be a little bit lighter In Q2 and then hopefully come down a little bit more in the second half of the year as I mentioned last quarter.

Speaker 4

Okay. My last one and then I'll turn it over to Ben is just on your OpEx Target, right, your $204,000,000 to $208,000,000 in next quarter. Can you walk us through, is that now your kind of run rate If we're looking out from there, is there obviously, if you're jumping up, is there something that's running it up and maybe just talk about What's in it and how we should think about it going forward?

Speaker 3

It's a great question, Ken. Thanks. Look, there are certain elements of Variability in our expenses on a quarterly basis that are tied to the level of profitability. One of those, the example that I shared In my prepared remarks is variable compensation, so that's not spread like peanut butter over the course of the year. It's More directly correlated with the profit contribution by quarter.

Speaker 3

So we generally will see a bump in expenses assuming everything else was constant in Q2, that number will probably be a little bit higher in Q3, which is expected to be an even stronger quarter and then should come down a bit in Q4. So very consistent with the trend of our results on a quarterly basis, the way that you have them Modeled out.

Speaker 4

Perfect. Thank you so much. Have a great afternoon. Appreciate the time.

Speaker 3

Thanks. Good, Jess.

Operator

Thank you. One moment for our next question. Our next question comes from the line of Ben Nolan from Stifel.

Speaker 4

Thank you, Chi Chi.

Speaker 5

By the way, let me start off by just mentioning that I really The tweaks that you guys did do the presentation and your remarks, I mean, are very, very helpful. So good job on that and I appreciate it. My first question is related to conceptually the margins and you talked a little bit about this Ira But pushing for higher margins in the aviation business, it looks like that has been pretty well done or executed in the marine But maybe a little bit less so on the land and on the aviation side. I'm just trying to understand if there's something structural because your cost of Business has gone up with interest rates and it would seem like you should be able to pass that through to your customers. Is there something that sort of inhibits your ability to do that in a few of those categories?

Speaker 3

Sure. Great and important questions. So I'll try to be as clear as possible in my response. If you start with marine, of course, we all know we had a phenomenal year next year, which was impacted by A couple of things, honestly. One was tremendous amount of volatility, record prices, but also rising interest rates.

Speaker 3

And we're able to address that head on and more immediately in marine because as we've said Over and over again over the years is marine is generally a spot business. So when I am I'm not doing it personally, but when we're quoting A customer, we can react to market conditions every day, every hour of the day. And of course, if interest rates are moving up, we could factor that into our thinking and our return hurdle rates, etcetera, on a very regular basis. In aviation, in a large part of the aviation, commercial Cargo, etcetera, most of that activity, very large percentage of that activity is under annual contract. A very large percentage of those annual contracts rollover on the 1st July.

Speaker 3

Some of them in Europe are Rolling over this quarter, but a very large percentage rollover in July. So over the course of July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023, The margin is what the margin is, right? As those contracts come due in this higher interest rate environment, Being focused as we always are on returns, we're obviously hyper focused Making sure that those returns don't deteriorate and actually we hopefully catch up a bit as we're able to price The current interest rate into our return criteria and try to drive higher markets. One of the reasons I mentioned in my remarks that volume may be tempered a little bit where we can't do that. In some cases, we may forego some volume Upon renewal.

Speaker 3

And there's also the other lever is terms, right? It may not always be Achieved by getting a higher cent per gallon number in a customer engagement, but that number could stay the same in some circumstances And we may have tighter terms and therefore have a positive contribution to the interest line. So we can mix and match that way. So it's all about Increased acceptable level of returns in this interest rate environment. So we've certainly raised the bar there as rates have gone up.

Speaker 3

Land is a bit more of a mixed bag. Land, you've got some spot business, where many parts of flyers are spot. Yes, we have seen our core margin per gallon in land, 2022 was higher than 2021 and Q1 of 2023 was higher than 2022. So we are, in parts of that business able to achieve a higher margin. There's a part of that business, which is the retail gas station distribution.

Speaker 3

Much of that is over contracts that span many, many years where we don't have the ability to go in and reprice On a regular basis, that's a business where the way that we achieve the return that we need in this higher environment has to be achieved By driving greater operating efficiencies, right. So there are different levers for different parts of the business, but overall, We've clearly gotten the offset in marine. We have a chance to get some higher margins in Aviation in the second half of the year. And then obviously, same goes for Most of the land business except for that retail segment.

Speaker 4

Okay.

Speaker 3

Does that help?

Speaker 5

It does. That's a good explanation. I appreciate it. I had just a couple more. I wanted to circle back real quick on the tax side.

Speaker 5

What did you say was the annualized tax rate that you were

Speaker 3

Same as last year, I think we were lower this quarter. We'll probably be a little bit higher than the annual for The balance of the year, but it should annualize out to the same 20% or so, maybe 21% Compared to last year where we were actually also at 20.

Speaker 5

Okay. And any sense as to how as you said the Q1 was low, any sense With respect to the Q2, if there's any nuance that would move it one direction or the other?

Speaker 3

If I had to guess, it will be a little over 20, but it's more likely to be a little over 20 than under in the second quarter.

Speaker 5

Okay. And then as it relates to the Aviation business, appreciating the whole pricing dynamic that you just talked about, but I know typically the peak season for that is in the second and third quarter as you have a lot of vacation travel in Europe and that sort of thing. What's your sort of view or what are you hearing from your customers about What they're expecting for fuel demand aviation on the aviation side over the next 2 quarters or so?

Speaker 3

Look, I think in many markets, we've Pretty much the full recovery from pre pandemic, but despite all maybe I'm providing a personal view here, All the fears of recession and conversations around that, I think a lot of people, including myself, are still Getting on planes very regularly and I think the summer travel season in Europe, which was very strong last year is expected to be strong this year. So I think The volume story is still pretty good. The acceleration is not going to be near what it was the last 5 or 6 quarters rebounding from the pandemic. But I think just kind of core macro volume opportunities, most particularly in North America and Europe, are still strong. We're seeing a little bit of softening on the business and general aviation side that had a big boost During the pandemic when those that could afford it preferred to travel private to avoid masking up, etcetera.

Speaker 3

But obviously that's waned and many of those types of customers have reverted back to commercial travel. So On the commercial side, I think strong on the business and general aviation side, maybe a little bit weaker, but that's a lower volume number. So I would say reasonably strong. Our results may be a bit different than that. Again, if Certain business doesn't meet our return criteria.

Speaker 3

We're willing to give up a little volume for the sake of Driving profitable growth.

Speaker 5

Okay. And then lastly for me, I appreciate you bearing with me here, but I was curious on capital allocation. You have been reducing the leverage, Which makes sense in a higher interest rate environment. There hasn't been much in the way of buybacks lately. As you move forward to generating pretty good levels of free cash flow, just sort of what's the best home For that cash flow from here?

Speaker 3

Always a tough question. In this interest rate environment, maybe I'm making a political statement, Buybacks aren't as accretive as they were when rates were 0. And I think we generally prefer to allocate A great percentage of our capital to driving our core business. I mentioned our corp dev team growing. We actually now have someone specifically focused The sustainability related side of our business, so there's a huge pipeline of inorganic opportunities.

Speaker 3

We want to keep our powder dry for that. And then of course, there's the dividend, right? So we always consider buybacks. We've been pretty consistent over the last few years. That's not necessarily a message about this year in terms of buying back enough shares to cover the dilutive impact Of employee equity awards, so we'll continue to consider that, but no meaningful promises for What we may throw into that bucket in 2023.

Speaker 5

Understood. Appreciate it. And again, I do like the tweaks that you

Speaker 4

guys have made. Very helpful.

Speaker 3

Thanks, Dan. Appreciate the comments.

Operator

Thank you. One moment for our next question. Our next question comes from the line of Pavel Molchanov from Raymond James.

Speaker 6

Thanks for taking the question. Pleasure to be on your call for the first time. Can we get an update on World Connect, please?

Speaker 2

So World Connect is a business we started our journey A long time ago, by investing in a business that had Sophistication in the natural gas business in the U. S. And that was in 2012. And we acquired a number of companies. The most notable one was Bergen Energy in 2015, which handles a lot of power business and renewable energy certificates.

Speaker 2

GEOS is In the Renewable Energy Solutions business, it does a great job in Europe and we're expanding that now in the U. S. With de novo operations in Asia and Latin America. We're using our global platform to continue to Follow our land based customers with any number of different services on-site solar offsets, Energy Efficiency, Carbon Footprint Reporting. So it's continuing to grow.

Speaker 2

We've been adding a tremendous amount of talent to that part of the business. As Ira commented, we've got a pipeline of targets there. Presently, we've been growing that organically. But And then also investing in future fuels, putting a little bit of money, but a reasonable amount of time again following our customers and Looking to make sure that we're a fast follower on those emerging future fuels, But most notably focusing on on-site solar renewable energy solutions, within those two Sustainability Businesses, we've developed their natural gas business in the U. S.

Speaker 2

And that's been growing materially in the last several years in our Power business. So I think It's probably a good opportunity to talk about what we're doing there. So we're a physical power supplier in the Nordics and Netherlands Working in the B2B market, so we sit between the grid and the consumers of electricity and we're providing scheduling, balancing, forecasting services And we handle some of their risk management. And then we're acting more and more as an off taker Power producers, wind farms and others where we're buying their daily production and selling it back to the grid. So that's what we're doing most notably in Europe on power.

Speaker 2

On the natural gas side, it's Offering natural gas supply, dealing with the risk management in the B2B side, again scheduling, balancing, forecasting, Ensuring logistics around the product, and then some financial optimization we'll do on our own account. So that was the commodity side of it And we continue to develop that and sourcing demand in Asia, Latin America. It's an important part of the business. It's growing at a pretty good clip. We'd like to continue To supersize that a bit more, so that's basically World Connect on our sustainability.

Speaker 2

I probably forgot a couple of things. Ira, anything you want to add?

Speaker 3

So just to try to frame that in numbers a little bit, Pavel. As Mike said, it's been growing. So in the Q1, about 25% of lands gross profit related to The natgas and power activity and the sustainability and advisory services. So that's grown. It's still A relatively small number from a consolidated standpoint, but it's grown significantly from where it was just a short time ago.

Speaker 3

So It's moving forward on a pretty steady clip and dropping more to the bottom line as well. And that's an area where we'll continue to invest.

Speaker 6

Appreciate all that detail. Let me zoom in on kind of an emerging markets angle of your, I suppose all three businesses, but perhaps most notably in Aviation. A lot of the EM currencies, I'm thinking, Argentinean peso,kish lira are literally all time lows against The dollar right now, to what extent is that hurting demand for imported fuel in those

Speaker 2

Markets. Kevin, a fake it answer here. Listen, it's not something that I'm aware of as being a topic, certainly not anything that's been brought up Any of our sort of meetings, so but Ira, do you have maybe you've got a little bit of color on that or?

Speaker 4

I would

Speaker 3

say, I'm Not sure exactly what the full angle there Pavel is, but most of our activity around the world on the fuel side regardless of jurisdiction And we're talking about a lot of jurisdictions, right, because we're selling fuel in over 200 countries and territories around the world is U. S. Dollar based. So the FX side of the equation may have some indirect impacts, but we're buying and selling in U. S.

Speaker 3

Dollars Almost everywhere. We do have some foreign currency denominated activity, but on the fuel side, it's mostly USD.

Speaker 4

But I

Speaker 2

think as you're looking at obviously Russia and what's going on in terms of just different markets, I'm sure there's any number of activity there, but that's not something that we're zeroed in on or it's not anything that is mainstream for us that I know of.

Speaker 6

Okay, clear enough. Thank you, guys.

Speaker 3

Thanks for dialing it, Pavel. Appreciate it.

Operator

Thank you. Mr. Kasbar, there are no further questions at this time. I will now turn the call back to you for closing remarks.

Speaker 2

Well, this is not necessarily closing remark. In terms of our land business, You asked the question earlier and it's off to a bit of a start with the weather. But It's a well run business. The Flyers team is great addition. We've brought on some additional And I'm really just emphasizing the comments that I had in my prepared Statements.

Speaker 2

So, feel strongly about the fact that we're modeling those offers And the business and the processes against our well run Marine and Aviation business. So while it's not An exact sort of overlay, there is a lot of commonality that we're going to leverage off of our marine and aviation organizational design. At the end of the day, we're moving molecules. We're dealing with the logistics where the customer is coming to us in our card locks. We're going to the customer and wholesale business to their retail stations.

Speaker 2

So That business has taken a long time to be the 4th and 5th leg of the stool, but I'm optimistic that it will be. And we'll be reporting back to you on a quarter by quarter basis. So I just wanted to sort of emphasize that. Obviously, We can't control the weather, but that business will start to produce. In any case, thanks very much.

Speaker 2

Appreciate you spending time with us and look forward to talking with you next quarter. And thanks to the fantastic team that we have. It's a pleasure working with you every day. Thanks to our shareholders. Thanks very much.

Speaker 2

Take care.

Operator

Ladies and gentlemen, that does conclude the conference call for today. We thank you for your participation and ask that you please disconnect your

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