AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · World Kinect (WKC)

World Kinect posts Q1 2025 net loss of $21 million as revenue falls 14%

Mixed Impact 4 of 5 earnings Written later

World Kinect reported a first-quarter 2025 GAAP net loss of $21 million, or $0.37 per diluted share, compared with net income of $27 million, or $0.45 per share, a year earlier. Revenue fell 14% to $9.45 billion and gross profit fell 9% to $230 million, while adjusted diluted earnings per share rose to $0.48 from $0.47. The loss includes a $44.5 million asset impairment and $15.0 million of restructuring charges, and the company expects an additional estimated pre-tax loss of $65 million from the April 9, 2025 sale of its U.K. land fuels business.

Key points

  • GAAP net loss of $21 million, or $0.37 per diluted share, versus net income of $27 million, or $0.45 per diluted share, in the first quarter of 2024
  • Revenue of $9.45 billion, down 14%; gross profit of $230 million, down 9%
  • Adjusted diluted EPS of $0.48, up from $0.47; Land segment gross profit fell 19% to $79 million
  • U.K. land fuels business sale completed April 9, 2025, with an additional estimated pre-tax loss of $65 million expected in the second quarter of 2025

The filing

CompanyWorld Kinect (WKC)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECApr 24, 2025, 4:20 PM ET
Accession number0001628280-25-019679

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

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