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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000789460-26-000035"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WKC"
cik: "0000789460"
company_name: "WORLD KINECT CORP"
filed_at: "2026-07-23T20:29:31+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-23T20:30:05.583037+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# World Kinect Q2 2026: record gross profit $365M, raises FY adjusted EPS guidance to $3.20-$3.40

## Summary
- GAAP net income $48M ($0.94 diluted EPS); adjusted EPS $1.29, up 119% YoY.
- Aviation segment gross profit $208M (+51% YoY); Marine segment $80M (+195% YoY), both records.
- Raises FY 2026 adjusted EPS guidance to $3.20-$3.40 from $2.65-$2.85 (midpoint +20%).
- Increased quarterly dividend by 15%; repurchased $14M of common stock in Q2.
- Adjusted EBITDA $136M, up 55% YoY.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000789460-26-000035
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WKC
- cik: 0000789460
- company_name: WORLD KINECT CORP
- filed_at: 2026-07-23T20:29:31+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/789460/000078946026000035/0000789460-26-000035-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/789460/000078946026000035/wkc-20260723.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000789460-26-000035.txt

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