---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-23-035308"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WKC"
cik: "0000789460"
company_name: "WORLD KINECT CORP"
filed_at: "2023-10-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T09:13:54.249560+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# World Kinect Q3 revenue down 22%; net income down 18% to $35M, EPS $0.58

## Summary
- Gross profit down 13% to $281M; net income $35M (-18%); adjusted EBITDA $101M (-18%).
- GAAP and adjusted diluted EPS of $0.58, down 15% from $0.68 a year ago.
- Segment: Aviation GP $126M (-3%), Land GP $121M (+3%), Marine GP $35M (-54%).
- Generated $80M operating cash flow in Q3; balance sheet strengthened.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-23-035308
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WKC
- cik: 0000789460
- company_name: WORLD KINECT CORP
- filed_at: 2023-10-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/789460/000162828023035308/0001628280-23-035308-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/789460/000162828023035308/wkc-20231026.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-035308
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-035308.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-035308.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  WORLD KINECT CORP reported financial results for the third quarter of 2023.
  - Period: the third quarter of 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On October 26, 2023, World Kinect Corporation issued a press release reporting its financial results for the third quarter of 2023. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/789460/000162828023035308/0001628280-23-035308-index.htm

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