Core-Mark Hldg (CORE) 11 Nov 192019 Q3 Earnings call transcript

Hello and welcome to the Core-Mark Third Quarter 2019 Investor Call. My name is Shell and I will be your operator for today’s call. [Operator Instructions] Please note that this conference call is being recorded. I will now turn the call over to David Lawrence. David, you may begin.

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from Our next question comes Jefferies. from Mandeville Chris

now is line Your open.

mean? I that you’re of good sell-in, sales I you contributed us up could of Can for front, and missed seeing can that that that the Hey, NJOY your proactive Scott, what like us and a to sell-through overall likes help commentary I on vaping just versus little morning. on terms you looks of bit And apologize in seeing size comps it’s could seems Juul lot profitability contribution? appreciate to in today? what getting the be non-cigarette what promotional for highly maybe understand quarter. what the just on a maybe elaborate you but attention, will, your on if how maybe

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say a represented. haven’t out couple we you just estimations last at the category significant, it’s indication merchandise because as a years, growth. X was overall of would Definitely about the way is, think, of trend the we’ve, company comp, going Bobby you general approach number. So, that we’ve called if the best our of we I out called I’d impact. to sales good give for first put the think – over the it talked out to positive on saw his same-store growth our that we of, on you X Chris, the look half the quarters, know, specifically kind I what to, got that analysts,

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definitely that contributed still of to So is the plus Juul has but end of their the growth, at the day XX% category.

mentioned the third regulatory Juul environment that a in I softening And the goes see so of as the seen have started end comments little And we to started we fourth quarter. the right is quarter of first of have as goes, to a category got definitely as now. bit we and the

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in X% over still see up nicotine standpoint, revenue from total for an when sales total up still we Our But total were for you a sales the quarter or tobacco the quarter. up unit know, as were really in primary the of are driver of revenues. the between high. revenues. And impact that’s definitely And driver definitely QX it to carton in acceleration to in the X% the cartons was downgrade decline. sales The going

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guys. Thanks, Okay.

from from comes Stephens. question Bienvenu next Ben Our

Your line now is open.

thanks. Hey, Good morning.

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a good Ben. Yes. It’s question,

guidance X% think, they you I in X years. but I guiding acceleration the think, next clearly to at or are an our kind seen X% of X to previous we look have if

nicotine area I decline. has alternative the think a expansion clearly of of as that the contributed accelerated growth to

there’s think short in the with as see what run, definitely remarks, So we the I as my I think restrictions, in I some said happens headwinds.

industry uncertainty think provided regulatory short of I the in headwinds and all the has the some run. for

on as in XX% I restriction shops have vape the to I channel, you the which sales that’s over vape of time saw the was e-commerce flavors. the retailers of their think convenience online see on a or also, the flavors, going huge for last impact were shops, and

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expect the And are on there then can point a it I write in past, you either is Would be a or if have you question What regulation. banned, look to if you that your how inventory would treated? In channel Okay. to, would in or just follow-up sold-through in have you to that the be experience warehouses down? to flavors like? precedent to expect expect your

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to clear to we’ve our pretty not impact I any have path think, business. So a got

Okay, Thank you. that’s helpful.

Capital next Markets. Bania BMO Our from Kelly from comes question

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Hi, good here. Kelly morning. Bania

under questions nicotine category, maybe another there’s Just thought maybe ask process maybe – the of Because the would but it this – I maybe come declines seems way. I as going cigarette was nicotine question they’ve but carton little worse vape what’s lot the moderate, pressure know at in alternative a the just time. came almost a that on category guess, in on like and I’ll that given gotten that same

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Thanks guys. again. Hey

margin of would share? benefits, for you what it is the remaining much specifically earning just capture? And pricing, opposed, as profit gross going you initiative, are mentioned do in versus think the just sales how margin strategic XXXX I’m as into how expansion, recently, the that the mixed curious, On only And a to we seeing driver we just versus quarter, call about as really? initial this

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have so, over years. up about will bid next I that the partners solid that And come few for our feel really we

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in would M&A Chris, landscape. right the say say lot would that Yes, a landscape, I I there conversations of now the is across

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in in X% multiples them the future. see think, think I retail that’s the in X% you’ll range think, space. I the range, But the probably we’ve not like historically. you about to see I convenience talked And

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