Delek US Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: DK) is an integrated downstream energy company headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee. Founded in 2001, the company has grown into a significant player in the U.S. energy sector, focusing on refining, logistics, and retail. Its refining segment processes crude oil into products like gasoline, diesel, jet ...Delek US Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: DK) is an integrated downstream energy company headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee. Founded in 2001, the company has grown into a significant player in the U.S. energy sector, focusing on refining, logistics, and retail. Its refining segment processes crude oil into products like gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and asphalt, serving major oil companies, independent refiners, and government entities. The logistics segment manages over 400 miles of crude oil pipelines and 450 miles of refined product pipelines, along with storage capacity of approximately 10.2 million barrels, ensuring efficient transportation and distribution. The retail segment operates 248 convenience stores, primarily in West Texas and New Mexico, offering fuel, food, and other services under brands like 7-Eleven, DK, and Alon. Financially, the company has shown resilience with a market cap of over $3.5 billion, a TTM revenue of $11.9 billion, and a net profit margin of 1.9%. With a focus on operational efficiency, Delek US continues to invest in its infrastructure, emphasizing renewable fuels and biodiesel production. The company employs over 1,900 full-time staff and is committed to delivering value to shareholders, as evidenced by its dividend payments. Under the leadership of CEO Avigal Soreq, Delek US aims to maintain its position as a competitive and sustainable energy provider.
Operator: Hello, everyone. Thank you for joining us, and welcome to the Delek US Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Call. [Operator Instructions] I will now hand the conference over to Robert Wright, EVP and CFO. Robert, go ahead.
Robert Wright: Good morning, and welcome to the Delek US Second Quarter Earnings Conference Call. Participants joining me on today's call will include Avigal Soreq, President and CEO; Mohit Bhardwaj, EVP, New Energy, Strategy and Investor Relations; as well as other members of our management team. Today's presentation materials can be found on the Investor Relations section of the Delek US website. Slide 2 contains our safe harbor statement regarding forward-looking information. As a reminder, this conference call will contain forward-looking information as defined under the federal securities laws, including statements regarding guidance and future business outlook. Any forward-looking statements made during today's call involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from today's comments. Factors that could cause actual results to differ are included in our SEC filings. The company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements. I will now turn the call over to Avigal for opening remarks. Avigal?
Avigal Soreq: Thank you, Robert. Good morning, and thank you for joining us today. I'm extremely pleased with our strong execution in the second quarter. The quarter further demonstrates our enhanced execution capabilities. First, we successfully navigated the volatility in crude and product markets caused by the event in the Middle East. Second, we made further progress in increasing our free cash flow profile and reducing our overall cost structure. This quarter reinforced the importance of discipline in maintaining safe and reliable operations and making thoughtful capital allocation decisions. This is especially important during periods of strong margins. We will continue to apply the same prudent approach across our business, capital deployment and corporate culture as we are creating sustainable long-term shareholder value. As I mentioned during the last earnings call, the events in the Middle East and East Europe has created many ripple effects in the markets. We continue to see steep liquidation, swing in crude differentials and shortage of transportation fuels. In the current environment, we continue to believe that access to crude, high distillate yield and, most importantly, the ability to respond quickly to changing in the market conditions are critical to maintaining operational flexibility and delivering strong performance. We plan to continue navigating this environment with measured approach by, first, mitigating risk; and second, capturing the opportunities offered by the market. Now I will cover some of our second quarter highlights and strategic initiatives in detail. Starting with refining. Our refining system operated well, demonstrated by all 4 refineries. …