Casey's Bucks The Gloom As Sales, Stores And Stock Fuel Growth

Casey's General Store and gas station operation still largely sits in towns of less than 20,000.gettyIn sharp contrast with a lot of the gloom enveloping much of the retail sector, Iowa-based Casey’s General Stores ended its fiscal year on a high, with fourth-quarter earnings that it would be fair to say took a hammer to analyst expectations.The convenience store chain, which through new site development and acquisitions is rapidly approaching 3,000 stores across 19 states, also saw historic expansion durin ...