HF Sinclair Corporation Reports 2023 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results

Rhea-AI Summary

HF Sinclair Corporation (NYSE:DINO) reported a net loss in Q4 2023 but showed strong full-year results. They returned over $1.3 billion to shareholders, increased quarterly dividend to $0.50 per share, and focused on maximizing shareholder value. The company highlighted their commitment to executing corporate strategy and improving reliability across their portfolio.

Positive

• None.

Negative

• Refining segment reported a loss due to lower refinery gross margins and decreased EBITDA in Q4 2023 compared to the same period in 2022.
• Renewables segment also reported a loss in Q4 2023 with decreased EBITDA compared to Q4 2022.
• Marketing segment income decreased in Q4 2023 compared to the same period in 2022.
• Lubricants & Specialties segment income decreased in Q4 2023 due to a FIFO charge from higher priced feedstock inventory consumption.
• Cash and cash equivalents decreased by $861.0 million from September 30, 2023, to December 31, 2023.
• Consolidated debt was reported at $2,739.1 million in Q4 2023.

Insights

Financial Analyst

The reported net loss of HF Sinclair for the fourth quarter, juxtaposed with the adjusted net income, presents a complex picture for stakeholders. While the net loss may initially seem alarming, the adjustments for non-cash inventory valuation suggest that underlying business operations remain profitable. The significant decrease in the reported EBITDA from the fourth quarter of the previous year indicates a challenging market environment, likely driven by compressed refining margins and operational challenges.

The company's strategy to return capital to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases is noteworthy. This approach can be seen as an effort to maintain investor confidence and share value, even as operational profitability faces pressure. However, the reduction in cash and cash equivalents raises concerns about liquidity and the sustainability of shareholder returns if the company's operational headwinds persist.

The increase in the regular quarterly dividend, despite the reported loss, could be interpreted as a positive signal to the market, reflecting management's confidence in the company's long-term financial health. However, it is imperative to monitor future cash flows and earnings to assess the prudence of this decision.

Market Research Analyst

The performance of HF Sinclair's refining segment is indicative of broader trends in the energy market. The reported 41% decrease in refinery gross margins reflects the volatility in the oil and gas sector, potentially influenced by fluctuating crude oil prices and demand dynamics. The reduction in crude oil charge compared to the previous year suggests a slight decrease in operational throughput, which may be attributed to market conditions or strategic operational adjustments.

HF Sinclair's renewables segment also reported losses, which could be a result of the nascent state of this market and the costs associated with scaling up production. However, the increased sales volumes year-over-year imply growing demand for renewable fuels, which may bode well for future profitability as the segment matures and benefits from economies of scale and potentially favorable regulatory changes.

The lubricants and specialties segment's performance, impacted by FIFO charges due to higher priced feedstock inventory, highlights the importance of inventory management in the face of volatile input costs. The midstream segment's improved performance, on the other hand, underscores the strategic value of diversification within the energy sector.

Economist

The financial results of HF Sinclair, especially the discrepancy between reported net loss and adjusted net income, can serve as an economic indicator for the energy sector. The adjustments made for inventory valuation are reflective of the accounting practices that can significantly affect reported earnings, particularly in industries like refining where inventory values are highly sensitive to commodity price fluctuations.

The company's decision to maintain and even increase shareholder payouts in the form of dividends, despite a challenging quarter, suggests an attempt to signal financial stability to the market. This could be a strategic move to maintain investor relations and stock price stability, but it also warrants a close examination of the company's long-term financial strategy and its alignment with market conditions and shareholder value creation.

Furthermore, the decrease in cash reserves is a critical factor to consider. It raises questions about the company's future investment capacity and its ability to navigate potential market downturns. The energy sector is cyclical and capital-intensive, so maintaining a robust balance sheet is crucial for weathering periods of lower profitability.

Fourth Quarter

• Reported net loss attributable to HF Sinclair stockholders of $(62.2) million, or $(0.34) per diluted share, and adjusted net income of $164.6 million, or $0.87 per diluted share
• Reported EBITDA of $128.4 million and adjusted EBITDA of $427.7 million
• Returned $247.5 million to stockholders through dividends and share repurchases
• Announced $0.05 increase in regular quarterly dividend to $0.50 per share

Full Year 2023

• Reported net income attributable to HF Sinclair stockholders of $1,589.7 million, or $8.29 per diluted share, and adjusted net income of $1,822.9 million, or $9.51 per diluted share
• Reported EBITDA of $2,899.2 million and adjusted EBITDA of $3,207.1 million
• Returned $1,340.0 million to stockholders through dividends and share repurchases

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- HF Sinclair Corporation (NYSE:DINO) (“HF Sinclair” or the “Company”) today reported fourth quarter net loss attributable to HF Sinclair stockholders of $(62.2) million, or $(0.34) per diluted share, for the quarter ended December 31, 2023, compared to net income attributable to HF Sinclair stockholders of $587.0 million, or $2.92 per diluted share, for the quarter ended December 31, 2022. Excluding the adjustments shown in the accompanying earnings release table, adjusted net income attributable to HF Sinclair stockholders for the fourth quarter of 2023 was $164.6 million, or $0.87 per diluted share, compared to $597.8 million, or $2.97 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2022.

HF Sinclair’s Chief Executive Officer, Tim Go, commented, “HF Sinclair’s strong fourth quarter and full year results reflect our continued commitment to executing our corporate strategy. In 2023, we completed maintenance turnarounds at all of our refineries during the year on schedule and on budget as we took another step towards improving reliability across our portfolio. In addition, in the fourth quarter we closed the transaction to buy-in our HEP business and furthered our efforts to integrate and optimize our asset base. During the year, we also returned over $1.3 billion in cash to shareholders through share repurchases and dividends, delivering on our cash return commitment to shareholders. Going forward, we remain focused on further executing our corporate strategy to maximize shareholder value. We believe the strength and diversification of our asset base, coupled with our disciplined approach to capital allocation, will position us for success.”

Refining segment loss before interest and income taxes was $(74.6) million for the fourth quarter of 2023 compared to income before interest and income taxes of $758.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2022. The segment reported EBITDA of $57.5 million for the fourth quarter of 2023 compared to $863.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2022. Excluding the lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment, the segment reported Adjusted EBITDA of $278.0 million for the fourth quarter of 2023. This decrease was primarily driven by lower refinery gross margins in both the West and Mid-Continent regions which resulted in lower Refining segment earnings in the quarter. Consolidated refinery gross margin was $13.88 per produced barrel, a 41% decrease compared to $23.47 for the fourth quarter of 2022. Crude oil charge averaged 614,160 barrels per day (“BPD”) for the fourth quarter of 2023 compared to 628,160 BPD for the fourth quarter of 2022.

Renewables segment loss before interest and income taxes was $(75.9) million for the fourth quarter of 2023 compared to $(34.7) million for the fourth quarter of 2022. The segment reported EBITDA of $(56.7) million for the fourth quarter of 2023 compared to $(16.4) million for the fourth quarter of 2022. Excluding the lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment, the segment reported Adjusted EBITDA of $(2.7) million for the fourth quarter of 2023 compared to $(6.9) million for the fourth quarter of 2022. Total sales volumes were 63 million gallons for the fourth quarter of 2023 as compared to 54 million gallons for the fourth quarter of 2022.

Marketing segment income before interest and income taxes was $2.5 million for the fourth quarter of 2023 compared to $16.9 million for the fourth quarter of 2022. The segment reported EBITDA of $9.3 million for the fourth quarter of 2023 compared to $23.4 million for the fourth quarter of 2022. Total branded fuel sales volumes were 350 million gallons for the fourth quarter 2023 as compared to 336 million gallons for the fourth quarter of 2022.

Lubricants & Specialties segment income before interest and income taxes was $34.6 million for the fourth quarter of 2023 compared to $44.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2022. The segment reported EBITDA of $57.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2023 compared to $66.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2022. This decrease was largely driven by a $29.9 million FIFO charge from consumption of higher priced feedstock inventory in the fourth quarter of 2023 compared to a $7.3 million FIFO charge for the fourth quarter of 2022.

Midstream segment income before interest and income taxes was $81.6 million for the fourth quarter of 2023 compared to $68.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2022. The segment reported EBITDA of $104.6 million for the fourth quarter of 2023 compared to $89.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2022 and Adjusted EBITDA of $109.5 million for the fourth quarter of 2023 compared to $87.3 million for the fourth quarter of 2022.

For the fourth quarter of 2023, net cash provided by operations totaled $230.7 million. At December 31, 2023, the Company's cash and cash equivalents totaled $1,353.7 million, an $861.0 million decrease compared to cash and cash equivalents of $2,214.8 million at September 30, 2023. During the fourth quarter of 2023, the Company announced and paid a regular dividend of $0.45 per share to stockholders totaling $81.9 million and spent $165.7 million on share repurchases. Additionally, the Company's consolidated debt was $2,739.1 million.

HF Sinclair announced on February 14, 2024 that its Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly dividend in the amount of $0.50 per share, an increase of $0.05 over its previous dividend of $0.45 per share. The dividend is payable on March 5, 2024 to holders of record of common stock on February 26, 2024.

The Company has scheduled a webcast conference call for today, February 21, 2024, at 8:30 AM Eastern Time to discuss fourth quarter financial results. This webcast may be accessed at: https://events.q4inc.com/attendee/326631081. An audio archive of this webcast will be available using the above noted link through March 6, 2024.

HF Sinclair Corporation, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is an independent energy company that produces and markets high-value light products such as gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, renewable diesel and other specialty products. HF Sinclair owns and operates refineries located in Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Wyoming, Washington and Utah. HF Sinclair provides petroleum product and crude oil transportation, terminalling, storage and throughput services to its refineries and the petroleum industry. HF Sinclair markets its refined products principally in the Southwest U.S., the Rocky Mountains extending into the Pacific Northwest and in other neighboring Plains states and supplies high-quality fuels to more than 1,500 branded stations and licenses the use of the Sinclair brand at more than 300 additional locations throughout the country. HF Sinclair produces renewable diesel at two of its facilities in Wyoming and also at its facility in Artesia, New Mexico. In addition, subsidiaries of HF Sinclair produce and market base oils and other specialized lubricants in the U.S., Canada and the Netherlands, and export products to more than 80 countries.

The following is a “safe harbor” statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: The statements in this press release relating to matters that are not historical facts are “forward-looking statements” based on management’s beliefs and assumptions using currently available information and expectations as of the date hereof, are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks and uncertainties, including those contained in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Forward-looking statements use words such as “anticipate,” “project,” “will,” “expect,” “plan,” “goal,” “forecast,” “strategy,” “intend,” “should,” “would,” “could,” “believe,” “may,” and similar expressions and statements regarding the Company's plans and objectives for future operations. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, the Company cannot assure you that the Company's expectations will prove to be correct. Therefore, actual outcomes and results could materially differ from what is expressed, implied or forecast in such statements. Any differences could be caused by a number of factors, including, but not limited to, the demand for and supply of feedstocks, crude oil and refined products, including uncertainty regarding the increasing societal expectations that companies address climate change and greenhouse gas emissions; risks and uncertainties with respect to the actions of actual or potential competitive suppliers and transporters of refined petroleum products or lubricant and specialty products in the Company’s markets; the spread between market prices for refined products and market prices for crude oil; the possibility of constraints on the transportation of refined products or lubricant and specialty products; the possibility of inefficiencies, curtailments or shutdowns in refinery operations or pipelines, whether due to reductions in demand, accidents, unexpected leaks or spills, unscheduled shutdowns, infection in the workforce, weather events, global health events, civil unrest, expropriation of assets, and other economic, diplomatic, legislative, or political events or developments, terrorism, cyberattacks, vandalism or other catastrophes or disruptions affecting the Company’s operations, production facilities, machinery, pipelines and other logistics assets, equipment, or information systems, or any of the foregoing of the Company’s suppliers, customers, or third-party providers, and any potential asset impairments resulting from, or the failure to have adequate insurance coverage for or receive insurance recoveries from, such actions; the effects of current and/or future governmental and environmental regulations and policies, including compliance with existing, new and changing environmental and health and safety laws and regulations, related reporting requirements and pipeline integrity programs; the availability and cost of financing to the Company; the effectiveness of the Company’s capital investments and marketing strategies; the Company’s efficiency in carrying out and consummating construction projects, including the Company’s ability to complete announced capital projects on time and within capital guidance; the Company’s ability to timely obtain or maintain permits, including those necessary for operations or capital projects; the ability of the Company to acquire complementary assets or businesses to the Company's existing assets and business on acceptable terms and to integrate any existing or future acquired operations and realize the expected synergies of any such transaction on the expected timeline; the possibility of vandalism or other disruptive activity, or terrorist or cyberattacks and the consequences of any such activities or attacks; uncertainty regarding the effects and duration of global hostilities, including shipping disruptions in the Red Sea, the Israel-Gaza conflict, the Russia-Ukraine war, and any associated military campaigns which may disrupt crude oil supplies and markets for the Company’s refined products and create instability in the financial markets that could restrict the Company’s ability to raise capital; general economic conditions, including economic slowdowns caused by a local or national recession or other adverse economic condition, such as periods of increased or prolonged inflation; limitations on the Company’s ability to make future dividend payments or effectuate share repurchases due to market conditions and corporate, tax, regulatory and other considerations, and other business, financial, operational and legal risks. Additional information on risks and uncertainties that could affect our business prospects and performance is provided in the reports filed by us with the SEC. All forward-looking statements included in this press release are expressly qualified in their entirety by the foregoing cautionary statements. The forward-looking statements speak only as of the date made and, other than as required by law, we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Financial Data (all information in this release is unaudited)

	Three Months Ended December 31,								Change from 2022
		2023				2022			Change				Percent
	(In thousands, except per share data)
Sales and other revenues	$	7,660,136			$	8,984,927			$	(1,324,791	)		(15	)%
Operating costs and expenses:
Cost of products sold:
Cost of products sold (exclusive of lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment)		6,471,137				7,222,833				(751,696	)		(10	)
Lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment		274,533				9,573				264,960			2,768
		6,745,670				7,232,406				(486,736	)		(7	)
Operating expenses		629,433				646,741				(17,308	)		(3	)
Selling, general and administrative expenses		150,726				102,511				48,215			47
Depreciation and amortization		211,668				176,169				35,499			20
Total operating costs and expenses		7,737,497				8,157,827				(420,330	)		(5	)
Income (loss) from operations		(77,361	)			827,100				(904,461	)		(109	)
Other income (expense):
Earnings of equity method investments		6,933				7,001				(68	)		(1	)
Interest income		31,365				17,517				13,848			79
Interest expense		(49,306	)			(56,978	)			7,672			(13	)
Gain on business interruption insurance settlement		—				15,202				(15,202	)		(100	)
Gain on early extinguishment of debt		—				604				(604	)		(100	)
Gain (loss) on foreign currency transactions		52				(2,415	)			2,467			(102	)
Gain on sale of assets and other		15,633				4,992				10,641			213
		4,677				(14,077	)			18,754			(133	)
Income (loss) before income taxes		(72,684	)			813,023				(885,707	)		(109	)
Income tax expense (benefit)		(39,028	)			188,197				(227,225	)		(121	)
Net income (loss)		(33,656	)			624,826				(658,482	)		(105	)
Less net income attributable to noncontrolling interest		28,527				37,799				(9,272	)		(25	)
Net income (loss) attributable to HF Sinclair stockholders	$	(62,183	)		$	587,027			$	(649,210	)		(111	)%
Income (loss) per share:
Basic	$	(0.34	)		$	2.92			$	(3.26	)		(112	)%
Diluted	$	(0.34	)		$	2.92			$	(3.26	)		(112	)%
Cash dividends declared per common share	$	0.45			$	0.40			$	0.05			13	%
Average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic		187,035				199,459				(12,424	)		(6	)%
Diluted		187,035				199,459				(12,424	)		(6	)%
EBITDA	$	128,398			$	990,854			$	(862,456	)		(87	)%
Adjusted EBITDA	$	427,667			$	1,004,124			$	(576,457	)		(57	)%

	Years Ended December 31,								Change from 2022
		2023				2022			Change				Percent
	(In thousands, except per share data)
Sales and other revenues	$	31,964,395			$	38,204,839			$	(6,240,444	)		(16	)%
Operating costs and expenses:
Cost of products sold:
Cost of products sold (exclusive of lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment)		25,784,449				30,680,013				(4,895,564	)		(16	)
Lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment		270,419				52,412				218,007			416
		26,054,868				30,732,425				(4,677,557	)		(15	)
Operating expenses		2,438,148				2,334,893				103,255			4
Selling, general and administrative expenses		498,240				426,485				71,755			17
Depreciation and amortization		770,573				656,787				113,786			17
Total operating costs and expenses		29,761,829				34,150,590				(4,388,761	)		(13	)
Income from operations		2,202,566				4,054,249				(1,851,683	)		(46	)
Other income (expense):
Earnings (loss) of equity method investments		17,369				(260	)			17,629			(6,780	)
Interest income		93,468				30,179				63,289			210
Interest expense		(190,796	)			(175,628	)			(15,168	)		9
Gain on business interruption insurance settlement		—				15,202				(15,202	)		(100	)
Gain on early extinguishment of debt		—				604				(604	)		(100	)
Gain (loss) on foreign currency transactions		2,530				(1,637	)			4,167			(255	)
Gain on sale of assets and other		27,370				13,337				14,033			105
		(50,059	)			(118,203	)			68,144			(58	)
Income before income taxes		2,152,507				3,936,046				(1,783,539	)		(45	)
Income tax expense		441,612				894,872				(453,260	)		(51	)
Net income		1,710,895				3,041,174				(1,330,279	)		(44	)
Less net income attributable to noncontrolling interest		121,229				118,506				2,723			2
Net income attributable to HF Sinclair stockholders	$	1,589,666			$	2,922,668			$	(1,333,002	)		(46	)%
Earnings per share:
Basic	$	8.29			$	14.28			$	(5.99	)		(42	)%
Diluted	$	8.29			$	14.28			$	(5.99	)		(42	)%
Cash dividends declared per common share	$	1.80			$	1.20			$	0.60			50	%
Average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic		190,035				202,566				(12,531	)		(6	)%
Diluted		190,035				202,566				(12,531	)		(6	)%
EBITDA	$	2,899,179			$	4,619,776			$	(1,720,597	)		(37	)%
Adjusted EBITDA	$	3,207,074			$	4,734,160			$	(1,527,086	)		(32	)%

Balance Sheet Data

	Years Ended December 31,
	2023				2022
	(In thousands)
Cash and cash equivalents	$	1,353,747			$	1,665,066
Working capital	$	3,371,905			$	3,502,790
Total assets	$	17,716,265			$	18,125,483
Total debt	$	2,739,083			$	3,255,472
Total equity	$	10,237,298			$	10,017,572

Segment Information

Our operations are organized into five reportable segments: Refining, Renewables, Marketing, Lubricants & Specialties and Midstream. Our operations that are not included in one of these five reportable segments are included in Corporate and Other. Intersegment transactions are eliminated in our consolidated financial statements and are included in Eliminations. Corporate and Other and Eliminations are aggregated and presented under the Corporate, Other and Eliminations column.

The Refining segment represents the operations of our El Dorado, Tulsa, Navajo, Woods Cross and Puget Sound refineries and HF Sinclair Asphalt Company LLC (“Asphalt”). Effective with the Sinclair Transactions that closed on March 14, 2022, the Refining segment includes our Parco and Casper refineries. Refining activities involve the purchase and refining of crude oil and wholesale marketing of refined products, such as gasoline, diesel fuel and jet fuel. These petroleum products are primarily marketed in the Mid-Continent, Southwest and Rocky Mountains extending into the Pacific Northwest geographic regions of the United States. Asphalt operates various asphalt terminals in Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma.

The Renewables segment represents the operations of our Cheyenne renewable diesel unit (“RDU”), which was mechanically complete in the fourth quarter of 2021 and operational in the first quarter of 2022, the pre-treatment unit at our Artesia, New Mexico facility, which was completed and operational in the first quarter of 2022 and the Artesia RDU, which was completed and operational in the second quarter of 2022. Also, effective with the Sinclair Transactions that closed on March 14, 2022, the Renewables segment includes the Sinclair RDU.

Effective with the Sinclair Transactions that closed on March 14, 2022, the Marketing segment represents branded fuel sales to Sinclair branded sites in the United States and licensing fees for the use of the Sinclair brand at additional locations throughout the country. The Marketing segment also includes branded fuel sales to non-Sinclair branded sites from legacy HollyFrontier agreements and revenues from other marketing activities. Our branded sites are located in several states across the United States with the highest concentration of the sites located in our West and Mid-Continent regions.

The Lubricants & Specialties segment represents Petro-Canada Lubricants Inc.’s production operations, located in Mississauga, Ontario, that includes lubricant products such as base oils, white oils, specialty products and finished lubricants, and the operations of our Petro-Canada Lubricants business that includes the marketing of products to both retail and wholesale outlets through a global sales network with locations in Canada, the United States and Europe. Additionally, the Lubricants & Specialties segment includes specialty lubricant products produced at our Tulsa refineries that are marketed throughout North America and are distributed in Central and South America and the operations of Red Giant Oil Company LLC, one of the largest suppliers of locomotive engine oil in North America. Also, the Lubricants & Specialties segment includes Sonneborn, a producer of specialty hydrocarbon chemicals such as white oils, petrolatums and waxes with manufacturing facilities in the United States and Europe.

The Midstream segment includes all of the operations of Holly Energy Partners, L.P. (“HEP”), which owns and operates logistics and refinery assets consisting of petroleum product and crude oil pipelines, terminals, tankage, loading rack facilities and, during the year ended December 31, 2023 refinery processing units, in the Mid-Continent, Southwest and Rocky Mountains geographic regions of the United States. The Midstream segment also includes 50% ownership interests in each of the Osage Pipeline (“Osage”), the Cheyenne Pipeline and Cushing Connect, a 25.12% ownership interest in the Saddle Butte Pipeline and a 49.995% ownership interest in the Pioneer Pipeline. Revenues from the Midstream segment are earned through transactions with unaffiliated parties for pipeline transportation, rental and terminalling operations as well as revenues relating to pipeline transportation services provided for our refining operations.

		Refining				Renewables				Marketing			Lubricants & Specialties			Midstream			Corporate, Other and Eliminations				Consolidated Total
		(In thousands)
Three Months Ended December 31, 2023
Sales and other revenues:
Revenues from external customers		$	5,871,425			$	190,689			$	908,769		$	656,826		$	32,427		$	—			$	7,660,136
Intersegment revenues			992,248				95,923				—			1,676			134,479			(1,224,326	)			—
		$	6,863,673			$	286,612			$	908,769		$	658,502		$	166,906		$	(1,224,326	)		$	7,660,136
Cost of products sold (exclusive of lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment)		$	6,022,027			$	264,693			$	888,032		$	492,524		$	—		$	(1,196,139	)		$	6,471,137
Lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment		$	220,558			$	53,975			$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—			$	274,533
Operating expenses		$	506,288			$	23,114			$	—		$	65,986		$	58,925		$	(24,880	)		$	629,433
Selling, general and administrative expenses		$	57,086			$	1,530			$	11,592		$	40,082		$	8,359		$	32,077			$	150,726
Depreciation and amortization		$	132,092			$	19,254			$	6,710		$	23,168		$	25,026		$	5,418			$	211,668
Income (loss) from operations		$	(74,378	)		$	(75,954	)		$	2,435		$	36,742		$	74,596		$	(40,802	)		$	(77,361	)
Income (loss) before interest and income taxes		$	(74,626	)		$	(75,909	)		$	2,540		$	34,575		$	81,601		$	(22,924	)		$	(54,743	)
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest		$	—			$	—			$	—		$	—		$	2,023		$	26,504			$	28,527
Earnings of equity method investments		$	—			$	—			$	—		$	—		$	6,523		$	410			$	6,933
Capital expenditures		$	65,440			$	6,961			$	11,952		$	12,979		$	9,984		$	16,660			$	123,976
Three Months Ended December 31, 2022
Sales and other revenues:
Revenues from external customers		$	6,937,534			$	255,689			$	1,031,898		$	729,916		$	29,890		$	—			$	8,984,927
Intersegment revenues			1,044,841				162,205				—			295			112,620			(1,319,961	)			—
		$	7,982,375			$	417,894			$	1,031,898		$	730,211		$	142,510		$	(1,319,961	)		$	8,984,927
Cost of products sold (exclusive of lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment)		$	6,561,147			$	391,646			$	1,008,042		$	555,287		$	—		$	(1,293,289	)		$	7,222,833
Lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment		$	—			$	9,573			$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—			$	9,573
Operating expenses		$	517,024			$	32,178			$	—		$	67,545		$	53,629		$	(23,635	)		$	646,741
Selling, general and administrative expenses		$	39,302			$	1,023			$	414		$	41,070		$	4,258		$	16,444			$	102,511
Depreciation and amortization		$	105,005			$	18,222			$	6,545		$	22,021		$	22,880		$	1,496			$	176,169
Income (loss) from operations		$	759,897			$	(34,748	)		$	16,897		$	44,288		$	61,743		$	(20,977	)		$	827,100
Income (loss) before interest and income taxes		$	758,844			$	(34,663	)		$	16,897		$	44,550		$	68,771		$	(1,915	)		$	852,484
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest		$	—			$	—			$	—		$	—		$	2,010		$	35,789			$	37,799
Earnings of equity method investments		$	—			$	—			$	—		$	—		$	7,001		$	—			$	7,001
Capital expenditures		$	57,996			$	14,481			$	2,479		$	10,334		$	7,770		$	13,504			$	106,564

		Refining			Renewables				Marketing			Lubricants & Specialties			Midstream			Corporate, Other and Eliminations				Consolidated Total
		(In thousands)
Year Ended December 31, 2023
Sales and other revenues:
Revenues from external customers		$	24,156,278		$	781,309			$	4,146,292		$	2,762,767		$	117,749		$	—			$	31,964,395
Intersegment revenues			4,516,326			407,681				—			12,566			490,566			(5,427,139	)			—
		$	28,672,604		$	1,188,990			$	4,146,292		$	2,775,333		$	608,315		$	(5,427,139	)		$	31,964,395
Cost of products sold (exclusive of lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment)		$	23,969,557		$	1,080,919			$	4,050,759		$	2,005,853		$	—		$	(5,322,639	)		$	25,784,449
Lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment		$	220,558		$	49,861			$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—			$	270,419
Operating expenses		$	1,946,958		$	109,056			$	—		$	258,578		$	222,631		$	(99,075	)		$	2,438,148
Selling, general and administrative expenses		$	199,547		$	5,117			$	34,413		$	164,311		$	26,453		$	68,399			$	498,240
Depreciation and amortization		$	468,001		$	77,100			$	24,599		$	86,341		$	101,028		$	13,504			$	770,573
Income (loss) from operations		$	1,867,983		$	(133,063	)		$	36,521		$	260,250		$	258,203		$	(87,328	)		$	2,202,566
Income (loss) before interest and income taxes		$	1,872,074		$	(132,949	)		$	36,758		$	260,002		$	277,200		$	(63,250	)		$	2,249,835
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest		$	—		$	—			$	—		$	—		$	7,200		$	114,029			$	121,229
Earnings (loss) of equity method investments		$	—		$	—			$	—		$	—		$	17,531		$	(162	)		$	17,369
Capital expenditures		$	223,225		$	18,154			$	27,630		$	37,431		$	31,962		$	47,011			$	385,413

Year Ended December 31, 2022
Sales and other revenues:
Revenues from external customers		$	30,379,696		$	654,893				3,911,922		$	3,149,128		$	109,200			$	—			$	38,204,839
Intersegment revenues			4,033,213			360,606				—			9,472			438,280				(4,841,571	)			—
		$	34,412,909		$	1,015,499			$	3,911,922		$	3,158,600		$	547,480			$	(4,841,571	)		$	38,204,839
Cost of products sold (exclusive of lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment)		$	28,270,195		$	974,167				3,845,625		$	2,333,156		$	—			$	(4,743,130	)		$	30,680,013
Lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment		$	—		$	52,412				—		$	—		$	—			$	—			$	52,412
Operating expenses		$	1,815,931		$	111,974				—		$	277,522		$	210,623			$	(81,157	)		$	2,334,893
Selling, general and administrative expenses		$	146,660		$	3,769				2,954		$	168,207		$	17,003			$	87,892			$	426,485
Depreciation and amortization		$	405,065		$	52,621				17,819		$	83,447		$	96,683			$	1,152			$	656,787
Income (loss) from operations		$	3,775,058		$	(179,444	)		$	45,524		$	296,268		$	223,171			$	(106,328	)		$	4,054,249
Income (loss) before interest and income taxes		$	3,774,118		$	(179,252	)		$	45,524		$	299,389		$	223,579			$	(81,863	)		$	4,081,495
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest		$	—		$	—			$	—		$	—		$	9,164			$	109,342			$	118,506
Loss of equity method investments		$	—			—			$	—		$	—		$	(260	)		$	—			$	(260	)
Capital expenditures		$	162,280		$	225,274			$	9,275		$	34,887		$	38,964			$	53,327			$	524,007

Refining Segment Operating Data

The following tables set forth information, including non-GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles) performance measures about our refinery operations. Refinery gross and net operating margins do not include the non-cash effects of lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustments and depreciation and amortization. Reconciliations to amounts reported under GAAP are provided under “Reconciliations to Amounts Reported Under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles” below.

The disaggregation of our refining geographic operating data is presented in two regions, Mid-Continent and West, to best reflect the economic drivers of our refining operations. The Mid-Continent region is comprised of the El Dorado and Tulsa refineries. The West region is comprised of the Puget Sound, Navajo, Woods Cross, Parco and Casper refineries. The refinery operations of the Parco and Casper refineries are included for the period March 14, 2022 (the date of acquisition) through December 31, 2023.

		Three Months Ended December 31,								Years Ended December 31,
			2023				2022				2023				2022
Mid-Continent Region
Crude charge (BPD) (1)			259,410				286,190				237,510				283,160
Refinery throughput (BPD) (2)			279,480				305,750				256,810				299,380
Sales of produced refined products (BPD) (3)			289,470				283,360				248,330				280,800
Refinery utilization (4)			99.8	%			110.1	%			91.4	%			108.9	%
Average per produced barrel (5)
Refinery gross margin		$	9.97			$	20.23			$	17.49			$	22.01
Refinery operating expenses (6)			6.00				6.41				7.02				6.19
Net operating margin		$	3.97			$	13.82			$	10.47			$	15.82
Refinery operating expenses per throughput barrel (7)		$	6.22			$	5.94			$	6.79			$	5.81
Feedstocks:
Sweet crude oil			48	%			58	%			56	%			58	%
Sour crude oil			26	%			20	%			20	%			20	%
Heavy sour crude oil			19	%			16	%			16	%			16	%
Other feedstocks and blends			7	%			6	%			8	%			6	%
Total			100	%			100	%			100	%			100	%
Sales of produced refined products:
Gasolines			54	%			52	%			51	%			51	%
Diesel fuels			30	%			31	%			30	%			33	%
Jet fuels			5	%			6	%			6	%			6	%
Fuel oil			1	%			1	%			1	%			1	%
Asphalt			4	%			3	%			4	%			3	%
Base oils			2	%			3	%			4	%			4	%
LPG and other			4	%			4	%			4	%			2	%
Total			100	%			100	%			100	%			100	%

		Three Months Ended December 31,								Years Ended December 31,
			2023				2022				2023				2022 (8)
West Region
Crude charge (BPD) (1)			354,750				341,970				330,030				323,820
Refinery throughput (BPD) (2)			384,910				367,360				360,200				347,590
Sales of produced refined products (BPD) (3)			369,430				374,900				353,950				347,540
Refinery utilization (4)			84.9	%			81.8	%			79.0	%			81.4	%
Average per produced barrel (5)
Refinery gross margin		$	16.95			$	25.92			$	24.13			$	30.64
Refinery operating expenses (6)			10.19				10.14				10.14				9.31
Net operating margin		$	6.76			$	15.78			$	13.99			$	21.33
Refinery operating expenses per throughput barrel (7)		$	9.78			$	10.35			$	9.97			$	9.31
Feedstocks:
Sweet crude oil			28	%			32	%			30	%			28	%
Sour crude oil			48	%			50	%			45	%			50	%
Heavy sour crude oil			10	%			6	%			11	%			10	%
Black wax crude oil			6	%			5	%			6	%			5	%
Other feedstocks and blends			8	%			7	%			8	%			7	%
Total			100	%			100	%			100	%			100	%
Sales of produced refined products:
Gasolines			55	%			55	%			54	%			53	%
Diesel fuels			32	%			30	%			31	%			32	%
Jet fuels			5	%			5	%			6	%			5	%
Fuel oil			2	%			3	%			2	%			3	%
Asphalt			2	%			3	%			2	%			3	%
LPG and other			4	%			4	%			5	%			4	%
Total			100	%			100	%			100	%			100	%

Consolidated
Crude charge (BPD) (1)			614,160				628,160				567,540				606,980
Refinery throughput (BPD) (2)			664,390				673,110				617,010				646,970
Sales of produced refined products (BPD) (3)			658,900				658,260				602,280				628,340
Refinery utilization (4)			90.6	%			92.7	%			83.7	%			92.3	%
Average per produced barrel (5)
Refinery gross margin		$	13.88			$	23.47			$	21.39			$	26.78
Refinery operating expenses (6)			8.35				8.54				8.86				7.92
Net operating margin		$	5.53			$	14.93			$	12.53			$	18.86
Refinery operating expenses per throughput barrel (7)		$	8.28			$	8.35			$	8.65			$	7.69
Feedstocks:
Sweet crude oil			36	%			43	%			42	%			42	%
Sour crude oil			39	%			36	%			34	%			36	%
Heavy sour crude oil			14	%			11	%			13	%			13	%
Black wax crude oil			3	%			3	%			3	%			3	%
Other feedstocks and blends			8	%			7	%			8	%			6	%
Total			100	%			100	%			100	%			100	%

		Three Months Ended December 31,						Years Ended December 31,
		2023			2022			2023			2022
Consolidated
Sales of produced refined products:
Gasolines		55	%		54	%		53	%		52	%
Diesel fuels		31	%		30	%		30	%		32	%
Jet fuels		5	%		6	%		6	%		6	%
Fuel oil		1	%		2	%		1	%		2	%
Asphalt		3	%		3	%		3	%		3	%
Base oils		1	%		1	%		2	%		2	%
LPG and other		4	%		4	%		5	%		3	%
Total		100	%		100	%		100	%		100	%

(1)		Crude charge represents the barrels per day of crude oil processed at our refineries.
(2)		Refinery throughput represents the barrels per day of crude and other refinery feedstocks input to the crude units and other conversion units at our refineries.
(3)		Represents barrels sold of refined products produced at our refineries (including Asphalt and intersegment sales) and does not include volumes of refined products purchased for resale or volumes of excess crude oil sold.
(4)		Represents crude charge divided by total crude capacity (BPSD). Our consolidated crude capacity is 678,000 BPSD.
(5)		Represents average amount per produced barrel sold, which is a non-GAAP measure. Reconciliations to amounts reported under GAAP are provided under “Reconciliations to Amounts Reported Under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles” below.
(6)		Represents total Mid-Continent and West regions operating expenses, exclusive of depreciation and amortization, divided by sales volumes of refined products produced at our refineries.
(7)		Represents total Mid-Continent and West regions operating expenses, exclusive of depreciation and amortization, divided by refinery throughput.
(8)		We acquired the Parco and Casper refineries on March 14, 2022. Refining operating data for the year ended December 31, 2022 includes crude oil and feedstocks processed and refined products sold at our Parco and Casper refineries for the period March 14, 2022 through December 31, 2022 only, averaged over the 365 days in the year ended December 31, 2022.

Renewables Segment Operating Data

The following table sets forth information about our Renewables operations and includes our Sinclair businesses for the period March 14, 2022 (the date of acquisition) through December 31, 2023.

		Three Months Ended December 31,								Years Ended December 31,
			2023				2022				2023				2022
Renewables
Sales volumes (in thousand gallons)			62,614				53,733				215,510				136,204
Average per produced gallon (1)
Renewables gross margin		$	0.35			$	0.49			$	0.50			$	0.30
Renewables operating expense (2)			0.37				0.60				0.51				0.82
Net operating margin		$	(0.02	)		$	(0.11	)		$	(0.01	)		$	(0.52	)

(1)		Represents average amount per produced gallons sold, which is a non-GAAP measure. Reconciliations to amounts reported under GAAP are provided under “Reconciliations to Amounts Reported Under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles” below.
(2)		Represents total Renewables segment operating expenses, exclusive of depreciation and amortization, divided by sales volumes of renewable diesel produced at our renewable diesel units.

Marketing Segment Operating Data

The following table sets forth information about our Marketing operations and includes our Sinclair business for the period March 14, 2022 (the date of acquisition) through December 31, 2023. The marketing gross margin does not include the non-cash effects of depreciation and amortization. Reconciliations to amounts reported under GAAP are provided under “Reconciliations to Amounts Reported Under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles” below.

		Three Months Ended December 31,								Years Ended December 31,
			2023				2022				2023				2022
Marketing
Number of branded sites at period end (1)			1,540				1,513				1,540				1,513
Sales volumes (in thousand gallons)			350,391				335,926				1,441,607				1,118,444
Margin per gallon of sales (2)		$	0.06			$	0.07			$	0.07			$	0.06

(1)		Includes non-Sinclair branded sites from legacy HollyFrontier agreements.
(2)		Represents average amount per gallon sold, which is a non-GAAP measure. Reconciliations to amounts reported under GAAP are provided under “Reconciliations to Amounts Reported Under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles” below.

Lubricants & Specialties Segment Operating Data

The following table sets forth information about our Lubricants & Specialties operations.

		Three Months Ended December 31,						Years Ended December 31,
		2023			2022			2023			2022
Lubricants & Specialties
Sales of produced products (BPD)		29,530			28,570			30,210			32,530
Sales of produced products:
Finished products		48	%		53	%		50	%		51	%
Base oils		25	%		28	%		27	%		28	%
Other		27	%		19	%		23	%		21	%
Total		100	%		100	%		100	%		100	%

Effective the first quarter of 2023, management views the Lubricants & Specialties segment as an integrated business of processing feedstocks into base oils and processing base oils into finished lubricant products along with the packaging, distribution and sales to customers.

Reconciliations to Amounts Reported Under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

Reconciliations of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) and EBITDA excluding special items (“Adjusted EBITDA”) to amounts reported under generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) in financial statements.

Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, referred to as EBITDA, is calculated as net (loss) income attributable to HF Sinclair stockholders plus (i) interest expense, net of interest income, (ii) income tax provision and (iii) depreciation and amortization. Adjusted EBITDA is calculated as EBITDA plus or minus (i) lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustments, (ii) decommissioning costs, (iii) HF Sinclair's pro-rata share of Osage environmental remediation costs, net of insurance recoveries and (iv) acquisition integration and regulatory costs.

EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are not calculations provided for under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States; however, the amounts included in these calculations are derived from amounts included in our consolidated financial statements. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered as alternatives to net income or operating income as an indication of our operating performance or as an alternative to operating cash flow as a measure of liquidity. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are not necessarily comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies. These are presented here because they are widely used financial indicators used by investors and analysts to measure performance. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are also used by our management for internal analysis and as a basis for financial covenants.

Set forth below is our calculation of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA.

		Three Months Ended December 31,								Years Ended December 31,
			2023				2022				2023				2022
		(In thousands)
Net income (loss) attributable to HF Sinclair stockholders		$	(62,183	)		$	587,027			$	1,589,666			$	2,922,668
Add interest expense			49,306				56,978				190,796				175,628
Subtract interest income			(31,365	)			(17,517	)			(93,468	)			(30,179	)
Add income tax expense (benefit)			(39,028	)			188,197				441,612				894,872
Add depreciation and amortization			211,668				176,169				770,573				656,787
EBITDA		$	128,398			$	990,854			$	2,899,179			$	4,619,776
Add lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment			274,533				9,573				270,419				52,412
Add decommissioning costs			—				220				—				1,689
Add (subtract) HF Sinclair's pro-rata share of Osage environmental remediation costs, net of insurance recoveries			313				(1,275	)			921				8,297
Add acquisition integration and regulatory costs			24,423				4,752				36,555				51,986
Adjusted EBITDA		$	427,667			$	1,004,124			$	3,207,074			$	4,734,160

EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA attributable to our Refining segment is presented below:

		Three Months Ended December 31,								Years Ended December 31,
Refining Segment			2023				2022				2023				2022
		(In thousands)
Income (loss) before interest and income taxes (1)		$	(74,626	)		$	758,844			$	1,872,074			$	3,774,118
Add depreciation and amortization			132,092				105,005				468,001				405,065
EBITDA		$	57,466			$	863,849			$	2,340,075			$	4,179,183
Add lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment			220,558				—				220,558				—
Adjusted EBITDA		$	278,024			$	863,849			$	2,560,633			$	4,179,183

(1)

Income (loss) before interest and income taxes of our Refining segment represents income (loss) plus (i) interest expense, net of interest income and (ii) income tax provision.

EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA attributable to our Renewables segment is set forth below:

		Three Months Ended December 31,								Years Ended December 31,
Renewables Segment			2023				2022				2023				2022
		(In thousands)
Loss before interest and income taxes (1)		$	(75,909	)		$	(34,663	)		$	(132,949	)		$	(179,252	)
Add depreciation and amortization			19,254				18,222				77,100				52,621
EBITDA			(56,655	)			(16,441	)			(55,849	)			(126,631	)
Add lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment			53,975				9,573				49,861				52,412
Adjusted EBITDA		$	(2,680	)		$	(6,868	)		$	(5,988	)		$	(74,219	)

(1)

Loss before interest and income taxes of our Renewables segment represents loss plus (i) interest expense, net of interest income and (ii) income tax provision.

EBITDA attributable to our Marketing segment is set forth below:

		Three Months Ended December 31,								Years Ended December 31,
Marketing Segment			2023				2022				2023				2022
		(In thousands)
Income before interest and income taxes (1)		$	2,540				16,897			$	36,758				45,524
Add depreciation and amortization			6,710				6,545				24,599				17,819
EBITDA		$	9,250			$	23,442			$	61,357			$	63,343

(1)

Income before interest and income taxes of our Marketing segment represents income plus (i) interest expense, net of interest income and (ii) income tax provision

EBITDA attributable to our Lubricants & Specialties segment is set forth below.

Lubricants & Specialties Segment			Three Months Ended December 31,								Years Ended December 31,
			2023				2022				2023				2022
			(In thousands)
Income before interest and income taxes (1)			34,575				44,550				260,002				299,389
Add depreciation and amortization			23,168				22,021				86,341				83,447
EBITDA			57,743				66,571				346,343				382,836

(1)

Income before interest and income taxes of our Lubricants & Specialties segment represents income plus (i) interest expense, net of interest income and (ii) income tax provision.

EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA attributable to our Midstream segment is presented below:

		Three Months Ended December 31,								Years Ended December 31,
Midstream Segment			2023				2022				2023				2022
		(In thousands)
Income before interest and income taxes (1)			81,601				68,771				277,200				223,579
Add depreciation and amortization			25,026				22,880				101,028				96,683
Subtract net income attributable to noncontrolling interest			(2,023	)			(2,010	)			(7,200	)			(9,164	)
EBITDA		$	104,604			$	89,641			$	371,028			$	311,098
Add (subtract) share of Osage environmental remediation costs, net of insurance recoveries			554				(2,703	)			1,843				17,594
Add acquisition integration and regulatory costs			4,322				336				10,079				2,431
Adjusted EBITDA		$	109,480			$	87,274			$	382,950			$	331,123

(1)

Income before interest and income taxes of our Midstream segment represents income plus (i) interest expense, net of interest income and (ii) income tax provision.

Reconciliations of refinery operating information (non-GAAP performance measures) to amounts reported under generally accepted accounting principles in financial statements.

Refinery gross margin and net operating margin are non-GAAP performance measures that are used by our management and others to compare our refining performance to that of other companies in our industry. We believe these margin measures are helpful to investors in evaluating our refining performance on a relative and absolute basis. Refinery gross margin per produced barrel sold is total Refining segment revenues less total Refining segment cost of products sold, exclusive of lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustments, divided by sales volumes of produced refined products sold. Net operating margin per barrel sold is the difference between refinery gross margin and refinery operating expenses per produced barrel sold. These two margins do not include the non-cash effects of lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustments or depreciation and amortization. Each of these component performance measures can be reconciled directly to our consolidated statements of operations. Other companies in our industry may not calculate these performance measures in the same manner.

Reconciliation of average refining net operating margin per produced barrel sold to refinery gross margin to refining sales and other revenues

		Three Months Ended December 31,								Years Ended December 31,
			2023				2022				2023				2022
		(Dollars in thousands, except per barrel amounts)
Refining segment sales and other revenues		$	6,863,673			$	7,982,375			$	28,672,604			$	34,412,909
Refining segment cost of products sold (exclusive of lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment)			6,022,027				6,561,147				23,969,557				28,270,195
Lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment			220,558				—				220,558				—
			621,088				1,421,228				4,482,489				6,142,714
Add lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment			220,558				—				220,558				—
Refining gross margin		$	841,646			$	1,421,228			$	4,703,047			$	6,142,714
Refining segment operating expenses		$	506,288			$	517,024			$	1,946,958			$	1,815,931
Produced barrels sold (BPD)			658,900				658,260				602,280				628,340
Refinery gross margin per produced barrel sold		$	13.88			$	23.47			$	21.39			$	26.78
Less average refinery operating expenses per produced barrel sold			8.35				8.54				8.86				7.92
Net operating margin per produced barrel sold		$	5.53			$	14.93			$	12.53			$	18.86

Reconciliation of renewables operating information (non-GAAP performance measures) to amounts reported under generally accepted accounting principles in financial statements.

Renewables gross margin and net operating margin are non-GAAP performance measures that are used by our management and others to compare our renewables performance to that of other companies in our industry. We believe these margin measures are helpful to investors in evaluating our renewables performance on a relative and absolute basis. Renewables gross margin per produced gallon sold is total Renewables segment revenues less total Renewables segment cost of products sold, exclusive of lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustments, divided by sales volumes of produced renewables products sold. Net operating margin per produced gallon sold is the difference between renewables gross margin and renewables operating expenses per produced gallon sold. These two margins do not include the non-cash effects of lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustments and depreciation and amortization. Each of these component performance measures can be reconciled directly to our consolidated statements of operations. Other companies in our industry may not calculate these performance measures in the same manner.

Reconciliation of renewables gross margin and operating expenses to gross margin per produced gallon sold and net operating margin per produced gallon sold

		Three Months Ended December 31,								Years Ended December 31,
			2023				2022				2023				2022
		(In thousands, except for per gallon amounts)
Renewables segment sales and other revenues		$	286,612			$	417,893			$	1,188,990			$	1,015,499
Renewables segment cost of products sold			264,693				391,647				1,080,919				974,167
Lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment			53,975				9,573				49,861				52,412
			(32,056	)			16,673				58,210				(11,080	)
Add lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment			53,975				9,573				49,861				52,412
Renewables gross margin		$	21,919			$	26,246			$	108,071			$	41,332
Renewables segment operating expenses		$	23,114			$	32,176			$	109,056			$	111,974
Produced gallons sold (in thousand gallons)			62,614				53,733				215,510				136,204
Renewables gross margin per produced gallon sold		$	0.35			$	0.49			$	0.50			$	0.30
Less operating expense per produced gallon sold			0.37				0.60				0.51				0.82
Net operating margin per produced gallon sold		$	(0.02	)		$	(0.11	)		$	(0.01	)		$	(0.52	)

Reconciliation of marketing operating information (non-GAAP performance measures) to amounts reported under generally accepted accounting principles in financial statements.

Marketing gross margin is a non-GAAP performance measure that is used by our management and others to compare our marketing performance to that of other companies in our industry. We believe this margin measure is helpful to investors in evaluating our marketing performance on a relative and absolute basis. Marketing gross margin per gallon sold is total Marketing segment revenues less total Marketing segment cost of products sold divided by sales volumes of marketing products sold. This margin does not include the non-cash effects of depreciation and amortization. This component performance measure can be reconciled directly to our consolidated statements of operations. Other companies in our industry may not calculate these performance measures in the same manner.

Reconciliation of marketing gross margin to gross margin per gallon sold

		Three Months Ended December 31,								Years Ended December 31,
			2023				2022				2023				2022
		(In thousands, except for per gallon amounts)
Marketing segment sales and other revenues		$	908,769			$	1,031,898			$	4,146,292			$	3,911,922
Marketing segment cost of products sold			888,032				1,008,042				4,050,759				3,845,625
Marketing gross margin		$	20,737			$	23,856			$	95,533			$	66,297
Sales volumes (in thousand gallons)			350,391				335,926				1,441,607				1,118,444
Marketing gross margin per gallon sold		$	0.06			$	0.07			$	0.07			$	0.06

Reconciliation of net income attributable to HF Sinclair stockholders to adjusted net income attributable to HF Sinclair stockholders

Adjusted net income attributable to HF Sinclair stockholders is a non-GAAP financial measure that excludes non-cash lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustments, decommissioning costs, HEP's share of Osage environmental remediation costs, net of insurance recoveries and acquisition integration and regulatory costs. We believe this measure is helpful to investors and others in evaluating our financial performance and to compare our results to that of other companies in our industry. Similarly titled performance measures of other companies may not be calculated in the same manner.

		Three Months Ended December 31,								Years Ended December 31,
			2023				2022				2023				2022
		(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
Consolidated
GAAP:
Income (loss) before income taxes		$	(72,684	)		$	813,023			$	2,152,507			$	3,936,046
Income tax expense (benefit)			(39,028	)			188,197				441,612				894,872
Net income (loss)			(33,656	)			624,826				1,710,895				3,041,174
Less net income attributable to noncontrolling interest			28,527				37,799				121,229				118,506
Net income (loss) attributable to HF Sinclair stockholders			(62,183	)			587,027				1,589,666				2,922,668
Non-GAAP adjustments to arrive at adjusted results:
Lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment			274,533				9,573				270,419				52,412
Decommissioning costs			—				220				—				1,689
HEP's share of Osage environmental remediation costs, net of insurance recoveries			554				(2,703	)			1,843				17,594
Acquisition integration and regulatory costs			25,307				4,752				39,367				52,896
Total adjustments to income (loss) before income taxes			300,394				11,842				311,629				124,591
Adjustment to income tax expense (benefit) (1)			72,474				2,487				74,634				22,142
Adjustment to net income attributable to noncontrolling interest			1,124				(1,428	)			3,733				10,206
Total adjustments, net of tax			226,796				10,783				233,262				92,243
Adjusted results - Non-GAAP:
Adjusted income before income taxes			227,710				824,865				2,464,136				4,060,637
Adjusted income tax expense (2)			33,446				190,684				516,246				917,014
Adjusted net income			194,264				634,181				1,947,890				3,143,623
Less net income attributable to noncontrolling interest			29,651				36,371				124,962				128,712
Adjusted net income attributable to HF Sinclair stockholders		$	164,613			$	597,810			$	1,822,928			$	3,014,911
Adjusted earnings per share - diluted (3)		$	0.87			$	2.97			$	9.51			$	14.73

(1)

Represents adjustment to GAAP income tax expense to arrive at adjusted income tax expense, which is computed as follows:

		Three Months Ended December 31,								Years Ended December 31,
			2023				2022				2023				2022
		(Dollars in thousands)
Non-GAAP income tax expense (2)		$	33,446			$	190,684			$	516,246			$	917,014
Subtract GAAP income tax expense (benefit)			(39,028	)			188,197				441,612				894,872
Non-GAAP adjustment to income tax expense		$	72,474			$	2,487			$	74,634			$	22,142

(2)		Non-GAAP income tax expense is computed by (a) adjusting HF Sinclair’s consolidated estimated Annual Effective Tax Rate (“AETR”) for GAAP purposes for the effects of the above Non-GAAP adjustments, (b) applying the resulting Adjusted Non-GAAP AETR to Non-GAAP adjusted income before income taxes and (c) adjusting for discrete tax items applicable to the period.
(3)		Adjusted earnings per share - diluted is calculated as adjusted net income attributable to HF Sinclair stockholders divided by the average number of shares of common stock outstanding assuming dilution, which is based on weighted-average diluted shares outstanding as that used in the GAAP diluted earnings per share calculation. Income allocated to participating securities, if applicable, in the adjusted earnings per share calculation is calculated the same way as that used in GAAP diluted earnings per share calculation.

Reconciliation of effective tax rate to adjusted effective tax rate

		Three Months Ended December 31,								Years Ended December 31,
			2023				2022				2023				2022
		(Dollars in thousands)
GAAP:
Income (loss) before income taxes		$	(72,684	)		$	813,023			$	2,152,507			$	3,936,046
Income tax expense (benefit)		$	(39,028	)		$	188,197			$	441,612			$	894,872
Effective tax rate for GAAP financial statements			53.7	%			23.1	%			20.5	%			22.7	%
Adjusted - Non-GAAP:
Effect of Non-GAAP adjustments			(39.0	)%			—	%			0.4	%			(0.1	)%
Effective tax rate for adjusted results			14.7	%			23.1	%			20.9	%			22.6	%

 

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Atanas H. Atanasov, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Craig Biery, Vice President,

Investor Relations

HF Sinclair Corporation

214-954-6510

Source: HF Sinclair Corporation

FAQ

What was HF Sinclair's net loss in Q4 2023?

HF Sinclair reported a net loss of $(62.2) million in Q4 2023.

How much did HF Sinclair return to shareholders in 2023?

HF Sinclair returned over $1.3 billion to shareholders in 2023.

What was the increase in HF Sinclair's quarterly dividend?

HF Sinclair increased their quarterly dividend to $0.50 per share.

Where is HF Sinclair headquartered?

HF Sinclair is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

What did HF Sinclair's CEO comment on the company's performance?

HF Sinclair's CEO, Tim Go, mentioned the company's commitment to executing corporate strategy and improving reliability across their portfolio.