CALGARY — Parkland Fuel Corp. says it saw a $79-million loss in the first quarter.
The Calgary-based company says that equalled a loss of 53 cents per diluted share, compared with a profit of 52 cents per share or $77 million a year earlier.
Revenues for the three months ended March 31 increased 3.4 per cent to $4.36 billion from $4.2 billion in the prior year.
Fuel and petroleum product volume increased 12 per cent to six billion litres.
Analysts expected Parkland to lose one cent per share on $4.37 billion of revenues, according to financial markets data firm Refinitiv.
The company says it removed more than $300 million of capital expenditures from its plans this year.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 6, 2020.
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