ProFrac Holding reports Q3 EPS (21c), consensus 10c

Reports Q3 revenue $574.2M, consensus $605.8M. Matt Wilks, ProFrac’s Executive Chairman, stated, “After right-sizing our fleet count and our overall support structure, we believe we have realized the synergies from our acquisitions and positioned the company to capitalize on the operating leverage this business has when we experience incremental customer demand. We are now focused on pursuing dedicated agreements in 2024 with operators under contracted terms. Driven by our recent successes in the ongoing RFP season, we expect to be in a position to increase our fleet count in the first quarter, with the majority of those fleets having already been committed. In addition, the first step to unlocking the potential of our Proppant Production segment is well underway. We are marketing all eight mines for the first time in an RFP process, and we are seeing positive results to date. We anticipate having more contracts with third parties, in addition to volumes demanded from ProFrac and spot customers. We expect this to greatly increase the utilization of our mining assets and lower our mining costs per ton. Our current visibility gives us confidence that 2024 will be much improved over 2023. We are well-positioned and excited for the coming year.”