Solaris Energy Infrastructure, Inc. Q1 FY2023 Earnings Call

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Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure Q1 2023 Earnings Summary

  • Revenue: ~$83 million (down 2% sequentially vs. Q4 2022), primarily due to lower ancillary trucking services and gas-directed activity softness from low natural gas prices.
  • Adjusted EBITDA: Over $25 million (up ~10% sequentially vs. Q4 2022; up >60% vs. Q1 2022), driven by top fill deployments, improved pricing, and strong incremental margins.
  • Sand Systems: 92 fully utilized (flat sequentially vs. Q4 2022; prior expectation was a decline of a couple of systems).
  • Operating Cash Flow: ~$17 million (seasonally impacted by working capital, including annual bonuses and tax receivable distribution).
  • Free Cash Flow: -$2 million (after ~$19 million CapEx).
  • Shareholder Returns: ~$20 million returned via dividends and repurchases (cumulative since 2018: $131 million, peer-leading 35% payout ratio of operating cash flow).

Technology & Operational Highlights

  • Deployed 8 additional fully utilized top fill systems in Q1 (now ~25% of sand systems vs. ~1% in Q1 2022; launched one year ago, now over 40 in field).
  • AutoBlend electric blenders: Increased to 5-6 deployed (from consistent 2-3 over prior year); provides 3 blenders in one with built-in redundancy, higher uptime, and lower costs.

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Operator: Good day, and welcome to the Solaris First Quarter 2023 Earnings Teleconference and Webcast. All participants will be in a listen-only mode. [Operator Instructions] I would now like to turn the conference over to Ms. Emily Boltryk. Please go ahead, ma'am. Emily Boltryk: Good morning, and welcome to the Solaris first quarter 2023 earnings conference call. I am joined today by our Chairman and CEO, Bill Zartler; our President and CFO, Kyle Ramachandran; and our Senior Vice President of Finance and Investor Relations, Yvonne Fletcher. Before we begin, I'd like to remind you of our standard cautionary remarks regarding the forward-looking nature of some of the statements that we will make today. Such forward-looking statements may include comments regarding future financial results and reflect a number of known and unknown risks. Please refer to our press release issued yesterday, along with our other recent public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission that outline those risks. I would also like to point out that our earnings release and today's conference call will contain discussion of non-GAAP financial measures, which we believe can be useful in evaluating our performance. The presentation of this additional information should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for results prepared in accordance with GAAP. Reconciliations to comparable GAAP measures are available in our earnings release, which is posted on our website at solarisoilfield.

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