Smart Sand Announces First Quarter Results

Smart Sand Inc. announced results for the first quarter 2020. Revenues were $47.5 million in the first quarter of 2020, flat compared to fourth quarter of 2019 revenues of $47.7 million and a decrease of 8% compared to first quarter of 2019 revenues of $51.8 million.

Included in revenues were $1.3 million and $11.6 million of shortfall revenues for the first quarter of 2020 and the fourth quarter of 2019, respectively. Solid revenues in the first quarter 2020 were due to higher sales volumes partially offset by lower shortfall revenue compared to the prior periods, respectively.

Charles Young, Smart Sand’s chief executive officer, stated, “Although we had strong first quarter results, we recognize that the current market is changing rapidly due to the impact on demand from the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic and the current oversupply of oil. We are in difficult times right now, but Smart Sand was built to last with strategic assets at the core of our business made to weather the storms that we are facing in the market today. We’ve made the tough decisions to reduce our workforce and cut costs as part of executing on our long-term strategy so that we can continue to operate the business we built. We have demonstrated in the past that we can manage through market downturns and we plan to do what it takes to manage through this one as well.

“While our primary focus is currently on cost management and maintaining a strong balance sheet, we are still planning for the future. We continue to work with our customers and respond to their needs. While we have significantly pulled back on our capital expenditures for new SmartSystems, we are shifting our focus to perfecting our new SmartPath transloader. Our new SmartPath technology enables users to combine all of the benefits of bottom dump trailers with the safety, low dust and small footprint of silos on a wellsite. Our SmartPath’s patent-pending features include a fixed-in-place drive-over sand drop area, complete dust control system, and the throughput capacity to keep ahead of the frac job,” Young concluded.

Overall tons sold were approximately 757,000 in the first quarter of 2020, compared with approximately 462,000 tons in the fourth quarter of 2019 and 648,000 tons in the first quarter of 2019. Activity remained strong through its terminal in Van Hook, N.D., during the quarter.

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