Smart Sand, Inc. Q1 FY26 Results

Smart Sand delivered another strong quarter of operating and financial performance. The first quarter was our fourth consecutive quarter with more than 1.4 million tons of sand sold, and we set a quarterly sales-volume record at just under 1.5 million tons. During the quarter, we generated positive free cash flow, and year to date through today we have returned approximately $5.7 million to shareholders through stock repurchases and dividends. During the quarter, we saw increasing sales activity in the Appalachian Basins and consistent activity in the Bakken Formation and the Montney and Duvernay shales in Canada. We remain focused on being the premier provider of Northern White sand in North America. Our strategic investments in our Blair, Wisconsin facility and our two terminals in Ohio are key drivers of increasing sales activity in the Utica Shale and across Canadian basins. We have positioned Smart Sand to benefit from expected long-term growth in North American natural gas demand driven by expanding LNG export capacity and increasing gas-fired power generation to support AI data center electricity needs. We continue to expand our Industrial Products Solutions business, primarily through our Ottawa, Illinois facility. Industrial sales volumes in the first quarter of 2026 were consistent with the fourth quarter of 2025, and we currently expect industrial sales volumes to increase year over year. In the first quarter, we successfully put our new SmartSystem design to work in the field. We believe the reconfigured design enables us to more efficiently and cost effectively meet the growing market demand for higher daily sand volumes used in oil and gas well completions. We are seeing strong customer interest in the new SmartSystem configuration. However, consistent with our focus on capital discipline, we want to see customer commitments for new systems before making incremental investments in additional SmartSystem fleets. Smart Sand is committed to growing our leading Northern White sand franchise while continuing to return capital to shareholders. We will remain true to our core operating principles of maintaining strong liquidity, prudent debt levels and positive annual cash flow. Our liquidity position is strong, with healthy cash balances and full availability under our $30 million credit facility. We expect to generate positive free cash flow in 2026, with sales volume growth in the 5% to 10% range over 2025 tons sold.