AESI earnings analysis
What we found in AESI's 10-Q: the parts that mattered, the offsets in the same document, and what the company said about what comes next.
Our reading of the filing · Free to read, no account needed
Atlas delivered Q2 revenue of $293.178 million, up 10.4% sequentially and 1.6% year over year, but reported diluted EPS of negative $0.20 and a net loss of $25.096 million. The Power segment expanded rapidly, with revenue up 83.1% to $29.280 million, while Sand & Logistics revenue declined 3.2% amid lower proppant pricing and shortfall revenue. Sequential margins improved from Q1, but gross margin remained 930 basis points below the prior-year level, and heavy $153.830 million capital spending drove free cash flow to negative $154.383 million.
The parts that mattered.
Pulled out of the filing itself, with the figures the company reported.
- Revenue grew sequentially and year over year
- Q2 revenue was $293.178 million, up $4.502 million (1.6%) from $288.676 million a year earlier and up $27.595 million (10.4%) from Q1 2026 revenue of $265.583 million. Growth was led by power rental and last-mile service activity.
- Power segment scaled rapidly
- Power segment revenue increased 83.1% year over year to $29.280 million from $15.993 million, as rental revenue rose $11.257 million to $26.970 million on more equipment leased to customers.
- Last-mile services offset product weakness
- Services revenue increased $16.315 million year over year to $162.670 million, driven by $14.9 million from higher last-mile volumes and $1.4 million from pricing.
- Sequential margin recovery from Q1 trough
- Gross margin recovered sequentially to 8.8% in Q2 from 2.4% in Q1 2026, while operating margin improved to negative 7.7% from negative 12.2%. Adjusted EBITDA was $49.514 million, versus $71.209 million in Q2 2025.
- Convertible issuance bolstered liquidity
- Liquidity included $168.216 million of cash, $216.4 million of working capital, and $124.7 million of ABL availability at June 30. The company repaid the $75.0 million ABL balance in April after issuing $450.0 million of 0.50% convertible notes.
And the other side of it.
The offsets in the same document — the things a summary that only listed the good news would have left out.
- Margins remain sharply below prior year
- Profitability remained materially below last year: gross profit fell to $25.855 million from $52.139 million, compressing gross margin to 8.8% from 18.1%; operating loss was $22.547 million versus $7.193 million of operating income. Diluted EPS was negative $0.20, versus negative $0.04 a year earlier.
- Capex drove deeply negative free cash flow
- Cash generation was pressured by growth investment: operating cash flow was negative $0.553 million versus positive $88.642 million a year ago, while capital expenditures rose to $153.830 million from $40.268 million, producing free cash flow of negative $154.383 million.
- New converts add cash-repurchase exposure
- The new 2031 Notes create a refinancing and liquidity risk. Holders may require cash repurchase at 100% of principal upon a fundamental change; $450.0 million of notes mature April 15, 2031, while total debt was $966.724 million at June 30.
- Convertible notes may dilute shareholders
- The 2031 Notes create potential equity dilution and accounting pressure. Their initial conversion price is $14.51 per share, and the filing says use of the if-converted method may reduce diluted EPS when the company is profitable.
- Sand pricing and shortfall headwinds persist
- Sand and logistics revenue declined $8.785 million year over year to $263.898 million. Within product revenue, lower proppant pricing reduced revenue by $19.6 million and lower shortfall revenue reduced it by $11.5 million.
- Financing and litigation charges weigh on earnings
- Interest and exceptional charges weighed on the loss: net interest expense increased to $16.240 million from $14.798 million, and the company recorded a $6.783 million loss on early payoff of lease financing plus $2.550 million of litigation settlement expense.
What they reported.
What the company itself reported, taken out of the document.
- Earnings per share
- $-0.2
- Gross margin
- 8.8%
- Operating margin
- -7.7%
- Segment
- Sand & Logistics revenue: $263.898 million (down $8.785 million, or 3.2%, year over year)
- Segment
- Power revenue: $29.280 million (up $13.287 million, or 83.1%, year over year)
What they said about what is next.
The 10-Q provides no quantitative revenue or EPS guidance. Management anticipates full energization of the five-year power purchase agreement during the first half of 2027; the associated equipment represents 50% of its recently ordered 240 MW of generation equipment.
The filing reads worse than the one before it.
What came before.
- 10-Q · May 5, 2026
- Atlas Energy Solutions reported Q1 2026 results, generating $265.6 million in revenue, surpassing estimates of $255.9 million. However, the company faced a significant net loss of $47.3 million, larger than the expected…
- 10-K · February 24, 2026
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- 10-K · February 25, 2025
- Atlas Energy Solutions reported subdued financial performance for Q4 2024, with revenues of $271M, missing estimates by approximately 1.33%, and an EPS of $0.13, falling short of the consensus of $0.17. The company's…
- 10-Q · May 8, 2024
- Q1 2024 results show revenue growth to $192.7M (+$39.2M; +25.6% vs Q1 2023) driven by a sharp increase in service sales and the March 5, 2024 Hi‑Crush acquisition. Profitability on a per-period basis improved (diluted…
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