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Preston Caldwell
EUR 101.80 For Business Accounts Only

Smart Sand distinguished among frac sand producers by its large reserves of preferred fine mesh sand

Shares of frac sand producer Smart Sand have fallen about 15% since the company’s announcement of its fourth-quarter results. We think the drop is puzzling, and we were unsurprised by the company’s results overall. For now, our fair value estimate and no-moat rating are unchanged.
Average sand pricing of about $34 per ton was flat from the third quarter. Management noted that pricing was up 5%-10% on a like-for-like basis, but that a temporary shift in mix offset this increase. Much of Smart San...
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Smart Sand

Smart Sand is a frac sand supply and services company. The company is a producer of Northern White raw frac sand, which is a proppant used to improve hydrocarbon recovery rates in the hydraulic fracturing of oil and natural gas wells. The company also provides proppant logistics solutions to its customers through its in-basin transloading terminal and wellsite storage capabilities. The company markets its products and services primarily to oil and natural gas exploration and production companies and oilfield service companies and sells its products under a combination of long-term take-or-pay contracts and spot sales in the open market.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

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Preston Caldwell

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