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Preston Caldwell
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U.S. Silica's New Mine Leads to Bump in Fair Value Estimate; Lowering FVE for Peers on Lower Pricing

We are revisiting our overall industry outlook for proppant suppliers after U.S. Silica’s announcement June 14 that it will soon begin construction on a new frac sand mine in West Texas. This revised outlook results in a lower forecast for midcycle 2020 Northern White mine-gate pricing from about $36.50 to $35.00 per ton. This lower pricing forecast results in lower fair value estimates for three of our covered proppant companies. Hi-Crush moves from $19 to $17.50 per unit, Smart Sand from $16.5...
Underlying
U.S. Silica Holdings Inc.

U.S. Silica Holdings is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company is a performance materials company and a producer of commercial silica used in industrial applications and in the oil and gas industry. The company is also engaged in the production of products derived from diatomaceous earth, perlite, engineered clays, and non-activated clays. The company's segments include: Oil and Gas Proppants, which serves the oil and gas recovery market by providing and delivering fracturing sand; and Industrial and Specialty Products, which provides products and materials for building and construction products, fillers and extenders, filtration, glassmaking, absorbents, foundry, and sports and recreation.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Preston Caldwell

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