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U.S. SILICA HOLDINGS, INC.

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No Longer Reporting

The company has not filed an annual or quarterly report since its Q2 FY2024 10-Q, filed Jul 31, 2024. Its latest SEC filing is a SCHEDULE 13G/A from Nov 12, 2024.

The sections below describe the company as of the FY2023 annual report.

What Did They Do?

Sells commercial silica and industrial minerals to oil and gas companies and manufacturers, and provides logistics services to oil and gas customers.

How Did They Make Money?

Customers buy minerals by purchase order, with payment invoiced per shipment or weekly or monthly for larger customers; payment is generally due within 30 days. Oil and gas customers also pay for transportation, equipment rental and labor based on services used or rental time, usually invoiced weekly or monthly.

revenue
SegmentShareRevenue
Product
Sold outright

79%
FY2020: 87%
Service
Mix

21%
FY2020: 13%

Who Were Their Customers?

Oilfield services companies and exploration and production companies buy proppants for hydraulic fracturing. Industrial customers use silica and mineral products in building materials, glass, foundry products, food and beverage, filtration and other applications.

Did Revenues Turn Into Profits?

Yes. It kept 9 cents of every revenue dollar as net income in FY2023 and turned 13 cents into free cash flow.

Operating income, FY2023
18% of revenue
▲ +61% vs FY2022 ($171M, 11%)
Net income, FY2023
9% of revenue
▲ +88% vs FY2022 ($78.2M, 5%)
Free cash flow, FY2023
13% of revenue
▼ −5% vs FY2022 ($209.5M, 14%)

How Were They Changing?

Since the FY2023 annual report
Latest quarter: Q2 FY2024, the three months to Jun 30, 2024
Revenue
▼ −22%
vs $406.8M in Q2 FY2023
Net income
▼ −58%
vs $46.3M in Q2 FY2023
Product share of revenue vs 79.3% in Q2 FY2023
  • Aug 1, 2024 Alan Schultz became CFO, replacing interim CFO Kevin Hough. Schultz’s appointment took effect August 1, 2024.
  • Jul 31, 2024 Apollo funds acquired U.S. Silica, and its shares stopped trading on the NYSE. The company continues under the U.S. Silica name and brand as a wholly owned subsidiary of Apollo funds.

Held flat. Revenue was $1.6B in FY2023, about the same as the $1.5B of FY2019.

Expanded mineral products The latest report describes calcium montmorillonite clay among the engineered mineral materials it sells; the older report lists calcium bentonite clay from Mississippi but does not include calcium montmorillonite in that product description.

Revenue over time
Product Service
$2B$1B$0

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