Aris Water Solutions, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2025 Results

Aris Water Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: ARIS) (“Aris,” “Aris Water,” or the “Company”) today announced financial and operating results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2025.

FIRST QUARTER 2025 HIGHLIGHTS

• Achieved record volumes for both Produced Water Handling and Water Solutions
• Produced Water Handling volumes grew 7% sequentially and 3% year-over-year
• Recycled water volumes grew 3% sequentially and 41% year-over-year
• Achieved first quarter 2025 net income of $16.0 million
• Generated Adjusted EBITDA¹ of $56.5 million for the first quarter of 2025, up 4% sequentially and 6% year-over year
• Strengthened financial profile through successful senior notes refinancing
• Moody’s Ratings upgraded credit rating to “B1” from “B2”

“Aris continued its positive momentum with an excellent first quarter. We received record-breaking volumes from our long-term contracted customers in both Produced Water and Water Solutions and surpassed the top end of our Adjusted EBITDA guidance. We maintained strong margins, achieving an Adjusted Operating Margin of $0.44 per barrel in the quarter. Margin strength was driven by continued operational efficiency, as well as an approximately $2 million benefit from the timing of planned maintenance activity which will now be incurred in the second quarter,” said Amanda Brock, President and CEO of Aris.

“While we’ve had an exceptional start to 2025, we are carefully monitoring potential volatility from macroeconomic factors, tariff uncertainty, and lower oil prices. At this time, we continue to see steady activity levels on our dedicated acreage and remain in close contact with our industry leading customers, who are evaluating their development plans for the back half of the year. Thus far, we have not received any material changes in forecasts from our customers on our dedicated acreage, but should we see any slowdown in activity, we can adjust our level of capital investment accordingly. We remain well positioned to manage our business through potential market turbulence due to our continuous improvements in cost structure, highly economic dedicated acreage, well capitalized customers, and strong balance sheet,” said Mrs. Brock.

OPERATIONS UPDATE

FINANCIAL UPDATE

STRONG BALANCE SHEET AND LIQUIDITY

As of March 31, 2025, the Company had net debt of approximately $480 million with $25 million in cash and $347 million available under its revolving credit facility. The Company’s leverage ratio³ at the end of the first quarter of 2025 was 2.2X, below the Company’s target leverage of 2.5X – 3.5X. During the first quarter, Aris successfully refinanced its senior notes that were previously due in 2026, achieving a lower coupon of 7.25% and upsizing the offering from $400 to $500 million due to strong investor demand. Recognizing the Company’s strengthening credit profile and strong financial metrics, Moody’s upgraded Aris Water Holdings, LLC's Corporate Family Rating to “B1” from “B2”.

SECOND QUARTER 2025 DIVIDEND

Aris’s Board of Directors declared a dividend on its Class A common stock for the second quarter of 2025 of $0.14 per share. In conjunction with the dividend payment, a distribution of $0.14 per unit will be paid to unit holders of Aris Water Holdings, LLC. The dividend will be paid on June 18, 2025, to holders of record of the Company’s Class A common stock as of the close of business on June 5, 2025. The distribution to unit holders of Aris Water Holdings, LLC will be subject to the same payment and record dates.

SECOND QUARTER 2025 FINANCIAL OUTLOOK

“As we begin the second quarter, we continue to see strong volumes and customer activity in-line with our prior forecasts. Quarter-over-quarter, we anticipate Adjusted EBITDA to be impacted by approximately $2 million of well maintenance expenses originally scheduled for the first quarter, which will now be completed in the second quarter. Additionally, at current commodity prices, we will realize lower revenues from skim oil recoveries in the second quarter. Aside from the timing of maintenance expenses and oil prices, we expect to maintain strong margins in the second quarter given the structural cost improvements we have achieved over the past twenty-four months.

“At this time, we have no update to our full year 2025 volume, Adjusted EBITDA, and capital expenditure outlook. Given the potential impact of continued lower oil prices, we remain in close contact with our customers as they evaluate their plans for the remainder of the year and can adjust our capital expenditure plans correspondingly. We believe our business will prove resilient throughout macroeconomic volatility due to the strength of our large customers and our long-term dedicated acreage with multiple decades of inventory and top tier upstream economics,” said Mrs. Brock.

For the second quarter of 2025 the Company expects:

• Produced Water Handling volumes between 1,200 and 1,250 thousand barrels of water per day
• Water Solutions volumes between 475 and 525 thousand barrels of water per day
• Adjusted Operating Margin per Barrel² between $0.41 and $0.43
• Skim oil recoveries of approximately 1,800 - 2,000 barrels per day
• Adjusted EBITDA¹ between $50 and $55 million
• Capital Expenditures⁴ of $20 to $25 million

CONFERENCE CALL

Aris will host a conference call to discuss its first quarter 2025 results on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, at 8:00 a.m. Central Time (9:00 a.m. Eastern Time).

Participants should call (877) 407-5792 and refer to Aris Water Solutions, Inc. when dialing in. Participants are encouraged to log in to the webcast or dial in to the conference call approximately ten minutes prior to the start time. To listen via live webcast, please visit the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website, www.ariswater.com.

An audio replay of the conference call will be available shortly after the conclusion of the call and will remain available for approximately fourteen days. It can be accessed by dialing (877) 660-6853 within the United States or (201) 612-7415 outside of the United States. The conference call replay access code is 13753162.

About Aris Water Solutions, Inc.

Aris Water Solutions, Inc. is a leading, growth-oriented environmental infrastructure and solutions company that directly helps its customers reduce their water and carbon footprints. Aris Water delivers full-cycle water handling and recycling solutions that increase the sustainability of energy company operations. Its integrated pipelines and related infrastructure create long-term value by delivering high-capacity, comprehensive produced water management, recycling and supply solutions to operators in the core areas of the Permian Basin.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Examples of forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements, information, opinions or beliefs regarding our business strategy, our industry, our future profitability, business and financial performance, including our guidance for 2025, current and potential future long-term contracts, legal and regulatory developments, our ability to identify strategic acquisitions and realize expected benefits therefrom, the development of technologies for the beneficial reuse of produced water and related strategies, plans, objectives and strategic pursuits and other statements that are not historical facts. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “anticipate,” “guidance,” “preliminary,” “project,” “estimate,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “continue,” “sustain,” “will,” “intend,” “strive,” “plan,” “goal,” “target,” “believe,” “forecast,” “outlook,” “future,” “potential,” “opportunity,” “predict,” “may,” “visibility,” “possible,” “should,” “could” and variations of such words or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations and assumptions regarding our business, the economy and other future conditions. Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, by their nature, they are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict. As a result, our actual results may differ materially from those contemplated or implied by the forward-looking statements including our guidance for 2025. Factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from the results contemplated by such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, energy prices, trade policy of domestic and foreign governments (including the imposition of tariffs), the Russia-Ukraine and Middle Eastern conflicts, macroeconomic conditions (such as inflation) and market uncertainty related thereto, legislative and regulatory developments, customer plans and preferences, adverse results from litigation and the use of financial resources for litigation defense, technological innovations and developments, and other events discussed or referenced in our filings made from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), including such factors discussed under “Risk Factors” in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, and if applicable, our subsequent SEC filings, which are available on our Investor Relations website at https://ir.ariswater.com/sec-filings or on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov/edgar. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. All forward-looking statements, expressed or implied, included in this press release and any oral statements made in connection with this press release are expressly qualified in their entirety by the foregoing cautionary statements. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, except as may be required by law.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information

The Company uses financial measures that are not calculated in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), including Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Operating Margin, Adjusted Operating Margin per Barrel, Adjusted Net Income, net debt and leverage ratio and Capital Expenditures. Although these Non-GAAP financial measures are important factors in assessing the Company’s operating results and cash flows, they should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for net income, gross margin, net cash flows provided from operating activities or any other measures prepared under GAAP.

The Company calculates Adjusted EBITDA as net income (loss) plus: interest expense; income taxes; depreciation, amortization and accretion expense; abandoned well costs, asset impairment and abandoned project charges; losses on the sale of assets; transaction costs; research and development expense; change in payables related to the Tax Receivable Agreement liability as a result of state tax rate changes; loss on debt extinguishment; stock-based compensation expense; and other non-recurring or unusual expenses or charges (such as litigation expenses, severance costs and amortization expense related to the implementation costs of our new enterprise resource planning system), less any gains on the sale of assets.

The Adjusted Operating Margin and Adjusted Operating Margin per Barrel measures are related to our Water Gathering and Processing segment, as they are dependent upon the volume of produced water we gather and handle, the volume of recycled water and groundwater we sell, the fees we charge for such services and the recurring operating expenses we incur to perform such services. The Company calculates Adjusted Operating Margin as Gross Margin (Total Revenue less Total Cost of Revenue) plus depreciation, amortization and accretion. The Company defines Adjusted Operating Margin per Barrel as Adjusted Operating Margin divided by total volumes handled or sold.

The Company calculates Adjusted Net Income as Net Income (Loss) plus the after-tax impacts of stock-based compensation and plus or minus the after-tax impacts of certain items affecting comparability, which are typically non-cash and/or non-recurring items. The Company calculates Diluted Adjusted Net Income Per Share as (i) Net Income (Loss) plus the after-tax impacts of stock-based compensation and plus or minus the after-tax impacts of certain items affecting comparability, which are typically non-cash and/or non-recurring items, divided by (ii) the diluted weighted-average shares of Class A common stock outstanding, assuming the full exchange of all outstanding LLC interests, adjusted for the dilutive effect of outstanding equity-based awards.

The Company calculates its leverage ratio as net debt as of March 31, 2025, divided by Adjusted EBITDA for the trailing twelve months. Net debt is calculated as the principal amount of total debt outstanding as of March 31, 2025, less cash and cash equivalents as of March 31, 2025.

The Company calculates Capital Expenditures as cash capital expenditures for property, plant, and equipment additions less changes in accrued capital costs.

The Company believes these presentations are used by investors and professional research analysts to assess the ability of our assets to generate sufficient cash to meet our business needs and return capital to equity holders, as well as for the valuation, comparison, rating and investment recommendations of companies within its industry. Similarly, the Company’s management uses this information for comparative purposes as well. Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Operating Margin, Adjusted Operating Margin per Barrel, Adjusted Net Income and Capital Expenditures are not measures of financial performance under GAAP and should not be considered as measures of liquidity or as alternatives to net income (loss), gross margin, cash paid for property, plant and equipment or net cash flows provided from operating activities. Additionally, these presentations as defined by the Company may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies and should be considered in conjunction with net income (loss) and other measures prepared in accordance with GAAP, such as gross margin, operating income, net income, cash paid for property, plant, and equipment or net cash flows from operating activities.

Although we provide forecasts for the non-GAAP measures Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Operating Margin per Barrel and Capital Expenditures, we are not able to forecast their most directly comparable measures (net income, gross margin, cash paid for property, plant, and equipment and net cash flows from operating activities) calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP without unreasonable effort. Certain elements of the composition of forward-looking GAAP metrics are not predictable, making it impractical for us to forecast. Such elements include but are not limited to non-recurring gains or losses, unusual or non-recurring items, income tax benefit or expense, or one-time transaction costs and cost of revenue, which could have a significant impact on the GAAP measures. The variability of the excluded items may have a significant, and potentially unpredictable, impact on our future GAAP results. As a result, no reconciliation of forecasted non-GAAP measures is provided.

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