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Atlas Energy Solutions Inc.AESICompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Energy›Oilfield Services/Equipment

Mines and delivers frac sand (proppant) to Permian Basin oil & gas producers for hydraulic fracturing.

Momentum laggard 2
Mkt cap
$678M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
64%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$40.3M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
n/m
no positive forecast
ROIC−WACC
-12.2 pp
WACC 7.6%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
115 days
1 Mar 2027
Close · USD$5.41
1D+1.7%
1W-41.3%
1M-55.5%
3M-54.1%
6M-71.1%
YTD-42.6%
1Y-51.9%
ATR %15.0%
Beta1.00
52w lowhigh73.1% off high

What Atlas Energy Solutions does

Mines and delivers frac sand (proppant) to Permian Basin oil & gas producers for hydraulic fracturing.

Sells sand by the tonne and delivers it with the Dune Express, a long conveyor belt that carries sand from its mines to well sites and cuts truck trips; being in the basin saves transport. Its fortunes track oil companies' well completions in the Permian.

Products and services

  • Frac sand mining (Permian in-basin)
  • Last-mile sand logistics/delivery

Customers

  • Permian Basin oil & gas producers/pressure pumpers

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Energy
  • Oilfield services
  • Proppant (frac sand) mining & logistics

What could go right

  • Rising Permian completions activity
  • Local sand displacing higher-cost imported sand

What could go wrong

  • Oil & gas completions activity cyclicality
  • Sand pricing/oversupply competition

Moat: narrow (scale, cost advantage, distribution). In-basin Permian sand mines cut transport costs versus sand shipped from further away.

Headquarters: Austin, Texas, United States · Founded: 2017 · Employees: 1,511

Named competitors

  • U.S. Silica Holdings private or unlisted
  • Smart Sand private or unlisted
  • Covia Holdings private or unlisted

Atlas Energy Solutions at a glance

Size Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI) is a United States Energy company (Oilfield Services/Equipment) with a market value of $678M, the 2508th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $5.41 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 71.1%, against -20.4% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 3.7% over the last twelve months (peer median -6.4%); the operating margin is -11.4% (peer median 4.5%).

Valuation It trades at 1.6× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 1.8× (10th cheapest of 21).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 12.2 points below its cost of capital (7.6% WACC).

Short interest Short interest is 18.2% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 1 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

25507510011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 79AESI 29
Six months, rebased to 100: Atlas Energy Solutions against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Atlas Energy Solutions financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$1.08B$1.10B$1.06B$614M$483M
Revenue growth—+4%+72%+27%—
Gross profit$24.7M$122M$216M$312M$255M
EBITDA$90.8M$176M$228M$307M$260M
Net income-$140M-$50.3M$59.9M$105M$217M
Free cash flow-$344M-$30.9M-$118M-$66.5M$116M
Capital expenditure$390M$148M$374M$365M$89.6M
Total debt$1.07B$622M$530M$178M$173M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Atlas Energy Solutions competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-50%-25%0%+25%-40%-20%0%300084AT05686330HTG1921VIRIPUMPFET603727688377ACDCTOTFTKCFW002554OISHMHDEEPINDS603800AESI6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Atlas Energy Solutions is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-25%0%+25%+50%2×4×6×300084AT05686330HTG1921VIRIPUMPFET603727688377ACDCTOTFTK002554OISDEEPINDS603800AESIRevenue growth (TTM) →EV / Sales →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Atlas Energy Solutions is the large dot.

Atlas Energy Solutions competitors and peer comparison

How Atlas Energy Solutions compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Atlas Energy Solutions against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureAESIPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-55.5%-8.6%lowest of 21
6-month return-71.1%-20.4%lowest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-73.1%-45.5%3rd lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)-3.7%-6.4%10th highest of 21
Operating margin-11.4%4.5%4th lowest of 21
EV / Sales1.6×1.8×10th cheapest of 21
ROIC minus cost of capital-12.2 pp-4.8 pp5th lowest of 21
EV / EBITDA19.1×9.2×3rd most expensive of 14
Net debt / EBITDA11.6×0.9×most indebted of 14

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq gDelivered g
Atlas Energy Solutions AESIUnited States$678M-71%-4%-11%1.6×n/an/a
Haimo Technologies 300084.SZChina$667M-31%-7%-12%7.3×n/an/a
Ashtead Technology AT..LUnited Kingdom$660M+26%+9%26%3.0×-5.5%+36.8%
Shandong Molong Petroleum Machinery 0568.HKHong Kong$698M-48%+58%0%2.7×n/an/a
Toyo Engineering 6330.TJapan$711M-16%-31%-10%0.4×-2.1%-0.1%
Hunting HTG.LUnited Kingdom$714M-25%-12%7%0.8×17.8%+9.6%
Dalipal 1921.HKHong Kong$603M-29%+3%3%1.9×n/an/a
Viridien VIRI.PAFrance$763M-16%-14%11%1.6×-2.9%+4.1%
ProPetro PUMPUnited States$785M-59%-6%0%0.8×n/an/a
Forum Energy Technologies FETUnited States$800M+30%+11%7%1.1×3.5%+9.1%
Bomesc Offshore Engineering 603727.SSChina$823M+6%-12%-7%2.4×-9.1%-6.1%
Nanjing Develop Advanced Manufacturing Co. Ltd. Class 1 688377.SSChina$554M-52%0%9%3.2×7.5%+11.4%
ProFrac ACDCUnited States$547M-55%-16%-11%1.1×n/an/a
Total Energy Services TOT.TOCanada$851M+41%+22%9%1.0×3.7%+23.8%
Flotek Industries FTKUnited States$886M+45%+59%13%2.7×n/an/a
Calfrac Well Services CFW.TOCanada$506M+36%-15%6%0.6×-10.9%+14.5%
China Oil HBP Science & Technology 002554.SZChina$502M-28%-29%-17%2.9×n/an/a
Oil States International OISUnited States$499M-4%-1%1%0.8×27.7%+1.0%
HMH HMHUnited States$482M-49%-10%12%1.6×-2.1%+6.7%
Deep Industries DEEPINDS.NSIndia$433M+38%+41%12%3.9×25.4%+35.7%
Jiangsu Hongtian Technology 603800.SSChina$1.11B-32%-27%-15%9.5×32.4%+5.1%

Questions

Who are Atlas Energy Solutions's main competitors?
Named competitors: U.S. Silica Holdings (private or unlisted), Smart Sand (private or unlisted), Covia Holdings (private or unlisted). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Haimo Technologies (300084.SZ), Ashtead Technology (AT..L), Shandong Molong Petroleum Machinery (0568.HK), Toyo Engineering (6330.T), Hunting (HTG.L), Dalipal (1921.HK).
Is Atlas Energy Solutions expensive compared with its peers?
On ev / sales it trades at 1.6× against a peer median of 1.8×, 10th cheapest of 21 in its peer set.
How has Atlas Energy Solutions stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -71.1% against -20.4% for the median peer; over one year -51.9%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.