Liberty Energy Inc. Announces Second Quarter 2025 Financial and Operational Results

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DENVER, July 24, 2025 --( BUSINESS WIRE )--Liberty Energy Inc. (NYSE: LBRT; "Liberty" or the "Company") today reported second quarter 2025 financial and operational results. Summary Results and Highlights "Liberty delivered an exceptional second quarter amidst increased macroeconomic uncertainty and energy sector volatility. Revenue and Adjusted EBITDA 1 increased 7% and 8% sequentially, respectively, against an industry backdrop of softening completions activity. This strong performance is a direct reflection of the outstanding contributions of our team, safely driving record efficiencies and increased utilization that more than offset industry pricing headwinds," commented Ron Gusek, Chief Executive Officer. "We are leveraging our full suite of completion services, including frac, wireline, sand, logistics, fueling services and top tier engineering and diagnostic tools, to drive increased engagement with our customers." "We are excited to bolster our technology leadership with rapid progress on our cutting-edge digiPrime enhancement with the industry’s first variable speed natural gas reciprocating engine. Our successful development and field testing during the second quarter reflect our commitment to continued innovation in high efficiency, low emission technologies," continued Mr. Gusek. "We also completed the successful field trial of the industry’s first last-mile sand slurry system. By transporting sand slurry via pipe, our system is expected to reduce costs, improve delivery reliability, and decrease dust, emissions and road maintenance for our customers." "Growing power demand from data centers and industrial users necessitates a collaborative approach to address power service requirements that increasingly surpass the traditional utility offering. During the second quarter, we announced two strategic alliances for the development of power facilities. In Pennsylvania, we are collaborating with Range Resources and Imperial Land Corporation to provide power services at a strategically located industrial park tailored for scalable development with advantaged access to Marcellus natural gas. In Colorado, our strategic alliance with AltitudeX Aviation Group will support a proposed development at the Colorado Air & Space Port powered by a Liberty microgrid," continued Mr. Gusek. "These partnerships address the barriers that commercial and industrial developers face, including access to suitable land, integrated power management solutions, and reliable fuel supply. Together, we offer a turnkey solution that combines on-site generation, market integration, and infrastructure readiness to meet the evolving needs of high demand users." "Our recently announced collaboration with Oklo represents an exciting path towards delivering integrated, next generation power solutions for sophisticated large load customers. This comprehensive approach combines the speed to market of Liberty’s Forte℠ distributed natural gas power and high-performance load management solution to meet immediate demand, with a path to integrate grid power management and baseload small modular nuclear reactors," continued Mr. Gusek. "As energy systems evolve, our blended solution provides long-term, reliable power that utilizes breakthrough technology and energy management solutions." "As we look ahead, the strategic investment we have made in completions through cycles enhances our ability to support customers in an evolving landscape. We are leveraging our integrated suite of completion services, cutting-edge technologies, industry leading partnerships and the dedication of our exceptional team to navigate market uncertainties. Within our power business, LPI delivers a robustly engineered, end-to-end energy solution uniquely integrating on-site generation and load management, ISO market participation, and advantaged retail supply, creating a comprehensive, flexible approach that redefines reliability and cost efficiency in deregulated regions," continued Mr. Gusek. "We’re excited by LPI’s future growth and its ability to contribute to our track record of delivering superior long-term returns, while balancing disciplined investment with a strong balance sheet through cycles." Outlook While oil markets continue to evolve in response to dynamic global economic and geopolitical developments, North American production has remained relatively stable. As the world’s largest supplier of oil and natural gas, U.S. producers continue to play a vital role in delivering reliable energy to global markets, supporting domestic industrial activity and power demand, and providing strategic leverage in the geopolitical landscape. Recent events, ranging from shifting tariff policies to rising regional hostilities and mixed economic signals affecting global oil demand, have not yet driven a meaningful North American production response. Larger, well-capitalized producers with strong balance sheets and highly efficient operations enjoy healthy well economics, enabling them to weather commodity price volatility. Intra-quarter price fluctuations created hedging opportunities, further tempering supply side reactions. Producers are targeting a relatively flat production profile, sustaining a baseline of frac activity to offset the natural decline of producing wells. Completions activity is anticipated to gradually slow during the second half of the year, reflecting disciplined capital deployment and contributing to market pricing pressure on services. This slowdown in activity is expected to accelerate equipment cannibalization and attrition, which fundamentally improves the supply and demand dynamics within the services industry over the cycle. Today’s larger producers require a technically superior service offering to meet the rising demand for efficiencies and engineering support that few service companies are positioned to deliver. Liberty’s unmatched portfolio breadth, integrated services, and technical innovation uniquely enable us to deliver greater value to our customers and drive outperformance. "Amidst market pressures and near-term reductions in customer activity, we are planning to modestly reduce our deployed fleet count and reposition this horsepower to support our expanded simulfrac offering for long-term partners," continued Mr. Gusek. "We have created a unique competitive position that allows us to stay agile in dynamic markets while maintaining strong long-term advantages, underpinned by our scale, technology leadership, vertical integration and a fortress-like balance sheet. We are excited by the road ahead and our emerging growth opportunities." Cash Dividend During the quarter ended June 30, 2025, the Company paid a quarterly cash dividend of $0.08 per share of Class A common stock, or approximately $13 million in aggregate to shareholders. On July 15, 2025, the Board declared a cash dividend of $0.08 per share of Class A common stock, to be paid on September 18, 2025 to holders of record as of September 4, 2025. Future declarations of quarterly cash dividends are subject to approval by the Board of Directors and to the Board’s continuing determination that the declarations of dividends are in the best interests of Liberty and its stockholders. Future dividends may be adjusted at the Board’s discretion based on market conditions and capital availability. Second Quarter Results For the second quarter of 2025, revenue was $1.0 billion, a decrease of 10% from $1.2 billion in the second quarter of 2024 and an increase of 7% from $977 million in the first quarter of 2025. Net income (after taxes) totaled $71 million for the second quarter of 2025 compared to $108 million in the second quarter of 2024 and $20 million in the first quarter of 2025. Adjusted Net Income 3 (after taxes) totaled $20 million for the second quarter of 2025 compared to $103 million in the second quarter of 2024 and $7 million in the first quarter of 2025. Adjusted EBITDA 1 of $181 million for the second quarter of 2025 decreased 34% from $273 million in the second quarter of 2024 and increased 8% from $168 million in the first quarter of 2025. Fully diluted earnings per share of $0.43 for the second quarter of 2025 compared to $0.64 for the second quarter of 2024 and $0.12 for the first quarter of 2025. Adjusted Net Income per Diluted Share 3 of $0.12 for the second quarter of 2025 compared to $0.61 for the second quarter of 2024 and $0.04 for the first quarter of 2025. Please refer to the tables at the end of this earnings release for a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Net Income, and Adjusted Net Income per Diluted Share (each, a non-GAAP financial measure) to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures. Balance Sheet and Liquidity As of June 30, 2025, Liberty had cash on hand of $20 million and total debt of $160 million, drawn on the secured asset-based revolving credit facility. Total liquidity, including availability under the credit facility, was $276 million as of June 30, 2025. In July 2025, Liberty expanded its credit facility to provide for a $225 million increase in aggregate commitments to $750 million, subject to borrowing base limitations. Conference Call Liberty will host a conference call to discuss the results at 8:00 a.m. Mountain Time (10:00 a.m. Eastern Time) on Friday, July 25, 2025. Presenting Liberty’s results will be Ron Gusek, Chief Executive Officer, and Michael Stock, Chief Financial Officer. Individuals wishing to participate in the conference call should dial (833) 255-2827, or for international callers, (412) 902-6704. Participants should ask to join the Liberty Energy call. A live webcast will be available at http://investors.libertyenergy.com . The webcast can be accessed for 90 days following the call. A telephone replay will be available shortly after the call and can be accessed by dialing (877) 344-7529, or for international callers (412) 317-0088. The passcode for the replay is 7843160. The replay will be available until August 1, 2025. About Liberty Liberty Energy Inc. (NYSE: LBRT) is a leading energy services company. Liberty is one of the largest providers of completion services and technologies to onshore oil, natural gas, and enhanced geothermal energy producers in North America. Liberty also owns and operates Liberty Power Innovations LLC, providing advanced distributed power and energy storage solutions for the commercial and industrial, data center, energy, and mining industries. Liberty was founded in 2011 with a relentless focus on value creation through a culture of innovation and excellence and the development of next generation technology. Liberty is headquartered in Denver, Colorado. For more information, please visit www.libertyenergy.com and www.libertypowerinnovations.com , or contact Investor Relations at [email protected] . Non-GAAP Financial Measures This earnings release includes unaudited non-GAAP financial and operational measures, including EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Net Income, Adjusted Net Income per Diluted Share, and Adjusted Pre-Tax Return on Capital Employed ("ROCE"). We believe that the presentation of these non-GAAP financial and operational measures provides useful information about our financial performance and results of operations. We define Adjusted EBITDA as EBITDA adjusted to eliminate the effects of items such as non-cash stock-based compensation, new fleet or new basin start-up costs, fleet lay-down costs, gain or loss on the disposal of assets, gain or loss on investments, net, bad debt reserves, transaction and other costs, the loss or gain on remeasurement of liability under our tax receivable agreements, and other non-recurring expenses that management does not consider in assessing ongoing performance. Our board of directors, management, investors, and lenders use EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA to assess our financial performance because it allows them to compare our operating performance on a consistent basis across periods by removing the effects of our capital structure (such as varying levels of interest expense), asset base (such as depreciation, depletion, and amortization) and other items that impact the comparability of financial results from period to period. We present EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA because we believe they provide useful information regarding the factors and trends affecting our business in addition to measures calculated under U.S. GAAP. We present Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Net Income per Diluted Share because we believe such measures provide useful information to investors regarding our operating performance by excluding the after-tax impacts of unusual or one-time benefits or costs, including items such as gain or loss on investments, net and transaction and other costs, primarily because management views the excluded items to be outside of our normal operating results. We define Adjusted Net Income as net income after eliminating the effects of such excluded items and Adjusted Net Income per Diluted Share as Adjusted Net Income divided by the number of weighted average diluted shares outstanding. Management analyzes net income without the impact of these items as an indicator of performance to identify underlying trends in our business. We define ROCE as the ratio of adjusted pre-tax net income (adding back income tax and certain adjustments that include tax receivable agreement impacts, gain or loss on investments, net, and transaction and other costs, when applicable) for the twelve months ended June 30, 2025 to Average Capital Employed. Average Capital Employed is the simple average of total capital employed (both debt and equity) as of June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024. ROCE is presented based on our management’s belief that this non-GAAP measure is useful information to investors when evaluating our profitability and the efficiency with which management has employed capital over time. Our management uses ROCE for that purpose. ROCE is not a measure of financial performance under U.S. GAAP and should not be considered an alternative to net income, as defined by U.S. GAAP. Non-GAAP financial and operational measures do not have any standardized meaning and are therefore unlikely to be comparable to similar measures presented by other companies. The presentation of non-GAAP financial and operational measures is not intended to be a substitute for, and should not be considered in isolation from, the financial measures reported in accordance with U.S. GAAP. See the tables entitled Reconciliation and Calculation of Non-GAAP Financial and Operational Measures for a reconciliation or calculation of the non-GAAP financial or operational measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measure. Forward-Looking and Cautionary Statements The information above includes "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. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included herein concerning, among other things, statements about our expected growth from recent acquisitions, expected performance, future operating results, oil and natural gas demand and prices and the outlook for the oil and gas industry, outlook for the power industry, future global economic conditions, improvements in operating procedures and technology, our business strategy and the business strategies of our customers, the impact of policy, legislative, and regulatory changes, the deployment of fleets in the future, planned capital expenditures, future cash flows and borrowings, pursuit of potential acquisition opportunities, our financial position, return of capital to stockholders, business strategy and objectives for future operations, are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are identified by their use of terms and phrases such as "may," "expect," "estimate," "outlook," "project," "plan," "position," "believe," "intend," "achievable," "forecast," "assume," "anticipate," "will," "continue," "potential," "likely," "should," "could," and similar terms and phrases. However, the absence of these words does not mean that the statements are not forward-looking. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, they do involve certain assumptions, risks and uncertainties. The outlook presented herein is subject to change by Liberty without notice and Liberty has no obligation to affirm or update such information, except as required by law. These forward-looking statements represent our expectations or beliefs concerning future events, and it is possible that the results described in this earnings release will not be achieved. These forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions identified above or as disclosed from time to time in Liberty's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. As a result of these factors, actual results may differ materially from those indicated or implied by such forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made, and, except as required by law, we do not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict all such factors. When considering these forward-looking statements, you should keep in mind the risk factors and other cautionary statements in "Item 1A. Risk Factors" included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 as filed with the SEC on February 6, 2025, in our Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2025 as filed with the SEC on April 17, 2025 and in our other public filings with the SEC. These and other factors could cause our actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements.   View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250724009394/en/ Contacts Michael Stock Chief Financial Officer Anjali Voria, CFA Vice President of Investor Relations 303-515-2851 [email protected]

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