Annual report [Section 13 and 15(d), not S-K Item 405]

Organization and Description of Business

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Organization and Description of Business
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Organization and description of business

1. ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

ProFrac Holding Corp. (“ProFrac Corp.”) and its consolidated subsidiaries, including ProFrac Holdings, LLC (“ProFrac LLC”), is a vertically integrated and innovation-driven energy services holding company providing hydraulic fracturing, proppant production, other completion services and other complementary products and services to leading upstream oil and natural gas companies engaged in the exploration and production (“E&P”) of North American unconventional oil and natural gas resources.

ProFrac Corp. operates in four business segments: Stimulation Services, Proppant Production, Manufacturing and Flotek Industries, Inc., (“Flotek”). Our Stimulation Services segment owns and operates a fleet of mobile hydraulic fracturing units and other auxiliary equipment that generates revenue by providing stimulation services to our customers. Our Proppant Production segment provides proppant to oilfield service providers and E&P companies. Our Manufacturing segment sells highly engineered, tight tolerance machined, assembled, and factory tested products such as high horsepower pumps, valves, piping, swivels, large-bore manifold systems, and fluid ends. Flotek is a leading chemistry and data technology company focused on servicing the E&P industry.

Mr. Dan Wilks and Mr. Farris Wilks are brothers and are the founders and principal stockholders of the Company. Their sons, Mr. Matthew D. Wilks and Mr. Johnathan Ladd Wilks are the Company’s Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, respectively. In the normal course of business, we enter into transactions with related parties where Mr. Dan Wilks and Mr. Farris Wilks and entities owned by or affiliated with them (collectively, the "Wilks Parties") hold a controlling financial interest. Under Nasdaq rules and the Company’s Related Party Transactions Policy, our Audit Committee is responsible for reviewing all related party transactions. Under the policy, potential related party transactions are subject to approval by the Audit Committee in advance or, in certain circumstances, ratification by the Audit Committee, in each case if such transactions satisfy the terms and conditions set forth in the policy. See "Note 17. Related Party Transactions" for further information.

Company Formation

ProFrac Corp. was incorporated as a Delaware corporation on August 17, 2021, to become a holding corporation for ProFrac LLC and its subsidiaries upon completion of a corporate reorganization in conjunction with a planned initial public offering (“IPO”). On May 17, 2022, ProFrac Corp. completed its IPO and corporate reorganization and became the managing member of ProFrac LLC. The consolidated financial statements presented herein are those of ProFrac Corp. In these notes to the consolidated financial statements, ProFrac Corp. is also referred to as “we,” “us,” “our,” or the “Company.”

Variable Interest Entity

Through a contractual relationship, we have the power to appoint directors to the board of directors of Flotek. Because we have this power through a contract and not through our direct equity interest in Flotek, Flotek meets the definition of a variable interest entity ("VIE"). Furthermore, we are the primary beneficiary of the VIE due to our ability to appoint four of seven directors to Flotek’s board of directors. Accordingly, we have consolidated the operating results, assets and liabilities of Flotek. The assets of Flotek can only be used to settle its obligations and the creditors of Flotek have no recourse to our assets. Our exposure to Flotek is generally limited to the carrying value of our equity and variable interest. As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, we owned approximately 50.0% and 50.5%, respectively, of Flotek's outstanding common stock.

Concentration of Risk and Liquidity Update

Our business activities are concentrated in the well completion services segment of the oilfield services industry in the United States. The market for these services is cyclical, and we depend on the willingness of our customers to make operating and capital expenditures to explore for, develop, and produce oil and natural gas in the United States. The willingness of our customers to undertake these activities depends largely upon prevailing industry conditions that are predominantly influenced by current and expected prices for oil and natural gas. Historically, a low commodity-price environment has caused our customers to significantly reduce their hydraulic fracturing activities and the prices they are willing to pay for those services. During such periods, these customer actions materially adversely affected our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Beginning in April 2025, many of our customers began reducing their activity levels as a result of a depressed commodity price environment, and our results of operations and operating cash flows correspondingly began to decline. In an attempt to ensure that the Company has sufficient near-term liquidity during a prolonged depressed commodity environment, we have executed the following initiatives to optimize the cost structure of the business with a focus on operational efficiency:

increased liquidity by issuance of common stock in August 2025, which generated net proceeds of $79.0 million;
increased liquidity by selling an intercompany note receivable from Flotek Industries, Inc. ("Flotek") in November 2025 to PC Energy Credit I LLC, an affiliate of the Wilks Parties and a related party to the Company, generating net proceeds of approximately $40.4 million, which amounted to the entire principal amount of the note, plus accrued and unpaid interest;
issued an additional $40.0 million and $25.0 million of 2029 Senior Notes in December 2025 and January 2026, respectively;
on March 3, 2026, we amended the 2022 ABL Credit Facility to extend its scheduled maturity date to September 3, 2027;
reduced our direct and indirect labor costs;
reduced our selling, general and administrative expenses by reducing headcount and eliminating certain non-labor related costs; and
identified areas to enhance operating efficiencies, to reduce operating expenses, and to reduce capital expenditures.

 

As a result of these actions, we believe our cost structure and liquidity are better positioned for the long term and we believe that our sources of liquidity and our cash provided by operations will be sufficient to fund our capital expenditures, satisfy our obligations, and remain in compliance with our existing debt covenants for at least the next 12 months.

Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests

ProFrac Corp.’s only material asset is an equity interest consisting of units representing limited liability company interests in ProFrac LLC (the “Units”). As the sole managing member of ProFrac LLC, ProFrac Corp. consolidates the financial results of ProFrac LLC and its subsidiaries and reports a noncontrolling interest related to the portion of Units not owned by ProFrac Corp. Historically, the holders of Units not owned by ProFrac Corp. also held shares of ProFrac Corp.’s Class B common stock, such that a single share of Class B common stock was issued for each Unit not owned by ProFrac Corp.

Pursuant to the Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of ProFrac LLC and the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of ProFrac Corp., certain members of ProFrac LLC had the right to cause ProFrac LLC to redeem all or a portion of each such member's Units, together with the surrender of the same number of each such member's shares of Class B common stock, for an equivalent number of shares of Class A common stock or, at the election of our board of directors, cash. In connection with the exercise of such redemption, a corresponding number of shares of Class B common stock would be canceled. The redemption election was not considered to be within our control because the holders of Class B common stock and their affiliates controlled us through direct representation on our board of directors. As a result, we have historically presented the noncontrolling interests in ProFrac LLC as redeemable noncontrolling interests outside of permanent equity.

In April 2023, all the eligible holders of the Units (the "Redeeming Members") submitted redemption notices with respect to all of their Units, representing an aggregate of 104.2 million ProFrac LLC units (the "Redeemed Units"), together with the surrender and delivery of the same number of shares of our Class B common stock. The Redeeming Members include entities owned or affiliated with ProFrac Corp.'s controlling stockholders, Mr. Dan Wilks and Mr. Farris Wilks, as well as Mr. Matthew D. Wilks, our Executive Chairman, an entity affiliated with Mr. Johnathan L. Wilks, our Chief Executive Officer, and Mr. Coy Randle, a former member of our board of directors.

In April 2023, we delivered a written notice to ProFrac LLC and the Redeeming Members setting forth our election to exercise our right to purchase directly and acquire the Redeemed Units, together with the surrender and delivery of the same number of shares of our Class B common stock from the Redeeming Members.

We subsequently acquired the Redeemed Units from the Redeeming Members by issuing an aggregate of 101.1 million shares of Class A common stock on or about April 10, 2023 and the remaining 3.1 million shares on or about April 13, 2023. The surrendered shares of Class B common stock were canceled, and no shares of our Class B common stock remain issued and outstanding. The phrase "conversion of Class B common stock to Class A common stock" used throughout this document refers to the April 2023 transactions described above.

Activity related to the redeemable noncontrolling interest is as follows:

 

 

Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests

 

Balance, December 31, 2022

 

$

2,462.9

 

Class A shares issued in acquisitions

 

 

9.5

 

Net income

 

 

41.8

 

Stock-based compensation

 

 

2.0

 

Stock-based compensation related to deemed contribution

 

 

7.3

 

Foreign currency translation adjustments

 

 

0.1

 

Adjustment of redeemable noncontrolling interest to redemption amount (1)

 

 

(1,210.3

)

Conversion of Class B common stock to Class A common stock

 

 

(1,313.3

)

Balance, December 31, 2023

 

$

 

 

(1)
Based on 104.2 million shares of Class B common stock outstanding and the 10-day volume-weighted average price (“VWAP”) of Class A common stock of $12.60 at April 7, 2023.