Advanced Emissions Solutions Inc
NASDAQ:ARQ

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Advanced Emissions Solutions Inc
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Price: 2.27 USD -3.81% Market Closed
Market Cap: $97.3m

Advanced Emissions Solutions Inc
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Advanced Emissions Solutions, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the provision of environmental and emission control equipment to power generation industry. The company is headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado and currently employs 139 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2004-10-14. The Company’s technologies and associated product offerings provide purification solutions to enable its customers to reduce certain contaminants and pollutants. The firm operates through two segments: Advanced Purification Technologies (APT) and Refined Coal (RC). Its APT segment is primarily comprised of operations of its subsidiary, Carbon Solutions. The firm sells consumable products, which utilizes AC and chemical based technologies to a range of customers, including coal-fired utilities, industrials, water treatment plants and other diverse markets. Its primary products are comprised of AC, which is produced from lignite coal. Its RC segment is comprised of its equity ownership in Tinuum Group and Tinuum Services, both of which are unconsolidated entities. Tinuum Group provides reduction of mercury and NOx emissions at select coal-fired power generators through the production and sale of RC.

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Last Earnings Call
Fiscal Period
Q4 2025
Call Date
Mar 10, 2026
AI Summary
Q4 2025

GAC pause: Management is pausing granular activated carbon (GAC) production and will perform a comprehensive engineering and production optimization review; there will be no GAC production in 2026.

Technical issues: Multiple original design flaws (long unheated off-gas duct, conveyance geometry, inadequate controls) plus high moisture feedstock caused repeated shutdowns and underperformance of the off‑gas system.

Economic pivot: Current off‑gas testing showed the plant can only support ~15 million pounds with the existing afterburner; the economics require reaching ~25 million pounds (or more) to be attractive, so management paused further capital deployment until they know the true cost to scale.

Corbin write-down: The company is taking a $45 million noncash write‑down related to idling the Corbin wetcake assets and switching GAC feedstock to purchased bituminous coal.

PAC strength & guidance: Pack activated carbon (PAC) is profitable and growing; 2026 guidance (assuming no GAC) is $120M–$125M revenue and $17M–$20M adjusted EBITDA, with PAC volumes of 122M–125M lbs and ASP $0.88–$0.91/lb.

Leadership changes: New operations lead Eric Robinson (experienced at Red River) and on‑site process engineer; CFO Jay Voncannon departed, Anthony Nathan becomes VP Finance and Stacia Hansen is Principal Financial Officer.

Balance sheet & cash: Year‑end cash $15M ($6.6M unrestricted), total debt $28.5M; 2026 CapEx expected $8M–$10M (includes ~$3M for the routine two‑week maintenance).

Customer visibility: Strong PAC contract visibility: 96% of 2026 targeted volumes contracted, 75% for 2027, and a 3‑year retention rate of 86%.

Key Financials
Revenue (full year 2025)
$120 million
Revenue (Q4 2025)
$29.4 million
Adjusted EBITDA (full year 2025)
$13.2 million
Adjusted EBITDA (Q4 2025)
$0.3 million
Gross margin (full year 2025)
27.9%
Gross margin (Q4 2025)
13.6%
Net loss (Q4 2025)
$50 million
Cash (Dec 31, 2025)
$15 million
Unrestricted cash (Dec 31, 2025)
$6.6 million
Total debt (Dec 31, 2025)
$28.5 million
Corbin asset write‑down
$45 million
2026 revenue guidance
$120 million to $125 million
2026 adjusted EBITDA guidance
$17 million to $20 million
PAC average selling price (2026 guidance)
$0.88 to $0.91 per pound
PAC production volume (2026 guidance)
122 million to 125 million pounds
Other chemicals & products contribution
13% to 15% of total revenues
2026 CapEx guidance
$8 million to $10 million
Thermal oxidizer / current GAC throughput capacity
approximately 15 million pounds
GAC target throughput (economic case)
25 million pounds (target); 50 million pounds noted as possible alternate target
PAC contract visibility (2026)
96% of targeted volumes contracted
PAC contract visibility (2027)
75% of targeted volumes contracted
PAC contract visibility (2028)
43% of targeted volumes contracted
3‑year customer retention rate
86%
Earnings Call Recording
Other Earnings Calls

Management

Mr. Robert E. Rasmus
CEO & President
No Bio Available
Mr. Jeremy D. Williamson
Chief Operating Officer
No Bio Available
Dr. Joseph M. Wong Ph.D.
Chief Technology Officer
No Bio Available
Ms. Stacia Hansen
Chief Accounting Officer & Principal Financial Officer
No Bio Available
Mr. Clay Smith
General Counsel & Secretary
No Bio Available
Mr. Garrett Chandler
Vice President of Sales
No Bio Available
Ms. Lorraine Lang
Vice President of Human Resources
No Bio Available

Contacts

Address
COLORADO
Greenwood Village
8051 E. Maplewood Ave., Ste 210
Contacts
+17205983500.0
www.ada-cs.com
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