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LB February 26, 2026

LandBridge Q4 2025 Earnings Call - Active land management fuels 81% revenue surge and creates asymmetric upside via WaterBridge, data centers, and BESS deals

LandBridge closed 2025 with strong top-line and margin momentum, driven by its active land management playbook and accelerating commercial activity across produced water, renewables, and digital infra...

  • Full-year 2025 revenue grew 81% year-over-year to $199.1 million; Adjusted EBITDA grew 83% to $177 million, yielding an 89% Adjusted EBITDA margin.
  • Q4 2025 revenue was $56.8 million, up 12% sequentially and 56% year-over-year; Q4 Adjusted EBITDA was $51.1 million, up 14% sequentially and 61% year-over-year, at ~90% margin.
  • LandBridge now controls more than 315,000 mostly contiguous acres in the Delaware Basin, which management frames as a competitively durable platform.
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WTRG February 26, 2026

Essential Utilities Full Year 2025 Earnings Call - Shareholders Approve Merger; Regulatory Close Expected Q1 2027

Essential posted a strong 2025, delivering GAAP EPS of $2.20, beating guidance, and securing near-unanimous shareholder approval for the merger with American Water, with roughly 95% of votes in favor....

  • Shareholder approval for the merger with American Water landed emphatically, about 95% of shares voted in favor, and management says filings in seven states are complete with initial procedural schedules in most jurisdictions.
  • Company expects regulatory approvals and closing of the merger in Q1 2027, while acknowledging statutory timelines in three states could affect pace.
  • Full year 2025 GAAP EPS came in at $2.20, above guidance of $2.07 to $2.11, but management flagged several one-time items that boosted GAAP results.
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EME February 26, 2026

EMCOR Group Q4 & Full Year 2025 Earnings Call - Record 2025 Fueled by Data Center RPOs, Miller Acquisition, and Strong Margins

EMCOR closed 2025 with record revenue and margins, driven by a surge in data center work, disciplined execution, and acquisitive growth. The company reported nearly $17.0 billion in full-year revenue,...

  • Record 2025: Full-year revenue nearly $16.99 billion, operating income $1.71 billion (GAAP), GAAP diluted EPS $28.19; adjusted full-year operating margin 9.4% and adjusted diluted EPS $25.87, both records for EMCOR.
  • Fourth-quarter strength: Q4 revenue $4.5 billion (19.7% YoY), adjusted operating income $440 million, adjusted EPS $7.19 and a Q4 adjusted operating margin of 9.7%.
  • Backlog and visibility: RPO expanded to $13.254 billion, with 82% expected to burn in the next 12 months; sequential RPO growth since September of ~5.1% (3.6% organic).
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SBLK February 26, 2026

Star Bulk Carriers Fourth Quarter 2025 Earnings Call - Board Commits to Distribute 100% of Free Cash Flow, While Keeping Buybacks and a Large Cash Cushion

Star Bulk reported a profitable Q4 2025, with net income of $65.2 million, adjusted net income of $74.5 million (adjusted EPS $0.16) and adjusted EBITDA of $126.4 million. Management leaned into share...

  • Board shifts to distribute 100% of free cash flow, subject to maintaining a minimum cash buffer of $2.1 million per vessel and a minimum quarterly dividend of $0.05 per share.
  • Company declared a $0.37 per share dividend for Q4 2025, payable March 19, 2026, record date March 9, 2026.
  • New $100 million share repurchase authorization, keeping buybacks as an opportunistic complement to dividends and funded partly via vessel sales.
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AHT February 26, 2026

Ashford Hospitality Trust Fourth Quarter 2025 Earnings Call - Board Launches Strategic Review as Asset Sales and a Loan Default Reshape the Balance Sheet

Ashford Hospitality Trust is leaning into an aggressive reshaping of its balance sheet. The board formed a special committee in December to explore strategic alternatives, while management is executin...

  • Board formed a special committee in early December to evaluate strategic alternatives, including a potential transaction, citing a large gap between portfolio value and market price of the stock.
  • Management has executed six hotel sales that generated approximately $145 million in proceeds at a blended 3.9% trailing cap rate, and eliminated nearly $50 million in anticipated capital expenditures.
  • Three additional signed sales total $194.5 million (La Posada de Santa Fe $57.5m, Hilton St. Petersburg Bayfront $96m, Embassy Suites Palm Beach Gardens $41m), with a blended 6.9% trailing cap rate and an expected $45 million of CapEx savings.
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TTI February 26, 2026

TETRA Technologies, Inc. 4Q 2025 Earnings Call - Record 2025, bromine build and desalination pivot underpin growth

TETRA closed 2025 with a clutch of records and a clear playbook: win share in deepwater completion fluids, scale bromine supply, and pivot produced-water desalination toward big data center projects. ...

  • 2025 was a record year for TETRA, driven largely by Gulf of America completion fluids, West Memphis bromine production, and calcium chloride performance.
  • Gulf of America revenue grew well over 50% year over year in 2025, aided by participation in deepwater projects including three CS Neptune wells.
  • Completion fluids and products adjusted EBITDA margin expanded 420 basis points to 33% in 2025, reflecting vertical integration and product innovation.
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HTO February 26, 2026

H2O America FY2025 Earnings Call - $2.99 adjusted EPS and $2.7B 2026-2030 CapEx driving 13% rate-base CAGR

H2O America closed 2025 with adjusted diluted EPS of $2.99, near the top of guidance, and deployed a record $501 million of CapEx, up 41% year over year. Management rolled forward an aggressive five-y...

  • Adjusted diluted EPS for full year 2025 was $2.99, near the top of the narrowed guidance range; GAAP diluted EPS was $2.92.
  • Standalone 2026 EPS guidance is $3.08 to $3.18, and it excludes the potential impacts of the pending Quadvest and Cibolo Valley acquisitions.
  • H2O deployed a record $501 million of CapEx in 2025, a 41% increase versus 2024, and plans $2.7 billion of CapEx for 2026-2030, a 31% increase versus the prior five-year budget.
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DCI February 26, 2026

Donaldson Company Q2 FY2026 Earnings Call - Record sales and Facet buy offset by short-term manufacturing and margin pain

Donaldson delivered record second-quarter sales of $896 million, up 3% year-over-year, but the quarter came with clear execution strain. Gross margin fell to 33.7% (down 150 basis points) and operatin...

  • Second-quarter sales hit a company record of $896 million, up 3% year-over-year.
  • Company updated fiscal 2026 sales target to approximately $3.8 billion, reaffirming full-year sales growth of 1% to 5%.
  • Adjusted EPS guidance for fiscal 2026 revised to $3.93–$4.01, midpoint $3.97, implying roughly 8% EPS growth at the midpoint.
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IBP February 26, 2026

Installed Building Products Fourth Quarter 2025 Earnings Call - Commercial strength offsets residential weakness; record margins, cash flow, and aggressive M&A

Installed Building Products closed 2025 with record quarter-level profitability and strong cash generation, even as residential new-build demand softened. Heavy commercial and distribution drove the b...

  • Consolidated full-year 2025 sales rose 1% while same-branch sales declined 1%, showing a business split between pockets of strength and weakness.
  • Residential installation same-branch sales fell 4% for 2025; new residential same-branch sales declined 9.3% in Q4 versus prior year.
  • Commercial installation was the stand-out, with same-branch commercial sales up 10% for the year and up 23% in Q4; heavy commercial sales grew 38% same-branch in Q4.
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CRAI February 26, 2026

Charles River Associates Fourth Quarter 2025 Earnings Call - Record revenue and profits, bullish FY26 guide despite rising non-cash amortization from talent bets

Charles River Associates closed fiscal 2025 with record revenue of $751.6 million and record profits, driven by broad-based strength across legal and regulatory and management consulting. Q4 was the b...

  • Fiscal 2025 revenue reached $751.6 million, up 9.3% year-over-year, marking CRA’s eighth consecutive year of record annual revenue.
  • Non-GAAP EBITDA for fiscal 2025 was $96.8 million, producing a 12.9% non-GAAP EBITDA margin, and management calls this record profit performance.
  • Q4 revenue rose 11.6% year-over-year, delivering the strongest quarterly revenue in CRA history, supported by a 9.3% increase in weekly average project lead flow and 7.7% increase in new project originations versus Q4 2024.
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