Sitio Royalties Reports Third Quarter 2024 Operational and Financial Results

Sitio Royalties Corp. (NYSE: STR) (“Sitio”, “STR” or the “Company”) today announced third quarter 2024 operational and financial results. Robust production, coupled with strong year-to-date performance and the positive impact from five recent acquisitions, allowed the Company to enhance its 2024 outlook. Supplemental slides have been posted to Sitio’s website, www.sitio.com. A conference call and webcast is planned for 7:30 a.m. CT / 8:30 a.m. ET on Thursday, November 7, 2024. Participation details can be found within this release.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Posted third quarter net income of $27.9 million and Adjusted EBITDA of $135.4 million. Financial results reflected strong production volumes from legacy assets and recent acquisitions

• Recorded third quarter production above full year guidance range, 38,585 barrels of oil equivalent per day (“Boe/d”) (50% oil)

• Reduced long-term debt by approximately $56.5 million during the period with the Company’s quarter-end credit facility balance at $403.0 million and liquidity of $455.5 million

• Ongoing benefit of diversified asset base, exposure to quality operators across top domestic basins and track record of value-add acquisitions. Line of sight (“LOS”) wells increased 11% quarter-over-quarter and there were 7.7 net wells turned-in-line, providing high confidence in sustainable business model

• Continued to return cash to shareholders and enhance value on a per share basis; Sitio to return $0.47 per share of Class A Common Stock, comprised of a $0.28 per share cash dividend (payable November 27, 2024), and $0.19 per share of stock repurchases; Year-to-date, the buyback program has reduced outstanding shares by 3% and total return of capital (including dividends and stock repurchases) is $1.67 per share

• Repurchased 1.4 million shares of Class A Common Stock during the quarter ($21.47 per share avg. price); Repurchases year-to-date total $105.2 million with $94.8 million authorization remaining as of September 30, 2024

“We continued our streak of sound results, beating expectations for the third consecutive quarter. This allowed us to strengthen our full-year 2024 outlook with higher volumes and cash costs that are down by approximately 4% year-over-year,” said Sitio CEO Chris Conoscenti. “We are proving the resiliency of our business model and offer investors an attractive option to own quality and high margin oil and gas assets across several of the best basins in the U.S. Through disciplined acquisitions and effective management of our resources, we are differentiating Sitio from its peers. The recent expansion of our line-of-sight wells and healthy operating activity levels today provide us with high-confidence in our ability to deliver value for our shareholders.”

THIRD QUARTER 2024 FINANCIAL AND OPERATING RESULTS

Net income in the quarter was $27.9 million and Adjusted EBITDA was $135.4 million. Financial performance benefited from robust production from legacy assets and the impact of recent acquisitions.

Third quarter production exceeded full year 2024 guidance, averaging 38,585 Boe/d (50% oil and 72% liquids). Oil production for the period was 19,134 Bbl/d and was positively impacted by strong revenues from the Delaware, Midland and DJ Basins.

Average realized commodity prices during the third quarter were $74.67 per Bbl for oil (98% of NYMEX WTI and Midland Oil), $17.11 per Bbl for natural gas liquids, and $0.45 per Mcf for natural gas (21% of NYMEX Henry Hub; $0.90 per Mcf above Waha). Total average realized price for the period was $41.65 per barrel of oil equivalent ("Boe") on an unhedged basis. Realized prices benefited from approximately $4.3 million in net cash settlements for commodity derivative contracts and total average realized price for the period was $42.85 per Boe on a hedged basis.

General and administrative expenses was $14.4 million and Cash G&A in the period was in-line with expectations at $7.8 million, or $2.20 per Boe. With Sitio’s diverse asset base and exposure to multiple operators, the Company benefits from industry’s continued innovation and operational efficiency gains. Sitio believes that many of these gains are sustainable and will positively impact future margins.

3Q 2024 AND YTD PRO FORMA RESULTS VS. PRIOR 2024 FY GUIDANCE

The table below shows third quarter 2024 and pro forma 2024 results for the three months ended September 30, 2024 relative to the prior full year guidance previously issued on August 7, 2024. Primarily as a result of our legacy asset outperformance and the impact of recent acquisitions, we are providing updated full year guidance later in this press release under "Updated 2024 Full Year Financial and Operational Guidance."

UPDATED 2024 FULL YEAR FINANCIAL AND OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE

The table below includes Sitio's updated guidance for full year 2024 and includes impacts from the DJ Basin Acquisition as if the transaction had closed on January 1, 2024 for pro forma average daily production. Sitio today enhanced its full-year 2024 outlook and raised the midpoint of its pro forma average daily production range by 1,000 Boe/d due to robust legacy production year-to-date and expected impacts from five recent acquisitions. The midpoint of 2024 guidance for cash taxes increased by $7.0 million based on latest estimates.

OPERATOR ACTIVITY

The following table summarizes Sitio's net average daily production and net line-of-sight ("LOS") wells by area.

FINANCIAL UPDATE

Sitio's third quarter 2024 average unhedged realized prices including all expected quality, transportation and demand adjustments were $74.67 per barrel of oil, $0.45 per Mcf of natural gas and $17.11 per barrel of natural gas liquids, for a total price of $41.65 per Boe. During the third quarter of 2024, the Company received $4.3 million in net cash settlements for commodity derivative contracts and as a result, average hedged realized prices were $75.96 per barrel of oil, $0.78 per Mcf of natural gas and $17.11 per barrel of natural gas liquids, for a total price of $42.85 per Boe.

Consolidated net income for the third quarter of 2024 was $27.9 million, which is $1.2 million, or 4.0% lower than consolidated net income in the second quarter of 2024. This decrease was primarily driven by $17.7 million lower oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids revenues and $1.5 million lower lease bonus and other income, partially offset by $8.4 million higher commodity derivative gains, $7.4 million of decreased depreciation, depletion and amortization, and $2.2 million of decreased severance and ad valorem taxes. For the three months ended September 30, 2024, Adjusted EBITDA was $135.4 million, down 10.7% compared to the second quarter 2024 Adjusted EBITDA of $151.7 million, largely due to lower unhedged realized oil prices.

As of September 30, 2024, the Company had $1,003.0 million principal value of total debt outstanding (comprised of $403.0 million drawn on Sitio's revolving credit facility and $600.0 million of senior unsecured notes) and liquidity of $455.5 million, including $8.5 million of cash and $447.0 million of remaining availability under its $850.0 million credit facility.

Sitio did not add to or extinguish any of its commodity swaps or collars during the third quarter of 2024. A summary of the Company's existing commodity derivative contracts as of September 30, 2024 is included in the table below.

RETURN OF CAPITAL FRAMEWORK

Sitio is committed to returning capital to shareholders while maintaining a balanced and durable capital structure. Since becoming public in 2022, Sitio has returned more than $765 million to owners, including year-to-date returns of $245 million.

Sitio’s Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.28 per share of Class A Common Stock with respect to the third quarter of 2024. The dividend is payable on November 27, 2024 to the stockholders of record at the close of business on November 19, 2024. During the third quarter of 2024, the Company repurchased an aggregate 1.4 million shares of Class A Common Stock at an average price of $21.47 per share, representing 26% of third quarter 2024 Discretionary Cash Flow, or $0.19 per share. As of September 30, 2024, the Company had repurchased a total of 4.5 million in Class A Common Stock and Sitio OpCo Partnership Units, representing approximately 3% of shares outstanding prior to the Board's authorization of Sitio's $200 million share repurchase program. In total, Sitio's return of capital for the third quarter of 2024 is $0.47 per share.

CONFERENCE CALL INFORMATION

Sitio will host a conference call at 7:30 a.m. CT / 8:30 a.m. ET on Thursday, November 7, 2024. Participants can access the call by dialing 1-833-470-1428 in the United States, or 1-404-975-4839 in other locations, with access code 296060, or by webcast at https://events.q4inc.com/attendee/861493711. Participants may also pre-register for the event via the following link: https://www.netroadshow.com/events/login?show=3a129c74&confId=71395. The conference call, live webcast, and replay can also be accessed through the Investor Relations section of Sitio’s website at www.sitio.com.

FINANCIAL RESULTS

Non-GAAP financial measures

Adjusted EBITDA, Pro Forma Adjusted EBITDA, Discretionary Cash Flow, Pro Forma Discretionary Cash Flow and Cash G&A are non-GAAP supplemental financial measures used by our management and by external users of our financial statements such as investors, research analysts and others to assess the financial performance of our assets and their ability to sustain dividends and/or share repurchases over the long term without regard to financing methods, capital structure or historical cost basis. Sitio believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information to Sitio's management and external users because they allow for a comparison of operating performance on a consistent basis across periods.

We define Adjusted EBITDA as net income plus (a) interest expense, (b) provisions for taxes, (c) depreciation, depletion and amortization, (d) non-cash share-based compensation expense, (e) impairment of oil and natural gas properties, (f) gains or losses on unsettled derivative instruments, (g) change in fair value of the warrant liability, (h) loss on debt extinguishment, (i) merger-related transaction costs and (j) write off of financing costs.

We define Pro Forma Adjusted EBITDA as Adjusted EBITDA plus Cash Acquisitions EBITDA from July 1, 2023 to September 30, 2023 that is not included in Adjusted EBITDA for the three months ended September 30, 2023. Cash Acquisitions is defined as the four acquisitions that closed in July and August 2023 for approximately $181 million.

We define Discretionary Cash Flow and Pro Forma Discretionary Cash Flow for the three months ended September 30, 2024 as Adjusted EBITDA, less cash and accrued interest expense and estimated cash taxes.

We define Discretionary Cash Flow for the three months ended September 30, 2023 as Adjusted EBITDA, less cash interest expense and cash taxes.

We define Pro Forma Discretionary Cash Flow for the three months ended September 30, 2023 as Discretionary Cash Flow for the three months ended September 30, 2023 plus Cash Acquisitions Discretionary Cash Flow from July 1, 2023 to September 30, 2023 that is not included in Discretionary Cash Flow for the three months ended September 30, 2023.

We define Cash G&A as general and administrative expense less (a) non-cash share-based compensation expense, (b) merger-related transaction costs and (c) rental income.

Merger-related transaction costs for the three months ended September 30, 2023 have been recast to conform to the current period presentation.

These non-GAAP financial measures do not represent and should not be considered an alternative to, or more meaningful than, their most directly comparable GAAP financial measures or any other measure of financial performance presented in accordance with GAAP as measures of our financial performance. Non-GAAP financial measures have important limitations as analytical tools because they exclude some but not all items that affect the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure. Our computations of Adjusted EBITDA, Pro Forma Adjusted EBITDA, Discretionary Cash Flow, Pro Forma Discretionary Cash Flow and Cash G&A may differ from computations of similarly titled measures of other companies.

The pro forma financial data is presented for illustrative purposes only and should not be relied upon as an indication of the financial condition that would have been achieved if the acquisitions had taken place on the specified dates. In addition, future results may vary significantly from the results reflected in such pro forma data and should not be relied on as an indication of future results.

The following tables present a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA and Pro Forma Adjusted EBITDA to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure for the period indicated (in thousands).

The following table presents a reconciliation of Discretionary Cash Flow and Pro Forma Discretionary Cash Flow to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure for the period indicated (in thousands).

The following table presents a reconciliation of Cash G&A to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure for the period indicated (in thousands).

About Sitio Royalties Corp.

Sitio is a shareholder returns-driven company focused on large-scale consolidation of high-quality oil & gas mineral and royalty interests across premium basins, with a diversified set of top-tier operators. With a clear objective of generating cash flow from operations that can be returned to stockholders and reinvested, Sitio has accumulated over 265,000 NRAs through the consummation of over 200 acquisitions to date. More information about Sitio is available at www.sitio.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

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