DWSNMEDIUM SIGNALOPERATIONAL10-K

DWSN made a significant $24.2 million equipment investment in new single point node channels while showing meaningful improvement in operating losses.

The substantial equipment purchase represents a major capital commitment that nearly doubled total assets, signaling management's confidence in future demand for higher-capacity seismic services. The concurrent improvement in operating performance suggests the company is successfully reducing losses while investing for growth, though it remains unprofitable.

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FINANCIAL ANALYSIS

DWSN's balance sheet expanded substantially with total assets growing 81% primarily due to the major equipment acquisition, while current assets grew modestly. Operating performance improved meaningfully with operating losses narrowing significantly, though SG&A expenses increased 22% reflecting higher operational costs. The overall picture shows a company investing heavily in capacity expansion while simultaneously improving operational efficiency, though profitability remains elusive.

FINANCIAL STATEMENT CHANGES
Total Assets
Balance Sheet
+81.4%
$30.9M$56.0M

Asset base grew 81.4% — expansion through organic growth, acquisitions, or capital deployment.

Operating Income
P&L
+63.4%
-$4.5M-$1.7M

Operating leverage kicking in — revenue growth outpacing cost growth, a hallmark of scaling businesses.

Net Income
P&L
+52.9%
-$4.1M-$1.9M

Net income grew 52.9% — bottom-line growth signals improving overall business health.

Current Assets
Balance Sheet
+50.2%
$14.5M$21.8M

Current assets grew 50.2% — improving short-term liquidity or inventory/receivables build.

SG&A Expense
P&L
+21.5%
$9.6M$11.7M

SG&A increased modestly — likely reflects growth-related hiring or sales expansion investment.

LANGUAGE CHANGES
NEW — 2026-03-31
PRIOR — 2025-04-02
ADDED
On March 27, 2026, there were 31,052,840 shares of Dawson Geophysical Company common stock, $0.01 par value outstanding.
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In August 2025, Dawson Operating LLC ( Dawson Operating ), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dawson Geophysical Company, entered into an equipment purchase agreement with GTC, Inc.
( GTC ), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Geospace Technologies Corporation ( Geospace ), pursuant to which, among other things, Dawson Operating agreed to acquire new single point node channels from GTC for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $24.2 million (the Equipment Purchase Agreement ) subject to the terms and conditions thereof.
The Company paid cash of approximately $4.8 million upon execution of the Equipment Purchase Agreement, agreed to pay approximately $1.2 million in cash upon final delivery, and agreed to finance approximately $18.2 million through separate promissory notes to be issued in connection with each delivery of equipment (each, a Geospace Note and collectively, the Geospace Notes ).
Each Geospace Note is payable by Dawson Geophysical Company and Dawson Operating, jointly and severally, to GTC.
The Geospace Notes will each have a term of 36 months, bear a fixed interest rate of 8.75% annually and may be prepaid in whole or in part at any time without penalty.
As of December 31, 2025, we have taken delivery of $20.9 million of equipment and issued five Geospace Notes with an aggregate principal of approximately $15.5 million.
REMOVED
On March 31, 2025, there were 30,983,437 shares of Dawson Geophysical Company common stock, $0.01 par value outstanding.
When used in this Form 10-K, words such as anticipate, believe, estimate, expect, intend and similar expressions, as they relate to us or our management, identify forward-looking statements.
We generally use tens of thousands of recording channels in our 3-D seismic surveys with the largest project consisting in excess of 60,000 recording channels and dozens of energy source units.
We have operated one to two multi-component equipped crews in the U.S.
Due to the increase in demand for higher channel counts, in recent years we continued to make investments in additional channels.
We are continuing to test and evaluate single point node channels and we may lease or purchase new channels in the future.
The single point node channels are expected to increase our revenues through more competitive bids for our customers and increase our margins due to improved crew efficiencies.
As of December 31, 2024, we operate 130 vibrator energy source units and approximately 326,000 recording channels.
The recording channels consist of 116,000 single-channel GSR/GSX boxes, 186,000 channels of GSR Multi-channel boxes and a 24,000 channel INOVA Hawk System.
The GSR/GSX and INOVA Hawk crews utilize a recorder to manage the data acquisition while the individual system captures and holds the data until they are placed in the Data Transfer Module.
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