Aris Water Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:ARIS), an environmental infrastructure and solutions company, saw its stock decline recently due to concerns surrounding the downturn in oil prices and its potential impact on drilling activity within the company’s operational footprint.
According to Carillon Tower Advisers’ Carillon Eagle Small Cap Growth Fund’s second-quarter 2025 investor letter, small-cap stocks rebounded in Q2 after a turbulent start to the year. The Russell 2000® Growth Index outperformed its Value counterpart with an 11.96% gain. Aris Water Solutions was highlighted as one of the fund’s holdings, and while ARIS shares have gained 45.47% over the last 52 weeks—including an 11.14% one-month return—the stock closed at $23.74 per share on August 19, 2025, giving the company a market capitalization of $1.405 billion.
The fund noted that ARIS provides essential water infrastructure and solutions for the oil and gas sector in the Delaware subbasin of the Permian Basin, spanning West Texas and southeastern New Mexico. The recent share decline reflects investor uncertainty about what lower oil prices could mean for future drilling activity and the demand for ARIS’s services.
However, Carillon Eagle Small Cap Growth Fund emphasized that Aris Water Solutions’ performance is more closely tied to ongoing oil production rather than drilling activity alone. The company’s core business involves handling, disposing of, or recycling produced water—a need that continues to grow as shale wells age and resource quality diminishes.
As per the latest data, Aris Water Solutions was present in 28 hedge fund portfolios at the end of the first quarter, down from 31 in the previous quarter.
While Aris Water Solutions, Inc. is not among the top 30 most popular hedge fund stocks, analysts continue to see promise in the company’s role as a critical service provider to oil producers. Nevertheless, some believe that AI-related stocks could offer greater upside with less risk amid current market dynamics.
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