GPRE vs. DK, REX, CLNE, GEVO, MPC, PSX, VLO, CVI, PBF, and KWR
Should you be buying Green Plains stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Green Plains include Delek US (DK), REX American Resources (REX), Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE), Gevo (GEVO), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Phillips 66 (PSX), Valero Energy (VLO), CVR Energy (CVI), PBF Energy (PBF), and Quaker Houghton (KWR).
Green Plains vs. Its Competitors
Delek US (NYSE:DK) and Green Plains (NASDAQ:GPRE) are both small-cap oil & gas refining & marketing companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and valuation.
Delek US has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Green Plains has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Delek US presently has a consensus target price of $27.69, indicating a potential downside of 14.19%. Green Plains has a consensus target price of $8.83, indicating a potential downside of 8.46%. Given Green Plains' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Green Plains is more favorable than Delek US.
In the previous week, Delek US had 6 more articles in the media than Green Plains. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Delek US and 1 mentions for Green Plains. Green Plains' average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Delek US's score of 0.63 indicating that Green Plains is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Green Plains has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Delek US. Green Plains is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Delek US, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Green Plains has a net margin of -6.34% compared to Delek US's net margin of -7.11%. Green Plains' return on equity of -13.65% beat Delek US's return on equity.
97.0% of Delek US shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Delek US shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Green Plains shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Green Plains beats Delek US on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:GPRE) was last updated on 10/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
