Free Trial

Green Plains (GPRE) Competitors

Green Plains logo
$3.69 +0.11 (+3.07%)
Closing price 05/1/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
Extended Trading
$3.75 +0.06 (+1.63%)
As of 05/1/2025 04:25 PM Eastern
Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more.

GPRE vs. DK, REX, CLNE, GEVO, PSX, MPC, VLO, CVI, PBF, and WLKP

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), Phillips 66 (PSX), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Valero Energy (VLO), CVR Energy (CVI), PBF Energy (PBF), and Westlake Chemical Partners (WLKP).

Green Plains vs.

Green Plains (NASDAQ:GPRE) and Delek US (NYSE:DK) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.

Green Plains currently has a consensus price target of $16.50, suggesting a potential upside of 347.15%. Delek US has a consensus price target of $16.94, suggesting a potential upside of 24.75%. Given Green Plains' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Green Plains is more favorable than Delek US.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Green Plains
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Delek US
4 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.75

Green Plains has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Delek US has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Delek US has higher revenue and earnings than Green Plains. 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Green Plains$2.46B0.10-$82.50M-$1.36-2.71
Delek US$11.85B0.07$19.80M-$8.84-1.54

Green Plains pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.0%. Delek US pays an annual dividend of $1.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. Green Plains pays out -35.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Delek US pays out -11.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Green Plains is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Delek US received 226 more outperform votes than Green Plains when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.33% of users gave Green Plains an outperform vote while only 60.04% of users gave Delek US an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Green PlainsOutperform Votes
399
63.33%
Underperform Votes
231
36.67%
Delek USOutperform Votes
625
60.04%
Underperform Votes
416
39.96%

Delek US has a net margin of -2.27% compared to Green Plains' net margin of -3.36%. Green Plains' return on equity of -11.88% beat Delek US's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Green Plains-3.36% -11.88% -6.01%
Delek US -2.27%-28.21%-3.84%

97.0% of Delek US shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of Green Plains shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Delek US shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Delek US had 4 more articles in the media than Green Plains. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Delek US and 7 mentions for Green Plains. Delek US's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Green Plains' score of 0.69 indicating that Delek US is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Green Plains
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Delek US
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Green Plains beats Delek US on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

Get Green Plains News Delivered to You Automatically

Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for GPRE and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip Chart

Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Skip Chart

GPRE vs. The Competition

MetricGreen PlainsIndustrial organic chemicals IndustryMaterials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$250.50M$2.21B$3.02B$7.93B
Dividend YieldN/A3.97%5.18%4.22%
P/E Ratio-2.7116.6875.4218.54
Price / Sales0.1012.2824,272,056,611,899,800.00103.29
Price / CashN/A23.6224.3234.62
Price / Book0.271.375.144.25
Net Income-$82.50M-$13.51M$155.11M$248.18M
7 Day Performance3.07%-0.16%-0.20%1.03%
1 Month Performance-26.35%-2.80%1.75%2.70%
1 Year Performance-82.21%-29.91%17.14%4.05%

Green Plains Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GPRE
Green Plains
3.929 of 5 stars
$3.69
+3.1%
$16.50
+347.2%
-81.7%$250.50M$2.46B-2.71900Upcoming Earnings
DK
Delek US
2.9563 of 5 stars
$12.63
-2.0%
$17.48
+38.4%
-49.2%$789.54M$11.85B-2.603,310Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
REX
REX American Resources
1.7021 of 5 stars
$40.30
+0.8%
$50.00
+24.1%
-26.9%$685.62M$642.49M10.55120Short Interest ↑
CLNE
Clean Energy Fuels
3.845 of 5 stars
$1.35
-3.9%
$3.33
+147.8%
-36.2%$301.23M$415.87M-4.34500Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
GEVO
Gevo
2.3901 of 5 stars
$1.10
-8.3%
$7.58
+588.6%
+55.5%$263.57M$16.92M-3.24100
PSX
Phillips 66
4.8745 of 5 stars
$96.90
-2.2%
$142.00
+46.5%
-26.2%$39.48B$143.15B19.6213,000Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
MPC
Marathon Petroleum
4.9646 of 5 stars
$126.66
-0.8%
$175.79
+38.8%
-23.0%$39.46B$138.86B12.7617,800Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Positive News
VLO
Valero Energy
4.9433 of 5 stars
$108.39
-1.5%
$152.46
+40.7%
-26.3%$34.14B$129.88B12.789,740Short Interest ↓
CVI
CVR Energy
1.6057 of 5 stars
$18.26
-0.7%
$21.20
+16.1%
-34.1%$1.84B$7.61B304.381,470Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
Insider Trade
Options Volume
Positive News
PBF
PBF Energy
3.7665 of 5 stars
$15.40
+0.8%
$24.18
+57.0%
-68.1%$1.78B$33.12B-3.273,620Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
WLKP
Westlake Chemical Partners
2.2682 of 5 stars
$23.16
+0.5%
N/A+7.0%$816.14M$1.14B13.23150Dividend Announcement

Related Companies and Tools


This page (NASDAQ:GPRE) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
From Our Partners