GPRE vs. REX, WLKP, FF, CDXS, GEVO, PEIX, SXT, MEOH, FSM, and OEC
Should you be buying Green Plains stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Green Plains include REX American Resources (REX), Westlake Chemical Partners (WLKP), FutureFuel (FF), Codexis (CDXS), Gevo (GEVO), Alto Ingredients (PEIX), Sensient Technologies (SXT), Methanex (MEOH), Fortuna Silver Mines (FSM), and Orion (OEC).
REX American Resources (NYSE:REX) and Green Plains (NASDAQ:GPRE) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and dividends.
REX American Resources has a net margin of 7.31% compared to REX American Resources' net margin of -2.83%. Green Plains' return on equity of 11.06% beat REX American Resources' return on equity.
88.1% of REX American Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 12.2% of REX American Resources shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% 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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.
REX American Resources has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Green Plains has a beta of 1.6, indicating that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Green Plains had 1 more articles in the media than REX American Resources. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Green Plains and 4 mentions for REX American Resources. Green Plains' average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat REX American Resources' score of 0.15 indicating that REX American Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Green Plains received 219 more outperform votes than REX American Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.30% of users gave Green Plains an outperform vote while only 63.20% of users gave REX American Resources an outperform vote.
REX American Resources has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Green Plains. Green Plains is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than REX American Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
REX American Resources presently has a consensus price target of $70.00, indicating a potential upside of 26.29%. Green Plains has a consensus price target of $37.40, indicating a potential upside of 76.83%. Given REX American Resources' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Green Plains is more favorable than REX American Resources.
Summary
REX American Resources beats Green Plains on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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