Green Plains (GPRE) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Green Plains Inc. (NASDAQ: GPRE) is an agtech and biorefining company that converts sustainably sourced agricultural commodities, primarily corn, into value-added products. Its operations produce renewable ethanol, which is used as a transportation fuel and fuel additive, along with distillers grains and other feed ingredients for livestock and poultry markets.

The company also produces renewable corn oil for feed and fuel applications and develops higher-protein ingredients designed for animal nutrition and other specialty markets. Green Plains is pursuing technologies intended to improve the efficiency and value of its biorefineries, including carbon capture and sequestration and the production of low-carbon fuels and feed products.

Green Plains operates biorefineries in the U.S. Midwest, including facilities in states such as Nebraska, Iowa, Indiana, Illinois and Minnesota, and sources agricultural commodities from regional farming markets. The company was established in the 2000s and was previously known as Green Plains Renewable Energy. Green Plains is headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, and is led by Chief Executive Officer Todd Becker.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $14.76 to $15.18
• 50-Day Range: $14.04 to $17.77
• 52-Week Range: $8.65 to $19.65
• Volume: 627,631 shs
• Average Volume: 1.57 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.04 billion
• P/E Ratio: 9.31
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $15.43
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Green Plains Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Green Plains scored higher than 45% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 183rd out of 252 stocks in the energy sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Green Plains has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.22, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 3 buy ratings, 5 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Green Plains is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Green Plains has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: -18.63%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Green Plains are expected to decrease by -18.63% in the coming year, from $2.04 to $1.66 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Green Plains is 9.31, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.82.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Green Plains is 9.31, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Energy sector average P/E ratio of about 20.48.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Green Plains has a P/B Ratio of 1.34. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

17.25% of the float of Green Plains has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Green Plains has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 7.15.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Green Plains has recently decreased by 10.56%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Green Plains does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Green Plains does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Green Plains will have a dividend payout ratio of 28.92% next year. This indicates that Green Plains will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.13

News Sentiment

Green Plains has a news sentiment score of 1.13. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.68 average news sentiment score of Energy companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 5 news articles for Green Plains this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

2 people have added Green Plains to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.1 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Green Plains insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.40% of the stock of Green Plains is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Green Plains has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/06/2026
• Today: 9/28/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/04/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Energy
• Industry: Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels
• Sub-Industry: Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:GPRE
• CIK: 1309402
• Web: www.gpreinc.com
• Phone: (402) 884-8700
• Fax: 402-884-8776
• Employees: 642
• Year Founded: 2004

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Green Plains: $15.43
• High Price Target: $20.00
• Low Price Target: $9.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +4.2%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.22
• Research Coverage: 9 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.59
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 9.31
• Forward P/E Ratio: 7.25
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: -$121.28 million
• Net Margins: 6.78%
• Pretax Margin: 3.70%
• Return on Equity: 14.52%
• Return on Assets: 7.33%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.45
• Current Ratio: 1.99
• Quick Ratio: 1.58

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $2.09 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.50
• Cash Flow: $0.58 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 25.34
• Book Value: $11.05 per share
• Price / Book: 1.34

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 70,100,000
• Free Float: 69,120,000
• Market Cap: $1.04 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.16