The price of Green Plains Inc (NASDAQ: GPRE) closed at $23.08 in the last session, down -1.07% from day before closing price of $23.33. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.25 from its previous closing price. On the day, 993311 shares were traded.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at GPRE’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.34 and its Current Ratio is at 1.90. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.80 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.65.
Stephens Downgraded its Overweight to Equal-Weight on January 17, 2023, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $40 to $37.
Insider Transactions:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Feb 20 ’24 when Treuer Alain sold 22,999 shares for $22.66 per share. The transaction valued at 521,157 led to the insider holds 230,000 shares of the business.
Knudsen Ejnar A III bought 4,000 shares of GPRE for $98,920 on Feb 12 ’24. The Director now owns 40,913 shares after completing the transaction at $24.73 per share. On Dec 11 ’23, another insider, Becker Todd A, who serves as the President and CEO of the company, bought 960 shares for $24.68 each. As a result, the insider paid 23,693 and bolstered with 696,346 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, GPRE now has a Market Capitalization of 1.51B and an Enterprise Value of 1.84B. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.45 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.63. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.56 whereas that against EBITDA is 34.24.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, GPRE has reached a high of $36.02, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $19.44. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 21.86, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 27.03.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, GPRE traded on average about 1.20M shares per day over the past 3-months and 982.33k shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 64.26M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 61.94M. Insiders hold about 3.61% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 108.72% stake in the company. Shares short for GPRE as of Mar 15, 2024 were 6.22M with a Short Ratio of 5.16, compared to 5.62M on Feb 15, 2024. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 9.62% and a Short% of Float of 12.20%.
Dividends & Splits
The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.59.
Earnings Estimates
The company has 10 analysts who recommend its stock at the moment. On average, analysts expect EPS of -$0.2 for the current quarter, with a high estimate of $0.04 and a low estimate of -$0.49, while EPS last year was -$1.2. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.15, with high estimates of $0.37 and low estimates of -$0.08.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $1.25 and $0.17 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $0.64. EPS for the following year is $2.21, with 11 analysts recommending between $4.63 and $0.9.
Revenue Estimates
According to 9 analysts, the current quarter’s revenue is expected to be $663.27M. It ranges from a high estimate of $820.05M to a low estimate of $513.47M. As of the current estimate, Green Plains Inc’s year-ago sales were $832.95M, an estimated decrease of -20.40% from the year-ago figure. For the next quarter, 9 analysts are estimating revenue of $699.5M, a decrease of -18.40% over than the figure of -$20.40% in the same quarter last year. There is a high estimate of $845M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $554.06M.
A total of 11 analysts have provided revenue estimates for GPRE’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $4B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $2.2B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $2.88B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $3.3B, down -12.50% from the average estimate. Based on 11 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $3.06B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $4.5B and the low estimate is $2.33B. The average revenue growth estimate for next year is up 6.00% from the average revenue estimate for this year.
