Green Plains Inc (NASDAQ: GPRE) closed the day trading at $22.38 down -3.16% from the previous closing price of $23.11. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.73 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1049255 shares were traded. GPRE stock price reached its highest trading level at $23.10 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $22.05.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of GPRE, let’s look at its different ratios. 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:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. 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 1.45B and an Enterprise Value of 1.77B. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.44 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.58. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.54 whereas that against EBITDA is 33.10.
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 22.00, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 26.99.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, GPRE traded about 1.17M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, GPRE traded about 960.07k shares per day. 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 108.71% stake in the company. Shares short for GPRE as of Mar 28, 2024 were 6.1M with a Short Ratio of 5.20, compared to 5.78M on Feb 29, 2024. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 9.44% and a Short% of Float of 11.96%.
Dividends & Splits
The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.59.
Earnings Estimates
Current recommendations for the stock of the company come from 10 analysts. 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 $2.19, with 11 analysts recommending between $4.63 and $0.7.
Revenue Estimates
9 analysts predict $662.1M in revenue for the current quarter. 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 -20.50% from the year-ago figure. For the next quarter, 9 analysts are estimating revenue of $699.6M, a decrease of -18.40% over than the figure of -$20.50% 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.
