Roth Capital Weighs in on Green Plains Q3 Earnings

Green Plains, Inc. (NASDAQ:GPRE) – Analysts at Roth Capital issued their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Green Plains in a research report issued on Tuesday, August 12th. Roth Capital analyst C. Irwin forecasts that the specialty chemicals company will earn ($0.04) per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Green Plains’ current full-year earnings is ($0.50) per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Green Plains’ Q4 2025 earnings at $0.05 EPS, FY2025 earnings at ($1.25) EPS and FY2026 earnings at $0.33 EPS.

A number of other research analysts have also commented on the company. Zacks Research upgraded Green Plains to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, August 11th. Bank of America reiterated an “underperform” rating and issued a $7.00 price objective (up from $4.50) on shares of Green Plains in a research report on Thursday. Finally, BMO Capital Markets decreased their price objective on Green Plains from $8.00 to $7.00 and set a “market perform” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, May 12th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, five have given a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $7.80.

Green Plains Stock Down 2.5%

NASDAQ GPRE opened at $8.44 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $553.41 million, a PE ratio of -3.52 and a beta of 1.18. Green Plains has a one year low of $3.14 and a one year high of $14.67. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $7.08 and its 200 day simple moving average is $5.75. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.58, a current ratio of 1.47 and a quick ratio of 0.81.

Green Plains (NASDAQ:GPRE) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, August 11th. The specialty chemicals company reported ($0.41) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.28) by ($0.13). The business had revenue of $552.83 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $578.18 million. Green Plains had a negative return on equity of 13.65% and a negative net margin of 6.34%. The firm’s revenue was down 10.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned ($0.38) earnings per share.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Invesco Ltd. lifted its stake in shares of Green Plains by 92.0% in the 4th quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 1,020,129 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock valued at $9,671,000 after purchasing an additional 488,870 shares during the period. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD lifted its stake in shares of Green Plains by 49.6% in the 4th quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 73,292 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock valued at $695,000 after purchasing an additional 24,290 shares during the period. GAMMA Investing LLC lifted its stake in shares of Green Plains by 193.2% in the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 41,138 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock valued at $200,000 after purchasing an additional 27,106 shares during the period. ProShare Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of Green Plains by 44.4% in the 4th quarter. ProShare Advisors LLC now owns 19,221 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock valued at $182,000 after purchasing an additional 5,910 shares during the period. Finally, Two Sigma Investments LP lifted its stake in shares of Green Plains by 52.2% in the 4th quarter. Two Sigma Investments LP now owns 114,001 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock valued at $1,081,000 after purchasing an additional 39,100 shares during the period.

About Green Plains

Green Plains Inc produces low-carbon fuels in the United States and internationally. It operates through three segments: Ethanol Production, Agribusiness and Energy Services, and Partnership. The Ethanol Production segment produces ethanol, distillers grains, and ultra-high protein and renewable corn oil.