Why Should You Add Green Plains Inc (GPRE) To Your Portfolio?

Green Plains Inc (NASDAQ:GPRE) has a beta value of 1.50 and has seen 0.28 million shares traded in the recent trading session. The company, currently valued at $839.48M, closed the recent trade at $13.30 per share which meant it gained $1.36 on the day or 11.39% during that session. The GPRE stock price is -116.77% off its 52-week high price of $28.83 and 19.25% above the 52-week low of $10.74. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 1.3 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 1.02 million shares.

The consensus among analysts is that Green Plains Inc (GPRE) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 1.67. 0 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 1 out of 3 have rated it as a Hold, with 2 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight. The expected earnings per share for the stock is -0.07.

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Green Plains Inc (NASDAQ:GPRE) trade information

Sporting 11.39% in the green today, the stock has traded in the green over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the GPRE stock price touched $13.30 or saw a rise of 5.27%. Year-to-date, Green Plains Inc shares have moved -47.26%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change 9.20%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Green Plains Inc (NASDAQ:GPRE) have changed -1.48%. Short interest in the company has seen 6.15 million shares shorted with days to cover at 7.92.

Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $28, which means that the shares’ value could jump 52.5% from the levels at last check today. The projected low price target is $17.0 while the price target rests at a high of $46.0. In that case, then, we find that the latest price level in today’s session is -245.86% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock gain -27.82% from the levels at last check today.

Green Plains Inc (GPRE) estimates and forecasts

Figures show that Green Plains Inc shares have outperformed across the wider relevant industry. The company’s shares have lost -33.17% over the past 6 months, with this year growth rate of 37.35%, compared to 15.10% for the industry. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be -22.80%.

6 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of 656.57M for the current quarter. 4 have an estimated revenue figure of 689.53M for the next ending quarter. Year-ago sales stood 712.39M and 597.21M respectively for this quarter and the next, and analysts expect sales will shrink by -7.80% for the current quarter and -22.80% for the next.

Earnings growth for 2024 is a modest 46.15% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to increase by 15.00%.

GPRE Dividends

Green Plains Inc is expected to release its next earnings report on 2025-Feb-05 this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue.

Green Plains Inc (NASDAQ:GPRE)’s Major holders

Insiders own 2.87% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 100.45% with a share float percentage of 103.41%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Green Plains Inc having a total of 291.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are BLACKROCK INC. with over 10.07 million shares worth more than $159.67 million. As of 2024-06-30, BLACKROCK INC. held 15.7471% of shares outstanding.

The other major institutional holder is GRANTHAM, MAYO, VAN OTTERLOO & CO. LLC, with the holding of over 6.07 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $96.24 million and represent 9.4913% of shares outstanding.