Roth Capital Increases Earnings Estimates for Green Plains

Green Plains Inc. (NASDAQ:GPRE) – Research analysts at Roth Capital raised their Q4 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Green Plains in a research note issued to investors on Monday, February 10th. Roth Capital analyst C. Irwin now forecasts that the specialty chemicals company will earn $0.35 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.31. The consensus estimate for Green Plains’ current full-year earnings is ($1.02) per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Green Plains’ FY2026 earnings at $1.25 EPS.

Green Plains (NASDAQ:GPRE) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Friday, February 7th. The specialty chemicals company reported ($0.86) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.22) by ($0.64). Green Plains had a negative return on equity of 4.81% and a negative net margin of 0.79%. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.13 EPS.

GPRE has been the topic of a number of other research reports. Stephens raised shares of Green Plains to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, December 2nd. BMO Capital Markets dropped their price objective on shares of Green Plains from $13.00 to $8.00 and set a “market perform” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday. Truist Financial dropped their price objective on shares of Green Plains from $25.00 to $18.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, October 16th. Finally, StockNews.com cut shares of Green Plains from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Monday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Green Plains currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $23.31.

Green Plains Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ GPRE opened at $6.23 on Tuesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $402.77 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -16.39, a PEG ratio of 3.69 and a beta of 1.44. Green Plains has a 12 month low of $5.98 and a 12 month high of $24.21. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $9.48 and its 200-day simple moving average is $11.69. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.46, a current ratio of 1.78 and a quick ratio of 1.16.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. New York State Teachers Retirement System lifted its position in shares of Green Plains by 2.3% during the 3rd quarter. New York State Teachers Retirement System now owns 62,254 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock valued at $843,000 after buying an additional 1,400 shares in the last quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC lifted its holdings in Green Plains by 4.1% in the 4th quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 37,479 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock valued at $355,000 after purchasing an additional 1,488 shares in the last quarter. Diametric Capital LP lifted its holdings in Green Plains by 11.6% in the 4th quarter. Diametric Capital LP now owns 22,890 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock valued at $217,000 after purchasing an additional 2,388 shares in the last quarter. Pictet Asset Management Holding SA lifted its holdings in Green Plains by 28.2% in the 4th quarter. Pictet Asset Management Holding SA now owns 11,394 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock valued at $108,000 after purchasing an additional 2,503 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Van ECK Associates Corp lifted its holdings in Green Plains by 433.3% in the 4th quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 3,344 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock valued at $32,000 after purchasing an additional 2,717 shares in the last quarter.

Green Plains Company Profile

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.