GPRE vs. REX, WLKP, CDXS, FF, GEVO, PEIX, SXT, MEOH, DQ, and SLCA
Should you be buying Green Plains stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Green Plains include REX American Resources (REX), Westlake Chemical Partners (WLKP), Codexis (CDXS), FutureFuel (FF), Gevo (GEVO), Alto Ingredients (PEIX), Sensient Technologies (SXT), Methanex (MEOH), Daqo New Energy (DQ), and U.S. Silica (SLCA).
Green Plains (NASDAQ:GPRE) and REX American Resources (NYSE:REX) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.
REX American Resources has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Green Plains. Green Plains is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than REX American Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Green Plains has a beta of 1.62, meaning that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, REX American Resources has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
88.1% of REX American Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of Green Plains shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.7% of REX American Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, REX American Resources had 2 more articles in the media than Green Plains. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for REX American Resources and 2 mentions for Green Plains. REX American Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Green Plains' score of -0.46 indicating that REX American Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Green Plains presently has a consensus price target of $30.75, suggesting a potential upside of 60.49%. REX American Resources has a consensus price target of $70.00, suggesting a potential upside of 23.67%. Given Green Plains' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Green Plains is more favorable than REX American Resources.
REX American Resources has a net margin of 7.31% compared to Green Plains' net margin of -2.43%. REX American Resources' return on equity of 11.06% beat Green Plains' return on equity.
Green Plains received 222 more outperform votes than REX American Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.16% of users gave Green Plains an outperform vote while only 63.20% of users gave REX American Resources an outperform vote.
Summary
REX American Resources beats Green Plains on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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