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$7.88 -0.39 (-4.72%)
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GPRE vs. DK, REX, CLNE, GEVO, MPC, PSX, VLO, PBF, CVI, and KWR

Should you be buying Green Plains stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Green Plains include Delek US (DK), REX American Resources (REX), Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE), Gevo (GEVO), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Phillips 66 (PSX), Valero Energy (VLO), PBF Energy (PBF), CVR Energy (CVI), and Quaker Houghton (KWR).

Green Plains vs. Its Competitors

Delek US (NYSE:DK) and Green Plains (NASDAQ:GPRE) are both small-cap oil & gas refining & marketing companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Delek US has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Green Plains has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Delek US pays an annual dividend of $1.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Green Plains pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Delek US pays out -9.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Green Plains pays out -28.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Delek US has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Green Plains is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Green Plains has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Delek US. Green Plains is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Delek US, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Delek US$11.37B0.11-$560.40M-$11.11-1.87
Green Plains$2.46B0.21-$82.50M-$1.69-4.66

97.0% of Delek US shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Delek US shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Green Plains shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Green Plains has a net margin of -4.22% compared to Delek US's net margin of -6.10%. Green Plains' return on equity of -12.76% beat Delek US's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Delek US-6.10% -63.88% -6.64%
Green Plains -4.22%-12.76%-6.41%

Delek US presently has a consensus target price of $20.60, suggesting a potential downside of 0.94%. Green Plains has a consensus target price of $10.42, suggesting a potential upside of 32.19%. Given Green Plains' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Green Plains is more favorable than Delek US.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Delek US
4 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.85
Green Plains
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

In the previous week, Delek US had 4 more articles in the media than Green Plains. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Delek US and 5 mentions for Green Plains. Green Plains' average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Delek US's score of 0.61 indicating that Green Plains is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Delek US
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Green Plains
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Green Plains beats Delek US on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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GPRE vs. The Competition

MetricGreen PlainsCHEM IndustryMaterials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$540.85M$15.06B$3.17B$9.51B
Dividend YieldN/A2.10%5.19%4.09%
P/E Ratio-4.6647.09117.7723.80
Price / Sales0.213.0330,017,513,221,196,900.0066.58
Price / CashN/A12.6623.7857.96
Price / Book0.582.885.895.55
Net Income-$82.50M$423.39M$148.55M$259.03M
7 Day Performance-5.06%-6.61%-3.20%-4.59%
1 Month Performance20.67%-5.70%1.47%4.46%
1 Year Performance-53.73%4.96%28.78%18.03%

Green Plains Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GPRE
Green Plains
3.3594 of 5 stars
$7.88
-4.7%
$10.42
+32.2%
-55.2%$540.85M$2.46B-4.66900News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
DK
Delek US
1.8118 of 5 stars
$23.33
+2.8%
$20.60
-11.7%
-11.8%$1.42B$11.85B-2.101,987Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
REX
REX American Resources
1.8684 of 5 stars
$54.37
+0.5%
$50.00
-8.0%
+3.5%$895.47M$639.60M16.89120News Coverage
Positive News
CLNE
Clean Energy Fuels
3.8262 of 5 stars
$2.16
+2.9%
$3.75
+73.6%
-28.6%$477.32M$415.86M-2.45500News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
GEVO
Gevo
1.4188 of 5 stars
$1.47
flat
$7.58
+415.3%
+114.0%$352.15M$16.92M-4.08100Analyst Downgrade
MPC
Marathon Petroleum
4.8525 of 5 stars
$174.64
+1.8%
$183.93
+5.3%
-4.5%$53.65B$140.41B24.5618,300Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
PSX
Phillips 66
4.7027 of 5 stars
$127.60
+2.1%
$135.93
+6.5%
-15.1%$51.99B$145.50B30.6713,200Trending News
Earnings Report
Insider Trade
VLO
Valero Energy
4.4776 of 5 stars
$144.61
+1.9%
$154.47
+6.8%
-14.9%$45.29B$129.88B60.259,922Positive News
Short Interest ↑
PBF
PBF Energy
3.6274 of 5 stars
$25.07
+3.8%
$25.08
+0.1%
-44.7%$2.90B$31.54B-2.753,855Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
CVI
CVR Energy
0.9492 of 5 stars
$28.72
+3.3%
$23.80
-17.1%
-9.0%$2.89B$7.61B-14.581,595News Coverage
Earnings Report
Gap Down
KWR
Quaker Houghton
3.686 of 5 stars
$119.26
-2.3%
$159.25
+33.5%
-33.7%$2.11B$1.84B22.544,400News Coverage
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase

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This page (NASDAQ:GPRE) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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