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$3.42 -0.10 (-2.71%)
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GPRE vs. DK, REX, CLNE, GEVO, PSX, MPC, VLO, CVI, PBF, and WLKP

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), Phillips 66 (PSX), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Valero Energy (VLO), CVR Energy (CVI), PBF Energy (PBF), and Westlake Chemical Partners (WLKP).

Green Plains vs.

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

Delek US has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Green Plains has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Delek US pays an annual dividend of $1.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. Green Plains pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.1%. Delek US pays out -11.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Green Plains pays out -35.3% 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. Green Plains is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Delek US currently has a consensus price target of $17.48, suggesting a potential upside of 33.05%. Green Plains has a consensus price target of $16.50, suggesting a potential upside of 383.16%. 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)
6 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.73
Green Plains
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

Delek US has a net margin of -2.27% compared to Green Plains' net margin of -3.36%. Green Plains' return on equity of -11.88% beat Delek US's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Delek US-2.27% -28.21% -3.84%
Green Plains -3.36%-11.88%-6.01%

97.0% of Delek US shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Delek US shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Green Plains shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Delek US received 226 more outperform votes than Green Plains when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.33% of users gave Green Plains an outperform vote while only 60.15% of users gave Delek US an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Delek USOutperform Votes
625
60.15%
Underperform Votes
414
39.85%
Green PlainsOutperform Votes
399
63.33%
Underperform Votes
231
36.67%

In the previous week, Delek US had 3 more articles in the media than Green Plains. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Delek US and 6 mentions for Green Plains. Delek US's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Green Plains' score of 0.36 indicating that Delek US is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Delek US has higher revenue and earnings than Green Plains. 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$11.85B0.07$19.80M-$8.84-1.49
Green Plains$2.46B0.09-$82.50M-$1.36-2.51

Summary

Green Plains beats Delek US on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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GPRE vs. The Competition

MetricGreen PlainsIndustrial organic chemicals IndustryMaterials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$221.05M$2.24B$2.99B$7.51B
Dividend YieldN/A4.22%5.21%4.34%
P/E Ratio-2.5117.1574.3718.05
Price / Sales0.0920.3422,957,190,387,237,800.00104.31
Price / CashN/A23.6224.3334.62
Price / Book0.251.355.204.14
Net Income-$82.50M-$13.99M$154.82M$247.59M
7 Day Performance-1.87%110.10%0.46%6.27%
1 Month Performance-35.93%67.65%2.22%-3.48%
1 Year Performance-84.67%-31.63%15.98%2.86%

Green Plains Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GPRE
Green Plains
3.8661 of 5 stars
$3.42
-2.7%
$16.50
+383.2%
-84.1%$221.05M$2.46B-2.51900News Coverage
Gap Up
DK
Delek US
3.4815 of 5 stars
$12.73
+2.0%
$17.93
+40.9%
-56.0%$795.79M$11.85B-2.623,310Gap Up
REX
REX American Resources
2.3865 of 5 stars
$40.01
+1.9%
$50.00
+25.0%
-27.7%$680.69M$642.49M10.47120Positive News
CLNE
Clean Energy Fuels
3.7972 of 5 stars
$1.40
-6.4%
$4.00
+186.7%
-35.7%$312.43M$415.87M-4.50500News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
GEVO
Gevo
1.5554 of 5 stars
$1.17
+2.2%
$7.58
+550.2%
+69.8%$279.15M$16.92M-3.43100
PSX
Phillips 66
4.9402 of 5 stars
$98.58
+1.2%
$142.00
+44.0%
-35.8%$40.19B$143.15B19.9613,000Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Increase
Short Interest ↓
Gap Up
MPC
Marathon Petroleum
4.9627 of 5 stars
$125.62
+1.8%
$177.21
+41.1%
-33.7%$39.13B$138.86B12.6517,800Positive News
Gap Up
VLO
Valero Energy
4.7744 of 5 stars
$110.54
-0.1%
$152.46
+37.9%
-32.3%$34.82B$129.88B13.049,740Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
Gap Up
CVI
CVR Energy
2.773 of 5 stars
$17.92
+1.5%
$21.20
+18.3%
-44.2%$1.80B$7.61B298.721,566Upcoming Earnings
Insider Trade
Positive News
Gap Up
PBF
PBF Energy
3.6891 of 5 stars
$15.27
-0.9%
$24.18
+58.4%
-72.3%$1.76B$33.12B-3.243,620Positive News
Gap Up
WLKP
Westlake Chemical Partners
3.1562 of 5 stars
$22.48
flat
N/A+9.0%$792.17M$1.14B12.85150

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This page (NASDAQ:GPRE) was last updated on 4/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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