Green Plains Inc (NASDAQ: GPRE) is -14.35% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $19.44 and a high of $36.02 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The GPRE stock was last observed hovering at around $21.88 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.28%.
Currently trading at $21.60, the stock is 1.96% and -0.06% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 0.74 million and changing -1.28% at the moment leaves the stock -21.89% off its SMA200. GPRE registered -32.46% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -31.21%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $0.52 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $32.01.
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The stock witnessed a -5.26% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -18.27%, and is 6.88% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 4.97% over the week and 3.78% over the month.
Green Plains Inc (GPRE) has around 921 employees, a market worth around $1.39B and $3.30B in sales. Fwd P/E is 9.77. Profit margin for the company is -2.83%. Distance from 52-week low is 11.11% and -40.03% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-6.72%).
Green Plains Inc quarterly earnings per share for the current quarter are estimated at -$0.16 with sales reaching $663.27M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 143.77% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -12.50% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -20.40% in year-over-year returns.
303 institutions hold shares in Green Plains Inc (GPRE), with institutional investors hold 109.39% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 64.26M, and float is at 62.12M with Short Float at 9.31%. Institutions hold 105.86% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is Blackrock Inc. with over 10.15 million shares valued at $327.08 million. The investor’s holdings represent 17.04% of the GPRE Shares outstanding. As of Jun 29, 2023, the second largest holder is Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC with 4.9 million shares valued at $157.84 million to account for 8.22% of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are Vanguard Group Inc which holds 4.23 million shares representing 7.10% and valued at over $136.27 million, while Ancora Advisors, LLC holds 7.01% of the shares totaling 4.18 million with a market value of $134.61 million.
Green Plains Inc (GPRE) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Treuer Alain, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that Treuer Alain sold 22,999 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 20 ’24 at a price of $22.66 per share for a total of $0.52 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.23 million shares.
Green Plains Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Feb 12 ’24 that Knudsen Ejnar A III (Director) bought a total of 4,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Feb 12 ’24 and was made at $24.73 per share for $98920.0. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 40913.0 shares of the GPRE stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Dec 11 ’23, Becker Todd A (President and CEO) acquired 960 shares at an average price of $24.68 for $23693.0. The insider now directly holds 696,346 shares of Green Plains Inc (GPRE).
