A look at Green Plains Inc’s (GPRE) recent performance gives investors their first glimpse of hope.

Green Plains Inc (NASDAQ: GPRE) on Monday, soared 9.72% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $11.94. Within the past 52 weeks, GPRE’s price has moved between $10.74 and $28.83.

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During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Basic Materials Sector giant was 6.09%. The company achieved an average annual earnings per share of 46.15%. With a float of $62.88 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $64.65 million.

Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 921 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 5.7%, operating margin of 0.84%, and the pretax margin is -0.51%.

Green Plains Inc (GPRE) Insider Activity

Observing investor behavior towards Chemicals industry stocks is more important than anything else. The insider ownership of Green Plains Inc is 2.75%, while institutional ownership is 101.24%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Feb 20 ’24, was worth 521,157. In this transaction Director of this company sold 22,999 shares at a rate of $22.66, taking the stock ownership to the 230,000 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Feb 12 ’24, when Company’s Director bought 4,000 for $24.73, making the entire transaction worth $98,920. This insider now owns 40,913 shares in total.

Green Plains Inc (GPRE) Earnings and Forecasts

As on 9/30/2024, Multinational firm has announced its last quarter scores, in which it reported 0.12 earnings per share (EPS) for the period falling under the consensus outlook (set at 0.15) by -0.03. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.03 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 46.15% per share during the next fiscal year.

Green Plains Inc (NASDAQ: GPRE) Trading Performance Indicators

Green Plains Inc (GPRE) is currently performing well based on its current performance indicators. A quick ratio of 1.16 was reported for the most recent quarter. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.32. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 77.35.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is -0.40, a number that is poised to hit -0.22 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 0.37 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Green Plains Inc (GPRE)

Looking closely at Green Plains Inc (NASDAQ: GPRE), its last 5-days average volume was 1.86 million, which is a jump from its year-to-date volume of 1.1 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 51.07%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.90.

During the past 100 days, Green Plains Inc’s (GPRE) raw stochastic average was set at 31.89%, which indicates a significant decrease from 71.60% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 78.60% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 64.70% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $12.80, while its 200-day Moving Average is $17.48. However, in the short run, Green Plains Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $13.94. Second resistance stands at $14.77. The third major resistance level sits at $15.74. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $12.14, it is likely to go to the next support level at $11.17. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $10.34.

Green Plains Inc (NASDAQ: GPRE) Key Stats

Market capitalization of the company is 826.85 million based on 64,655K outstanding shares. Right now, sales total 3,296 M and income totals -93,380 K. The company made 618,830 K in profit during its latest quarter, and -24,350 K in sales during its previous quarter.