Green Plains Inc. (GPRE) Key Metrics
GPRE valuation today
Trailing 12 months · as of October 18, 2026- Market cap
- $1.01B
- Enterprise value
- $1.41B
- P/E (TTM)
- 9.0 10-yr median 34.0
- Forward P/E
- 9.1
- PEG ratio
- 1.16
- Price / sales
- 0.6 10-yr median 0.3
- Price / book
- 1.2 10-yr median 0.9
- EV / EBITDA
- 5.9 10-yr median 24.4
- Dividend yield
- —
- Beta
- 1.15
GPRE key metrics, 2016–2025
Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 · U.S. dollarsGPRE valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.
GPRE returns How much profit the business earns on the capital it uses.
GPRE per-share figures Results divided by the shares outstanding at year-end.
GPRE financial health Debt, liquidity and how easily interest is covered.
GPRE efficiency & capital use Working capital cycle and where the cash goes.
GPRE valuation history
GPRE returns on capital
Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.
GPRE debt vs cash
Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.
GPRE cash returned to shareholders
GPRE price vs earnings per share
GPRE key metrics
2016–2025| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valuation | ||||||||||
| Market capitalization | $661.5M | $604.8M | $1.48B | $1.69B | $1.62B | $456.1M | $588.1M | $540.8M | $846.5M | $1.07B |
| Enterprise value | $987.5M | $1.08B | $1.81B | $1.96B | $1.86B | $812.8M | $961.4M | $1.18B | $1.94B | $1.88B |
| P/E ratio | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 34.0 | 13.9 | 100.7 |
| Price / sales | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Price / book | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.2 |
| Price / free cash flow | 10.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 43.3 |
| Price / operating cash flow | 6.5 | — | 26.3 | 24.3 | 381.9 | 4.6 | — | 13.9 | — | 12.9 |
| EV / sales | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| EV / EBITDA | 31.6 | 20.6 | 33.8 | 73.6 | 16.0 | — | — | 28.1 | 12.6 | 10.8 |
| EV / free cash flow | 15.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 75.7 |
| Earnings yield | −18.3% | −13.6% | −6.3% | −7.5% | −4.1% | −23.8% | −28.4% | 2.9% | 7.2% | 1.0% |
| Free cash flow yield | 9.7% | −20.7% | −3.5% | −8.4% | −11.3% | −2.6% | −14.5% | −1.0% | −24.4% | 2.3% |
| Dividend yield | 0.1% | 0.9% | 1.5% | 1.3% | 0.6% | 2.1% | 5.4% | 7.6% | 4.7% | 3.5% |
| Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) | 4.6% | 1.6% | 2.1% | 1.6% | 0.9% | 4.6% | 15.9% | 8.2% | 5.4% | 4.0% |
| Share price at fiscal year-end | $9.80 | $9.48 | $25.22 | $30.50 | $34.76 | $13.17 | $15.43 | $13.11 | $16.85 | $27.85 |
| Per share | ||||||||||
| Revenue per share | $30.99 | $38.54 | $56.04 | $65.95 | $60.60 | $55.55 | $63.43 | $93.56 | $71.58 | $88.43 |
| Earnings per share | −$1.80 | −$1.29 | −$1.59 | −$2.29 | −$1.41 | −$3.14 | −$4.38 | $0.39 | $1.22 | $0.28 |
| Operating cash flow per share | $1.51 | −$0.47 | $0.96 | $1.26 | $0.09 | $2.86 | −$0.25 | $0.94 | −$3.18 | $2.15 |
| Free cash flow per share | $0.95 | −$1.96 | −$0.88 | −$2.57 | −$3.92 | −$0.34 | −$2.23 | −$0.13 | −$4.11 | $0.64 |
| Cash per share | $2.70 | $2.71 | $5.94 | $8.01 | $11.81 | $6.75 | $6.45 | $6.10 | $5.31 | $7.89 |
| Book value per share | $11.35 | $13.56 | $14.35 | $16.38 | $20.37 | $18.68 | $19.73 | $22.95 | $18.75 | $22.36 |
| Tangible book value per share | $11.35 | $13.07 | $13.59 | $15.54 | $19.26 | $18.37 | $18.82 | $22.11 | $11.47 | $12.84 |
| Dividends per share | $0.01 | $0.08 | $0.39 | $0.41 | $0.20 | $0.28 | $0.83 | $1.00 | $0.78 | $0.97 |
| Capex per share | $0.55 | $1.49 | $1.84 | $3.82 | $4.01 | $3.19 | $1.98 | $1.07 | $0.92 | $1.51 |
| Debt per share | $7.53 | $10.18 | $11.50 | $12.80 | $16.92 | $17.05 | $16.25 | $21.60 | $27.10 | $28.75 |
| Shares outstanding | 67.5M | 63.8M | 58.8M | 55.5M | 46.7M | 34.6M | 38.1M | 41.3M | 50.2M | 38.6M |
| Change in shares outstanding | +5.8% | +8.5% | +5.9% | +19.1% | +34.7% | −9.1% | −7.6% | −17.9% | +30.2% | −1.2% |
| Returns & profitability | ||||||||||
| Return on equity (ROE) | −14.9% | −9.7% | −10.6% | −13.7% | −8.3% | −15.6% | −19.6% | 1.7% | 6.8% | 1.2% |
| Return on invested capital (ROIC) | −5.5% | −3.0% | −4.1% | −6.6% | 1.8% | −9.1% | −8.3% | 5.0% | 1.0% | 5.0% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | −7.2% | −4.4% | −4.6% | −5.9% | −3.5% | −6.6% | −8.5% | 0.6% | 2.3% | 0.5% |
| Return on tangible assets | −7.7% | −4.7% | −4.9% | −6.1% | −3.1% | −6.9% | −10.0% | 0.7% | 2.5% | 0.5% |
| Free cash flow margin | 3.1% | −5.1% | −1.6% | −3.9% | −6.5% | −0.6% | −3.5% | −0.1% | −5.7% | 0.7% |
| Income quality (OCF / net income) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.45 | −2.62 | 7.78 |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Total debt | $508.4M | $649.3M | $676.5M | $711.0M | $789.3M | $590.6M | $619.3M | $891.2M | $1.36B | $1.11B |
| Cash & short-term investments | $182.3M | $173.0M | $349.6M | $444.7M | $551.1M | $233.9M | $246.0M | $251.7M | $266.7M | $304.2M |
| Net debt | $326.0M | $476.3M | $326.9M | $266.3M | $238.2M | $356.8M | $373.3M | $639.6M | $1.09B | $804.7M |
| Debt / equity | 0.66 | 0.75 | 0.80 | 0.78 | 0.83 | 0.91 | 0.82 | 0.94 | 1.45 | 1.29 |
| Debt / assets | 0.32 | 0.36 | 0.35 | 0.33 | 0.37 | 0.37 | 0.36 | 0.40 | 0.49 | 0.44 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 10.42 | 9.09 | 6.10 | 10.00 | 2.05 | — | — | 15.21 | 7.09 | 4.61 |
| Current ratio | 1.79 | 1.48 | 1.90 | 1.91 | 2.37 | 1.42 | 1.23 | 1.45 | 1.36 | 1.68 |
| Quick ratio | 1.24 | 0.89 | 1.34 | 1.33 | 1.80 | 0.82 | 0.77 | 0.56 | 0.56 | 0.97 |
| Interest coverage | -1.1 | -1.4 | -1.6 | -3.0 | 0.4 | -3.1 | -3.5 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 1.8 |
| Working capital | $213.5M | $183.3M | $347.8M | $441.8M | $645.9M | $189.8M | $126.1M | $372.2M | $320.2M | $405.6M |
| Invested capital | $1.09B | $1.34B | $1.17B | $1.18B | $1.19B | $1.00B | $1.13B | $1.59B | $2.04B | $1.67B |
| Tangible asset value | $772.0M | $843.4M | $945.8M | $1.01B | $1.05B | $766.1M | $830.6M | $1.03B | $693.4M | $611.8M |
| Net current asset value | −$324.2M | −$338.6M | −$216.5M | −$133.3M | $60.0M | −$159.9M | −$165.0M | $53.2M | −$498.2M | −$526.7M |
| Graham number | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $14.12 | $22.65 | $11.79 |
| Graham net-net per share | −$7.32 | −$8.62 | −$7.15 | −$7.12 | −$6.05 | −$11.30 | −$9.85 | −$11.10 | −$19.19 | −$23.37 |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Dividends paid | $721,000 | $5.2M | $22.7M | $22.6M | $9.3M | $9.7M | $31.7M | $41.3M | $39.4M | $37.3M |
| Share buybacks (net) | $30.0M | $4.7M | $9.0M | $3.8M | $4.7M | $11.5M | $61.6M | $3.0M | $6.7M | $6.0M |
| Dividend payout ratio | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 259.2% | 64.5% | 349.6% |
| Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow | 47.7% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 174.4% |
| Capex / revenue | 1.8% | 3.9% | 3.3% | 5.8% | 6.6% | 5.7% | 3.1% | 1.1% | 1.3% | 1.7% |
| Capex / operating cash flow | 36.6% | — | 191.8% | 304.6% | 4,408.7% | 111.8% | — | 113.4% | — | 70.1% |
| Capex / depreciation | 0.38 | 1.05 | 1.10 | 2.29 | 2.04 | 1.41 | 1.05 | 0.45 | 0.43 | 0.69 |
| Stock-based compensation / revenue | 0.8% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.2% |
| SG&A / revenue | 5.9% | 4.8% | 3.9% | 3.2% | 3.2% | 4.4% | 3.2% | 3.0% | 3.1% | 3.1% |
| Efficiency | ||||||||||
| Days sales outstanding | 14.8 | 14.1 | 11.4 | 11.5 | 11.4 | 16.1 | 16.2 | 12.2 | 15.5 | 13.5 |
| Days of inventory on hand | 33.4 | 34.7 | 28.8 | 28.1 | 37.0 | 51.9 | 75.6 | 72.5 | 62.7 | 45.7 |
| Days payables outstanding | 25.8 | 26.8 | 24.5 | 19.6 | 19.7 | 29.5 | 22.4 | 17.1 | 22.0 | 21.3 |
| Cash conversion cycle (days) | 22.4 | 22.1 | 15.7 | 20.1 | 28.7 | 38.5 | 69.4 | 67.6 | 56.2 | 38.0 |
| Receivables turnover | 24.71 | 25.86 | 32.13 | 31.74 | 31.93 | 22.68 | 22.56 | 29.87 | 23.58 | 26.99 |
| Payables turnover | 14.17 | 13.64 | 14.88 | 18.67 | 18.51 | 12.39 | 16.31 | 21.35 | 16.60 | 17.16 |
| Inventory turnover | 10.93 | 10.51 | 12.66 | 12.99 | 9.86 | 7.04 | 4.83 | 5.04 | 5.82 | 7.98 |
| Asset turnover | 1.24 | 1.32 | 1.62 | 1.71 | 1.51 | 1.17 | 1.24 | 1.55 | 1.36 | 1.54 |
| Average receivables | $84.6M | $95.1M | $102.6M | $115.4M | $88.6M | $84.8M | $107.2M | $129.2M | $152.5M | $126.4M |
| Average payables | $144.9M | $170.7M | $210.5M | $190.2M | $143.1M | $148.4M | $146.3M | $170.7M | $198.9M | $180.4M |
| Average inventory | $187.8M | $221.6M | $247.4M | $273.4M | $268.7M | $261.2M | $493.9M | $723.4M | $567.0M | $388.1M |
| Intangibles / total assets | 0.0% | 1.7% | 2.3% | 2.2% | 2.4% | 0.7% | 2.0% | 1.6% | 13.2% | 14.7% |
Computed from GPRE's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed February 10, 2026) and the closing share price on each fiscal year-end, adjusted for stock splits. Figures in U.S. dollars; data from EODHD. Averages use the opening and closing balance of each year.
GPRE valuation and financial ratios
Based on the latest twelve months, the trailing P/E is 9.0 and the forward P/E is 9.1. Green Plains earned a return on equity of −14.9% and a return on invested capital of −5.5% in fiscal 2025. It ended the year with $508.4 million of debt and $182.3 million in cash and short-term investments, net debt of $326.0 million. It returned $30.7 million to shareholders: $0.7 million in dividends and $30.0 million in share buybacks, 48% of free cash flow. The share count rose 75.0% from 38.6M to 67.5M over 9 years.
See the GPRE income statement, the GPRE chart for price history, or the GPRE stock overview for the latest quote and news.
GPRE key metrics FAQ
What is Green Plains's P/E ratio?
Green Plains's trailing P/E ratio is 9.0 based on the last twelve months of earnings (as of October 18, 2026), and its forward P/E is 9.1. At the end of fiscal 2025 it was —, compared with a 10-year median of 34.0.
What is Green Plains's EV/EBITDA?
Green Plains's enterprise value was 31.6 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2025 (enterprise value $987.5 million, EBITDA $31.3 million); the current EV/EBITDA is 5.9.
What is Green Plains's return on equity?
Green Plains's return on equity (ROE) was −14.9% in fiscal 2025: net income of -$121.3 million on average shareholders' equity of $815.7 million.
What is Green Plains's ROIC?
Green Plains's return on invested capital was −5.5% in fiscal 2025, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.
How much debt does Green Plains have?
Green Plains had total debt of $508.4 million at the end of fiscal 2025, a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.66 and $326.0 million of net debt (10.42 times EBITDA).
What is Green Plains's dividend yield?
Green Plains paid $0.7 million in dividends in fiscal 2025 ($0.01 per share), a payout ratio of —.
Does Green Plains buy back its shares?
Yes. Green Plains spent $30.0 million on net share repurchases in fiscal 2025 Shares outstanding changed +5.8% over the year, to 67.5M..
What is Green Plains's free cash flow yield?
Green Plains generated $64.4 million of free cash flow in fiscal 2025, a free cash flow yield of 9.7% on its market value at year-end ($661.5 million).
What is Green Plains's current ratio?
Green Plains's current ratio was 1.79 at the end of fiscal 2025: current assets were 1.79 times current liabilities.