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Green Plains Renewable Energy

Logo: gpreinc.com4

American ethanol producer

Green Plains Inc. is an American company based in Omaha, Nebraska that was founded in 2004.3 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

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Last updated Oct 18, 2026.

Overview

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Green Plains Inc. is an American company based in Omaha, Nebraska that was founded in 2004. The company is the third largest ethanol fuel producer in North America (as of February 2012). It was reported in early 2012 that the company ships approximately one billion gallons of ethanol per year. The company employs approximately 640 people, and was founded by Barry Ellsworth. Green Plains Inc. is listed on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange as GPRE.3

Financials

From the company’s reports to the SEC. Every number links to the filing it came from.

Key numbers, fiscal 2025

72.5%Gross margin5
-35.6%Operating margin5
-64.2%Net margin5
16.0%Revenue growth, 20255
-15.8%Return on equity5
0.47×Debt to equity5
$73.7MFree cash flow5

What sells

Revenue by product, business segment and region, as the company reports it to the SEC.

Products and services

Distiller Grains brought in 50% of the revenue Green Plains Renewable Energy broke down this way in fiscal 2025.

  1. Distiller Grains$95.4M550%down 3% from 2024
  2. Products And Services, Other$93.6M550%up 46% from 2024
Products and services by year
Products and services202320242025
Distiller Grains$85.5M$98.7M$95.4M
Products And Services, Other$50.8M$64.3M$93.6M

Business segments

Ethanol Production brought in 92% of the revenue Green Plains Renewable Energy broke down this way in fiscal 2025.

  1. Ethanol Production$174.4M592%up 18% from 2024
  2. Agribusiness And Energy Services$15.7M58%down 17% from 2024
Business segments by year
Business segments202320242025
Ethanol Production$125.3M$148.0M$174.4M
Agribusiness And Energy Services$15.8M$19.0M$15.7M

Where the money goes

Where each dollar of revenue went, fiscal 2025

  • Selling, general and admin65¢$122.7M
  • Other costs8¢$14.5M
  • Income tax27¢$51.7M

Out of $189.0M in revenue.5 The company lost money this year.

Where each dollar of operating cash went, fiscal 2025

  • Capital spending34¢$37.2M
  • Dividends paid1¢$721.0K
  • Share buybacks27¢$30.0M
  • Kept or used elsewhere39¢$42.9M

Out of $110.9M of cash from operations.5

Financial statements

Revenue67895$189.0M in 2025+125% since 2019
0$50.0M$100.0M$150.0M$200.0M2019: $84.0M$84.0M20192020: $50.1M$50.1M2020−40%2021: $86.2M$86.2M2021+72%2022: $78.6M$78.6M2022−9%2023: $136.3M$136.3M2023+73%2024: $163.0M$163.0M2024+20%2025: $189.0M$189.0M2025+16%
Gross profit7895$136.9M in 2025+23% since 2020
0$100.0M$200.0M$300.0M2020: $111.6M$111.6M20202021: $202.1M$202.1M2021+81%2022: $112.7M$112.7M2022−44%2023: $164.8M$164.8M2023+46%2024: $130.4M$130.4M2024−21%2025: $136.9M$136.9M2025+5%
Operating income67895-$67.2M in 2025−53% since 2019
-$150.0M-$100.0M-$50.0M0$50.0M2019: -$142.6M-$142.6M20192020: -$122.7M-$122.7M2020−14%2021: $25.5M$25.5M20212022: -$98.9M-$98.9M20222023: -$61.6M-$61.6M2023−38%2024: -$47.5M-$47.5M2024−23%2025: -$67.2M-$67.2M2025+42%
Net income67895-$121.3M in 2025−27% since 2019
-$200.0M-$150.0M-$100.0M-$50.0M02019: -$166.9M-$166.9M20192020: -$108.8M-$108.8M2020−35%2021: -$66.0M-$66.0M2021−39%2022: -$127.2M-$127.2M2022+93%2023: -$93.4M-$93.4M2023−27%2024: -$82.5M-$82.5M2024−12%2025: -$121.3M-$121.3M2025+47%

Every line of the income statement as filed: the last 3 fiscal years, latest first.5

Period ending2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-31
Revenues$2.1B$2.5B$3.3B
Cost of goods sold (excluding depreciation and amortization expenses reflected below)$2.0B$2.3B$3.1B
Selling, general and administrative expenses$122.7M$118.0M$133.3M
Gain on sale of assets, net-$31.5M-$30.7M-$5.3M
Depreciation and amortization expenses$98.4M$90.6M$98.2M
Impairment of assets held for sale$14.6M$0$0
Total costs and expenses$2.2B$2.5B$3.4B
Operating loss-$67.2M-$47.5M-$61.6M
Interest income$4.2M$7.6M$11.7M
Interest expense-$76.7M-$33.1M-$37.7M
Other, net-$4.1M$1.7M$5.2M
Total other income (expense)-$76.6M-$23.8M-$20.8M
Loss before income taxes and income (loss) from equity method investees-$143.8M-$71.3M-$82.3M
Income tax benefit (expense)$51.7M-$6.2M$5.6M
Income (loss) from equity method investees, net of income taxes-$28.9M-$3.7M$433.0K
Net loss-$121.0M-$81.2M-$76.3M
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests$278.0K$1.3M$17.1M
Net loss attributable to Green Plains-$121.3M-$82.5M-$93.4M
Net loss attributable to Green Plains - basic (in dollars per share)-$2-$1-$2
Net loss attributable to Green Plains - diluted (in dollars per share)-$2-$1-$2
Weighted-average shares outstanding - basic (in shares)67.5M shares63.8M shares58.8M shares
Weighted-average shares outstanding - diluted (in shares)67.5M shares63.8M shares58.8M shares

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Leadership

Who has led Green Plains Renewable Energy, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Board members and other officers (46)

Products and brands

  • ethanol fuel

Listed on Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. Aug 29, 2025New chief executive G. Patrich Simpkins Jr. becomes CEO14
  2. Aug 20, 2025New chief executive Chris Osowski becomes CEO13
  3. Oct 5, 2016New chief executive Kenneth Simril becomes CEO15
  4. Oct 17, 2008New chief executive Todd A. Becker becomes CEO16
  5. Mar 5, 2007New chief executive Wayne Hoovestol becomes CEO17
  6. May 23, 2006New chief executive Barry A. Ellsworth becomes CEO18

Filings

388 filings to the SEC since October 2021: 5 annual reports, 15 quarterly reports, 60 major events, 208 insider forms, 41 large holders, 59 other. The latest 20:

  1. Aug 20, 20264 EDGAR
  2. Aug 20, 20264 EDGAR
  3. Aug 7, 2026SCHEDULE 13G EDGAR
  4. Aug 6, 202610-Q EDGAR
  5. Aug 6, 20268-K EDGAR
  6. Jul 31, 2026SCHEDULE 13G EDGAR
  7. Jul 28, 2026SCHEDULE 13G/A EDGAR
  8. Jun 22, 2026S-3ASR EDGAR
  9. Jun 11, 20268-K EDGAR
  10. Jun 9, 20264 EDGAR
  11. Jun 9, 20264 EDGAR
  12. Jun 9, 20264 EDGAR
  13. Jun 9, 20264 EDGAR
  14. Jun 9, 20264 EDGAR
  15. Jun 9, 20264 EDGAR
  16. Jun 9, 20264 EDGAR
  17. Jun 8, 20264/A PRIMARY DOCUMENT EDGAR
  18. Jun 8, 20264 PRIMARY DOCUMENT EDGAR
  19. May 18, 20264 EDGAR
  20. May 7, 202610-Q EDGAR

The 388 filings since October 2021 can be filtered by form type and year here when JavaScript is on.

Every filing from the last three years, summarized. The full record is on SEC EDGAR.

Insider trades and holders

Large holders

Investors who own more than 5% must tell the SEC: a 13D if they may seek to influence the company, a 13G if they hold passively. 41 such filings since October 2021, the latest 10:

  1. Aug 7, 2026SCHEDULE 13G
  2. Jul 31, 2026SCHEDULE 13G
  3. Jul 28, 2026SCHEDULE 13G/A
  4. Mar 27, 2026SCHEDULE 13G/A
  5. Feb 10, 2026SCHEDULE 13G/A
  6. Feb 6, 2026SCHEDULE 13G/A
  7. Sep 11, 2025SCHEDULE 13D/A
  8. Sep 5, 2025SCHEDULE 13D/A
  9. Aug 8, 2025SCHEDULE 13G/A
  10. Jul 29, 2025SCHEDULE 13G/A

From Forms 4 and Schedules 13D and 13G filed with the SEC.

Held by these funds

The largest holders among investment managers' 13F reports for the quarter ending Jun 30, 2026, the top 25 of 100. Change is in shares since the quarter before.

FundSharesValueShare of the fundChange
BlackRock, Inc.10,188,770$156.7M0.0%+2,118,149
Goldman Sachs Group Inc4,023,439$61.9M0.0%+479,125
Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC3,898,967$60.0M0.1%−48,491
State Street Corp3,748,374$57.6M0.0%+833,004
Vanguard Capital Management LLC2,986,521$45.9M0.0%+56,303
Ancora Advisors LLC2,727,491$41.9M0.8%−7,435
Two Sigma Investments, LP2,554,127$39.3M0.0%+205,512
Bnp Paribas Financial Markets2,274,346$35.0M0.0%+230,124
Geode Capital Management, LLC2,076,211$31.9M0.0%+317,005
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC2,029,298$31.2M0.0%+119,905
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP1,834,796$28.2M0.0%+191,145
Perpetual Ltd1,833,282$28.2M0.4%−112,299
Nuveen, LLC1,750,630$26.9M0.0%−286,121
D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.1,664,990$25.6M0.0%+486,676
Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Inc1,582,266$24.3M0.1%−7,929
Millennium Management LLC1,574,752$24.2M0.0%+461,873
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc1,541,914$23.7M0.0%−513,754
Morgan Stanley1,431,409$22.0M0.0%−913,511
Thomist Capital Management, LP1,270,612$19.5M7.2%New
Qube Research & Technologies Ltd1,078,173$16.6M0.0%−353,137
Ameriprise Financial Inc1,040,073$16.0M0.0%+139,206
Sourcerock Group LLC1,021,383$15.7M0.8%+169,505
Kailix Advisors LLC985,000$15.1M14.6%−79,611
Bank Of America Corp /de/945,799$14.5M0.0%+130,526
Jpmorgan Chase & Co903,850$13.8M0.0%+623,953

13F reports cover disclosed long positions in U.S. stocks only.

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