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Green Plains Inc. Stock: price and insider trades · United States
No insider purchase over the last 90 days. The latest was filed 09 Mar 2026.
Green Plains Inc.: what insiders have been doing
Green Plains Inc., classified in the Food & Agriculture sector, is a listed company based in Omaha, United States. Its insiders report their share dealings to SEC (Form 4). Over the twelve months to 18 October 2026, 31 filings were filed, from 16 insiders.
The flow runs one way only: 1 insider bought (1 purchase totalling €87k) and nobody sold on the market. A purchase on the market is a deliberate choice to commit personal money, which is why it draws more attention than a grant. On the buying side, the filings list 1 senior executive among the declarants. At €87k, the purchase published on 9 March 2026 by Sweeney Patrick Francis is the largest of the period.
The most recent open-market purchase was published on 9 March 2026, 223 days ago. Filings reach the SEC (Form 4) feed a median of 3 days after the trade. The legal deadline for a Form 4 is two business days after the transaction.
Compared with its exchange (5,816 companies, median 19 filings), a count of 31 filings is above the norm. Over the whole record (from 2016), the tally stands at 7 purchases and 19 sales. For the fiscal year to 31 December 2025, the annual 10-K puts revenue at 2.09 bn USD and net income at -121.3 m USD.
For comparison within the same sector, see the insider buying recorded at Village Farms International, Inc. and Orkla ASA. Every figure here comes from the filings published by SEC (Form 4) and describes the past, not future prices; it is not investment advice.
Insider Decl.
233
Thresholds
n/a
Buy Volume
€450,959
7 ops. · all time
Sell Volume
€10M
19 ops. · all time
Who traded when
BuySaleMichelle Mapes1 sale
Patrick Francis Sweeney1 buy
Since the insiders bought
- -2.0%Entry US$15.22 · Close at T+90 US$14.91
- -56.9%Entry US$25.24 · Close at T+365 US$10.89
- -55.5%Entry US$24.65 · Close at T+365 US$10.96
Entry is the close on the day after publication, the first price a reader could act on. Prices in the listing currency. Past moves are not a forecast.
This score ranks the purchase within its own market. A position size is suggested only on the venues of the backtested strategy universe; elsewhere, signals stay on watch. Not investment advice.
Fundamental score
Ranked 20,149 of 24,161 companies
28.2
score / 100
Value31
Quality26
FCF yld7.3%
Earn yld-12%
EV/EBITDA47.0x
ROE15%
Gross mgn6.5%
Net mgn-5.8%
Debt/EBITDA14.6x
Pillars2/3
Transparent value + quality ranking, distinct from the insider signal.
Financial data
as of FY 2025FY ended December 2025 · cache
US$14.92
Analyst consensus
6 analysts2.00/5
US$17.00Target US$19.00(+27%)US$20.00
Income statement
RevenueUS$2.1B
Gross profitUS$136.9M7% margin
EBITDAUS$31.3M1% margin
Net income-US$121.3M6.8% margin
Valuation
PER (trailing)9.3x
PER (forward)8.8x
P/Book1.2x
Beta1.15
Balance sheet & cash
Market capUS$1B
Total debtUS$456.1M
Free Cash FlowUS$73.7M
Debt / Equity63%
Profitability & ownership
ROE15.5%
ROA4.1%
% insiders1.8%
% institutions117.8%
Last declaration on 20 August 2026
Declarations233 total
2,261 shares@ US$16.030.0034% mcap10.2% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001628280-26-058240:0
11,989 shares@ US$16.030.018% mcap5.7% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001628280-26-058242:0
9,019 shares@ US$14.970.011% mcap16.0% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001447751-26-000002:0
9,019 shares@ US$14.970.011% mcap18.3% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001784355-26-000004:0
9,019 shares@ US$14.970.011% mcap49.7% of flowCommon StockSEC:0002065536-26-000002:0
9,019 shares@ US$14.970.011% mcap49.7% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001810207-26-000002:0
9,019 shares@ US$14.970.011% mcap7.0% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001344643-26-000002:0
9,019 shares@ US$14.970.011% mcap18.3% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001437908-26-000002:0
9,019 shares@ US$14.970.011% mcap15.7% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001826968-26-000002:0
657 shares@ US$17.250.0010% mcap3.2% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001309402-26-000054:0
1,076 shares@ US$15.813.6% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001309402-26-000041:0
1,999 shares@ US$15.810.9% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001309402-26-000039:0
1,845 shares@ US$15.811.8% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001309402-26-000043:0
5,760 shares@ US$15.2218.2% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001309402-26-000037:0
1,237 shares@ US$14.940.6% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001309402-26-000035:0
1,237 shares@ US$14.941.2% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001309402-26-000033:0
6,383 shares@ US$15.8742.5% of flowCommon Stock, par value $0.01 per shareSEC:0002066643-26-000001:0
Canonical exit: 4 Jun 2026 (T+90)
85,845 shares@ US$14.2735.9% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001309402-26-000029:0
21,024 shares@ US$14.2718.3% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001309402-26-000024:0
17,520 shares@ US$14.27100.0% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001309402-26-000027:0
21,024 shares@ US$14.2761.4% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001309402-26-000026:0
21,024 shares@ US$14.2782.8% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001309402-26-000025:0
23,816 shares@ US$9.8930.7% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001309402-26-000013:0
1,288 shares@ US$10.573.8% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001309402-26-000011:0
25 of 233 declarations
About Green Plains Inc.
Green Plains Inc. (ticker: GPRE) is a US-listed company on the NASDAQ exchange, headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. The business was originally built around ethanol production, but over time it has been repositioning itself as a low-carbon biorefining platform that converts renewable crops into higher-value sustainable ingredients and fuels. Founded in the mid-2000s, Green Plains has established a strong industrial footprint across the US Midwest, close to corn supply, storage, transportation, and distribution infrastructure.
Today, the company reports two primary operating segments. The ethanol production segment includes the production, storage, and transportation of ethanol, along with co-products such as distillers grains, Ultra-High Protein, and renewable corn oil. The agribusiness and energy services segment covers grain handling and storage, commodity marketing, and merchant trading for both company-produced and third-party ethanol, distillers grains, Ultra-High Protein, renewable corn oil, natural gas, and other commodities. This structure gives Green Plains a more integrated model than a pure-play ethanol producer and helps diversify earnings exposure across industrial, logistics, and merchandising activities.
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From a competitive standpoint, Green Plains operates in a cyclical market that is highly sensitive to corn prices, energy costs, ethanol margins, and regulatory incentives. Its strategic differentiation comes from its effort to lower the carbon intensity of its assets and move up the value chain into premium ingredients. The company emphasizes fermentation technology and patented ag technologies, alongside carbon capture and sequestration initiatives. In 2025, carbon capture facilities at several Nebraska plants began operations, marking an important step in the company’s decarbonization strategy. Green Plains also announced that Eco-Energy would serve as the exclusive marketer for its ethanol, reinforcing the commercialization side of the platform.
Geographically, Green Plains remains heavily concentrated in the US Midwest, which aligns with the natural geography of the corn-ethanol supply chain. For French-speaking investors in France, Belgium, and Switzerland, the investment case is best understood as an agro-industrial transition story: a business exposed to commodity cycles, but with optionality from low-carbon ingredients, carbon capture economics, and policy-linked incentives. The company’s SEC Form 4 insider filings also indicate that the market continues to monitor ownership changes and governance closely. Overall, Green Plains combines a mature industrial base with a transformation strategy aimed at renewable materials, lower-carbon fuels, and higher-margin specialty outputs.
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