REX vs MPC vs GPRE Stock Comparison

Rex American Resources, Marathon Petroleum and Green Plains Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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MPC Marathon Petroleum Corp
$457.20 +17.7% 1M +133.3% 1Y
Market cap
$135.82B
P/E
15.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$156.18B
Div. yield
0.01%
Oil Refining Energy
6 wins
GPRE Green Plains Inc.
$13.98 -7.5% 1M +32.4% 1Y
Market cap
$970.68M
P/E
7.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.83B
Div. yield
–
Biofuels Energy
2 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Marathon Petroleum leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Marathon Petroleum 6, Rex American Resources 3, Green Plains 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionREXMPCGPRELeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.31B $135.82B $970.68M MPC
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 10.9x 15.9x 7.8x GPRE
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 27.7x 6.8x 7.0x MPC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +2.9% +15.9% -23.7% MPC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 18.3% 5.5% 6.8% REX
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 19.7% 10.3% MPC
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 1.5x 1.3x GPRE
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.01% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +25.2% +133.3% +32.4% MPC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +23.2%/yr +46.6%/yr -17.4%/yr MPC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 32.6% 35.9% 57.2% REX
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 90/100 63/100 89/100 REX

Percentile Scorecard

REXMPCGPRE

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisREXMPCGPRE
Valuation 80 #3 of 11 27 #17 of 23 100 #1 of 11
Growth 90 #2 of 11 72 #6 of 19 100 #1 of 11
Profitability 100 #1 of 9 94 #2 of 19 88 #2 of 9
Financial Health 90 #2 of 11 54 #12 of 25 70 #4 of 11
Shareholder Returns – 65 #7 of 18 –
Overall 90 63 89
  • REX ranked among 11 companies in Renewable Fuels
  • MPC ranked among 25 companies in Refining and Marketing
  • GPRE ranked among 11 companies in Renewable Fuels

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodREXMPCGPRESPY
1 month -9.6%+17.7%-7.5% -1.0%
3 months -10.3%+47.8%-17.5% +2.9%
6 months -14.7%+104.0%-12.2% +6.4%
Year to date +23.4%+181.1%+42.7% +11.4%
1 year +25.2%+133.3%+32.4% +13.1%
3 years +114.8%+207.6%-49.3% +79.4%
3 years, per year +29.1%+45.5%-20.3% +21.5%
5 years +183.1%+577.1%-61.5% +67.7%
5 years, per year +23.2%+46.6%-17.4% +10.9%
10 years +199.4%+937.0%-47.7% +255.2%
10 years, per year +11.6%+26.4%-6.3% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureREXMPCGPRESPY
Volatility, 1Y 32.6%35.9%57.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 33.9%34.7%59.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.04-0.250.25 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.773.710.57 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -41.6%-45.9%-92.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -22.1%-5.7%-27.3% -2.5%
52-week high $51.16$485.05$19.23 $779.14
52-week low $31.69$162.63$9.40 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleREXMPCGPRE
P/E now vs peer median 10.9xmedian 10.9x 15.4xmedian 10.4x 7.8xmedian 10.9x
P/S now vs peer median 2.0xmedian 1.2x 0.8xmedian 0.3x 0.5xmedian 1.2x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 6.2xmedian 14.0x 8.8xmedian 7.1x 5.4xmedian 14.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 19.3xmedian 14.1x 10.0xmedian 9.4x 7.7xmedian 14.1x
P/B now vs peer median 1.7xmedian 1.1x 5.0xmedian 1.9x 1.1xmedian 1.1x
PEG now vs peer median 0.16median 0.19 -15.03median 0.30 0.23median 0.19

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsREXMPCGPRE
Revenue $658.58M $156.18B $1.83B
Gross profit $179.14M $21.79B $293.29M
Operating income $133.32M $14.13B $136.02M
Net income $141.02M $10.31B $125.21M
Free cash flow $68.55M $12.90B $127.39M
EPS (diluted) $3.64 $29.50 $1.47
Cash & equivalents $91.33M $7.77B $185.38M
Total debt – $33.26B $483.69M
Shares (diluted) 33.09M 290.00M 84.49M
Enterprise value -$143.29M $119.57B $371.35M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricREXMPCGPRE
P/E 10.9x 15.4x 7.8x
P/FCF 19.3x 10.0x 7.7x
P/Operating cash flow 9.2x 7.5x 6.4x
P/S 2.0x 0.8x 0.5x
P/B 1.7x 5.0x 1.1x
P/Tangible book 1.7x 5.6x 1.1x
EV/EBITDA 6.2x 8.8x 5.4x
EV/EBIT 7.1x 10.9x 9.4x
EV/Revenue 1.4x 1.0x 0.7x
EV/FCF 13.8x 11.9x 10.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 6.6x 9.0x 8.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.16 -15.03 0.23

Growth

14 metrics
MetricREXMPCGPRE
Revenue growth (1Y) 2.9% 15.9% -23.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -8.0% -0.6% -19.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 103.3% 71.5% 127.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 50.4% -5.4% 116.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) 118.2% 163.0% 280.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 61.5% -9.1% 39.9%
Net income growth (1Y) 116.6% 174.5% 182.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 132.7% -10.4% 36.7%
EPS growth (1Y) 128.4% 324.1% 164.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 70.6% -1.0% 33.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 164.0% 164.9% 289.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 42.7% 4.8% 168.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 1,383% 253.7% 389.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 16.3% 1.0% 44.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricREXMPCGPRE
Gross margin 27.2% 14.0% 16.0%
EBITDA margin 23.1% 11.2% 12.9%
Operating margin 20.2% 9.0% 7.4%
Pretax margin 25.6% 8.2% 3.7%
Net margin 18.3% 5.5% 6.8%
FCF margin 10.4% 8.3% 7.0%
Operating cash flow margin 21.7% 11.0% 8.4%
Return on equity 18.9% 42.0% 15.1%
Return on assets 16.9% 11.3% 7.7%
Return on invested capital – 19.7% 10.3%
Return on capital employed 17.4% 22.1% 10.4%
Asset turnover 0.8x 1.7x 1.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.0x 1.7x 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue 1.4% – 0.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricREXMPCGPRE
Debt / assets – 35.3% 29.2%
Debt / equity – 1.3x 0.6x
Net debt / EBITDA – 1.5x 1.3x
Debt / FCF – 2.6x 3.8x
Liabilities / assets 9.9% 72.7% 47.5%
Equity / assets 90.1% 27.3% 52.5%
Interest coverage – 10.4x 1.9x
Current ratio 6.9x 1.3x 2.0x
Quick ratio 6.1x 0.9x 0.8x
Cash ratio 5.7x 0.3x 0.6x
Altman Z-score 12.27 4.03 2.06

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricREXMPCGPRE
Dividend yield – 0.9% –
Net buyback yield 0.1% 3.8% –
Shareholder yield 0.1% 4.7% 0.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 11.3% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 9.0% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 2.8% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – -3.4% –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusREXMPCGPRE
Forward P/E 27.7xFY2026 6.8xFY2026 7.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.44FY2026 $67.07FY2026 $2.00FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -42.4%FY2026 +526.8%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +431.3% -15.5% -11.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $720.58MFY2026 $192.62BFY2026 $1.82BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +10.8%FY2026 +42.4%FY2026 -12.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +13.6% -10.3% +2.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersREXMPCGPRE
Held by institutions 79.9% 75.7% 100.0%
Institutions holding 231 1,930 219
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.3% -0.3% +5.7%
Institutions buying 114 855 118
Institutions selling 73 699 76
Buyers to sellers 1.56 1.22 1.55

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

REXMPCGPRE
REX 1.00 0.41 0.58
MPC 0.41 1.00 0.38
GPRE 0.58 0.38 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, REX, MPC and GPRE?

Marathon Petroleum (MPC) is the largest by market capitalisation: Rex American Resources (REX) $1.31B, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) $135.82B, Green Plains (GPRE) $970.68M.

Which stock is cheaper, REX, MPC and GPRE?

Green Plains (GPRE) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Rex American Resources (REX) 10.9x, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) 15.9x, Green Plains (GPRE) 7.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) is cheapest (Rex American Resources (REX) 27.7x, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) 6.8x, Green Plains (GPRE) 7.0x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Marathon Petroleum (MPC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Rex American Resources (REX) +2.9%, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) +15.9%, Green Plains (GPRE) -23.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

Rex American Resources (REX) has the highest net margin (Rex American Resources (REX) 18.3%, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) 5.5%, Green Plains (GPRE) 6.8%). On return on invested capital, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) leads (Marathon Petroleum (MPC) 19.7%, Green Plains (GPRE) 10.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Marathon Petroleum (MPC) returned the most: Rex American Resources (REX) +25.2%, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) +133.3%, Green Plains (GPRE) +32.4%. Over five years, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) compounded fastest (Rex American Resources (REX) +23.2%/yr, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) +46.6%/yr, Green Plains (GPRE) -17.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Rex American Resources (REX) 0.00%, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) 0.01%, Green Plains (GPRE) 0.00%. Rex American Resources (REX) and Green Plains (GPRE) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Rex American Resources (REX) has been the steadiest (Rex American Resources (REX) 32.6%, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) 35.9%, Green Plains (GPRE) 57.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, REX, MPC and GPRE?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.