Green Plains (GPRE) EBITDA Margin (2010 - 2026)
Green Plains' EBITDA Margin was 20.47% in Q2 2026, up 20.61 percentage points from -0.15% a year earlier and up 5.12 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Green Plains (GPRE) EBITDA Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Green Plains' EBITDA Margin was 12.66% through Jun 30, 2026, up 11.74 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was 1.49%, down 0.26 percentage points from FY2024.
- EBITDA Margin shows a five-year change of +3.80 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, EBITDA Margin was 1.75% in FY2024 (+0.64 pp), 1.11% in FY2023 (+1.28 pp), -0.17% in FY2022 (-4.33 pp) and 4.15% in FY2021 (+6.47 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure marks the highest quarterly EBITDA Margin since Q4 2018.
- Compared with a year earlier, EBITDA Margin has increased for three straight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +5.37 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for EBITDA Margin over five years was Q1 2026 (a gain of 21.97 percentage points); the worst was Q1 2022 (a drop of 12.92 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, GPRE's EBITDA Margin in the three quarters before Q2 2026 was 15.35% (Q1 2026), 3.04% (Q4 2025) and 11.57% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | EBITDA Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plug Power | 2.60 Bn | 1.68 Bn | -1.68 Mn | -31.77% |
| 2 | Rex American Resources | 1.41 Bn | 57.46 Mn | 53.30 Mn | 24.98% |
| 3 | Green Plains | 1.04 Bn | 438.04 Mn | 113.03 Mn | 20.47% |
| 4 | Montauk Renewables | 401.08 Mn | 328.86 Mn | - | 14.49% |
| 5 | Clean Energy Fuels | 350.37 Mn | -305.43 Mn | 30.14 Mn | 5.22% |
| 6 | Gevo | 331.30 Mn | 48.28 Mn | 19.80 Mn | -354.66% |
| 7 | OPAL Fuels | 314.56 Mn | 47.17 Mn | 24.47 Mn | 2.59% |
| 8 | Aemetis | 133.29 Mn | 117.04 Mn | 13.52 Mn | 13.28% |
| 9 | Verde Clean Fuels | 50.79 Mn | -147.69 Mn | - | - |
| 10 | Blue Biofuels | 35.59 Mn | 35.40 Mn | - | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 20.47% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 15.35% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 3.04% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 11.57% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -0.15% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -6.63% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -3.33% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 12.47% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 0.63% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -3.92% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 5.70% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 5.05% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -2.08% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -3.74% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 0.40% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -3.90% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 5.41% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -3.52% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 3.77% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -2.20% |
API Access
Green Plains EBITDA Margin API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ebitda-margin&ticker=GPRE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "ebitda-margin", "ticker": "GPRE", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ebitda-margin&ticker=GPRE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();