Green Plains (GPRE) Gross Margin (2010 - 2026)
Green Plains (GPRE) reported Gross Margin of 25.33% for Q2 2026, up 17.81 percentage points from 7.52% a year earlier and up 5.60 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Powered by 
Analysis
Green Plains (GPRE) Gross Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jun 30, 2026, Green Plains' Gross Margin came in at 16.03%, up 10.66 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at 6.55%, up 1.24 percentage points from FY2024.
- Gross Margin has increased for three consecutive years, with a five-year change of +0.75 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Gross Margin came in at 5.31% in FY2024 (+0.31 pp), 5.00% in FY2023 (+1.92 pp), 3.08% in FY2022 (-4.07 pp) and 7.15% in FY2021 (+1.35 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure ranks as the highest quarterly Gross Margin since Q4 2017.
- Year over year, Gross Margin has now increased in each of the last three quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +4.80 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Gross Margin in five years was Q1 2026 (a gain of 19.22 percentage points); the low point was Q4 2024 (a drop of 9.31 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at 19.73% (Q1 2026), 9.36% (Q4 2025) and 10.26% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Gross Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plug Power | 2.67 Bn | 1.75 Bn | -1.68 Mn | -0.94% |
| 2 | Rex American Resources | 1.41 Bn | 56.79 Mn | 53.30 Mn | 31.63% |
| 3 | Green Plains | 1.03 Bn | 431.73 Mn | 113.03 Mn | 25.33% |
| 4 | Montauk Renewables | 421.14 Mn | 348.92 Mn | - | - |
| 5 | Clean Energy Fuels | 345.96 Mn | -309.83 Mn | 30.14 Mn | 28.34% |
| 6 | Gevo | 328.83 Mn | 45.80 Mn | 19.80 Mn | 42.58% |
| 7 | OPAL Fuels | 309.32 Mn | 41.92 Mn | 24.47 Mn | 29.34% |
| 8 | Aemetis | 131.85 Mn | 115.60 Mn | 13.52 Mn | 21.56% |
| 9 | Verde Clean Fuels | 50.34 Mn | -148.13 Mn | - | - |
| 10 | Blue Biofuels | 32.35 Mn | 32.16 Mn | - | - |
Historic Data
Download Data
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 25.33% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 19.73% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 9.36% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 10.26% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 7.52% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0.51% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.05% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 11.86% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 6.11% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 1.40% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 10.36% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 8.37% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 1.80% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 0.08% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 1.59% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -0.20% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 9.00% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 1.14% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 6.98% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 2.22% |
API Access
Green Plains Gross 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=gross-margin&ticker=GPRE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "gross-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=gross-margin&ticker=GPRE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();