Green Plains (GPRE) Gross Margin (2009 - 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.
Green Plains (GPRE) Gross Margin (2009 - 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 Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Gross Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plug Power | 1.92 Bn | 1.03 Bn | -5.36 Mn | -2.67% |
| 2 | Rex American Resources | 1.32 Bn | -36.10 Mn | 53.30 Mn | 31.63% |
| 3 | Green Plains | 967.95 Mn | 344.59 Mn | 142.81 Mn | 28.79% |
| 4 | Clean Energy Fuels | 403.41 Mn | -160.68 Mn | 41.24 Mn | 36.76% |
| 5 | Gevo | 343.85 Mn | 68.23 Mn | 47.81 Mn | 57.64% |
| 6 | OPAL Fuels | 229.31 Mn | -91.43 Mn | 27.77 Mn | 34.93% |
| 7 | Montauk Renewables | 170.46 Mn | 98.24 Mn | - | - |
| 8 | Verde Clean Fuels | 44.77 Mn | -147.88 Mn | - | - |
| 9 | Blue Biofuels | 38.82 Mn | 38.63 Mn | - | - |
| 10 | XCF Global | 31.56 Mn | 29.15 Mn | 276,200.00 | 39.98% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 28.79% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 25.33% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 19.73% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 3.18% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 15.47% |
| 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% |
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_KEY
import 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();