Green Plains (GPRE) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2026)

Green Plains (GPRE) posted Operating Expenses of $401.0 million for Q1 2026, down 8.72% on a QoQ basis from $439.3 million in Q4 2025, and down 39.58% year-over-year from $663.8 million in Q1 2025.

Green Plains (GPRE) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Green Plains' Operating Expenses history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $401.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Operating Expenses fell 39.58% year-over-year to $401.0 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $1.9 billion (down 24.99% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $2.2 billion, down 13.86% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses was $401.0 million for Q1 2026 at Green Plains, down from $439.3 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $1.0 billion in Q3 2022 and bottomed at $401.0 million in Q1 2026.
  • A 5-year average of $716.8 million and a median of $663.8 million in 2025 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Operating Expenses surged 58.79% — and 2026, when it plunged 39.58%.
  • Green Plains' Operating Expenses stood at $937.0 million in 2022, then retreated by 25.71% to $696.1 million in 2023, then declined by 10.23% to $624.9 million in 2024, then fell by 29.7% to $439.3 million in 2025, then declined by 8.72% to $401.0 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows GPRE's Operating Expenses at $401.0 million in Q1 2026, $439.3 million in Q4 2025, and $474.6 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Celanese 5.19 Bn 3.86 Bn 468.00 Mn 254.00 Mn
2 Methanex 4.49 Bn 4.40 Bn - -770.48 Mn
3 Olin 2.69 Bn 2.50 Bn 75.80 Mn 154.10 Mn
4 Braskem 1.98 Bn -218.50 Mn - -
5 Rex American Resources 1.49 Bn 1.21 Bn 28.91 Mn 12.26 Mn
6 Green Plains 1.18 Bn 1.01 Bn 87.95 Mn 401.03 Mn
7 Tronox Holdings 1.02 Bn 1.04 Bn 44.00 Mn 85.00 Mn
8 Lsb Industries 880.78 Mn 699.14 Mn 35.79 Mn -1.64 Mn
9 Westlake Chemical Partners 775.06 Mn 730.77 Mn 93.76 Mn 7.19 Mn
10 AdvanSix 576.85 Mn 559.27 Mn 3.80 Mn 22.52 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 401.03 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 439.34 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 474.62 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 581.19 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 663.78 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 624.93 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 602.68 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 636.54 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 642.10 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 696.12 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 871.60 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 900.11 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 889.49 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 937.05 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 1.02 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 978.55 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 829.34 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 794.52 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 791.47 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 693.39 Mn