Green Plains (GPRE) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2011 - 2026)
Green Plains (GPRE) recorded Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of 10.32% in Q2 2026, up 16.06 percentage points from -5.75% a year earlier and up 10.32 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Green Plains (GPRE) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Green Plains reported Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of -3.28%, down 0.16 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has a five-year change of +2.98 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Across earlier years, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] came in at -3.12% in FY2024 (+0.37 pp), -3.49% in FY2023 (+2.13 pp), -5.62% in FY2022 (-7.27 pp) and 1.65% in FY2021 (+7.91 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure is the highest quarterly Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] since Q4 2014.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] rose in four of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +1.62 percentage points.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in the last five years was a gain of 16.06 percentage points in Q2 2026, against a drop of 8.38 percentage points in Q2 2023 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at 0.00% (Q1 2026), -3.74% (Q4 2025) and -7.46% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROIC (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plug Power | 2.65 Bn | 1.74 Bn | -1.68 Mn | -188.44% |
| 2 | Rex American Resources | 1.44 Bn | 80.02 Mn | 53.30 Mn | - |
| 3 | Green Plains | 1.07 Bn | 468.18 Mn | 113.03 Mn | 10.32% |
| 4 | Montauk Renewables | 411.11 Mn | 338.89 Mn | - | 0.27% |
| 5 | Clean Energy Fuels | 343.76 Mn | -312.04 Mn | 30.14 Mn | -4.10% |
| 6 | Gevo | 323.88 Mn | 40.86 Mn | 19.80 Mn | - |
| 7 | OPAL Fuels | 304.08 Mn | 36.68 Mn | 24.47 Mn | 0.00% |
| 8 | Aemetis | 123.92 Mn | 107.68 Mn | 13.52 Mn | -7.00% |
| 9 | Verde Clean Fuels | 48.56 Mn | -149.91 Mn | - | - |
| 10 | Blue Biofuels | 32.35 Mn | 32.16 Mn | - | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 10.32% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 0.00% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -3.74% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -7.46% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -5.75% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -4.58% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -3.22% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 0.60% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -1.36% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -2.80% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -3.56% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -6.09% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -10.98% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -6.37% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -5.63% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -3.59% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -2.59% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -2.81% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 1.40% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -0.91% |
API Access
Green Plains Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] 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=return-on-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=GPRE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-invested-capital-[roic]", "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=return-on-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=GPRE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();