Roth Capital Lowers Green Plains Rating from Buy to Neutral
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Updated: Nov 06 2025
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Analyst Downgrade: Roth Capital analyst Craig Irwin downgraded Green Plains from Buy to Neutral following the Q3 report, maintaining a price target of $10.
Price Target Reached: The downgrade reflects that Green Plains' shares have reached the established price target, indicating limited upside potential.
Seasonal Margin Concerns: The analyst noted that crush margins are expected to contract seasonally as winter approaches, impacting the company's performance.
Accounting Practices: Irwin criticized Green Plains' 45Z accounting in Q3, stating it "is clearly not conservative," raising concerns about the company's financial reporting.
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Analyst Views on GPRE
Wall Street analysts forecast GPRE stock price to fall over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for GPRE is 11.50 USD with a low forecast of 9.00 USD and a high forecast of 15.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
5 Analyst Rating
2 Buy
2 Hold
1 Sell
Hold
Current: 11.930
Low
9.00
Averages
11.50
High
15.00
Current: 11.930
Low
9.00
Averages
11.50
High
15.00
About GPRE
Green Plains Inc. is a biorefining company. The Company is focused on the development and utilization of fermentation, agricultural and biological technologies in the processing of annually renewable crops into sustainable value-added ingredients. This includes the production of cleaner low carbon biofuels and renewable feedstocks for advanced biofuels. The Company is a producer of Sequence and novel ingredients for animal and aquaculture diets. Its ethanol production segment includes the production, storage and transportation of ethanol, distillers grains, ultra-high protein and renewable corn oil at ten biorefineries in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and Tennessee. Its Agribusiness and Energy Services segment includes grain procurement, with over 20.2 million bushels of grain storage capacity, and its commodity marketing business, which markets, sells and distributes the ethanol, distillers’ grains, protein and renewable corn oil produced at its ethanol plants.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
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