GREEN PLAINS INC GPRE
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 393222104 · ISIN US3932221043
American ethanol producer
- SectorMaterials
- IndustryIndustrial Organic Chemicals
- HeadquartersOmaha, NE
- Websitegpreinc.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($88.8k this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 65.6m as of 2025-08-04, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $6.03. Options: 13 managers hold calls ($17.3m notional), 15 hold puts ($18.5m).
Trends to Q2 2025
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 210 |
| Q4 2022 | 223 |
| Q1 2023 | 224 |
| Q2 2023 | 214 |
| Q3 2023 | 212 |
| Q4 2023 | 215 |
| Q1 2024 | 210 |
| Q2 2024 | 205 |
| Q3 2024 | 210 |
| Q4 2024 | 224 |
| Q1 2025 | 206 |
| Q2 2025 | 188 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | 90 | 111 |
| Q4 2023 | 110 | 112 |
| Q1 2024 | 124 | 101 |
| Q2 2024 | 106 | 104 |
| Q3 2024 | 99 | 109 |
| Q4 2024 | 119 | 107 |
| Q1 2025 | 108 | 128 |
| Q2 2025 | 98 | 119 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2024 | $46.7m | $32.6m | 0.70 |
| Q4 2024 | $22.4m | $16.5m | 0.74 |
| Q1 2025 | $11.7m | $7.9m | 0.68 |
| Q2 2025 | $17.3m | $18.5m | 1.07 |
Biggest buyers
| BlackRock, Inc. | Added | +1.4m |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Added | +1.1m |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP | Added | +949.0k |
| LONE PEAK GLOBAL INVESTORS LLC | Added | +926.6k |
| BARCLAYS PLC | Added | +864.4k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | Added | +743.4k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP | Added | +593.4k |
| CenterBook Partners LP | Added | +504.4k |
| MASTERS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +500.0k |
| Nuveen, LLC | Added | +495.4k |
Biggest sellers
| STATE STREET CORP | Reduced | -1.3m |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC | Sold out | -559.2k |
| Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC | Reduced | -531.6k |
| Broad Bay Capital Management, LP | Reduced | -511.4k |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP | Sold out | -480.7k |
| Kailix Advisors LLC | Reduced | -457.0k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. | Reduced | -432.2k |
| ALGERT GLOBAL LLC | Reduced | -408.4k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP | Reduced | -386.7k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Sold out | -352.6k |
Biggest calls
| Graham Capital Management, L.P. | New | $6.1m1.0m shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $5.5m904.1k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $1.7m281.2k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $771.0k128.0k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $727.2k120.6k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Added | $723.6k120.0k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Reduced | $444.4k73.7k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Reduced | $404.0k67.0k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $402.7k67.8k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | New | $346.1k57.4k shares |
Biggest puts
| Graham Capital Management, L.P. | New | $7.8m1.3m shares |
| Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. | Unchanged | $3.0m500.0k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $2.0m325.7k shares |
| WOLVERINE ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC | Unchanged | $1.4m239.2k shares |
| Caption Management, LLC | Unchanged | $753.8k125.0k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $642.2k106.5k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $528.2k87.6k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $520.0k86.4k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $494.5k82.0k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $469.9k79.1k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution +3.6 pts · filed 2026-07-28 | 13.8% |
| Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC 13G · institution -1.0 pts · filed 2026-02-10 | 5.8% |
| STATE STREET CORP 13G · institution +1.2 pts · filed 2026-08-07 | 5.4% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-07-31 | 5.0% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27; now reported by VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q2 2025
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2023 | 2 | $206.8k | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2024 | 1 | $98.9k | 1 | $521.2k | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
None reported in Q2 2025.
Holders, Q2 2025
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 6.3m $38.0m | Added +1.4m |
| Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 4.5m $26.8m | Reduced -531.6k |
| Ancora Advisors LLC 0.55% of their portfolio | 4.4m $26.3m | Added +16.8k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 4.0m $23.8m | Reduced -2.1k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.1m $12.5m | Added +474.6k |
| Broad Bay Capital Management, LP 1.74% of their portfolio | 2.1m $12.4m | Reduced -511.4k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.6m $9.5m | Reduced -100.1k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.6m $9.4m | Reduced -2.9k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.4m $8.6m | Added +365.8k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.4m $8.4m | Reduced -432.2k |
| LONE PEAK GLOBAL INVESTORS LLC 1.59% of their portfolio | 1.4m $8.4m | Added +926.6k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.4m $8.2m | Reduced -301.3k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.4m $8.1m | Reduced -1.3m |
| CenterBook Partners LP 0.39% of their portfolio | 1.2m $7.0m | Added +504.4k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.1m $6.9m | Added +593.4k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.1m $6.7m | Added +1.1m |
| Wolf Hill Capital Management, LP 0.54% of their portfolio | 1.1m $6.5m | Reduced -242.5k |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.1m $6.5m | Added +949.0k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.0m $6.2m | Reduced -176.4k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.0m $6.1m | Added +864.4k |
| MASTERS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 1.16% of their portfolio | 1.0m $6.0m | Added +500.0k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 954.8k $5.8m | Reduced -147.8k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 950.1k $5.7m | Added +195.6k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 928.3k $5.6m | Reduced -79.4k |
| Kailix Advisors LLC 7.63% of their portfolio | 817.3k $4.9m | Reduced -457.0k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 780.7k $4.7m | Reduced -173.5k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 748.4k $4.5m | Added +743.4k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 723.9k $4.4m | Added +495.4k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 696.1k $4.2m | Added +341.0k |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 683.6k $4.1m | Reduced -141.1k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 609.8k $3.7m | Added +284.5k |
| GRIZZLYROCK CAPITAL, LLC 2.54% of their portfolio | 559.1k $3.4m | Added +17.1k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.00% of their portfolio | 477.7k $2.9m | Added +361.8k |
| Jump Financial, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 476.9k $2.9m | Added +197.6k |
| Lumbard & Kellner, LLC 1.24% of their portfolio | 470.2k $2.8m | Reduced -270.2k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 445.9k $2.7m | Added +106.7k |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.01% of their portfolio | 406.4k $2.5m | Added +209.9k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 389.3k $2.3m | Added +102.8k |
| NEXPOINT ASSET MANAGEMENT, L.P. 0.22% of their portfolio | 382.6k $2.3m | Unchanged |
| CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.00% of their portfolio | 377.5k $2.3m | New |
| KLP KAPITALFORVALTNING AS 0.01% of their portfolio | 371.2k $2.2m | Reduced -64.6k |
| SUSQUEHANNA FUNDAMENTAL INVESTMENTS, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 315.4k $1.9m | Reduced -31.0k |
| ALGERT GLOBAL LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 307.2k $1.9m | Reduced -408.4k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 237.8k $1.4m | Added +85.1k |
| WOLVERINE ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 230.4k $1.4m | Unchanged |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 223.6k $1.3m | Added +82.8k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 217.5k $1.3m | Reduced -28.5k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.00% of their portfolio | 210.5k $1.3m | New |
| Lombard Odier Asset Management (USA) Corp 0.30% of their portfolio | 199.2k $1.2m | New |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 191.9k $1.2m | Reduced -159.4k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 186.1k $1.1m | Reduced -225.1k |
| Nebula Research & Development LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 143.2k $863.5k | Added +59.3k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 141.1k $851.0k | New |
| XTX Topco Ltd 0.03% of their portfolio | 137.1k $826.8k | Reduced -18.2k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 126.0k $759.5k | Added +24.1k |
| Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. 0.03% of their portfolio | 117.5k $708.4k | Added +3.3k |
| ALPS ADVISORS INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 108.9k $656.7k | Added +10.0k |
| Cannell & Spears LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 103.5k $624.1k | Unchanged |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 100.2k $603.9k | Added +1.2k |
| Caption Management, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 89.7k $540.8k | Added +32.2k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 85.7k $516.9k | Added +45.4k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 85.4k $515.0k | Added +3.9k |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 81.4k $498.9k | New |
| MAVERICK CAPITAL LTD 0.01% of their portfolio | 73.5k $443.4k | Unchanged |
| Verition Fund Management LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 71.5k $431.4k | Reduced -62.0k |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 68.7k $414.1k | Added +68.0k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 66.1k $398.5k | Added +8.2k |
| Inspire Investing, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 64.0k $385.8k | Reduced -6.7k |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. 0.00% of their portfolio | 57.6k $347.4k | Unchanged |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 56.8k $342.8k | Reduced -26.8k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 55.4k $334.1k | Added +11.1k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 55.3k $333.6k | Reduced -6.5k |
| CIBC WORLD MARKETS CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 52.9k $319.1k | Reduced -10.3k |
| AXQ CAPITAL, LP 0.10% of their portfolio | 52.0k $313.8k | New |
| ARDSLEY ADVISORY PARTNERS LP 0.05% of their portfolio | 50.0k $301.5k | New |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 49.3k $297.1k | New |
| Snowden Capital Advisors LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 49.1k $296.1k | Added +31.1k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 44.8k $269.9k | New |
| Creative Planning 0.00% of their portfolio | 43.0k $259.2k | Added +2.8k |
| Susquehanna Portfolio Strategies, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 41.9k $252.4k | Added +18.9k |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 41.7k $247.6k | Reduced -8.2k |
| GatePass Capital, LLC 0.16% of their portfolio | 39.0k $235.2k | Added +16.0k |
| MetLife Investment Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 38.6k $232.6k | Added +10.7k |
| Amundi 0.00% of their portfolio | 35.8k $233.6k | Reduced -268 |
| MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 35.2k $212.1k | Reduced -2.9k |
| Clearstead Advisors, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 35.0k $211.1k | Reduced -10.0k |
| NATIXIS 0.00% of their portfolio | 34.3k $206.8k | New |
| Jefferies Financial Group Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 32.6k $196.7k | New |
| Brooklyn Investment Group 0.02% of their portfolio | 30.8k $186.0k | Added +21.5k |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 30.6k $184.8k | Reduced -668 |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 30.0k $180.8k | Added +18.3k |
| AE Wealth Management LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 29.0k $174.9k | Added +28 |
| EQUITABLE TRUST CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 28.9k $174.3k | New |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.00% of their portfolio | 28.5k $171.0k | Reduced -3.8k |
| IQ EQ FUND MANAGEMENT (IRELAND) Ltd 0.02% of their portfolio | 28.5k $171.6k | Added +16.1k |
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 27.8k $168.0k | Reduced -105.7k |
| INTECH INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 26.3k $158.6k | Reduced -12.9k |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 25.5k $153.7k | Added +7.5k |
| OCCUDO QUANTITATIVE STRATEGIES LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 25.0k $150.7k | Reduced -131.3k |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.00% of their portfolio | 24.3k $146.6k | Added +787 |