---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001157523-23-000207"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GPRE"
cik: "0001309402"
company_name: "Green Plains Inc."
filed_at: "2023-02-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T21:32:49.011460+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Green Plains Q4 net loss $38.6M (-$0.66 EPS); revenue up 14% to $914M

## Summary
- Q4 net loss $38.6M (-$0.66) vs $9.6M loss (-$0.18) year ago; EBITDA $5.7M down from $30.3M.
- Consolidated ethanol crush margin $0.03/gal (Q4 2021: $0.20), hurt by winter storms and rail delays.
- Protein tech at five facilities (330K tons annual capacity); ~75% of 2023 platform capacity contracted.
- Cash $500.3M plus $235M available under revolving credit facility; total debt $634.8M.
- Full year net loss $127M (-$2.29) vs $68M loss (-$1.41) in 2021; revenue $3.66B, up 30%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001157523-23-000207
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GPRE
- cik: 0001309402
- company_name: Green Plains Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-02-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1309402/000115752323000207/0001157523-23-000207-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1309402/000115752323000207/a53306106.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Green Plains Inc. reported for the three months ended December 31, 2022 results: revenue $914.0 million, net income ($38.6 million), EPS $(0.66).
  - Period: for the three months ended December 31, 2022
  - Revenue: $914.0 million
  - Net income: ($38.6 million)
  - EPS: $(0.66)
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Net loss attributable to the company was $38.6 million, or $(0.66) per basic and diluted share for the fourth quarter compared to net loss attributable to the company of $9.6 million, or $(0.18) per basic and diluted share, for the same period in 2021. Revenues for the quarter were $914.0 million compared with $802.3 million for the same period in the prior year. EBITDA was $5.7 million for the quarter compared to $30.3 million for the same period in 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1309402/000115752323000207/0001157523-23-000207-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  Green Plains Inc. reported for the year ended December 31, 2022 results: EPS $(2.29).
  - Period: for the year ended December 31, 2022
  - EPS: $(2.29)
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Full Year EPS of $(2.29) per basic and diluted share, compared to EPS of $(1.41) per basic and diluted share for the prior year
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1309402/000115752323000207/0001157523-23-000207-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.