---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001309402-23-000154"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GPRE"
cik: "0001309402"
company_name: "Green Plains Inc."
filed_at: "2023-10-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T04:18:38.337835+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Green Plains Q3 net income $22.3M vs year-ago loss; EBITDA $52M

## Summary
- Net income $22.3M ($0.35 diluted EPS) vs net loss $73.5M ($1.27 loss) in Q3 2022.
- Revenue $892.8M, down 6.5% from $955M; EBITDA $52.0M vs ($35.6M).
- Ethanol crush margin swung to $48.5M from ($20.5M); plant utilization 93.9%.
- Merger agreement to acquire all publicly held common units of Green Plains Partners for 0.405 shares + $2.00 cash per unit.
- Completed 60% protein production runs; expects first Clean Sugar facility mechanically complete by year-end.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001309402-23-000154
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GPRE
- cik: 0001309402
- company_name: Green Plains Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-10-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1309402/000130940223000154/0001309402-23-000154-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1309402/000130940223000154/gpre-20231031.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Green Plains Inc. reported the third quarter of 2023 results: revenue $892.8 million, net income $22.3 million, EPS $0.35 per diluted share.
  - Period: the third quarter of 2023
  - Revenue: $892.8 million
  - Net income: $22.3 million
  - EPS: $0.35 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: million, or $0.35 per diluted share, compared to net loss attributable to the company of $73.5 million, or ($1.27) per diluted share, for the same period in 2022. Revenues were $892.8 million for the third quarter of 2023 compared with $955.0 million for the same period last year. EBITDA was $52.0 million compared with ($35.6) million for the same period in the prior
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1309402/000130940223000154/0001309402-23-000154-index.htm

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