---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001309402-24-000089"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GPRE"
cik: "0001309402"
company_name: "Green Plains Inc."
filed_at: "2024-05-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T22:59:41.043356+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Green Plains Q1 net loss $51.4M ($0.81 EPS); revenue $597M down 28% YoY

## Summary
- Net loss attributable to company $51.4M ($0.81 loss per share) vs $70.3M loss ($1.20) in Q1 2023.
- Revenue $597.2M, down 28% from $832.9M; EBITDA ($21.5M) vs ($27.7M) prior year.
- Ethanol crush margin ($9.3M) improved from ($12.5M); Ultra-High Protein sold 60K tons (+15.4%).
- New Sequence brand launched; ~10% of high-protein capacity sold vs target 20-30% by year-end.
- Segment reporting revised from three to two after Jan 2024 merger with Green Plains Partners LP.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001309402-24-000089
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GPRE
- cik: 0001309402
- company_name: Green Plains Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-05-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1309402/000130940224000089/0001309402-24-000089-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1309402/000130940224000089/gpre-20240503.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001309402-24-000089
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001309402-24-000089.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Green Plains Inc. reported the first quarter of 2024 results: revenue $597.2 million, net income Net loss attributable to the company was $51.4 million, or ($0.81) per diluted share, EPS ($0.81) per diluted share.
  - Period: the first quarter of 2024
  - Revenue: $597.2 million
  - Net income: Net loss attributable to the company was $51.4 million, or ($0.81) per diluted share
  - EPS: ($0.81) per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Net loss attributable to the company was $51.4 million, or ($0.81) per diluted share compared to net loss attributable to the company of $70.3 million or ($1.20) per diluted share, for the same period in 2023. Revenues were $597.2 million for the first quarter of 2024 compared with $832.9 million for the same period last year.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1309402/000130940224000089/0001309402-24-000089-index.htm

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