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Cardinal Ethanol Llc's Competitiveness

A competitive positioning analysis and financial ratio benchmarking of Cardinal Ethanol Llc (CRDE) against its publicly traded competitors: sales growth, net income, profitability, valuation and market share, plus each peer's market capitalization, revenue, income and employees. Free below: the top 5 peers. Subscriber access adds the full competitor list and CSV downloads.

Peer Data As of Q3 2024
Competitors Tracked
10
Publicly traded peers
Peer Group Market Share
0.36 %
vs 0.44 % a year ago
Revenue Growth Y/Y
-29.59 %
Peers: -12.44 %
Net Margin
6.44 %
Peers: 1.89 %

Key Findings: Cardinal Ethanol Llc vs Its Competitors

  • TTM: Trailing 12-month revenue of 350M vs 86,405M combined for tracked competitors (0.4% combined share).
  • Trending: Latest-quarter revenue run-rate is decelerating (-4.3% annualized vs trailing 12 months), vs accelerating (+8.8%) for its tracked peer group.
  • Growth: Cardinal Ethanol Llc generated -29.6% revenue growth year over year in Q3 2024, vs -12.4% for its tracked competitors combined.
  • Profitability: Its 6.4% net margin compares with 1.9% for the peer group.
  • Scale: Cardinal Ethanol Llc ranks #45 of 83 companies by market capitalization in the Chemical Manufacturing industry, holding 0.1% of industry market cap.
  • Peer revenue share: Cardinal Ethanol Llc accounted for 0.4% of combined revenue among its tracked peer group, down from 0.4% a year earlier.
  • Peer differentiation: Revenue per employee of $4.38M compares with $1.99M for the peer group (2.2x).

Every figure above is sourced and cited in detail further down this page (Market Structure, Profitability & Cost Structure, Productivity vs Peers).

CRDE Sales vs. its Competitors, Q3 2024

Cardinal Ethanol Llc reported revenue contraction of 29.59 % year on year in Q3 2024, below its competitors' combined revenue change of -12.44 %.

With a net margin of 6.44 %, Cardinal Ethanol Llc achieved higher profitability than its competitors (1.89 %).

Cardinal Ethanol Llc generated 0.36 % of the combined sales of its peer group, down from 0.44 % a year earlier.

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Cardinal Ethanol Llc vs. its Competitors, Q3 2024

Revenue growth, year on year

Cardinal Ethanol Llc -29.6 %
Competitors combined -12.4 %

Net income growth, year on year

Cardinal Ethanol Llc -62.3 %
Competitors combined -48.2 %

Net margin

Cardinal Ethanol Llc +6.4 %
Competitors combined +1.9 %

Revenue run-rate vs trailing 12 months

Cardinal Ethanol Llc -4.3 %
Competitors combined +8.8 %

TTM net margin

Cardinal Ethanol Llc +9.3 %
Competitors combined +2.3 %

TTM = trailing twelve months. Run-rate annualizes the latest quarter (×4) and compares it to TTM. In millions of $. High-Confidence Competitors are named as a competitor directly in an SEC filing; Similar-Size Competitors are the closest peers by market-cap rank within the same industry; Similar Growth & Profitability Competitors are the closest peers by combined revenue growth, operating margin and ROIC, all independent of the competitor list.

Competitor Financial Benchmarking - TTM Commercial

TTM revenue, latest-quarter run-rate and net income/margin benchmarked across Cardinal Ethanol Llc and its 4 competitor groupings. Available under Commercial License.

Entity TTM Revenue Latest Q ×4 Rev Run-rate vs TTM TTM Net Income TTM Net Margin
Cardinal Ethanol Llc $12,345M $12,345M +12.3% · Accelerating $1,234M 12.3%
Competitors combined $12,345M $12,345M +12.3% · Accelerating $1,234M 12.3%
High-Confidence Competitors (2) $12,345M $12,345M +12.3% · Accelerating $1,234M 12.3%
Similar-Size Competitors (10) $12,345M $12,345M +12.3% · Accelerating $1,234M 12.3%
Similar Growth & Profitability (7) $12,345M $12,345M +12.3% · Accelerating $1,234M 12.3%
Competitor Financial Benchmarking

TTM revenue, run-rate and net margin benchmarking across Cardinal Ethanol Llc's competitor groups requires a Commercial License.

For context: the Chemical Manufacturing industry grew revenue 2.6% year over year, combined, vs -29.6% for Cardinal Ethanol Llc. Cardinal Ethanol Llc's share of combined industry revenue moved from 0.13% to 0.09%, a loss of 0.04 percentage points.

Cardinal Ethanol Llc's Competitor Quality Breadth

Share of each group, trailing 12 months: profitable (net margin > 0), expanding (revenue growth > 0), growing faster than the industry's own median, and financially distressed (Piotroski F-Score of 2 or below).

Entity Profitable Expanding Above Industry Growth Distressed
Cardinal Ethanol Llc Yes No No Yes
Competitors combined (10) 75% 40% 20% 40%
High-Confidence Competitors (2) 100% 100% 100% 0%
Similar-Size Competitors (10) 33% 56% 56% 11%
Similar Growth & Profitability (8) 85.70 % (6 of 7) 0.00 % (0 of 8) 0.00 % (0 of 8) 25.00 % (2 of 8)

Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months. Altman Z-Score is not shown here: it is not populated in the underlying data for any company. Percentages are of companies in each group that report the relevant metric, not of the full group size.

Market Share of the Peer Group, Q3 2024

0.4%market share
  • Cardinal Ethanol Llc0.4%
  • Competitors combined99.6%

Share of combined quarterly revenue of Cardinal Ethanol Llc and its 10 tracked competitors.

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CRDE Stock Performance relative to its Competitors

CRDE Competitors (weighted) Percent change over the selected range

Cardinal Ethanol Llc's Share Price Performance vs Peer Groups

Trailing 12-month total share price return, and the share of each group that outperformed the U.S.A. 500 over the same period. Similar Growth & Profitability Competitors are the closest peers by combined revenue growth, operating margin and ROIC.
71.4%beat U.S.A. 500
Competitors Combined
(5 of 7)
50%beat U.S.A. 500
High-Confidence
(1 of 2)
22.2%beat U.S.A. 500
Similar-Size
(2 of 9)
80%beat U.S.A. 500
Similar Growth & Profitability
(4 of 5)
Entity TTM Share Price Return
(group: median)
vs U.S.A. 500
Cardinal Ethanol Llc - -
Competitors combined (7) 40.4% 63.2%
High-Confidence Competitors (2) 40.4% 63.2%
Similar-Size Competitors (9) 40.4% 63.2%
Similar Growth & Profitability (5) 40.4% 63.2%
Peer Group Share Price Returns

TTM share price return and U.S.A. 500 outperformance for Cardinal Ethanol Llc's competitor groups requires a Commercial License.

Source: CSIMarket API (daily market-structure computation). Outperformance is trailing-12-month total return vs the U.S.A. 500 over the same window, not risk-adjusted.

CRDE Stock Performance relative to High-Confidence Competitors

CRDE High-Confidence Competitors (equal-weighted, 2) Percent change over the selected range

CRDE Stock Performance relative to Similar-Size Competitors

CRDE Similar-Size Competitors (equal-weighted, 10) Percent change over the selected range

CRDE Stock Performance relative to Similar Growth & Profitability Competitors

CRDE Similar Growth & Profitability Competitors (equal-weighted, 8) Percent change over the selected range

5 Best-Performing Tracked Competitors, Trailing 12 Months

#CompetitorTTM Share Price Returnvs U.S.A. 500
1 Alto Ingredients Inc 282.9% Outperformed
2 Green Plains Inc 282.9% Outperformed
3 Rex American Resources Corporation 282.9% Outperformed
4 Archer daniels midland Co 282.9% Outperformed
5 Futurefuel Corp 282.9% Outperformed
Best-Performing Competitor Returns

TTM share price return and U.S.A. 500 outperformance for Cardinal Ethanol Llc's best-performing tracked competitors requires a Commercial License.

Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months.

Cardinal Ethanol Llc's Comment on Competition and Industry Peers

We are in direct competition with numerous ethanol producers, many of whom have greater resources than we do. Following the significant growth during 2005 and 2006, the ethanol industry has grown at a much slower pace. As of October 6, 2016, the Renewable Fuels Association estimates that there are 214 ethanol production facilities in the United States with capacity to produce approximately 15.6 billion gallons of ethanol and three additional plants under expansion or construction with capacity to produce an additional 162 million gallons. However, the Renewable Fuels Association estimates that approximately 3% of the ethanol production capacity in the United States is idled.

Since ethanol is a commodity product, competition in the industry is predominantly based on price. We have also experienced increased competition from oil companies who have purchased ethanol production facilities. These oil companies are required to blend a certain amount of ethanol each year. Therefore, the oil companies may be able to operate their ethanol production facilities at times when it is unprofitable for us to operate. Larger ethanol producers may be able to realize economies of scale that we are unable to realize. This could put us at a competitive disadvantage to other ethanol producers. The ethanol industry is continuing to consolidate where a few larger ethanol producers are increasing their production capacities and are controlling a larger portion of the United States ethanol production. Further, some ethanol producers own multiple ethanol plants which may allow them to compete more effectively by providing them flexibility to run certain production facilities while they have other facilities shut down. This added flexibility may allow these ethanol producers to compete more effectively, especially during periods when operation margins are unfavorable in the ethanol industry.

The largest ethanol producers include Archer Daniels Midland, Flint Hill Resources LP, Green Plains Renewable Energy, POET Biorefining and Valero Renewable Fuels, each of which are capable of producing significantly more ethanol than we produce.

Ethanol plants in the Midwest produce the majority of distillers grains and primarily compete with other ethanol producers in the production and sales of distillers grains. Ethanol plants are expected to produce approximately 36 million metric tons of distillers grains in the 2015/2016 marketing year.

The primary consumers of distillers grains are dairy and beef cattle. In recent years, an increasing amount of distillers grains have been used in the swine and poultry markets. Numerous feeding trials show advantages in milk production, growth, rumen health, and palatability over other dairy cattle feeds. With the advancement of research into the feeding rations of poultry and swine, we expect these markets to expand and create additional demand for distillers grains; however, no assurance can be given that these markets will in fact expand, or if they do, that we will benefit from it. The market for distillers grains is generally confined to locations where freight costs allow it to be competitively priced against other feed ingredients. Distillers grains compete with three other feed formulations: corn gluten feed, dry brewers grain and mill feeds. The primary value of these products as animal feed is their protein content. Dry brewers grain and distillers grains have about the same protein content, and corn gluten feed and mill feeds have slightly lower protein contents.


Publicly Traded Peers of Cardinal Ethanol Llc

Revenue and income for trailing 12 months, in millions of $, except employees
Company Market Cap Revenues Income Employees
Cardinal Ethanol Llc 350.87 350.34 32.73 80
Archer daniels midland Co 38,509.00 82,099.00 1,779.00 41,496
Rex American Resources Corporation 1,409.30 658.58 137.40 132
Green Plains Inc 1,242.91 1,829.36 124.54 642
Gevo inc 315.28 177.51 -211.20 151
Alto Ingredients Inc 279.77 920.78 24.25 390
SUBTOTAL 42,862.52 87,136.68 1,986.65 43,699
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Sources: Cardinal Ethanol Llc's official press releases and regulatory filings; CSIMarket.com's market research; and the financial filings and press releases of the other companies cited.
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Cardinal Ethanol Llc's Competitors Named by the Company

Competitive relationships identified from SEC filings and corroborating sources, each with a basis and confidence.
Competitor Basis Confidence Active Sources
Air Products Named by the company 85% 2022 to 2026 3
Cardinal Named by the company 85% 2022 to 2026 3
Competitor Evidence Detail

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Methodology: relationships are extracted from SEC filings (named-competitor disclosures) and corroborating sources. Named by the company = explicitly disclosed as a competitor; Inferred = derived from corroborating signals. Confidence reflects evidence strength.

Cardinal Ethanol Llc's Business Segment Mix vs Peers

Revenue by operating segment or division, as named and reported by each company. Segment names are the filer's own and are not standardized across companies. Do not assume a same-named or similarly-named segment is defined identically between two companies. Shares are of each company's own total revenue and are not required to sum to 100% (intersegment revenue, unallocated items).
Company Largest Segment 2nd Segment 3rd Segment
Cardinal Ethanol Llc Ethanol 88.64 % Grain Trading 11.36 % -
Archer daniels midland Co Ag Services and Oilseeds 76.86 % Carbohydrate Solutions 13.19 % Nutrition 9.42 %
Green Plains Inc Ethanol Production 88.24 % Agribusiness and Energy Services 13.15 % -
Gevo inc Gevo North Dakota Segment 88.55 % Renewable Natural Gas Segment 10.61 % Gevo Segment 0.84 %
Alto Ingredients Inc Pekin Campus Production 64.99 % Marketing and Distributions 23.27 % Western Production Segment 12.25 %
Futurefuel Corp Biofuels 67.17 % Chemicals 32.83 % -

Source: operating segment revenue as reported in each company's SEC filings (10-K/10-Q), via the CSIMarket API, leaf-level reportable segments only (parent roll-up segments are excluded where sub-segments are separately disclosed).

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Cardinal Ethanol Llc's Productivity vs Peers Comparison

Revenue and income per employee, trailing 12 months, in $; market cap in millions of $
CompanyMarket CapRevenue / EmployeeIncome / Employee
Cardinal Ethanol Llc 351 4,379,203 409,072
Archer daniels midland Co 38,509 1,978,480 42,872
Rex American Resources Corporation 1,409 4,989,212 1,040,894
Green Plains Inc 1,243 2,849,477 193,986
Gevo inc 315 1,175,543 -1,398,656
Alto Ingredients Inc 280 2,360,972 62,182
PEERS TOTAL 42,512 1,989,645 44,795
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Cardinal Ethanol Llc's Position in Industry Market Structure

Market-capitalization share and concentration across all 79 companies in Cardinal Ethanol Llc's industry classification, broader than the peer set above. Market cap in millions of $.

Cardinal Ethanol Llc ranks #45 of 79 companies by market capitalization in its industry, holding 0.07 % of total industry market cap. The industry's Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) is 2,056, indicating a moderately concentrated market structure (U.S. antitrust guidance: below 1,500 unconcentrated, 1,500 to 2,500 moderately concentrated, above 2,500 highly concentrated).

Rank Company Market Cap Industry Share
1 Linde Plc 220,809 41.79 %
2 Air Products And Chemicals Inc 61,877 11.71 %
3 Corteva Inc 51,936 9.83 %
4 Ppg Industries Inc 24,029 4.55 %
5 International Flavors and Fragrances Inc 1,234 5.2%
6 Lyondellbasell Industries N v 1,234 5.2%
7 Rpm International Inc 1,234 5.2%
8 Element Solutions Inc 1,234 5.2%
9 Westlake Corporation 1,234 5.2%
10 Newmarket Corporation 1,234 5.2%
45 Cardinal Ethanol Llc 365 0.07 %
Full Industry Market Structure

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Source: CSIMarket API (daily market-structure computation) across CSIMarket's industry classification, market capitalization as of 2026-09-28.

Cardinal Ethanol Llc's Same-Size Peers & Stock Performance

Peers chosen by closeness in market-cap rank within the same industry classification (not the named-competitor list above). Trailing 12-month total return, 3-month price momentum, beta and Sharpe ratio vs the broad U.S. market.
Rank Company Market Cap TTM Return 3M Momentum Beta Sharpe (1Y)
40 Lsb Industries Inc 708 19.85 % -9.19 % 0.80 0.55
41 Tronox Holdings Plc 659 1.98 % -31.67 % 1.90 0.32
42 Luxfer Holdings Plc 470 23.29 % -0.52 % 1.10 0.67
43 Valhi inc 442 -1.84 % 8.92 % 1.01 0.13
44 Standard Lithium Ltd 1,234 12.3% 4.5% 1.10 0.80
45 Cardinal Ethanol Llc 365 - - 0.00 1.74
46 Orion S a 1,234 12.3% 4.5% 1.10 0.80
47 Cyber App Solutions Corp 1,234 12.3% 4.5% 1.10 0.80
48 Asp Isotopes Inc 1,234 12.3% 4.5% 1.10 0.80
49 Gevo inc 1,234 12.3% 4.5% 1.10 0.80
50 Braskem Sa 1,234 12.3% 4.5% 1.10 0.80
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Source: CSIMarket API (daily market-structure computation); returns and risk metrics as of 2026-09-29. Beta and Sharpe ratio are versus the broad U.S. equity market, not this industry.

Cardinal Ethanol Llc's Profitability & Cost Structure

Trailing 12-month margins from SEC-filed financials. Operating margin is compared to the Chemical Manufacturing industry median; gross margin, EBITDA margin and capital intensity are compared to the live industry average (96 companies). See the full Chemical Manufacturing industry profitability benchmarks.
Metric Company Industry Difference
Gross Margin 12.21 % 30.74 % (avg) -18.5 pp
Operating Margin 8.91 % industry median +1.7 pp
EBITDA Margin 13.63 % 3.22 % (avg) +10.4 pp
Capital Intensity (Capex / Revenue) 4.92 % 7.98 % (avg) -3.1 pp

Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months. SG&A and R&D as a share of revenue have limited coverage as this data is backfilled and appear only where reported. Higher capital intensity is not inherently negative; it reflects the industry's asset requirements.

Cardinal Ethanol Llc's Valuation vs Competitive Position

Valuation multiples vs the Chemical Manufacturing industry average (96 companies, excluding loss-making/negative-equity outliers), alongside returns on capital for context on whether a premium or discount lines up with measurably stronger or weaker returns. See the full Chemical Manufacturing industry valuation benchmarks.
Metric Company Industry Average Difference
P/E 8.9x 27.8x -18.9x
EV / EBITDA 5.7x 16.1x -10.5x
P/B 1.7x 3.9x -2.1x
Return on Equity 19.26 % industry aggregate 8.85 %
Return on Invested Capital 8.10 % 0.90 % (avg) 7.20 %

Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months. A valuation premium or discount is not, by itself, a judgment of over- or under-valuation. Compare it against the return and growth context shown elsewhere on this page.

Cardinal Ethanol Llc's Multi-Year Financial Trajectory

Fiscal-year revenue growth, operating margin, return on invested capital and P/E, as reported in SEC filings.
Metric 20162017201820192020202120222023
Revenue Growth -3.86 %1.29 %15.40 %5.03 %-0.02 %68.12 %15.26 %-17.78 %
Operating Margin 8.63 %3.57 %1.55 %-1.10 %-1.48 %13.34 %11.51 %12.33 %
Return on Invested Capital --1.30 %-1.27 %-1.83 %24.15 %19.92 %15.14 %
P/E 10.8x26.4x41.8x---3.3x5.2x

Source: CSIMarket API, fiscal-year figures. P/E is this company's own historical ratio at each fiscal year end and can swing sharply around an earnings trough: that is real, not a data error.

Cardinal Ethanol Llc's Strategic Group Map

Every company in Cardinal Ethanol Llc's industry and named-competitor list, plotted by trailing 12-month revenue growth and operating margin. Cardinal Ethanol Llc is shown in red; its closest peers by combined growth, margin and ROIC (the Similar Growth & Profitability group above) are labeled.

Revenue Growth (TTM, %)Operating Margin (%)LKCRUCBTCardinal Ethanol LlcIFFGPREIPHSLXFRREGXLYB

Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months. Extreme outlier values (from near-zero-revenue companies) are excluded from the plotted cloud but never from the highlighted company or its labeled peers.

Cardinal Ethanol Llc's BCG Growth-Share Matrix

Relative market share (vs Cardinal Ethanol Llc's largest competitor by market cap) against industry revenue growth, using the standard textbook thresholds (1.0x share, 10% growth) a common framework, not a precision instrument.

Question Mark Star Dog Cash Cow Relative Market Share (vs largest competitor) Industry Revenue Growth (%) Cardinal Ethanol Llc

Cardinal Ethanol Llc falls in the Dog quadrant: relative market share of 0.00x vs its largest competitor, in an industry growing revenue 3.4% (median, trailing 12 months).

Source: CSIMarket API (market-cap share and industry revenue growth). The 10% growth and 1.0x share lines are standard textbook thresholds, not derived from this industry's own distribution. A caveat worth reading alongside this chart: Linde Plc alone holds 42% of this industry's market cap. In an industry this dominated by one leader, the framework will place nearly every OTHER company in "Dog" or "Question Mark" purely because relative share is measured against that leader, regardless of how strong those other companies actually are on their own fundamentals. Check the Profitability, Valuation and Financial Strength sections above before treating this quadrant label as a verdict.

Cardinal Ethanol Llc's Competitive Forces (Porter's Five Forces)

Only the forces this data can support honestly are shown; the other three are marked as such rather than guessed.
Force Assessment Basis
Competitive Rivalry Moderate Industry HHI of 2,056 (see Industry Market Structure & Concentration above)
Barriers to Entry Lower than typical for the industry Capital intensity (capex / revenue) of 4.92 % vs industry average 7.98 % (see Profitability & Cost Structure above)
Supplier Power Not covered on this page See Cardinal Ethanol Llc's dedicated suppliers page for concentration and dependency data
Buyer Power Not covered on this page See Cardinal Ethanol Llc's dedicated customers page for concentration and dependency data
Threat of Substitutes - No systematic data source for cross-product substitution exists in this system; not estimated

Note: this is a partial, data-grounded application of the framework, not a complete strategic assessment. Rivalry and barriers-to-entry readings are mechanical translations of the HHI and capital-intensity figures shown elsewhere on this page, not independent judgments.

Cardinal Ethanol Llc's Industry Attractiveness & Competitive Strength

A CSIMarket composite, not a standard field: each axis is an equal-weighted average of three factors already shown elsewhere on this page (industry growth, industry profitability and rivalry for attractiveness; relative market share, profitability and growth vs industry for strength). Disclosed as a designed methodology, not a precision measurement.

High Strength
Medium Strength
Low Strength
High Attractiveness
Invest / Grow
Invest / Grow
Selective
Medium Attractiveness
Invest / Grow
Selective
Harvest
Low Attractiveness
Selective
Harvest Cardinal Ethanol Llc
Harvest / Divest

Cardinal Ethanol Llc falls in the Low attractiveness / Medium strength cell: Harvest.

Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months. Each axis score is a simple 1(low)/2(medium)/3(high) average across its three inputs -- a transparent, disclosed simplification, not a validated academic scoring model.

Cardinal Ethanol Llc's SWOT

Every point below is a fixed rule applied to a metric already shown elsewhere on this page (Market Structure, Profitability, Valuation, Run-Rate, Stock Performance, Quality Breadth) not an independent strategic assessment. A blank quadrant means no rule was met, not that none apply.

Strengths

  • Return on equity 8.9 points above the industry aggregate.

Weaknesses

  • Latest-quarter revenue run-rate is decelerating (-4.3% annualized vs trailing 12 months).
  • Low relative market share vs the industry leader (0.00x).
  • Piotroski F-Score of 2 or below, the standard financial-distress signal.

Opportunities

  • Trades at a lower P/E than the industry average (8.9x vs 27.8x) despite a higher return on invested capital -- a possible re-rating opportunity.
  • A meaningful share of tracked competitors (40.00 %) show financial-distress signals, a possible opening to gain share.

Threats

  • Industry dominated by Linde Plc, holding 41.79 % of industry market cap.

Methodology: mechanical, rule-based SWOT. Each bullet reuses a figure already sourced and cited elsewhere on this page; nothing here is generated narrative or independent analyst judgment.

Cardinal Ethanol Llc's Financial Strength vs Peers Comparison

Quick ratio, working capital, debt to equity and asset turnover, trailing 12 months
CompanyQuick RatioWorking CapitalDebt / EquityAsset Turnover
Cardinal Ethanol Llc 1.58 3.20 0.26 1.36
Archer daniels midland Co 0.47 1.36 0.36 1.54
Rex American Resources Corporation 2.53 6.65 - 0.82
Green Plains Inc 0.56 1.83 0.53 1.15
Gevo inc 1.62 2.32 0.34 0.28
Alto Ingredients Inc 0.50 3.23 0.38 2.35
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Quick ratio = cash / current liabilities; working capital ratio = current assets / current liabilities; asset turnover = revenue / total assets. Peers in the Blank Checks industry are excluded.

Cardinal Ethanol Llc's Revenue and Income Growth vs Peers

Quarterly revenue and net income growth, year over year and quarter over quarter
CompanyPeriodRevenue Y/YRevenue Q/QIncome Y/YIncome Q/Q
Cardinal Ethanol LlcQ2 2024-29.6 %+5.5 %-62.3 %-
Archer daniels midland CoQ2 2026+7.2 %+10.7 %+320.3 %+201.0 %
Rex American Resources CorporationQ2 2026+6.3 %+7.7 %+335.7 %+87.5 %
Green Plains Inc Q2 2026-19.3 %+0.1 %-+100.8 %
Gevo inc Q2 2026+7.1 %+8.3 %--
Alto Ingredients Inc Q2 2026+8.5 %+9.4 %-+174.0 %
PEERS TOTAL+6.3 %+10.5 %+662.1 %+230.3 %
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Growth is shown only where both periods are positive. Peers in the Blank Checks industry are excluded.

Cardinal Ethanol Llc's Peers' Costs of Sales and Capital Expenditures

Context for revenue growth: peer costs and capex, year over year and quarter over quarter
CompanyPeriodCosts Y/YCosts Q/QCapex Y/YCapex Q/Q
Cardinal Ethanol LlcQ2 2024-28.2 %-5.5 %-93.8 %-90.7 %
Archer daniels midland CoQ2 2026+4.8 %+7.7 %-10.8 %+40.2 %
Rex American Resources CorporationQ2 2026-7.4 %+4.8 %+6.0 %+100.5 %
Green Plains Inc Q2 2026-34.8 %-6.9 %-4.0 %+65.8 %
Gevo inc Q2 2026+15.4 %-1.6 %+138.3 %+40.8 %
Alto Ingredients Inc Q2 2026+0.3 %+6.3 %+1,888.3 %+1,063.7 %
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Cardinal Ethanol Llc's Returns and Turnover vs Peers

ROA, ROI and ROE (trailing 12 months), receivables and inventory turnover
CompanyROAROIROEReceivables TurnoverInventory Turnover
Cardinal Ethanol Llc12.75%15.18%19.26%24.3310.73
Archer daniels midland Co3.33%5.61%7.77%23.967.39
Rex American Resources Corporation17.11%16.54%19.26%30.21-
Green Plains Inc 7.84%9.27%15.53%22.53-
Gevo inc ---18.764.23
Alto Ingredients Inc 6.20%6.67%10.07%15.3416.03
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ROA = net income / total assets; ROI = net income / investments; ROE = net income / equity; turnover ratios use trailing 12 month revenue (receivables) and cost of sales (inventory).

Cardinal Ethanol Llc's Valuation vs Peers

P/E, price to sales, PEG, price to cash flow and price to book
CompanyP/EPrice / SalesPEGP/CFPrice / Book
Cardinal Ethanol Llc10.711.00--2.07
Archer daniels midland Co21.760.470.70-1.63
Rex American Resources Corporation11.672.1424.07-1.83
Green Plains Inc 9.310.68-13.761.43
Gevo inc -1.78--1.15
Alto Ingredients Inc 21.350.30--1.08
PEERS AVERAGE21.580.49-1.65
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P/E = price / diluted EPS (trailing 12 months); PEG = P/E divided by EPS growth; the average row divides the peers' combined market cap by their combined income, sales, cash flow and equity.

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