Cardinal Ethanol, LLC (CRDE)
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Cardinal Ethanol, LLC (CRDE) — VMCI valuation read
CRDE prints VMCI 68/100 inside the Basic Materials sector, where the median sits at 50. The 18-point above-median delta is the cleanest single-number summary of Cardinal Ethanol, LLC's composite stance, and in the mid-cap bucket it places the share ahead of the typical peer on the five-pillar mix.
On CRDE, the SEC EDGAR Form 4 stream shows no insider buys or sells in the past 30 days. Quiet tapes happen; they just remove a signal that bull and bear cases sometimes lean on for confirmation.
**Investor frame.** CRDE trades at 26.0x earnings, 44% above the Basic Materials median of 18.0x; that is the value line. ROIC of 10.0% sits 0.0pp above the Basic Materials median (10.0%); that is the quality line. net debt to EBITDA of -0.5x leaves covenant headroom; that is the risk line for Cardinal Ethanol, LLC on the trailing financials.
CRDE fell 4.0% over the trailing 7 days, with a +2.7% read on a 30-day basis.
Cardinal Ethanol, LLC engages in production and sale of fuel-grade ethanol, distiller grains, corn oil, and raw carbon dioxide in the continental United States. The company's ethanol is used as an octane enhancer in fuels; an oxygenated fuel additive for reducing ozone and carbon monoxide emissions; and a non-petroleum-based gasoline substitute. It also offers distillers grains for applications as animal feed supplement for dairy, beef, poultry, and swine industries; corn oil that is used as a feed ingredient, feedstock to produce biodiesel, and for other industrial uses; and carbon dioxide gas. The company markets and distributes its products directly, as well as through third party brokers. It also exports its products. The company was formerly known as Indiana Ethanol, LLC and changed its name to Cardinal Ethanol, LLC in September 2005. Cardinal Ethanol, LLC was incorporated in 2005 and is based in Union City, Indiana.
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