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Robust Plant Production Bolsters Pacific Ethanol's (PEIX) Q4 Results - Roth Capital

March 6, 2015 9:11 AM EST
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Roth Capital affirms Pacific Ethanol (Nasdaq: PEIX) at Buy with a $16 price target following Q4 results reported this week.

Analyst Craig Irwin noted that PEIX plant production that came in 5 million gallons ahead of estimates drove strong Q4 results. While PEIX slowed production ~10% in 1Q15 consistent with major peers, we suspect margins are poised to improve with a $0.26/gal ethanol spot price delta for LA/ Chicago. We continue to see ethanol industry as capacity constrained by the summer of 2015 when people will be driving more on cheap gas, where this should support a robust profit environment, the analyst commented.

Irwin noted, While the 1Q15 crush initially deteriorated vs. our original expectations, there are still three weeks left in 1Q15 and a $0.26/gal ethanol spot price premium for LA/Chicago suggests crush margins have potential to rise quickly into quarter end.

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Pacific Ethanol closed at $11.75 yesterday.



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