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Alto Ingredients (ALTO) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$3.86 -0.06 (-1.41%)
As of 12:17 PM Eastern
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About Alto Ingredients Stock (NASDAQ:ALTO)

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Key Stats

Today's Range
$3.83
$3.96
50-Day Range
$3.90
$5.84
52-Week Range
$0.99
$6.11
Volume
318,721 shs
Average Volume
1.91 million shs
Market Capitalization
$299.03 million
P/E Ratio
5.75
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$10.00
Consensus Rating
Hold

Company Overview

Alto Ingredients, Inc. is a renewable fuels and specialty alcohols company that produces and markets low-carbon ethanol and related products. Its offerings are used as transportation fuel, fuel additives, industrial and beverage alcohol, and in other commercial applications.

The company also produces co-products from its ethanol manufacturing operations, including distillers grains used as animal feed and corn oil used in feed, fuel and industrial markets. Alto Ingredients has pursued opportunities to develop lower-carbon products and improve the value of its agricultural and renewable fuel operations.

Previously known as Pacific Ethanol, the company adopted the Alto Ingredients name in 2020 to reflect its broader focus beyond conventional ethanol production. Its operations and customer relationships serve markets in the United States, with production assets located in the western and Midwestern regions.

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Alto Ingredients Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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73rd Percentile Overall Score

ALTO MarketRank™: 

Alto Ingredients scored higher than 73% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 95th out of 253 stocks in the energy sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Alto Ingredients has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.33, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Upside Potential

    Alto Ingredients has a consensus price target of $10.00, representing about 156.7% upside from its current price of $3.90.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Alto Ingredients has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

  • Read more about Alto Ingredients' stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Alto Ingredients are expected to decrease by -28.21% in the coming year, from $0.39 to $0.28 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Alto Ingredients is 5.81, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.05.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Alto Ingredients is 5.81, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Energy sector average P/E ratio of about 20.92.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Alto Ingredients has a P/B Ratio of 1.23. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Read more about Alto Ingredients' valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    8.51% of the float of Alto Ingredients has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Alto Ingredients has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.07.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Alto Ingredients has recently increased by 8.44%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • Dividend Yield

    Alto Ingredients does not currently pay a dividend.

  • Dividend Growth

    Alto Ingredients does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • News Sentiment

    Alto Ingredients has a news sentiment score of 1.13. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.69 average news sentiment score of Energy companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Alto Ingredients this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    Only 6 people have searched for ALTO on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -14% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    8 people have added Alto Ingredients to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.
  • Net Insider Buying

    Over the last three months, insiders have purchased a net $246,800.00 in company stock, which represents 0.0817% of the company's market cap.

  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Alto Ingredients insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $246,800.00 in company stock and sold $0.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    4.28% of the stock of Alto Ingredients is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    42.44% of the stock of Alto Ingredients is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Alto Ingredients' insider trading history.
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ALTO Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Alto Ingredients' stock was trading at $2.88 on January 1st, 2026. Since then, ALTO shares have increased by 35.2% and is now trading at $3.8950.

Alto Ingredients, Inc. (NASDAQ:ALTO) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, August, 5th. The company reported $0.15 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.08 by $0.07. The company earned $245.70 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $231.24 million. Alto Ingredients had a net margin of 5.51% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 18.54%.
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Top institutional investors of Alto Ingredients include BlackRock Inc. (7.09%), Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. (1.10%), Algert Global LLC (0.62%) and Empowered Funds LLC (0.57%). Insiders that own company stock include Gilbert E Nathan and James R Sneed.
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Shares of ALTO stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Alto Ingredients investors own include Plug Power (PLUG), Workhorse Group (WKHS), FuelCell Energy (FCEL), Ovid Therapeutics (OVID), Fortress Biotech (FBIO), KALA BIO (KALA) and Comtech Telecommunications (CMTL).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
8/05/2026
Today
9/22/2026
Next Earnings (Estimated)
11/04/2026
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NASDAQ
Sector
Energy
Industry
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels
Sub-Industry
Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing
Current Symbol
NASDAQ:ALTO
CIK
778164
Employees
390
Year Founded
2003

Price Target and Rating

High Price Target
$10.00
Low Price Target
$10.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+160.1%
Consensus Rating
Hold
Rating Score (0-4)
2.33
Research Coverage
3 Analysts

Profitability

EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)
$0.67
Trailing P/E Ratio
5.72
Forward P/E Ratio
9.86
P/E Growth
N/A
Net Income
$13.34 million
Net Margins
5.51%
Pretax Margin
5.45%
Return on Equity
18.54%
Return on Assets
11.61%

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio
0.23
Current Ratio
3.19
Quick Ratio
2.17

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$917.93 million
Price / Sales
0.32
Cash Flow
$0.42 per share
Price / Cash Flow
9.18
Book Value
$3.17 per share
Price / Book
1.21

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares
77,570,000
Free Float
74,248,000
Market Cap
$298.26 million
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
0.16

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This page (NASDAQ:ALTO) was last updated on 9/22/2026 by MarketBeat.com Staff.
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