Alto Ingredients (ALTO) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Alto Ingredients, Inc. (NASDAQ:ALTO) is a producer and marketer of renewable fuels and specialty alcohols. The company primarily manufactures low-carbon ethanol, which is used as a transportation fuel and as a blending component in gasoline. Its operations also produce renewable alcohols and other products used in industrial, health care, and consumer applications.

In addition to ethanol and alcohol products, Alto Ingredients produces co-products such as distillers grains, corn oil, and carbon dioxide. These materials are sold for use in animal feed, food and beverage applications, industrial processes, and other markets. The company also markets and distributes certain products produced by third parties.

Alto Ingredients serves customers in the United States and participates in domestic and international markets through its production, marketing, and distribution activities. The company was formerly known as Pacific Ethanol, Inc. and adopted the Alto Ingredients name as part of its broader focus on renewable fuels, specialty alcohols, and essential ingredients.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $3.62 to $3.71
• 50-Day Range: $3.63 to $5.29
• 52-Week Range: $0.99 to $6.11
• Volume: 566,374 shs
• Average Volume: 1.85 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $282.74 million
• P/E Ratio: 5.44
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $10.00
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Alto Ingredients Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Alto Ingredients scored higher than 86% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 51st out of 250 stocks in the energy sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Alto Ingredients has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.75, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 1 buy rating, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Alto Ingredients has a consensus price target of $10.00, representing about 174.3% upside from its current price of $3.65.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

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

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: -28.21%

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 5.44, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.94.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Alto Ingredients is 5.44, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Energy sector average P/E ratio of about 20.45.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Alto Ingredients has a P/B Ratio of 1.15. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

8.00% 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 5.03.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Alto Ingredients has recently decreased by 8.79%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

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 and Social Media

• Score: 3.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.91

News Sentiment

Alto Ingredients has a news sentiment score of 0.91. 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 0.72 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

5 people have searched for ALTO on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 25% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

10 people have added Alto Ingredients to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 900% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Net Insider Buying

Over the last three months, insiders have purchased a net $246,800.00 in company stock, which represents 0.0873% 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.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/05/2026
• Today: 10/12/2026
• 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
• Web: www.altoingredients.com
• Phone: (916) 403-2123
• Fax: 916-446-3937
• Employees: 390
• Year Founded: 2003

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Alto Ingredients: $10.00
• High Price Target: $10.00
• Low Price Target: $10.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +174.3%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.75
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.67
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 5.44
• Forward P/E Ratio: 9.35
• 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: $943.33 million
• Price / Sales: 0.30
• Cash Flow: $0.43 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 8.55
• Book Value: $3.17 per share
• Price / Book: 1.15

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 77,568,000
• Free Float: 74,248,000
• Market Cap: $282.74 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.14