Alto Ingredients (ALTO) Competitors

LiveOne (NASDAQ:LVO) and Alto Ingredients (NASDAQ:ALTO) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, valuation and profitability.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in LVO or ALTO?

21.3% of LiveOne shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.4% of Alto Ingredients shares are held by institutional investors. 24.1% of LiveOne shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Alto Ingredients shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend LVO or ALTO?

LiveOne currently has a consensus price target of $3.50, indicating a potential upside of 88.68%. Alto Ingredients has a consensus price target of $5.50, indicating a potential upside of 187.96%. Given LiveOne's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Alto Ingredients is more favorable than LiveOne.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LiveOne	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Alto Ingredients	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media favor LVO or ALTO?

In the previous week, LiveOne had 6 more articles in the media than Alto Ingredients. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for LiveOne and 3 mentions for Alto Ingredients. Alto Ingredients' average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat LiveOne's score of 0.38 indicating that LiveOne is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
LiveOne	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Alto Ingredients	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LVO or ALTO?

Alto Ingredients received 3 more outperform votes than LiveOne when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 45.45% of users gave LiveOne an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Alto Ingredients an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
LiveOne	Outperform Votes 5 45.45%	Underperform Votes 6 54.55%
Alto Ingredients	Outperform Votes 8 33.33%	Underperform Votes 16 66.67%

Which has more risk and volatility, LVO or ALTO?

LiveOne has a beta of 1.71, meaning that its share price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alto Ingredients has a beta of 1.89, meaning that its share price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, LVO or ALTO?

LiveOne has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Alto Ingredients. LiveOne is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alto Ingredients, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
LiveOne	$99.61M	1.67	-$10.02M	-$0.19	-9.58
Alto Ingredients	$1.22B	0.12	-$28M	-$0.39	-4.90

Is LVO or ALTO more profitable?

Alto Ingredients has a net margin of -2.29% compared to Alto Ingredients' net margin of -13.07%. Alto Ingredients' return on equity of 0.00% beat LiveOne's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LiveOne	-13.07%	N/A	-21.02%
Alto Ingredients	-2.29%	-7.32%	-4.65%

Summary

LiveOne beats Alto Ingredients on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.