Alto Ingredients (PEIX) Competitors

Comstock (NYSE:LODE) and Alto Ingredients (NASDAQ:PEIX) are both small-cap industrial organic chemicals industry companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, LODE or PEIX?

Comstock has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Alto Ingredients. Comstock 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
Comstock	$3.38M	35.91	$9.16M	-$1.20	-3.12
Alto Ingredients	$1.42B	0.06	-$88.95M	-$1.40	-0.89

Which has more risk and volatility, LODE or PEIX?

Comstock has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alto Ingredients has a beta of 3.35, indicating that its stock price is 235% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is LODE or PEIX more profitable?

Alto Ingredients has a net margin of -3.32% compared to Comstock's net margin of -1,210.13%. Alto Ingredients' return on equity of -2.90% beat Comstock's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Comstock	-1,210.13%	-33.56%	-23.62%
Alto Ingredients	-3.32%	-2.90%	-1.18%

Do analysts prefer LODE or PEIX?

Comstock presently has a consensus target price of $26.00, suggesting a potential upside of 595.19%. Given Comstock's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Comstock is more favorable than Alto Ingredients.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Comstock	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Alto Ingredients	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media refer more to LODE or PEIX?

In the previous week, Comstock had 2 more articles in the media than Alto Ingredients. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Comstock and 0 mentions for Alto Ingredients. Comstock's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Alto Ingredients' score of 0.00 indicating that Comstock is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Comstock	Positive
Alto Ingredients	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of LODE or PEIX?

8.0% of Comstock shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.5% of Alto Ingredients shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of Comstock shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Alto Ingredients shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Comstock beats Alto Ingredients on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.