This company has been marked as potentially delisted and may not be actively trading. Alto Ingredients (PEIX) Competitors Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisCompetitorsHeadlinesTrendsBuy This Stock PEIX vs. LODE, NGS, NC, PNRG, RNGR, SJT, WTI, BRY, FET, and KGEIShould you be buying Alto Ingredients stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alto Ingredients include Comstock (LODE), Natural Gas Services Group (NGS), NACCO Industries (NC), PrimeEnergy (PNRG), Ranger Energy Services (RNGR), San Juan Basin Royalty Trust (SJT), W&T Offshore (WTI), Berry (BRY), Forum Energy Technologies (FET), and Kolibri Global Energy (KGEI). Alto Ingredients vs. Its Competitors Comstock Natural Gas Services Group NACCO Industries PrimeEnergy Ranger Energy Services San Juan Basin Royalty Trust W&T Offshore Berry Forum Energy Technologies Kolibri Global Energy Comstock (NYSE:LODE) and Alto Ingredients (NASDAQ:PEIX) are both small-cap industrial organic chemicals industry companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings. 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 $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 505.10%. Given Comstock's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly 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) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.50Alto Ingredients 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Do institutionals and 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Alto Ingredients shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Which has more volatility & risk, LODE or PEIX? Comstock has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alto Ingredients has a beta of 3.35, meaning that its stock price is 235% more volatile than the S&P 500. Which has better earnings & 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioComstock$3.38M30.15$9.16M-$1.20-2.62Alto Ingredients$1.42B0.05-$88.95M-$1.40-0.75 Does the media refer more to LODE or PEIX? In the previous week, Comstock had 6 more articles in the media than Alto Ingredients. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Comstock and 0 mentions for Alto Ingredients. Comstock's average media sentiment score of 0.59 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 SummaryComstock beats Alto Ingredients on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Alto Ingredients News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for PEIX and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PEIX and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart PEIX vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricAlto IngredientsIndustrial Organic Chemicals IndustryEnergy SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$71.92M$329.76M$7.75B$9.37BDividend YieldN/A2.59%10.98%4.13%P/E Ratio-1.301.2476.6023.78Price / Sales0.0544.4327,015.3996.33Price / CashN/A3.5135.8056.59Price / Book0.262.703.845.54Net Income-$88.95M$190.82M$4.26B$259.97M Alto Ingredients Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)PEIXAlto IngredientsN/A$1.05+4.0%N/A-32.3%$71.92M$1.42B-1.30500LODEComstock1.7939 of 5 stars$3.33-3.5%$19.00+470.6%+107.3%$107.95M$3.38M-27.7530News CoverageAnalyst ForecastNGSNatural Gas Services Group4.0567 of 5 stars$24.66+0.8%$32.50+31.8%+26.3%$306.61M$156.74M18.27250News CoverageDividend AnnouncementNCNACCO Industries3.3324 of 5 stars$40.31-2.1%N/A+30.5%$306.32M$237.71M8.711,700News CoverageUpcoming EarningsPNRGPrimeEnergy1.2701 of 5 stars$182.00+3.2%N/A+47.4%$292.78M$237.80M8.54110Positive NewsGap DownRNGRRanger Energy Services1.6504 of 5 stars$14.72+13.6%$13.00-11.7%+5.7%$291.58M$571.10M12.831,950News CoveragePositive NewsEarnings ReportDividend AnnouncementSJTSan Juan Basin Royalty Trust0.5544 of 5 stars$5.88+0.5%N/A+51.8%$272.66M$7.03M294.152,020Positive NewsWTIW&T Offshore0.468 of 5 stars$1.87+1.9%N/A-22.5%$270.20M$525.26M-2.59320News CoverageUpcoming EarningsShort Interest ↑Analyst RevisionBRYBerry4.0578 of 5 stars$3.20-3.9%$4.00+25.0%-52.7%$258.39M$776.50M-6.811,070News CoverageUpcoming EarningsFETForum Energy Technologies1.561 of 5 stars$20.71+0.4%N/A+10.9%$255.18M$816.40M-2.061,800Positive NewsUpcoming EarningsKGEIKolibri Global Energy3.2859 of 5 stars$6.37+3.2%$11.00+72.7%+90.0%$219.38M$58.52M11.43N/A Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Comstock Competitors Natural Gas Services Group Competitors NACCO Industries Competitors PrimeEnergy Competitors Ranger Energy Services Competitors San Juan Basin Royalty Trust Competitors W&T Offshore Competitors Berry Competitors Forum Energy Technologies Competitors Kolibri Global Energy Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:PEIX) was last updated on 8/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersMan Who Called Nvidia at $1.10 Says Buy This Now...In 2004, one man called Nvidia before just about anyone knew it existed. 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