Alto Ingredients (PEIX) Competitors

Green Plains (NASDAQ:GPRE) and Alto Ingredients (NASDAQ:PEIX) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, dividends and earnings.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, GPRE or PEIX?

Green Plains has higher revenue and earnings than Alto Ingredients. Green Plains 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
Green Plains	$2.46B	0.09	-$82.50M	-$1.36	-2.63
Alto Ingredients	$1.42B	0.04	-$88.95M	-$1.40	-0.64

Is GPRE or PEIX more profitable?

Alto Ingredients has a net margin of -3.32% compared to Green Plains' net margin of -3.36%. Alto Ingredients' return on equity of -2.90% beat Green Plains' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Green Plains	-3.36%	-11.88%	-6.01%
Alto Ingredients	-3.32%	-2.90%	-1.18%

Which has more volatility & risk, GPRE or PEIX?

Green Plains has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% 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.

Do analysts recommend GPRE or PEIX?

Green Plains presently has a consensus target price of $16.50, suggesting a potential upside of 360.89%. Given Green Plains' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Green Plains is more favorable than Alto Ingredients.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Green Plains	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Alto 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 GPRE or PEIX?

29.5% of Alto Ingredients shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of Green Plains shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Alto Ingredients shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor GPRE or PEIX?

In the previous week, Green Plains had 8 more articles in the media than Alto Ingredients. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Green Plains and 0 mentions for Alto Ingredients. Green Plains' average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Alto Ingredients' score of 0.00 indicating that Green Plains is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Green Plains	Positive
Alto Ingredients	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GPRE or PEIX?

Green Plains received 40 more outperform votes than Alto Ingredients when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.57% of users gave Alto Ingredients an outperform vote while only 63.33% of users gave Green Plains an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Green Plains	Outperform Votes 399 63.33%	Underperform Votes 231 36.67%
Alto Ingredients	Outperform Votes 359 73.57%	Underperform Votes 129 26.43%

Summary

Green Plains beats Alto Ingredients on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.