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, GPRK, FET, BRY, RNGR, NC, PNRG, MNTK, TOYO, and SJTShould you be buying Alto Ingredients stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alto Ingredients include Comstock (LODE), Geopark (GPRK), Forum Energy Technologies (FET), Berry (BRY), Ranger Energy Services (RNGR), NACCO Industries (NC), PrimeEnergy (PNRG), Montauk Renewables (MNTK), TOYO (TOYO), and San Juan Basin Royalty Trust (SJT). Alto Ingredients vs. Its Competitors Comstock Geopark Forum Energy Technologies Berry Ranger Energy Services NACCO Industries PrimeEnergy Montauk Renewables TOYO San Juan Basin Royalty Trust 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 contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation. Which has more risk & volatility, LODE or PEIX? Comstock has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alto Ingredients has a beta of 3.35, suggesting that its share price is 235% more volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media prefer LODE or PEIX? In the previous week, Comstock had 1 more articles in the media than Alto Ingredients. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Comstock and 0 mentions for Alto Ingredients. Comstock's average media sentiment score of 1.16 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 analysts prefer LODE or PEIX? Comstock presently has a consensus target price of $4.00, indicating a potential upside of 24.61%. Given Comstock's stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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) 2 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00Alto Ingredients 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Do institutionals and insiders believe in 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. 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% Which has better 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioComstock$3.28M35.16$9.16M-$1.20-2.68Alto Ingredients$1.42B0.04-$88.95M-$1.40-0.66 SummaryComstock beats Alto Ingredients on 8 of the 15 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. Subscribe Now View SMS TermsBy entering your phone number and clicking the sign-up button, you agree to receive periodic text messages from MarketBeat at the phone number you submitted, including texts that may be sent using an automatic telephone dialing system. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency will vary. Messages will consist of stock alerts, news stories, and partner advertisements/offers. Consent is not a condition of the purchase of any goods or services. Text HELP for help/customer support. Unsubscribe at any time by replying "STOP" to any text message that you receive from MarketBeat or by visiting our mailing preferences page. Read our full terms of service and privacy policy. 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$62.83M$343.74M$7.96B$10.40BDividend YieldN/A2.59%10.82%4.60%P/E Ratio-1.131.2840.5926.78Price / Sales0.0433.401,209.83123.53Price / CashN/A3.5136.4561.55Price / Book0.232.774.056.40Net Income-$88.95M$190.82M$4.28B$271.80M Alto Ingredients Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)PEIXAlto IngredientsN/A$0.92-28.6%N/A-27.4%$62.83M$1.42B-1.13500LODEComstock1.4704 of 5 stars$2.96+3.1%$4.00+35.1%-15.0%$106.36M$3.28M-24.6630Positive NewsGPRKGeopark4.5931 of 5 stars$6.56+5.6%$11.00+67.7%-21.6%$318.25M$660.80M7.90460Positive NewsHigh Trading VolumeFETForum Energy Technologies1.1513 of 5 stars$26.56flatN/A+60.4%$316.15M$816.40M-2.991,800Positive NewsBRYBerry3.3201 of 5 stars$3.98-0.7%$4.00+0.5%-29.3%$311.16M$776.50M56.861,070Analyst DowngradeHigh Trading VolumeRNGRRanger Energy Services2.9853 of 5 stars$14.43+1.3%$13.00-9.9%+11.4%$311.05M$571.10M14.581,950Positive NewsInsider TradeShort Interest ↓NCNACCO Industries3.7867 of 5 stars$41.16+1.0%N/A+61.6%$303.58M$237.71M9.661,700News CoveragePositive NewsPNRGPrimeEnergy0.4971 of 5 stars$175.86+2.3%N/A+12.3%$283.54M$237.80M11.83110MNTKMontauk Renewables2.1997 of 5 stars$2.01+1.5%$3.33+65.8%-58.4%$281.67M$175.74M100.50130News CoverageTOYOTOYO0.3732 of 5 stars$5.94+0.5%N/A+84.1%$272.66M$176.96M0.00N/ASJTSan Juan Basin Royalty Trust0.4076 of 5 stars$5.76+0.2%N/A+60.3%$268M$7.03M0.002,020News CoveragePositive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Comstock Competitors Geopark Competitors Forum Energy Technologies Competitors Berry Competitors Ranger Energy Services Competitors NACCO Industries Competitors PrimeEnergy Competitors Montauk Renewables Competitors TOYO Competitors San Juan Basin Royalty Trust 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 9/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersFront-Run Buffett's Shocking Gold MoveA Historic Gold Announcement Is About to Rock Wall Street? 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