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, MNTK, NGS, UROY, OMSE, GFR, NC, NXXT, SJT, and RNGRShould you be buying Alto Ingredients stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alto Ingredients include Comstock (LODE), Montauk Renewables (MNTK), Natural Gas Services Group (NGS), Uranium Royalty (UROY), OMS Energy Technologies (OMSE), Greenfire Resources (GFR), NACCO Industries (NC), NextNRG (NXXT), San Juan Basin Royalty Trust (SJT), and Ranger Energy Services (RNGR). Alto Ingredients vs. Its Competitors Comstock Montauk Renewables Natural Gas Services Group Uranium Royalty OMS Energy Technologies Greenfire Resources NACCO Industries NextNRG San Juan Basin Royalty Trust Ranger Energy Services Alto Ingredients (NASDAQ:PEIX) and Comstock (NYSE:LODE) are both small-cap industrial organic chemicals industry companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership. Do analysts prefer PEIX or LODE? Comstock has a consensus price target of $26.00, suggesting a potential upside of 624.23%. Given Comstock's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Comstock is more favorable than Alto Ingredients.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Alto Ingredients 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00Comstock 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00 Which has more risk & volatility, PEIX or LODE? Alto Ingredients has a beta of 3.35, meaning that its share price is 235% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Comstock has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media refer more to PEIX or LODE? In the previous week, Alto Ingredients' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Comstock'saverage media sentiment score. Company Overall Sentiment Alto Ingredients Neutral Comstock Neutral Is PEIX or LODE 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 Alto Ingredients-3.32% -2.90% -1.18% Comstock -1,210.13%-33.56%-23.62% Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of PEIX or LODE? 29.5% of Alto Ingredients shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.0% of Comstock shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.4% of Alto Ingredients shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of Comstock shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. Which has higher earnings & valuation, PEIX or LODE? Comstock has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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 RatioAlto Ingredients$1.42B0.06-$88.95M-$1.40-0.89Comstock$3.38M34.47$9.16M-$1.20-2.99 SummaryAlto Ingredients beats Comstock on 7 of the 13 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$84.94M$385.41M$7.89B$9.10BDividend YieldN/A2.59%10.93%4.02%P/E Ratio-1.531.4564.2720.26Price / Sales0.0651.6521,123.13153.06Price / CashN/A3.5136.3557.67Price / Book0.313.103.765.49Net Income-$88.95M$190.82M$4.23B$250.45M Alto Ingredients Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)PEIXAlto IngredientsN/A$1.24-0.8%N/A-25.3%$84.94M$1.42B-1.53500LODEComstock0.8012 of 5 stars$3.70-1.9%$26.00+602.7%+101.1%$119.94M$3.38M-30.8330MNTKMontauk Renewables2.0396 of 5 stars$2.32+1.8%$3.33+43.7%-61.7%$330.44M$175.74M46.41130Positive NewsGap DownNGSNatural Gas Services Group3.3966 of 5 stars$25.19+2.5%$32.50+29.0%+19.8%$315.63M$156.74M18.66250UROYUranium Royalty2.73 of 5 stars$2.36-4.5%$4.00+69.5%-9.9%$315.39M$31.62M0.0010News CoverageOMSEOMS Energy TechnologiesN/A$7.29+3.3%N/AN/A$309.46MN/A0.00632News CoverageAnalyst ForecastGFRGreenfire ResourcesN/A$4.42+0.9%N/A-42.4%$307.06M$600.67M2.39165NCNACCO Industries1.7322 of 5 stars$40.61-1.7%N/A+37.0%$302.14M$237.71M8.771,700NXXTNextNRG0.7722 of 5 stars$2.41-5.1%$6.00+149.0%N/A$292.62M$27.77M-0.3654News CoverageSJTSan Juan Basin Royalty Trust0.8127 of 5 stars$6.22+2.5%N/A+45.3%$289.91M$1.85M311.162,020Positive NewsRNGRRanger Energy Services1.1766 of 5 stars$12.56+3.9%$12.50-0.5%+16.2%$282.60M$571.10M14.271,950 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Comstock Competitors Montauk Renewables Competitors Natural Gas Services Group Competitors Uranium Royalty Competitors OMS Energy Technologies Competitors Greenfire Resources Competitors NACCO Industries Competitors NextNRG Competitors San Juan Basin Royalty Trust Competitors Ranger Energy Services 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 7/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersINVESTOR ALERT: Tiny “$3 AI Wonder Stock” on the Verge of Blasting OffRight now, we’re witnessing a monumental shift in the world.Traders Agency | SponsoredMarket Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stockstock Market Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stocks The market is in freefall—and Trump's new tarif...American Alternative | SponsoredThis Signal Only Flashes Once Every 4 Years – And It Just TriggeredThis same signal has appeared twice before in the past 8 years — both times, it kicked off major moves in cryp...Crypto Swap Profits | Sponsored[No Brainer Gold Play]: “Show me a better investment.”A Historic Gold Announcement Is About to Rock Wall Street? 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