SDST vs. ALTO, LOOP, TSE, LODE, ZTEK, ORGN, CBUS, BLGO, LNZA, and SNES
Should you be buying Stardust Power stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stardust Power include Alto Ingredients (ALTO), Loop Industries (LOOP), Trinseo (TSE), Comstock (LODE), Zentek (ZTEK), Origin Materials (ORGN), Cibus (CBUS), BioLargo (BLGO), LanzaTech Global (LNZA), and Senestech (SNES). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.
Stardust Power vs. Its Competitors
Alto Ingredients (NASDAQ:ALTO) and Stardust Power (NASDAQ:SDST) are both small-cap chemicals companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment and dividends.
42.4% of Alto Ingredients shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.8% of Stardust Power shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of Alto Ingredients shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 55.3% of Stardust Power shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Stardust Power had 17 more articles in the media than Alto Ingredients. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Stardust Power and 2 mentions for Alto Ingredients. Alto Ingredients' average media sentiment score of 1.79 beat Stardust Power's score of 0.41 indicating that Alto Ingredients is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Alto Ingredients has a beta of 0.31, suggesting that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stardust Power has a beta of 0.23, suggesting that its stock price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Alto Ingredients presently has a consensus target price of $5.50, suggesting a potential upside of 366.10%. Stardust Power has a consensus target price of $51.13, suggesting a potential upside of 1,725.89%. Given Stardust Power's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Stardust Power is more favorable than Alto Ingredients.
Stardust Power has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Alto Ingredients' net margin of -7.16%. Stardust Power's return on equity of 0.00% beat Alto Ingredients' return on equity.
Stardust Power has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Alto Ingredients. Alto Ingredients is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stardust Power, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Stardust Power beats Alto Ingredients on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:SDST) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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