Alto Ingredients, Inc.
ALTO · Price history
Price at last available close
$3.73
−$0.17 (-4.36%) 1M
2026-10-09
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Company & revenue
About Alto Ingredients, Inc.
Who they are
Alto Ingredients, Inc., operating within the United States, specializes in the production and commercialization of both specialty alcohols and various essential ingredients. Its operations are structured into three distinct segments: Marketing and Distribution, Pekin Production, and Other Production. The company's diverse product portfolio includes a range of specialty alcohols, which find applications across the health, home, and beauty sectors.
Detailed revenue, brand and relationship research has not yet been completed for ALTO.
Wall Street Score
Overall investment score · Quality, value, risk and opportunity
53
Fair
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Company Quality
How good is the actual business—regardless of today’s stock price?
43
Weak
Financial Strength
65
Business Quality / Moat
20
Management
65
Growth Quality
29
Risk / Durability
15
Uses financial strength, moat, management, growth quality and durability. It excludes share price, P/E, market cap, intrinsic value and margin of safety.
Opportunity
Opportunity Score · How does the current price compare with estimated value?
69
Fully Valued
Based on current valuation, company quality, recent trends, and available market signals.
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Model Outlook
12-month model · What does the model think happens next?
64/100
Building Historical Record
Model Score 64/100 — estimates relative performance potential, distinct from the overall Wall Street Score and the separate Company Quality score.
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WSS View
The quick read
The overall Wall Street Score is mixed across its combined quality, valuation and risk inputs. Review the category scores to identify what is helping or hurting the result.
At today’s price, the WSS valuation framework currently reads as moderate rather than unusually attractive.
The model outlook is currently moderate.
- •Balance-sheet / debt profile scores strongly
- •Valuation scores attractively
- •Insider activity signal is favorable
- •Debt service risk
- •Revenue fundamentals are weak
- •Asset quality is a weaker factor
Company-specific research
Questions worth answering for ALTO
These questions are generated from this company's current financial and score data so the page adds context instead of treating the headline score as a stand-alone conclusion.
- •Can ALTO maintain its current revenue growth rate and improve the amount of that revenue that turns into earnings and cash?
- •Is ALTO's positive free cash flow repeatable, or is the current level being helped by temporary working-capital or spending changes?
- •Is ALTO's debt load manageable relative to cash generation, interest costs and upcoming maturities?
- •Is ALTO's valuation discount tied to a temporary concern or to a longer-term business risk?
Essential Investment Snapshot
Wall Street Score
53
Opportunity Score
69
Market Cap
$288.6M
P/E Ratio
5.4
EPS
$0.68
52-Week High
$6.11
52-Week Low
$0.99
Beta
0.19
Intrinsic Value
$5.80
Analyst Target
$10.00
Shares Outstanding
75.7M
Total Revenue
$943.3M
Total Debt
$82.9M
Dividend
No current dividend
Liquidation Value / Share
$3.43
Momentum & Volatility Signals
Two different market-behavior signals. Momentum measures direction and trend strength. Volatility measures how large and unstable the price moves are, regardless of direction.
Strong downward momentum
Low movement
A high momentum score means price has been trending upward with confirming short- and medium-term strength. A low score means downward or weakening momentum.
A high volatility score means larger, less stable price swings. It can happen while a stock is rising or falling, so high volatility is not automatically bullish or bearish.
Important: the volatility score above is based on realized price volatility. Implied volatility (IV) comes from options prices and represents the market's expected future movement. Wall Street Score will keep IV separate and will only display it when a verified options-chain feed is available.
Notices for ALTO
Detected from reported data — verify before acting.Debt service risk
Interest coverage is low (~0.7x). Earnings may be strained to cover interest expense.
Community Sentiment
0 active · 0 total callsNo personal call yet on ALTO.
Potential upside factors
- +Positive free cash flow may provide capacity to invest in growth.
Potential downside factors
No strong bearish data point is currently available.
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Scores
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Score Changes
5 historical score records availablePrevious Score
49
Sep 8, 2026
Change
+3.4
points
Current Score
53
Oct 1, 2026
Category Changes
ALTO increased 3.4 points because Asset improved by 2 points, Capital improved by 8 points, Valuation improved by 12.6 points.
Positive Contributors
- + Asset improved by 2 points
- + Capital improved by 8 points
- + Valuation improved by 12.6 points
Projected Score
Projected Score
50
Projected Change
-2.6 points
Preliminary comparable-period financial changes suggest decline of approximately 2.6 points. This is a projected estimate, not the official WallStreetScore.
Price vs. Value
UndervaluedCurrent Price
$3.73
Model Intrinsic Value
$5.80
Difference
−$2.08
-35.8% vs IV
Margin of Safety
35.8%
Financial Charts
Revenue
Additional Metrics
Operating Cash Flow
Total Debt
Total Assets
Net Margin %
Free includes 3 annual periods plus available TTM; Premium includes up to 10 annual periods. History depends on available company filings. Swipe the table horizontally to see older periods. A dash means unavailable, not zero.
| Line Item | TTM | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $943.3M | $917.9M | $965.3M | $1.22B | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Cost of Revenue | $890.3M | $891.1M | $955.5M | $1.21B | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Gross Profit | $53.0M | $26.8M | $9.7M | $15.7M | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Research & Development | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| SG&A Expenses | $28.1M | $27.2M | $29.7M | $32.7M | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Operating Expenses | $16.7M | $19.7M | $61.4M | $39.5M | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| EBITDA | $69.6M | $48.7M | -$26.8M | $2.6M | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Operating Income | $36.3M | $7.1M | -$51.7M | -$23.8M | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Interest Expense | $9.4M | $10.8M | $7.6M | $7.4M | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Income Before Tax | $51.4M | $12.7M | -$58.8M | -$27.9M | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Income Tax Expense | -$621K | -$621K | $173K | $97K | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Net Income | $51.7M | $13.3M | -$59.0M | -$28.0M | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Basic EPS | $0.68 | $0.16 | $-0.82 | $-0.40 | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Basic Shares | 75.59M | 74.51M | 73.48M | 73.34M | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Diluted Shares | 77.07M | 75.66M | 73.48M | 73.34M | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
Earnings Summary
Revenue
$245.7M
Estimate unavailable.
Revenue Beat/Miss
Not available (no estimate stored)
EPS
$0.15
Estimate unavailable.
EPS Beat/Miss
Not available (no estimate stored)
Debt Change
-40.2%
Cash Change
-21.4%
Margin Change
+9.7 pp
Debt and cash show percentage changes versus the comparison period; margin shows the change in percentage points (pp). These are company-wide changes, not per-share amounts.
Financial Changes Since Prior Period
What Improved
- Margins expanded
- Debt reduced
What Weakened
- Cash position declined
Potential Score Impact
Positive indicators included revenue growth, debt levels, net income margin. Pressure indicators included EPS growth, cash levels. These factors may support or pressure the Revenue, Management, Financial, and Debt categories; this summary does not claim that the stored scores changed.
Stored Earnings Analysis
Revenue increased 12.5%. EPS declined 200.0%. Cash declined 21.4%. Total debt declined 40.2%. Net income margin improved by 9.7 percentage points.
Earnings-Call Transcript
Earnings-call transcript analysis is not currently available.
These results may influence future scores when the next evaluation is completed.
Insider Activity
Guru / Smart Money
Guru Score
Smart Money
Number of Gurus
Total Guru Value
Avg Portfolio Weight
Largest Holder
Largest Holder %
New Positions
Increased Positions
Reduced Positions
Exited Positions
Net Guru Sentiment
Short Interest
Dividend History
Dividend data is not available yet. Missing data does not mean this company pays no dividend.
Conservative Projected Values
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10 Years
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Conservative Projection Rate
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5 historical recordsHistorical Score Chart
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Intrinsic Value
Value Reference
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