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Alto Ingredients, Inc. ALTO
Alto Ingredients, Inc. (ALTO) earns a Piotroski F-score of 5/9 (mixed financial health), with an Altman Z″ in the distress zone. It does not currently pay a dividend. FY2025 revenue was $917.9M at a 1.5% net margin.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Beneish M-score: -2.84 — low (below −2.22 — no manipulation red flag) . A statistical screen for earnings manipulation, not proof — and it doesn't apply to most banks/insurers.
Analyst price target
Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.
Smart money · insiders, last 12 months
Open-market insider purchases minus sells (SEC Form 4) — real buying with their own money is a bullish “smart money” signal; grants and option exercises are excluded.
How it ranks in Manufacturing · percentile among 1957 companies
Percentile vs other Manufacturing companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.
Piotroski F breakdown · 5/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Altman Z″ components · distress zone
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
| Working capital / assets | 0.249 |
| Retained earnings / assets | -2.089 |
| EBIT / assets | 0.019 |
| Equity / liabilities | 1.708 |
Sector peers · similar-size Manufacturing companies compare side by side →
| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALTO | Alto Ingredients, Inc. | 5/9 | -3.25 | 30.2 | -4.9% |
| WLKP | Westlake Chemical Partners LP | 4/9 | — | 16.9 | +2.7% |
| REX | REX AMERICAN RESOURCES Corp | 3/9 | — | — | +1.2% |
| SXT | SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP | 3/9 | 6.89 | 38 | +3.5% |
| AMTX | AEMETIS, INC | 4/9 | -18.25 | — | -26.2% |
| GEVO | Gevo, Inc. | 3/9 | -1.4 | — | +849.3% |
| FF | FutureFuel Corp. | 2/9 | 5.06 | — | -60.7% |
About Alto Ingredients, Inc.
Alto Ingredients, Inc. produces, distributes, and markets specialty alcohols, renewable fuel, and essential ingredients in the United States. The company operates in three segments: Marketing and Distribution, Pekin Campus Production, and Western Production. It offers specialty alcohols used in mouthwash, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, hand sanitizers, disinfectants, and cleaners for health, home, and beauty markets; grain neutral spirits used in alcoholic beverages and vinegar, as well as corn germ used in corn oils in the food and beverage markets; alcohols and other products for paint applications and fertilizers in the industrial and agriculture markets; and essential ingredients, including dried yeast, corn protein meal, corn protein feed, corn germ, distillers grains, and liquid feed for commercial animal feed and pet food applications, as well as yeast and gas liquid CO2 for human consumption. The company also provides fuel-grade ethanol used as transportation fuel additives and distillers corn oil used as a renewable diesel and biodiesel feedstock, as well as fuel-grade ethanol produced by third parties. In addition, it offers transportation, storage, and delivery services through third-party service providers. Further, the company operates alcohol production facilities. It sells ethanol to integrated oil companies and gasoline marketers; essential ingredient feed products to dairies and feedlots; and corn oil to poultry, renewable diesel, and biodiesel customers. The company was formerly known as Pacific Ethanol, Inc. and changed its name to Alto Ingredients, Inc. in January 2021. Alto Ingredients, Inc. was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Pekin, Illinois.
FAQ
Is ALTO financially healthy?
Alto Ingredients, Inc.'s Piotroski F-score is 5/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak), and its Altman Z″ distress score is in the distress zone.
Does ALTO pay a dividend?
No, Alto Ingredients, Inc. does not currently pay a dividend.
How profitable is ALTO?
In FY2025, Alto Ingredients, Inc. had a net margin of 1.5% and a return on equity of 5.4%.
Is ALTO overvalued or undervalued?
Alto Ingredients, Inc. trades at about 25.4× trailing earnings — above its 10-year norm (10-year range 8.5×–312.0×, median 15.6×). Stocktoria reports the data, not buy/sell advice.
What is the analyst price target for ALTO?
The average Wall-Street price target for Alto Ingredients, Inc. is $9.00, about 121.7% above the recent price, from 2 analysts (consensus: strong buy).
Is ALTO a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on Alto Ingredients, Inc.: a Piotroski F-score of 5/9, an Altman Z″ in the distress zone, a P/E of about 30.2×. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-12-31. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.