Alto Ingredients (ALTO) Competitors

Emeren Group (NYSE:SOL) and Alto Ingredients (NASDAQ:ALTO) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, risk, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SOL or ALTO?

Emeren Group received 192 more outperform votes than Alto Ingredients when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 45.39% of users gave Emeren Group an outperform vote while only 38.46% of users gave Alto Ingredients an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Emeren Group	Outperform Votes 202 45.39%	Underperform Votes 243 54.61%
Alto Ingredients	Outperform Votes 10 38.46%	Underperform Votes 16 61.54%

Do analysts rate SOL or ALTO?

Emeren Group presently has a consensus target price of $3.83, suggesting a potential upside of 104.99%. Alto Ingredients has a consensus target price of $5.50, suggesting a potential upside of 287.32%. Given Alto Ingredients' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Alto Ingredients is more favorable than Emeren Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Emeren Group	2 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Alto Ingredients	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is SOL or ALTO more profitable?

Alto Ingredients has a net margin of -3.61% compared to Emeren Group's net margin of -7.14%. Emeren Group's return on equity of -2.05% beat Alto Ingredients' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Emeren Group	-7.14%	-2.05%	-1.55%
Alto Ingredients	-3.61%	-11.22%	-6.96%

Which has more risk and volatility, SOL or ALTO?

Emeren Group has a beta of 1.73, indicating that its share price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alto Ingredients has a beta of 1.97, indicating that its share price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor SOL or ALTO?

In the previous week, Emeren Group had 7 more articles in the media than Alto Ingredients. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Emeren Group and 2 mentions for Alto Ingredients. Alto Ingredients' average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Emeren Group's score of 0.53 indicating that Alto Ingredients is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Emeren Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Alto Ingredients	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders believe in SOL or ALTO?

44.1% of Emeren Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.4% of Alto Ingredients shares are owned by institutional investors. 37.3% of Emeren Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of Alto Ingredients shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, SOL or ALTO?

Emeren Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Alto Ingredients. Emeren Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alto Ingredients, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Emeren Group	$104.67M	0.92	-$3.19M	-$0.13	-14.38
Alto Ingredients	$1.22B	0.09	-$28M	-$0.52	-2.73

Summary

Emeren Group beats Alto Ingredients on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.