Alto Ingredients (ALTO) Competitors

ASP Isotopes (NASDAQ:ASPI) and Alto Ingredients (NASDAQ:ALTO) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and valuation.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in ASPI or ALTO?

16.8% of ASP Isotopes shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.4% of Alto Ingredients shares are held by institutional investors. 21.4% of ASP Isotopes shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of Alto Ingredients shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, ASPI or ALTO?

ASP Isotopes has a beta of 3.48, indicating that its share price is 248% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alto Ingredients has a beta of 1.87, indicating that its share price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ASPI or ALTO?

Alto Ingredients received 3 more outperform votes than ASP Isotopes when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave ASP Isotopes an outperform vote while only 38.46% of users gave Alto Ingredients an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ASP Isotopes	Outperform Votes 7 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Alto Ingredients	Outperform Votes 10 38.46%	Underperform Votes 16 61.54%

Does the media refer more to ASPI or ALTO?

In the previous week, ASP Isotopes had 29 more articles in the media than Alto Ingredients. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for ASP Isotopes and 0 mentions for Alto Ingredients. Alto Ingredients' average media sentiment score of 1.93 beat ASP Isotopes' score of 0.06 indicating that Alto Ingredients is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
ASP Isotopes	Neutral
Alto Ingredients	Very Positive

Is ASPI or ALTO more profitable?

Alto Ingredients has a net margin of -3.61% compared to ASP Isotopes' net margin of -807.39%. Alto Ingredients' return on equity of -11.22% beat ASP Isotopes' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ASP Isotopes	-807.39%	-123.83%	-51.58%
Alto Ingredients	-3.61%	-11.22%	-6.96%

Do analysts prefer ASPI or ALTO?

ASP Isotopes presently has a consensus price target of $4.50, indicating a potential downside of 32.23%. Alto Ingredients has a consensus price target of $5.50, indicating a potential upside of 236.39%. Given Alto Ingredients' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Alto Ingredients is more favorable than ASP Isotopes.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ASP Isotopes	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Alto Ingredients	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has better valuation and earnings, ASPI or ALTO?

ASP Isotopes has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Alto Ingredients. ASP Isotopes 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
ASP Isotopes	$430K	1,102.39	-$16.29M	-$0.61	-10.89
Alto Ingredients	$1.22B	0.10	-$28M	-$0.52	-3.14

Summary

Alto Ingredients beats ASP Isotopes on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.