Alto Ingredients (ALTO) Competitors

Luxfer (NYSE:LXFR) and Alto Ingredients (NASDAQ:ALTO) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

Is LXFR or ALTO more profitable?

Luxfer has a net margin of 2.37% compared to Alto Ingredients' net margin of -3.61%. Luxfer's return on equity of 9.26% beat Alto Ingredients' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Luxfer	2.37%	9.26%	5.13%
Alto Ingredients	-3.61%	-11.22%	-6.96%

Do analysts rate LXFR or ALTO?

Alto Ingredients has a consensus target price of $5.50, suggesting a potential upside of 222.58%. Given Alto Ingredients' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Alto Ingredients is more favorable than Luxfer.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Luxfer	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Alto Ingredients	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, LXFR or ALTO?

Luxfer has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Alto Ingredients. Alto Ingredients is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Luxfer, 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
Luxfer	$384.40M	0.99	-$1.90M	$0.33	43.03
Alto Ingredients	$1.22B	0.11	-$28M	-$0.52	-3.28

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LXFR or ALTO?

Luxfer received 281 more outperform votes than Alto Ingredients when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.59% of users gave Luxfer an outperform vote while only 38.46% of users gave Alto Ingredients an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Luxfer	Outperform Votes 291 66.59%	Underperform Votes 146 33.41%
Alto Ingredients	Outperform Votes 10 38.46%	Underperform Votes 16 61.54%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of LXFR or ALTO?

90.8% of Luxfer shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.4% of Alto Ingredients shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Luxfer 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, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, LXFR or ALTO?

Luxfer has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alto Ingredients has a beta of 1.86, indicating that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to LXFR or ALTO?

In the previous week, Luxfer had 2 more articles in the media than Alto Ingredients. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Luxfer and 3 mentions for Alto Ingredients. Luxfer's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Alto Ingredients' score of 0.00 indicating that Luxfer is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Luxfer	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Alto Ingredients	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Luxfer beats Alto Ingredients on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.