Alto Ingredients (ALTO) Competitors

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

Is SLI or ALTO more profitable?

Standard Lithium has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Alto Ingredients' net margin of -3.61%. Alto Ingredients' return on equity of -11.22% beat Standard Lithium's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Standard Lithium	N/A	-11.52%	-10.25%
Alto Ingredients	-3.61%	-11.22%	-6.96%

Which has more volatility & risk, SLI or ALTO?

Standard Lithium has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alto Ingredients has a beta of 1.62, indicating that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SLI or ALTO?

Alto Ingredients received 9 more outperform votes than Standard Lithium when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Standard Lithium an outperform vote while only 40.74% of users gave Alto Ingredients an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Standard Lithium	Outperform Votes 2 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Alto Ingredients	Outperform Votes 11 40.74%	Underperform Votes 16 59.26%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, SLI or ALTO?

Standard Lithium has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Alto Ingredients. Alto Ingredients is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Standard Lithium, 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
Standard Lithium	N/A	N/A	$108.82M	$0.59	2.22
Alto Ingredients	$965.26M	0.07	-$28M	-$0.83	-1.00

Does the media prefer SLI or ALTO?

In the previous week, Standard Lithium and Standard Lithium both had 1 articles in the media. Alto Ingredients' average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Standard Lithium's score of 0.00 indicating that Alto Ingredients is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Standard Lithium	Neutral
Alto Ingredients	Very Positive

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of SLI or ALTO?

16.8% of Standard Lithium shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.4% of Alto Ingredients shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of Standard Lithium 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend SLI or ALTO?

Standard Lithium presently has a consensus target price of $3.95, suggesting a potential upside of 201.53%. Alto Ingredients has a consensus target price of $5.50, suggesting a potential upside of 562.49%. Given Alto Ingredients' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Alto Ingredients is more favorable than Standard Lithium.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Standard Lithium	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 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

Summary

Alto Ingredients beats Standard Lithium on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.