Alto Ingredients (ALTO) Competitors

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

Is ALTO or LXFR 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
Alto Ingredients	-3.61%	-11.22%	-6.96%
Luxfer	2.37%	9.26%	5.13%

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

42.4% of Alto Ingredients shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of Luxfer shares are held by institutional investors. 4.9% of Alto Ingredients shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Luxfer shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, ALTO or LXFR?

Alto Ingredients has a beta of 1.73, indicating that its share price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Luxfer has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, ALTO or LXFR?

Luxfer has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Alto Ingredients	$965.26M	0.10	-$28M	-$0.83	-1.51
Luxfer	$391.90M	0.80	-$1.90M	$0.68	17.28

Does the media prefer ALTO or LXFR?

In the previous week, Luxfer had 2 more articles in the media than Alto Ingredients. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Luxfer and 1 mentions for Alto Ingredients. Luxfer's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Alto Ingredients' score of 0.20 indicating that Luxfer is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Alto Ingredients	Neutral
Luxfer	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ALTO or LXFR?

Luxfer received 280 more outperform votes than Alto Ingredients when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.59% of users gave Luxfer an outperform vote while only 40.74% of users gave Alto Ingredients an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Alto Ingredients	Outperform Votes 11 40.74%	Underperform Votes 16 59.26%
Luxfer	Outperform Votes 291 66.59%	Underperform Votes 146 33.41%

Do analysts prefer ALTO or LXFR?

Alto Ingredients currently has a consensus price target of $5.50, indicating a potential upside of 340.00%. 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
Alto Ingredients	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Luxfer	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

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