Alto Ingredients, Inc. (ALTO)Basic Materials | Specialty Chemicals | Pekin, United States | NasdaqCM
4.94 USD
After hours: 4.95 +0.01 (0.202%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 6:30 p.m. EDT) Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 11, 2026, 2:51 p.m. EDT
ALTO shows a mix of positive and negative signals. The recent price history indicates some momentum, but the overall fundamentals are weak with low profit margins and high debt-to-equity ratio. The stock has shown a slight rebound but lacks strong support. The options activity suggests a potential for volatility, with traders positioning for both upward and downward moves. Given the lack of dividend history and the mixed fundamental outlook, it's a risky proposition for both short-term traders and long-term investors. Consider the options market for potential opportunities, but tread carefully. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL ✓ | 0.322816 |
| AutoETS | 0.328608 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.328926 |
| AutoTheta | 0.338725 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 36% |
| H-stat | 84.43 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.040 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.81 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Basic Materials |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 39.796 |
| Revenue per Share | 12.32 |
| Market Cap | 382,076,320 |
| Trailing P/E | 30.88 |
| Forward P/E | 13.00 |
| Beta | 0.06 |
| Profit Margins | 1.45% |
| Previous Name | Pacific Ethanol, Inc. |
| Website | https://www.altoingredients.com |
As of April 11, 2026, 2:51 p.m. EDT: Options speculators are showing mixed signals. The calls and puts show a concentration of open interest and volume around the strike prices near the current price of $4.80, indicating some level of uncertainty. The high implied volatility (IV) and open interest suggest that traders are anticipating significant price movements, either upward or downward. The presence of ATM anchors and top OI strikes implies that there is a possibility of a directional move, but the lack of clear consensus makes it challenging to determine the exact direction. Overall, the options activity suggests a cautious approach with potential for volatility.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 5.3333335 |
| Address1 | 1,300 South Second Street |
| All Time High | 4,672.5 |
| All Time Low | 0.22 |
| Ask | 4.95 |
| Ask Size | 13 |
| Audit Risk | 1 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.0 - Strong Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 1,399,620 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 1,661,937 |
| Average Volume | 1,661,937 |
| Average Volume10Days | 1,399,620 |
| Beta | 0.059 |
| Bid | 4.87 |
| Bid Size | 13 |
| Board Risk | 2 |
| Book Value | 3.172 |
| City | Pekin |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,735,603,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 2 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 4.94 |
| Current Ratio | 2.639 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 5.1147 |
| Day Low | 4.75 |
| Debt To Equity | 39.796 |
| Display Name | Alto Ingredients |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,772,661,600 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,772,661,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,772,658,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,778,097,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,778,097,600 |
| Ebitda | 32,921,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.03586 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 13.852 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 0.497 |
| Enterprise Value | 456,012,608 |
| Eps Current Year | 0.295 |
| Eps Forward | 0.38 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 0.16 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NCM |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 3.7628 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 1.1772001 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.31285214 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 533.3334 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 5.25 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -0.30999994 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.05904761 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 0.77 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 4.17 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 5.4155846 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 0.77 - 5.25 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,111,674,600,000 |
| Float Shares | 69,171,449 |
| Forward Eps | 0.38 |
| Forward P E | 13.0 |
| Free Cashflow | -7,551,500 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqCM |
| Full Time Employees | 390 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.03803 |
| Gross Profits | 34,913,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.07272 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.37278998 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 77,343,384 |
| Industry | Specialty Chemicals |
| Industry Disp | Specialty Chemicals |
| Industry Key | specialty-chemicals |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Last Split Date | 1,368,489,600 |
| Last Split Factor | 1:15 |
| Long Business Summary | Alto Ingredients, Inc. produces, distributes, and markets specialty alcohols, renewable fuel, and essential ingredients in the United States. The company operates in three segments: Marketing and Distribution, Pekin Campus Production, and Western Production. It offers specialty alcohols used in mouthwash, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, hand sanitizers, disinfectants, and cleaners for health, home, and beauty markets; grain neutral spirits used in alcoholic beverages and vinegar, as well as corn germ used in corn oils in the food and beverage markets; alcohols and other products for paint applications and fertilizers in the industrial and agriculture markets; and essential ingredients, including dried yeast, corn protein meal, corn protein feed, corn germ, distillers grains, and liquid feed for commercial animal feed and pet food applications, as well as yeast and gas liquid CO2 for human consumption. The company also provides fuel-grade ethanol used as transportation fuel additives and distillers corn oil used as a renewable diesel and biodiesel feedstock, as well as fuel-grade ethanol produced by third parties. In addition, it offers transportation, storage, and delivery services through third-party service providers. Further, the company operates alcohol production facilities. It sells ethanol to integrated oil companies and gasoline marketers; essential ingredient feed products to dairies and feedlots; and corn oil to poultry, renewable diesel, and biodiesel customers. The company was formerly known as Pacific Ethanol, Inc. and changed its name to Alto Ingredients, Inc. in January 2021. Alto Ingredients, Inc. was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Pekin, Illinois. |
| Long Name | Alto Ingredients, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 382,076,320 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_10039433 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Name Change Date | 2,026-04-16 |
| Net Income To Common | 12,073,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 381,829,613 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 2 |
| Open | 5.09 |
| Operating Cashflow | 13,245,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.03574 |
| Overall Risk | 3 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 0.8 |
| Phone | 833 710 2586 |
| Post Market Change | 0.009999752 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.20242412 |
| Post Market Price | 4.95 |
| Post Market Time | 1,776,465,024 |
| Prev Name | Pacific Ethanol, Inc. |
| Previous Close | 4.94 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 16.745764 |
| Price Hint | 4 |
| Price To Book | 1.5573771 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.41623825 |
| Profit Margins | 0.014529999 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.456 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | strong_buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.0 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.0 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 0.0 |
| Regular Market Day High | 5.1147 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 4.75 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 4.75 - 5.1147 |
| Regular Market Open | 5.09 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 4.94 |
| Regular Market Price | 4.94 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,456,001 |
| Regular Market Volume | 1,502,502 |
| Return On Assets | 0.01219 |
| Return On Equity | 0.05672 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.019 |
| Revenue Per Share | 12.32 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.36506534 |
| Sector | Basic Materials |
| Sector Disp | Basic Materials |
| Sector Key | basic-materials |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 9 |
| Shares Outstanding | 77,292,548 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0201 |
| Shares Short | 1,554,891 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 714,667 |
| Short Name | Alto Ingredients, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0212 |
| Short Ratio | 0.56 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | IL |
| Symbol | ALTO |
| Target High Price | 8.0 |
| Target Low Price | 5.5 |
| Target Mean Price | 6.75 |
| Target Median Price | 6.75 |
| Total Cash | 23,415,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.303 |
| Total Debt | 97,597,000 |
| Total Revenue | 917,926,976 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 0.16 |
| Trailing P E | 30.875002 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 2.19245 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 2.74755 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 1.2531871 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 1,502,502 |
| Website | https://www.altoingredients.com |
| Zip | 61,554 |