Alto Ingredients, Inc. (ALTO)Basic Materials | Specialty Chemicals | Pekin, United States | NasdaqCM
3.55 USD
-0.11
(-3.001%) ⇩
(Oct. 16, 2026, 11:55 a.m.
EDT)
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Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 1:49 a.m. EDT
The investment case for Alto Ingredients is currently broken by a severe multi-year structural decline. Despite a technically attractive price-to-book ratio and a strong analyst recommendation, the stock has lost nearly 85% of its value over the last nine years, with the most recent annual performance showing another significant drop. This trajectory suggests the market has permanently downgraded the business quality, rendering any current valuation metrics misleading. The lack of a dividend and the overwhelming presence of put options in the chain confirm that investors are fleeing the name, not buying the dip. With revenue growth slowing and the price action confirming a long-term downtrend, this is a clear avoid for both short-term traders and long-term value seekers. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoETS ✓ | 0.071513 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.072787 |
| MSTL | 0.073800 |
| AutoTheta | 0.112232 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 30% |
| H-stat | 17.60 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.302 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.13 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Basic Materials |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 31.914 |
| Revenue per Share | 12.58 |
| Market Cap | 275,368,032 |
| Trailing P/E | 5.22 |
| Forward P/E | 10.76 |
| Beta | 0.15 |
| Profit Margins | 5.51% |
| Previous Name | Pacific Ethanol, Inc. |
| Website | https://www.altoingredients.com |
As of Oct. 10, 2026, 1:49 a.m. EDT: Speculators are overwhelmingly positioning for downside protection rather than upside participation. Put open interest significantly exceeds call open interest across all expirations, with deep out-of-the-money puts showing massive volume relative to their open interest. While there is some call activity at strikes like $5.00 and $7.00, the dominant theme is hedging against further declines, evidenced by the heavy concentration of put volume at lower strikes.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 2.3888888 |
| Address1 | 1,300 South Second Street |
| All Time High | 4,672.5 |
| All Time Low | 0.22 |
| Ask | 4.19 |
| Ask Size | 1 |
| Audit Risk | 1 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 930,410 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 1,613,245 |
| Average Volume | 1,613,245 |
| Average Volume10Days | 930,410 |
| Beta | 0.148 |
| Bid | 3.1 |
| Bid Size | 1 |
| Board Risk | 1 |
| Book Value | 3.35 |
| City | Pekin |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 3 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 3.55 |
| Current Ratio | 3.191 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,790,726,400 |
| Day High | 3.69 |
| Day Low | 3.54 |
| Debt To Equity | 31.914 |
| Display Name | Alto Ingredients |
| Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,785,963,600 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,785,963,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,785,960,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,793,822,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,793,822,400 |
| Ebitda | 62,153,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.06589 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 5.517 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 0.363 |
| Enterprise Value | 342,877,568 |
| Eps Current Year | 0.38 |
| Eps Forward | 0.33 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 0.68 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NCM |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 15 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 3.9686 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -0.41860008 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.10547802 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 238.88889 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 6.11 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -2.5600002 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.41898528 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 0.99 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 2.56 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 2.5858586 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 0.99 - 6.11 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,111,674,600,000 |
| Float Shares | 69,279,494 |
| Forward Eps | 0.33 |
| Forward P E | 10.757575 |
| Free Cashflow | 22,564,750 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqCM |
| Full Time Employees | 390 |
| Fullday Change | -0.11000013 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -3.0013678 |
| Fullday Price | 3.55 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,790,812,800 |
| Gross Margins | 0.068390004 |
| Gross Profits | 64,512,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.06092 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.55936 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 77,568,460 |
| Industry | Specialty Chemicals |
| Industry Disp | Specialty Chemicals |
| Industry Key | specialty-chemicals |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| 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 | 275,368,032 |
| Market State | REGULAR |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_10039433 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Name Change Date | 2,026-10-16 |
| Net Income To Common | 50,721,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 296,311,516 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 3 |
| Open | 3.68 |
| Operating Cashflow | 65,012,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.03508 |
| Overall Risk | 3 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 0.8 |
| Phone | 833 710 2586 |
| Prev Name | Pacific Ethanol, Inc. |
| Previous Close | 3.66 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 9.342105 |
| Price Hint | 4 |
| Price To Book | 1.0597016 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.29191092 |
| Profit Margins | 0.05511 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.987 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.11000013 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -3.0013678 |
| Regular Market Day High | 3.69 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 3.54 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 3.54 - 3.69 |
| Regular Market Open | 3.68 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 3.66 |
| Regular Market Price | 3.55 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,792,166,129 |
| Regular Market Volume | 486,565 |
| Return On Assets | 0.058140002 |
| Return On Equity | 0.22229 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.125 |
| Revenue Per Share | 12.58 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.16207206 |
| Sector | Basic Materials |
| Sector Disp | Basic Materials |
| Sector Key | basic-materials |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 9 |
| Shares Outstanding | 77,567,564 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0766 |
| Shares Short | 5,943,360 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,788,134,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 6,315,309 |
| Short Name | Alto Ingredients, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.08 |
| Short Ratio | 4.84 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | IL |
| Symbol | ALTO |
| Target High Price | 10.0 |
| Target Low Price | 7.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 8.33333 |
| Target Median Price | 8.0 |
| Total Cash | 23,962,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.309 |
| Total Debt | 82,938,000 |
| Total Revenue | 943,329,024 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 0.68 |
| Trailing P E | 5.220588 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 4.22575 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -0.67575 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.15991245 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 486,565 |
| Website | https://www.altoingredients.com |
| Zip | 61,554 |