profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Alto Ingredients
$3.82+2.14% today
+176.8% in 1 year
1-year low $1.381-year high $5.99
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $22.22 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Alto Ingredients sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $1.34 billion in 2022 to $918 million in 2025, with $13.3 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Alto Ingredients handed back 15% of the cash it generated last year.
$1M
Free cash flow 2025$9M
Bought back its own shares$0
Paid as dividends$1M
Cash vs. debt$23M vs. $98M
Alto Ingredients vs. similar companies
Alto Ingredients grows in the middle of these 5 and is the most expensive for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alto Ingredients | 22.2× · Fair price | ||
 PPG Industries | 17.6× · Fair price | ||
 International Flavors & Fragrances | No profit yet | ||
 DuPont de Nemours | No profit yet | ||
 LyondellBasell Industries | No profit yet |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Alto Ingredients's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,336 | 1,223 | 965 | 918 | |
| -28 | 16 | 10 | 35 | |
| -33 | -11 | -20 | 15 | |
| -13 | 3 | -27 | 49 | |
| -42 | -28 | -59 | 13 | |
| -0.60 | -0.40 | -0.82 | 0.16 | |
| -2.1% | 1.3% | 1.0% | 3.8% | |
| -2.5% | -0.9% | -2.1% | 1.7% | |
| -3.1% | -2.3% | -6.1% | 1.5% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 478 | 454 | 401 | 389 |
| Cash | 36 | 30 | 35 | 23 |
| Total debt | 87 | 105 | 115 | 98 |
| Total liabilities | 170 | 175 | 176 | 144 |
| 308 | 280 | 225 | 245 | |
| 72 | 73 | 73 | 76 | |
| -7.6% | -4.2% | -11.9% | 5.4% | |
| -13.5% | -10.0% | -26.2% | 5.4% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 22 | -4 | 13 | |
| 38 | 30 | 11 | 5 | |
| -32 | -8 | -15 | 9 | |
| Dividends paid | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Valuation
- 22.2×
- 12.9×
- –
- 1.4×
- 0.3×
- 34.3×
- 7.6×
- 2.9%
- 4.5%
- 0.0%
Profitability
- 3.8%
- 1.7%
- 1.5%
- 5.2%
- 6.3%
- -4.0%
- 12.7%
- 7.6%
- 6.4%
- –
Growth
- −11.8%
- –
- +159.3%
- –
- +1.2%
Financial health
- 1.5×
- 0.37
- 23.6%
- 2.2×
- 3.81
- 2.54
- 2.37
How it ranks in Materials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 50%of 988
Bottom 14%of 948
Bottom 47%of 768
Bottom 8%of 927
Top 45%of 987
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $3.50
- Range
- $3.50 – $3.50
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2026 | 0.05 | -0.08 | +162.5% |
| Mar 4, 2026 | 0.19 | 0.02 | +850.0% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | 0.19 | -0.06 | +416.7% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | -0.15 | -0.18 | +16.7% |
| May 7, 2025 | -0.16 | -0.15 | −6.7% |
| Mar 5, 2025 | -0.24 | -0.12 | −100.0% |
| Nov 6, 2024 | -0.04 | -0.01 | −214.2% |
| Aug 6, 2024 | -0.05 | -0.11 | +54.5% |
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Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
1/7Passes 1 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
27No pass
Benjamin Graham
60Pass
Philip Fisher
35No pass
Peter Lynch
32No pass
Joel Greenblatt
30No pass
Charlie Munger
26No pass
Terry Smith
21No pass
Questions about Alto Ingredients
Is Alto Ingredients a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers at a fair price. 1 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Alto Ingredients AI analysis
What does Alto Ingredients do?
Alto Ingredients, Inc. produces and markets specialty alcohols and essential ingredients in the United States. The company operates in three segments: Marketing and Distribution, Pekin Production, and Other Production. It is in Chemicals - Specialty.
Does Alto Ingredients pay a dividend?
Yes. In 2025 it paid out $1.27 million in dividends.
Is Alto Ingredients stock halal?
Questionable. Alto Ingredients sits in a grey zone: its debt is 33% of its market value, between 30% and 33%. How we check
How has Alto Ingredients stock done over the past year?
Up 176.8% over the past twelve months, to $3.82. It traded between $1.38 and $5.99 and is 36.2% below its high.
Who are Alto Ingredients's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are PPG Industries, International Flavors & Fragrances, DuPont de Nemours and LyondellBasell Industries. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Alto Ingredients's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 9, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.