Alto Ingredients (ALTO) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SOL or ALTO?

Emeren Group received 190 more outperform votes than Alto Ingredients when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 45.54% of users gave Emeren Group an outperform vote while only 36.00% of users gave Alto Ingredients an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Emeren Group	Outperform Votes 199 45.54%	Underperform Votes 238 54.46%
Alto Ingredients	Outperform Votes 9 36.00%	Underperform Votes 16 64.00%

Does the media prefer SOL or ALTO?

In the previous week, Emeren Group had 3 more articles in the media than Alto Ingredients. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Emeren Group and 3 mentions for Alto Ingredients. Emeren Group's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Alto Ingredients' score of 0.07 indicating that Alto Ingredients is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Emeren Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Alto Ingredients	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders believe in SOL or ALTO?

44.1% of Emeren Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.4% of Alto Ingredients shares are held by institutional investors. 18.0% of Emeren Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of Alto Ingredients shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, SOL or ALTO?

Emeren Group has a beta of 1.71, meaning that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alto Ingredients has a beta of 1.84, meaning that its stock price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SOL or ALTO more profitable?

Alto Ingredients has a net margin of -2.31% compared to Alto Ingredients' net margin of -12.70%. Alto Ingredients' return on equity of -0.88% beat Emeren Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Emeren Group	-12.70%	-0.88%	-0.69%
Alto Ingredients	-2.31%	-7.18%	-4.52%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, SOL or ALTO?

Emeren Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Alto Ingredients. Emeren Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alto Ingredients, 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
Emeren Group	$104.67M	1.00	-$9.32M	-$0.26	-6.65
Alto Ingredients	$1.22B	0.09	-$28M	-$0.38	-3.91

Do analysts recommend SOL or ALTO?

Emeren Group currently has a consensus price target of $5.38, suggesting a potential upside of 201.97%. Alto Ingredients has a consensus price target of $5.50, suggesting a potential upside of 271.62%. Given Emeren Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Alto Ingredients is more favorable than Emeren Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Emeren Group	2 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Alto Ingredients	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Emeren Group beats Alto Ingredients on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.