Alto Ingredients vs FutureFuel
ALTO and FF side by side, both in chemicals and allied products. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How ALTO and FF compare
Alto Ingredients is the larger company, worth 2.4 times as much as FutureFuel ($298M against $123M).
FutureFuel grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (71.2% versus 4.1% for Alto Ingredients).
Alto Ingredients keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 5.3% compared with −10.9% at FutureFuel.
FutureFuel pays a dividend yielding 5.0%; Alto Ingredients does not pay one.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | ALTO | FF |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $298M | $123M |
| Share price | $3.84 | $2.81 |
| Change, 1 year | 137% | −27.6% |
| Change, 5 years | −24.9% | −65.9% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.70 | 0.83 |
| Employees | 390 | 493 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 13 | 13 |
| Valuation score | 4 (better) | 3 |
| Growth score | 2 | 2 |
| Performance score | 3 (better) | 1 |
| Health score | 4 | 4 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 6.1× | – |
| P/S | 0.3× (better) | 0.5× |
| P/B | 1.1× | 0.9× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 6.4× | – |
| P/FCF | 8.0× | – |
| FCF yield | 12.5% (better) | −47.1% |
| Fair value | $10.63 | $4.96 |
| Margin of safety | 63.9% (better) | 43.3% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 4.1% | 71.2% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 0.46% (better) | −14.1% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 5.8% (better) | −5.0% |
| Operating margin | 2.7% (better) | −11.5% |
| Net margin | 5.3% (better) | −10.9% |
| FCF margin | 3.9% (better) | −24.7% |
| Return on equity | 20.5% (better) | −16.2% |
| Return on invested capital | 6.8% (better) | −20.4% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.20 (better) | 0.00 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.60 | – |
| Interest coverage | 3.2× (better) | −500.7× |
| Current ratio | 3.39 | 3.87 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 1.61 | 2.01 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 (better) | 3 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 5.0% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 5.0% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 46.3% | 38.6% |
| Held by insiders | 9.2% | 40.5% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | $361K (better) | $42.8K |
| Short interest, % of float | 7.0% | 6.8% |
Go deeper
- ALTO stock overview
- ALTO income statement
- ALTO valuation and score
- FF stock overview
- FF income statement
- FF valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.