Alto Ingredients vs Green Plains
ALTO and GPRE 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 GPRE compare
Green Plains is the larger company, worth 3.3 times as much as Alto Ingredients ($934M against $284M).
On earnings, Green Plains is cheaper: it trades at 5.4× trailing earnings, against 5.8× for Alto Ingredients.
Alto Ingredients grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (4.1% versus −19.1% for Green Plains).
Green Plains keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 10.9% compared with 5.3% at Alto Ingredients.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | ALTO | GPRE |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $284M | $934M |
| Share price | $3.66 | $13.32 |
| Change, 1 year | 92.1% | 36.3% |
| Change, 5 years | −28.4% | −67.0% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.69 | 0.85 |
| Employees | 390 | 642 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 13 | 13 |
| Valuation score | 4 | 5 (better) |
| Growth score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 3 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 4 (better) | 3 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 5.8× | 5.4× (better) |
| P/S | 0.3× (better) | 0.5× |
| P/B | 1.0× | 1.0× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 6.1× | 4.8× (better) |
| P/FCF | 7.6× (better) | 11.6× |
| FCF yield | 13.1% (better) | 8.6% |
| Fair value | $10.65 | $68.08 |
| Margin of safety | 65.6% | 80.4% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 4.1% (better) | −19.1% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 0.46% | 1.7% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 5.8% | 19.7% (better) |
| Operating margin | 2.7% | 9.3% (better) |
| Net margin | 5.3% | 10.9% (better) |
| FCF margin | 3.9% | 4.4% (better) |
| Return on equity | 20.5% | 22.9% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 6.8% | 15.4% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.20 (better) | 0.50 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.60 (better) | 1.21 |
| Interest coverage | 3.2× | 5.0× (better) |
| Current ratio | 3.39 (better) | 2.31 |
| Altman Z-score | 1.55 | 2.17 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 (better) | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 46.3% | 111% |
| Held by insiders | 9.2% | 18.1% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | $361K (better) | $101K |
| Short interest, % of float | 7.0% | 22.7% |
Go deeper
- ALTO stock overview
- ALTO income statement
- ALTO valuation and score
- GPRE stock overview
- GPRE income statement
- GPRE valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.