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Ascent Industries Co. (ACNT) vs Alto Ingredients, Inc. (ALTO)

Ascent Industries Co. and Alto Ingredients, Inc. are both Specialty Chemicals companies. Alto Ingredients, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $284.7M against $122.4M — 2.3× the size. Ascent Industries Co. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Alto Ingredients, Inc. trades at 5.4×. Ascent Industries Co. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 23.2% against 1.09%. Alto Ingredients, Inc. has the higher net margin (5.38% vs −5.31%) and the higher return on invested capital (7.62% vs −5.92%). Across the 18 metrics below, Alto Ingredients, Inc. leads on 14 and Ascent Industries Co. on 4.

Valuation

Metric ACNT ALTO Specialty Chemicals median
P/E n/m 5.35 24.46
P/S 1.47 0.29 1.64
P/B 1.54 1.06 1.88
Price to free cash flow n/m 5.51 19.15
EV/EBITDA n/m 5.16 12.87
EV/Sales 1.17 0.34 1.88
Earnings yield (3.46%) 18.68% 2.42%
Free cash flow yield (6.83%) 18.15% 2.25%

Profitability

Metric ACNT ALTO Specialty Chemicals median
Gross margin 21.11% 6.84% 27.84%
Operating margin (5.91%) 3.77% 5.64%
Net margin (5.31%) 5.38% 4.19%
Free cash flow margin (10.06%) 5.29% 3.49%
Return on equity (5.24%) 21.69% 2.34%
Return on assets (3.88%) 12.84% 0.45%
Return on invested capital (5.92%) 7.62% 3.21%

Growth

Metric ACNT ALTO Specialty Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) 23.16% 1.09% 6.39%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 106.72% 119.51% (9.77%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (21.78%) 0.46% 6.33%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ACNT ALTO Specialty Chemicals median
Debt to equity 0.01 0.23 0.59
Current ratio 4.33 3.19 2.28
Net debt to EBITDA 21.99 1.55 2.03

Dividend

Metric ACNT ALTO Specialty Chemicals median
Dividend yield — — 1.80%
Payout ratio — — 0.40

Size

Metric ACNT ALTO Specialty Chemicals median
Market cap 122.39m 284.68m 2.08b

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