Alto Ingredients, Inc. (ALTO) vs 5E Advanced Materials, Inc. (FEAM)

Alto Ingredients, Inc. and 5E Advanced Materials, Inc. are both Specialty Chemicals companies. Alto Ingredients, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $290.1M against $115.4M — 2.5× the size. 5E Advanced Materials, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 0.9× against 5.5×. Alto Ingredients, Inc. has the higher net margin (5.38% vs 0.00%) and the higher return on invested capital (7.62% vs −60.7%). Across the 15 metrics below, Alto Ingredients, Inc. leads on 10 and 5E Advanced Materials, Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric ALTO FEAM Specialty Chemicals median
P/E 5.49 0.86 24.83
P/S 0.30 n/m 1.46
P/B 1.08 1.31 1.76
Price to free cash flow 5.65 n/m 19.84
EV/EBITDA 5.27 n/m 13.18
EV/Sales 0.35 n/m 1.84
Earnings yield 18.23% 116.47% 2.11%
Free cash flow yield 17.71% (31.67%) 2.29%

Profitability

Metric ALTO FEAM Specialty Chemicals median
Gross margin 6.84% 0.00% 29.23%
Operating margin 3.77% 0.00% 3.63%
Net margin 5.38% 0.00% 2.89%
Free cash flow margin 5.29% 0.00% 3.78%
Return on equity 21.69% (67.42%) 3.62%
Return on assets 12.84% (61.87%) 0.35%
Return on invested capital 7.62% (60.65%) 2.75%

Growth

Metric ALTO FEAM Specialty Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) 1.09% — 4.51%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 119.51% 85.47% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 0.46% — 6.30%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ALTO FEAM Specialty Chemicals median
Debt to equity 0.23 0.00 0.54
Current ratio 3.19 7.12 1.94
Net debt to EBITDA 1.55 0.89 2.03

Dividend

Metric ALTO FEAM Specialty Chemicals median
Dividend yield — — 1.69%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.25

Size

Metric ALTO FEAM Specialty Chemicals median
Market cap 290.11m 115.39m 2.43b

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