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Alto Ingredients, Inc. (ALTO) vs Hudson Technologies, Inc. (HDSN)

Alto Ingredients, Inc. and Hudson Technologies, Inc. are both Specialty Chemicals companies. Alto Ingredients, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $284.7M against $172.1M — 1.7× the size. Hudson Technologies, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Alto Ingredients, Inc. trades at 5.4×. Hudson Technologies, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 2.31% against 1.09%. Alto Ingredients, Inc. has the higher net margin (5.38% vs −0.54%) and the higher return on invested capital (7.62% vs 0.27%). Across the 19 metrics below, Alto Ingredients, Inc. leads on 12 and Hudson Technologies, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric ALTO HDSN Specialty Chemicals median
P/E 5.35 n/m 24.46
P/S 0.29 0.71 1.64
P/B 1.06 0.70 1.88
Price to free cash flow 5.51 n/m 19.15
EV/EBITDA 5.16 9.19 12.87
EV/Sales 0.34 0.69 1.88
Earnings yield 18.68% (0.54%) 2.42%
Free cash flow yield 18.15% (18.36%) 2.25%

Profitability

Metric ALTO HDSN Specialty Chemicals median
Gross margin 6.84% 21.00% 27.84%
Operating margin 3.77% 0.37% 5.64%
Net margin 5.38% (0.54%) 4.19%
Free cash flow margin 5.29% (13.03%) 3.49%
Return on equity 21.69% (0.51%) 2.34%
Return on assets 12.84% (0.40%) 0.45%
Return on invested capital 7.62% 0.27% 3.21%

Growth

Metric ALTO HDSN Specialty Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) 1.09% 2.31% 6.39%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 119.51% (28.85%) (9.77%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 0.46% 10.81% 6.33%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ALTO HDSN Specialty Chemicals median
Debt to equity 0.23 0.00 0.59
Current ratio 3.19 3.40 2.28
Net debt to EBITDA 1.55 (1.59) 2.03

Dividend

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

Size

Metric ALTO HDSN Specialty Chemicals median
Market cap 284.68m 172.14m 2.08b

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