Alto Ingredients, Inc. (ALTO) vs Montauk Renewables, Inc. (MNTK)

Alto Ingredients, Inc. and Montauk Renewables, Inc. are both Specialty Chemicals companies. Alto Ingredients, Inc. and Montauk Renewables, Inc. are of similar size ($301.8M and $283.9M). Alto Ingredients, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 5.0× against 34.7×. Montauk Renewables, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 4.28% against 1.09%. Alto Ingredients, Inc. has the higher net margin (5.38% vs 4.19%) and the higher return on invested capital (7.62% vs 0.18%). Across the 21 metrics below, Alto Ingredients, Inc. leads on 18 and Montauk Renewables, Inc. on 3.

Valuation

Metric ALTO MNTK Specialty Chemicals median
P/E 5.03 34.74 25.37
P/S 0.27 1.62 1.46
P/B 0.99 1.16 1.84
Price to free cash flow 5.18 n/m 21.16
EV/EBITDA 4.89 12.75 12.82
EV/Sales 0.33 2.34 1.85
Earnings yield 19.88% 2.88% 2.11%
Free cash flow yield 19.32% (27.19%) 2.16%

Profitability

Metric ALTO MNTK Specialty Chemicals median
Gross margin 6.84% 100.00% 29.23%
Operating margin 3.77% 0.59% 3.63%
Net margin 5.38% 4.19% 2.89%
Free cash flow margin 5.29% (44.07%) 3.76%
Return on equity 21.69% 3.05% 3.62%
Return on assets 12.84% 1.86% 0.35%
Return on invested capital 7.62% 0.18% 2.75%

Growth

Metric ALTO MNTK Specialty Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) 1.09% 4.28% 4.51%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 119.51% (85.71%) (14.40%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 0.46% 11.93% 6.30%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% (17.61%) 0.00%

Health

Metric ALTO MNTK Specialty Chemicals median
Debt to equity 0.23 0.57 0.54
Current ratio 3.19 0.62 1.94
Net debt to EBITDA 1.55 3.36 2.03

Dividend

Metric ALTO MNTK Specialty Chemicals median
Dividend yield — — 1.73%
Payout ratio — — 0.41

Size

Metric ALTO MNTK Specialty Chemicals median
Market cap 283.90m 301.76m 2.41b

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