Alto Ingredients (NASDAQ:ALTO – Get Free Report) and Insynergy Products (OTCMKTS:STCB – Get Free Report) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Volatility & Risk
Alto Ingredients has a beta of 0.13, suggesting that its share price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Insynergy Products has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
42.4% of Alto Ingredients shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of Alto Ingredients shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 34.8% of Insynergy Products shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Alto Ingredients | 3.20% | 9.77% | 5.81% |
| Insynergy Products | -61.88% | -99.43% | -50.57% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings for Alto Ingredients and Insynergy Products, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Alto Ingredients | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.00 |
| Insynergy Products | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Alto Ingredients currently has a consensus price target of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 84.16%. Given Alto Ingredients’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Alto Ingredients is more favorable than Insynergy Products.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Alto Ingredients and Insynergy Products”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Alto Ingredients | $917.93 million | 0.46 | $13.34 million | $0.37 | 14.68 |
| Insynergy Products | $40.48 million | 0.58 | -$20.93 million | ($0.03) | -1.00 |
Alto Ingredients has higher revenue and earnings than Insynergy Products. Insynergy Products is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alto Ingredients, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Alto Ingredients beats Insynergy Products on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Alto Ingredients
Alto Ingredients, Inc. produces, distributes, and markets specialty alcohols, renewable fuel, and essential ingredients in the United States. The company operates in three segments: Marketing and Distribution, Pekin Campus Production, and Western Production. It offers specialty alcohols used in mouthwash, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, hand sanitizers, disinfectants, and cleaners for health, home, and beauty markets; grain neutral spirits used in alcoholic beverages and vinegar, as well as corn germ used in corn oils in the food and beverage markets; alcohols and other products for paint applications and fertilizers in the industrial and agriculture markets; and essential ingredients include dried yeast, corn protein meal, corn protein feed, distiller's grains, and liquid feed for commercial animal feed and pet food applications, as well as yeast for human consumption. The company also provides fuel-grade ethanol used as transportation fuel and distillers corn oil used as a biodiesel feedstock, as well as fuel-grade ethanol produced by third parties. In addition, it offers transportation, storage, and delivery services through third-party service providers. The company sells ethanol to integrated oil companies and gasoline marketers; essential ingredient feed products to dairies and feedlots; and corn oil to poultry, renewable diesel, and biodiesel customers. It operates alcohol production facilities. The company was formerly known as Pacific Ethanol, Inc. and changed its name to Alto Ingredients, Inc. in January 2021. Alto Ingredients, Inc. was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Pekin, Illinois.
About Insynergy Products
Starco Brands, Inc. markets consumer products through retail and online in the United States. It offers products in various categories, including household cleaning, DIY/Hardware, paints, coatings and adhesives, household, hair care, disinfectants, automotive, motorcycle, arts and crafts, personal care cosmetics, personal care FDA, sun care, food, cooking oils, beverages, and spirits and wine under the Winona, Whipshots, Skylar, Soylent, and Art of Sport brands. The company was formerly known as Insynergy Products, Inc. and changed its name to Starco Brands, Inc. in September 2017. Starco Brands, Inc. was incorporated in 2010 and is based in Santa Monica, California.
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