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Alto Ingredients, Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Alto Ingredients, Inc. had return on equity of 5.7% and a net margin of 1.5%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2010Dec 20102011Dec 20112012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Dec 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMJun 2026
Net margin22.5%0.3%−2.3%−0.1%1.9%−1.6%0.1%−2.1%−4.0%−6.2%−1.7%3.8%−3.1%−2.3%−6.1%1.5%5.5%
Return on equity—15.4%−38.3%−1.1%14.1%−6.4%0.4%−9.4%−17.8%−32.6%−5.8%14.4%−12.7%−9.5%−23.4%5.7%20.6%
Return on assets31.6%1.3%−8.5%−0.3%7.9%−3.9%0.2%−4.9%−8.7%−14.0%−2.8%9.6%−8.6%−6.0%−13.8%3.4%13.2%
Effective tax rate————36.8%——————3.1%———−4.9%—
SG&A as % of revenue3.9%1.7%1.5%1.5%1.5%2.2%1.9%1.9%2.4%2.5%3.6%2.4%2.1%2.4%3.1%3.0%3.0%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

4 of 7 checks passed · June 30, 2026
What it owns · $397m
Short-term assets $161mLonger-term assets $236m
What it owes, and who funded it · $397m
Short-term liabilities $50mLonger-term liabilities $87mShareholders' equity $260m
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $161m of assets due within a year against $50m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $161m short-term assets against $87m of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $24m of cash against $60m of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 23% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 15% to 23% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $65m of operating cash flow against $60m of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $36m against $9m of interest.

From Alto Ingredients, Inc.'s latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

34 /100

Weak moat

How hard Alto Ingredients's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 0 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median -1.8% of total assets over 7 years.

  • Pricing power 7 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 0.7%, moving by 3.0 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 10 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median -1.7%; its worst year was -6.1%.

  • Cash conversion 8 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 7 of 10 years, at a median 0.9% of revenue.

  • Discipline 10 / 20

    The diluted share count rose 204.4% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.2% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Alto Ingredients, Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 29, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Alto Ingredients, Inc.