Produces specialty alcohols for mouthwash, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals. Manufactures grain neutral spirits for alcoholic beverages and flavor extracts. Now — the numbers.
This is an established company with proven profits.
The gap is $71.9M. In times of high interest rates, a gap like that can squeeze a company.
The market pays 22.7× for every dollar of annual profit — around what a business like this usually costs.
Against companies in its own sector, it looks cheaper than 99% of them.
Analysts' average target sits 156% above today's price.
Executives buying with their own money is usually read as confidence in the company’s future.
We compared this company with its own sector across five subjects.
A score of 50 means class average.
Clearly above the class average — a step short of the very top.
A solid grade overall — yet the debt outweighs the cash. The strength here comes from earnings power.
The price looks reasonable next to what the company earns.
This grade is a blend: the profit side is strong, the sales tempo slow.
Clearly above the class average — a step short of the very top.
No real weak spot in any of the five subjects — a balanced report card.
The stock trades 46% below its peak. The market has trimmed its expectations for the company.
Over the last 12 months, company executives reported 18 buys and 6 sells. Management buying with its own money is usually read as a good sign.
Over the last 4 years, sales fell about 7% a year on average. Profit is holding up, but a shrinking business is a risk worth watching.
As the slice kept from each sale thins out, so does the profit.
Costs swallow the gains that sales growth brings in.
On our five-subject report card, ALTO sits near the top of the class. A high grade doesn’t mean “guaranteed win” — it means “the evidence looks strong for now.”
The takeaway: ALTO is an established business that has proven its profits for years. The real debate isn’t the quality of the business — it’s what that quality should cost.
The total grade weighs these five subjects against the sector — it isn’t a simple average of the five.
Not covered, because the filings we hold do not carry it: the revenue breakdown.