Head-To-Head Contrast: Old COPPER (OTCMKTS:CPPRQ) versus Alto Ingredients (NASDAQ:ALTO)

Alto Ingredients (NASDAQ:ALTO) and Old COPPER (OTCMKTS:CPPRQ) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, risk and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Alto Ingredients and Old COPPER, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alto Ingredients	1	0	1	0	2.00
Old COPPER	0	0	0	0	0.00

Alto Ingredients currently has a consensus price target of $5.50, indicating a potential upside of 298.55%. Given Alto Ingredients’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Alto Ingredients is more favorable than Old COPPER.

Profitability

This table compares Alto Ingredients and Old COPPER’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alto Ingredients	-7.16%	-18.78%	-10.60%
Old COPPER	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Alto Ingredients and Old COPPER”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Alto Ingredients	$933.14 million	0.11	-$58.98 million	($0.69)	-2.00
Old COPPER	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Old COPPER has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Alto Ingredients.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

42.4% of Alto Ingredients shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of Alto Ingredients shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Old COPPER shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Alto Ingredients beats Old COPPER on 6 of the 9 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 Old COPPER

Old COPPER Co., Inc. is a holding company, which through its subsidiary, J. C. Penney Corporation, Inc., engages in the selling merchandise and services to consumers through its department stores and website. It offers appliances, handbags, shoes, jewelry, shoes and clothes. Old COPPER Co., Inc. is headquartered in Plano, TX.