ALTO VS ECL Stock Comparison
Performance
ALTO10/100
10/100
ALTO returned -38.46% in the last 12 months. Based on SPY's performance of 13.09%, its performance is below average giving it a score of 10 of 100.
ECL100/100
100/100
ECL returned 20.79% in the last 12 months. Based on SPY's performance of 13.09%, its performance is above average giving it a score of 100 of 100.
Technicals
ALTO18/100
18/100
ALTO receives a 17 of 100 based on 14 indicators. 2 are bullish, 11 are bearish.
ECL86/100
86/100
ECL receives a 85 of 100 based on 14 indicators. 12 are bullish, 2 are bearish.
Earnings
ALTO10/100
10/100
ALTO has missed earnings 10 times in the last 20 quarters.
ECL10/100
10/100
ECL has missed earnings 6 times in the last 20 quarters.
Profit
ALTO36/100
36/100
Out of the last 20 quarters, ALTO has had 7 profitable quarters and has increased their profits year over year on 5 of them.
ECL62/100
62/100
Out of the last 20 quarters, ECL has had 18 profitable quarters and has increased their profits year over year on 6 of them.
Volatility
ALTO54/100
54/100
ALTO has had a higher than average amount of volatility over the last 12 months giving it a score of 54 of 100.
ECL55/100
55/100
ECL has had a higher than average amount of volatility over the last 12 months giving it a score of 54 of 100.
Dividend
ALTO10/100
10/100
ALTO's most recent dividend was $-0.02 per share, based on a share price of $2.40. It was a payout ratio of 2.93% compared to their total earnings.
ECL64/100
64/100
ECL's most recent dividend was $0.44 per share, based on a share price of $183.86. It was a payout ratio of 31.81% compared to their total earnings.
Analyst Price Targets
ALTO
"Analyst Price Targets" not found for ALTO
ECL69/100
69/100
22 analysts offer 12-month price targets for ECL. Together, they have an average target of 190.64, the most optimistic target put ECL at 235 within 12-months and the most pessimistic has ECL at 135.
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Alto Ingredients, Inc. Common Stock Summary
Nasdaq / ALTO
Basic Materials
Chemicals - Specialty
Alto Ingredients, Inc. produces and markets specialty alcohols and essential ingredients in the United States. The company operates in three segments: Marketing and Distribution, Pekin Production, and Other 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, flavor extracts, and vinegar, as well as corn germ used in corn oils and carbon dioxide for food and beverage markets; and essential ingredients include dried yeast, corn gluten meal, corn gluten feed, distillers grains, and liquid feed for commercial animal feed and pet food applications. 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 and biodiesel customers. It operates five alcohol production facilities, including three plants in the Midwestern states of Illinois; and two facilities located in the Western states of Oregon and Idaho. 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.
Ecolab, Inc. Summary
New York Stock Exchange / ECL
Basic Materials
Chemicals - Specialty
Ecolab Inc. provides water, hygiene, and infection prevention solutions and services in the United States and internationally. The company operates through Global Industrial, Global Institutional & Specialty, and Global Healthcare & Life Sciences segments. The Global Industrial segment offers water treatment and process applications, and cleaning and sanitizing solutions to manufacturing, food and beverage processing, transportation, chemical, metals and mining, power generation, pulp and paper, commercial laundry, petroleum, refining, and petrochemical industries. The Global Institutional & Specialty segment provides specialized cleaning and sanitizing products to the foodservice, hospitality, lodging, government and education, and retail industries. Its Global Healthcare & Life Sciences segment offers specialized cleaning and sanitizing products to the healthcare, personal care, and pharmaceutical industries, such as infection prevention and surgical solutions, and end-to-end cleaning and contamination control solutions under the Ecolab, Microtek, and Anios brand names. The company's Other segment offers pest elimination services to detect, eliminate, and prevent pests, such as rodents and insects in restaurants, food and beverage processors, educational and healthcare facilities, hotels, quick service restaurant and grocery operations, and other institutional and commercial customers. This segment also provides colloidal silica for binding and polishing applications in semiconductor, catalyst, and aerospace component manufacturing, as well as chemical industries; and products and services that manage wash process through custom designed programs, premium products, dispensing equipment, water and energy management, and reduction, as well as real time data management. It sells its products through field sales and corporate account personnel, distributors, and dealers. The company was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
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