Alto Ingredients PE ratio ALTO
Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2012.
- Today, Oct 23, 2026
- 5.4×
- 5-year median
- 13.8×
- Against its 5-year history
- 1st
- percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
- 5-year range
- 5.1× to 52.1×
- Peer median
- 13.0×
Alto Ingredients' PE ratio is 5.4× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $3.61 against $0.67 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.
That is below its 5-year median of 13.8×, lower than on 99% of days in the last 5 years.
Over that time it ranged from 5.1× in Oct 2026 to 52.1× in Oct 2021.
The median for 5 specialty chemicals stocks of a similar size is 13.0×.
PE ratio over time
The dashed line is the 5-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.
Year by year
| Year | End of year | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 5.4× | 5.1× | 33.9× |
| 2025 | n/m a value too high to mean anything | ||
| 2024 | n/m a value too high to mean anything | ||
| 2023 | n/m a value too high to mean anything | ||
| 2022 | 10.4× | 7.3× | 11.6× |
| 2021 | 52.1× | 18.7× | 52.1× |
| 2020 | n/m a value too high to mean anything | ||
| 2019 | n/m a value too high to mean anything | ||
| 2018 | n/m a value too high to mean anything | ||
| 2017 | n/m a value too high to mean anything | ||
| 2016 | n/m a value too high to mean anything | ||
| 2015 | 10.7× | 6.4× | 19.1× |
| 2014 | 15.9× | 14.5× | 154× |
| 2013 | n/m a value too high to mean anything | ||
| 2012 | 10.7× | 10.7× | 12.0× |
Against its peers
Companies in Chemicals - Specialty nearest Alto Ingredients' size, closest first, today.
| Company | PE ratio |
|---|---|
| ALTOAlto Ingredients | 5.4× |
| LXFRLuxfer | 59.6× |
| LXULSB Industries | 19.8× |
| WLKPWestlake Chemical Partners | 13.0× |
| GPREGreen Plains | 8.8× |
| REXREX AMERICAN RESOURCES | 10.9× |
| Peer median | 13.0× |
Where Alto Ingredients ranks
What the PE ratio tells you
Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.
Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.
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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.