Reviewing Old COPPER (OTCMKTS:CPPRQ) & Alto Ingredients (NASDAQ:ALTO)

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

Institutional & Insider Ownership

42.4% of Alto Ingredients shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Old COPPER shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Alto Ingredients shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

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

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

Alto Ingredients has a consensus target price of $5.50, suggesting 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 Old COPPER and Alto Ingredients’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

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

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Old COPPER and Alto Ingredients”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

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

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

Summary

Alto Ingredients beats Old COPPER on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

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.