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ALTO vs LIN

Side-by-side comparison of Alto Ingredients Inc. (ALTO) and Linde plc (LIN): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • ALTO operates in Industrials, while LIN operates in Basic Materials - the two are in different parts of the market.
  • LIN is the larger of the two at $161.42B, about 392.6x ALTO ($411.2M).
  • Over the past year, ALTO is up 501.7% and LIN is up 13.9% - ALTO leads by 487.8 points.
  • LIN has hit the wire 4 times in the past 4 weeks while ALTO has been quiet.
  • LIN has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 0 for ALTO).
PerformanceALTO+501.72%LIN+13.89%
2025-04-28+0.00%2026-04-24
MetricALTOLIN
Company
Alto Ingredients Inc.
Linde plc
Price
$5.33+0.57%
$510.13+0.38%
Market cap
$411.2M
$161.42B
1M return
+21.83%
+3.61%
1Y return
+501.72%
+13.89%
Industry
Major Chemicals
Major Chemicals
Exchange
NASDAQ
NYSE
IPO
News (4w)
0
4
Recent ratings
0
25
ALTO

Alto Ingredients Inc.

Alto Ingredients, Inc. produces and markets specialty alcohols and essential ingredients in the United States. It operates in two segments, Production and Marketing. The company offers specialty alcohols used in mouthwash, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, hand sanitizers, disinfectants, and cleaners; alcoholic beverages, flavor extracts, and vinegar, as well as corn germ used for corn oils and carbon dioxide. It also provides essential ingredients, such as dried yeast, corn gluten meal, corn gluten feed, distillers grains, and liquid feed used in commercial animal feed and pet food; and 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, the company offers transportation, storage, and delivery services through third-party service providers. It 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. The company operates seven ethanol production facilities, including three plants in the Midwestern states of Illinois; and four plants located in the Western states of California, 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 Sacramento, California.

LIN

Linde plc

Linde plc operates as an industrial gas company in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. It offers oxygen, nitrogen, argon, rare gases, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, helium, electronic and specialty gases, acetylene, and carbon monoxide. The company also designs and constructs turnkey process plants, such as olefin, natural gas, air separation, hydrogen and synthesis gas, and other plants. It serves healthcare, petroleum refining, manufacturing, food, beverage carbonation, fiber-optics, steel making, aerospace, electronics, chemical, and water treatment industries. The company was founded in 1879 and is based in Guildford, the United Kingdom.