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Alto Ingredients (Alto Ingredients) Net-Net Working Capital : $-0.98 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Alto Ingredients Net-Net Working Capital?

In calculating the Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC), Benjamin Graham assumed that a company's accounts receivable is only worth 75% its value, its inventory is only worth 50% of its value, but its liabilities have to be paid in full. In addition, Graham believed that preferred stock belongs on the liability side of the balance sheet, not as part of capital and surplus. This is a conservative way of estimating the company's value.

Alto Ingredients's Net-Net Working Capital for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $-0.98.

The industry rank for Alto Ingredients's Net-Net Working Capital or its related term are showing as below:

ALTO's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital is not ranked *
in the Chemicals industry.
Industry Median: 7.295
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital only.

Alto Ingredients Net-Net Working Capital Historical Data

The historical data trend for Alto Ingredients's Net-Net Working Capital can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Alto Ingredients Net-Net Working Capital Chart

Alto Ingredients Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Net-Net Working Capital
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -5.18 -1.12 0.04 -0.65 -0.98

Alto Ingredients Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Net-Net Working Capital Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.65 -0.81 -0.85 -0.77 -0.98

Competitive Comparison of Alto Ingredients's Net-Net Working Capital

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Alto Ingredients's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Alto Ingredients's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Alto Ingredients's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Alto Ingredients's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital falls into.



Alto Ingredients Net-Net Working Capital Calculation

Alto Ingredients's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(A: Dec. 2023 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(30.014+0.75 * 58.729+0.5 * 52.611-174.684
-0.001-0)/75.704
=-0.98

Alto Ingredients's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(30.014+0.75 * 58.729+0.5 * 52.611-174.684
-0.001-0)/75.704
=-0.98

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

In calculating the Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC), Benjamin Graham assumed that a company's accounts receivable is only worth 75% its value, its inventory is only worth 50% of its value, but its liabilities have to be paid in full.

In addition, Graham believed that preferred stock belongs on the liability side of the balance sheet, not as part of capital and surplus. In "Security Analysis", preferred stock is dubbed "an imperfect creditorship position" that is best placed on the balance sheet alongside funded debt.

This is a conservative way of estimating the company's value.


Alto Ingredients  (NAS:ALTO) Net-Net Working Capital Explanation

One research study, covering the years 1970 through 1983 showed that portfolios picked at the beginning of each year, and held for one year, returned 29.4 percent, on average, over the 13-year period, compared to 11.5 percent for the S&P 500 Index. Other studies of Graham's strategy produced similar results.

Benjamin Graham looked for companies whose market values were less than two-thirds of their net-net value. They are collected under our Net-Net screener.


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Alto Ingredients (Alto Ingredients) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1300 South Second Street, Pekin, IL, USA, 61554
Alto Ingredients Inc is a producer of specialty alcohols and essential ingredients. The company serves five markets: Health, Home and Beauty, Food and Beverage, Essential Ingredients, and Renewable Fuels. Its customers include major food and beverage companies and consumer products manufacturers and distributors. The company operates under three segments: Marketing and distribution, Pekin Campus production, and Other production. The Marketing and distribution segment participates in marketing and merchant trading for alcohols and essential ingredients; Pekin Campus produces and sells products produced at the company's Pekin, Illinois, campus, and about half of the firm's revenue flows from this segment. Other production makes and sells from the company's other production facilities.
Executives
Robert R. Olander officer: Chief Financial Officer 1300 SOUTH SECOND STREET, PEKIN IL 61554
Gilbert E Nathan director C/O EMERGENT CAPITAL, INC., 5355 TOWN CENTER ROAD, SUITE 701, BOCA RATON FL 33486
Auste M Graham officer: Gen. Counsel, VP & Secy C/O ALTO INGREDIENTS, INC., 1300 SOUTH SECOND STREET, PEKIN IL 61554
Maria G Gray director C/O ALTO INGREDIENTS, INC., 1300 SOUTH SECOND STREET, PEKIN IL 61554
Bryon T Mcgregor officer: Interim CFO 400 CAPITAL MALL, #2060, SACRAMENTO CA 95814
Christopher W Wright officer: VP, General Counsel, & Secy C/O PACIFIC ETHANOL, INC., 5711 N. WEST AVENUE, FRESNO CA 93711
William L Jones 10 percent owner 5711 N. WEST AVENUE, FRESNO CA 93711
James R Sneed officer: VP of Ethanol Supply & Trading AVENTINE RENEWABLE ENERGY HOLDINGS, INC., 1300 SOUTH SECOND STREET, PEKIN IL 61555
Neil M Koehler director, officer: CEO, President PACIFIC ETHANOL, INC., 5711 N. WEST AVENUE, FRESNO CA 93711
Douglas L Kieta director 17831 SHADOW VALLEY DRIVE, SPRING TX 77379
Winston Mar officer: Chief Restructuring Officer 46 PENINSULA CENTER #188, ROLLING HILLS ESTATES CA 90274
Dianne S. Nury director C/O PACIFIC ETHANOL INC., 400 CAPITOL MALL, SUITE 2060, SACRAMENTO CA 95814
Michael D Kandris director 400 CAPITAL MALL, #2060, SACRAMENTO CA 95814
Paul Koehler officer: VP of Corporate Development C/O TOWERSTREAM CORPORATION, 55 HAMMARLUND WAY, MIDDLETOWN RI 02842
Larry D Layne director C/O PACIFIC ETHANOL, INC., 400 CAPITOL MALL, #2060, SACRAMENTO CA 95814

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