APD vs BSIN vs ALTO Stock Comparison

Air Products & Chemicals, Big Sky Industrial and Alto Ingredients Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
BSIN Big Sky Industrial Inc.
$1.58 +9.7% 1M +27.4% 1Y
Market cap
$82.78M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$6.87M
Div. yield
–
Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Energy
1 win
ALTO Alto Ingredients, Inc.
$3.72 -0.3% 1M +250.9% 1Y
Market cap
$275.52M
P/E
5.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$943.33M
Div. yield
–
Specialty Chemicals Basic Materials
4 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Air Products & Chemicals leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Air Products & Chemicals 5, Alto Ingredients 4, Big Sky Industrial 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAPDBSINALTOLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $68.45B $82.78M $275.52M APD
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -1,447x -7.8x 5.4x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 21.9x — 10.1x ALTO
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +4.5% -48.7% +1.1% APD
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -0.4% -155.3% 5.4% ALTO
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 0.0% -25.6% — APD
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 17.4x 0.2x 0.6x BSIN
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.02% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +20.1% +27.4% +250.9% ALTO
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +0.4%/yr -16.2%/yr -7.2%/yr APD
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 26.3% 74.9% 86.4% APD
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 39/100 24/100 86/100 ALTO

Percentile Scorecard

APDBSINALTO

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAPDBSINALTO
Valuation 19 #76 of 94 9 #90 of 99 100 #1 of 94
Growth 43 #52 of 91 20 #78 of 97 97 #4 of 91
Profitability 52 #42 of 86 8 #88 of 96 67 #29 of 86
Financial Health 19 #77 of 95 74 #27 of 102 81 #19 of 95
Shareholder Returns 61 #28 of 70 8 #70 of 76 –
Overall 39 24 86
  • APD ranked among 99 companies in Chemicals
  • BSIN ranked among 103 companies in Oil and Gas Upstream
  • ALTO ranked among 99 companies in Chemicals

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAPDBSINALTOSPY
1 month +9.0%+9.7%-0.3% -0.2%
3 months +4.9%+42.3%-16.4% +3.9%
6 months +1.2%+53.4%-29.5% +8.2%
Year to date +24.3%+71.7%+29.2% +12.9%
1 year +20.1%+27.4%+250.9% +12.3%
3 years +11.2%+2.6%-3.6% +87.4%
3 years, per year +3.6%+0.9%-1.2% +23.3%
5 years +1.9%-58.5%-31.2% +67.9%
5 years, per year +0.4%-16.2%-7.2% +10.9%
10 years +130.2%-90.5%-50.4% +261.1%
10 years, per year +8.7%-21.0%-6.8% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureAPDBSINALTOSPY
Volatility, 1Y 26.3%74.9%86.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 24.5%76.0%68.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.07-0.680.32 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.760.372.90 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -33.8%-91.2%-89.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -2.3%-4.2%-37.9% -1.2%
52-week high $314.19$1.65$5.99 $779.14
52-week low $230.76$0.69$1.01 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAPDBSINALTO
P/E now vs peer median -1,446xmedian 22.0x -7.8xmedian 13.0x 5.5xmedian 22.0x
P/S now vs peer median 5.4xmedian 1.4x 12.1xmedian 2.1x 0.3xmedian 1.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 89.3xmedian 12.4x -10.2xmedian 5.9x 5.2xmedian 12.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median -226.9xmedian 15.1x -19.0xmedian 11.1x 5.8xmedian 15.1x
P/B now vs peer median 4.1xmedian 1.6x 2.2xmedian 1.5x 1.1xmedian 1.6x
PEG now vs peer median 54.70median 1.66 0.06median 2.27 0.14median 1.66

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAPDBSINALTO
Revenue $12.60B $6.87M $943.33M
Gross profit $4.04B – $64.51M
Operating income -$593.10M -$10.56M $35.61M
Net income -$19.70M -$10.67M $51.99M
Free cash flow -$301.40M -$4.35M $49.94M
R&D $90.80M $406.00K –
EPS (diluted) $-0.21 $-0.20 $0.66
Cash & equivalents $980.50M $5.99M $23.96M
Total debt $17.48B $4.50M $60.47M
Shares (diluted) 222.80M 52.39M 77.07M
Enterprise value $63.64B $63.76M $175.32M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAPDBSINALTO
P/E -1,446x -7.8x 5.5x
P/FCF -226.9x -19.0x 5.8x
P/Operating cash flow 15.0x -19.5x 4.4x
P/S 5.4x 12.1x 0.3x
P/B 4.1x 2.2x 1.1x
P/Tangible book 4.2x 2.2x 1.1x
EV/EBITDA 89.3x -10.2x 5.2x
EV/EBIT -143.1x -7.7x 9.1x
EV/Revenue 6.7x 11.8x 0.3x
EV/FCF -281.6x -18.7x 6.5x
EV/Operating cash flow 18.6x -19.1x 5.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 54.70 0.06 0.14

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAPDBSINALTO
Revenue growth (1Y) 4.5% -48.7% 1.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -1.0% -43.7% -10.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 5.1% – 7,720%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 2.7% – 63.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) -138.7% 58.2% 162.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -31.0% -32.3% 37.3%
Net income growth (1Y) -101.2% 54.2% 177.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -26.2% -93.9% 40.6%
EPS growth (1Y) -103.1% 71.4% 172.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -26.4% -132.5% 39.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 54.8% -128.5% 731.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 13.1% -35.6% 63.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 93.5% 0.1% 481.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 27.5% 29.3% 38.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAPDBSINALTO
Gross margin 32.1% – 6.8%
EBITDA margin 7.5% -116.0% 6.6%
Operating margin -4.7% -153.7% 3.8%
Pretax margin -0.7% -155.2% 5.4%
Net margin -0.4% -155.3% 5.4%
FCF margin -2.4% -63.4% 5.3%
Operating cash flow margin 36.3% -62.1% 6.9%
Return on equity 0.0% -28.3% 20.2%
Return on assets 0.0% -19.2% 13.1%
Return on invested capital 0.0% -25.6% –
Return on capital employed -1.6% -21.5% 10.4%
Asset turnover 0.3x 0.1x 2.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -232.0x 0.4x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue 0.4% 27.7% 0.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAPDBSINALTO
Debt / assets 43.2% 8.0% 15.2%
Debt / equity 1.1x 0.1x 0.2x
Net debt / EBITDA 17.4x 0.2x 0.6x
Debt / FCF -58.0x -1.0x 1.2x
Liabilities / assets 59.0% 33.8% 34.6%
Equity / assets 41.0% 66.2% 65.4%
Interest coverage -2.7x – 3.8x
Current ratio 1.1x 1.2x 3.2x
Quick ratio 0.6x 1.0x 1.8x
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.9x 0.5x
Altman Z-score 2.56 -3.28 1.46

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAPDBSINALTO
Dividend yield 2.4% – –
Net buyback yield – -20.7% –
Shareholder yield 2.4% -20.7% –
Payout ratio (earnings) -8,114% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) -530.3% – –
Dividend growth (1Y) 1.2% – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 2.9% – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAPDBSINALTO
Forward P/E 21.9xFY2026 – 10.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $14.01FY2026 $-0.21FY2026 $0.37FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +16.5%FY2026 – +131.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +5.2% – -16.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $12.03BFY2026 $6.79MFY2026 $1.00BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -0.1%FY2026 -7.6%FY2026 +9.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +8.5% +149.4% +1.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAPDBSINALTO
Held by institutions 91.2% 14.7% 46.3%
Institutions holding 1,772 39 134
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.0% +63.3% +14.2%
Institutions buying 745 28 97
Institutions selling 722 4 25
Buyers to sellers 1.03 7.00 3.88

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

APDBSINALTO
APD 1.00 0.02 0.16
BSIN 0.02 1.00 0.10
ALTO 0.16 0.10 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, APD, BSIN and ALTO?

Air Products & Chemicals (APD) is the largest by market capitalisation: Air Products & Chemicals (APD) $68.45B, Big Sky Industrial (BSIN) $82.78M, Alto Ingredients (ALTO) $275.52M.

Which company is growing faster?

Air Products & Chemicals (APD) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Air Products & Chemicals (APD) +4.5%, Big Sky Industrial (BSIN) -48.7%, Alto Ingredients (ALTO) +1.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Alto Ingredients (ALTO) has the highest net margin (Air Products & Chemicals (APD) -0.4%, Big Sky Industrial (BSIN) -155.3%, Alto Ingredients (ALTO) 5.4%). On return on invested capital, Air Products & Chemicals (APD) leads (Air Products & Chemicals (APD) 0.0%, Big Sky Industrial (BSIN) -25.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Alto Ingredients (ALTO) returned the most: Air Products & Chemicals (APD) +20.1%, Big Sky Industrial (BSIN) +27.4%, Alto Ingredients (ALTO) +250.9%. Over five years, Air Products & Chemicals (APD) compounded fastest (Air Products & Chemicals (APD) +0.4%/yr, Big Sky Industrial (BSIN) -16.2%/yr, Alto Ingredients (ALTO) -7.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Air Products & Chemicals (APD) 0.02%, Big Sky Industrial (BSIN) 0.00%, Alto Ingredients (ALTO) 0.00%. Big Sky Industrial (BSIN) and Alto Ingredients (ALTO) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Air Products & Chemicals (APD) has been the steadiest (Air Products & Chemicals (APD) 26.3%, Big Sky Industrial (BSIN) 74.9%, Alto Ingredients (ALTO) 86.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, APD, BSIN and ALTO?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Air Products & Chemicals (APD) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.