Alto Ingredients (ALTO) Operating Margin (2011 - 2026)

Alto Ingredients (ALTO) reported Operating Margin of 1.12% for Q1 2026, up 509.0% on a YoY basis from 0.18% in Q1 2025, and down 6.95% quarter-over-quarter from 1.21% in Q4 2025.

Alto Ingredients (ALTO) Operating Margin (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Alto Ingredients has reported Operating Margin for 16 years, with the latest figure at 1.12% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Margin rose 509.0% year-over-year to 1.12%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 1.55% (up 684.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.29%, up 564.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 1.12%, down from 1.21% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Operating Margin was 7.05% in Q3 2025, with the low at 16.59% in Q4 2024.
  • Historically, Operating Margin has averaged 2.77% across 5 years, with a median of 1.36% in 2023.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Operating Margin sank 1914 bps — and 2025, when it soared 1780 bps.
  • Alto Ingredients' Operating Margin stood at 9.47% in 2022, then surged by 34 bps to 6.28% in 2023, then sank by 164 bps to 16.59% in 2024, then surged by 107 bps to 1.21% in 2025, then decreased by 7 bps to 1.12% in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 1.12% (Q1 2026), 1.21% (Q4 2025), and 7.05% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 Linde 237.64 Bn 233.69 Bn 4.26 Bn 27.78%
2 Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile 127.66 Bn 124.93 Bn 778.60 Mn 47.01%
3 Sherwin Williams 78.87 Bn 78.66 Bn 2.78 Bn 14.31%
4 Ecolab 76.59 Bn 75.97 Bn 1.85 Bn 16.97%
5 Air Products & Chemicals 62.39 Bn 63.94 Bn 987.40 Mn 23.73%
6 Ppg Industries 26.44 Bn 24.97 Bn 1.66 Bn 14.05%
7 International Flavors & Fragrances 19.67 Bn 19.14 Bn 1.02 Bn 9.96%
8 DuPont de Nemours 19.57 Bn 19.68 Bn 602.00 Mn 17.85%
9 LyondellBasell Industries 19.28 Bn 19.39 Bn 701.00 Mn 3.32%
10 Alto Ingredients 375.44 Mn 347.30 Mn 9.22 Mn 1.12%

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 1.12%
Dec 31, 2025 1.21%
Sep 30, 2025 7.05%
Jun 30, 2025 -3.71%
Mar 31, 2025 -3.97%
Dec 31, 2024 -16.59%
Sep 30, 2024 -0.29%
Jun 30, 2024 -0.60%
Mar 31, 2024 -4.29%
Dec 31, 2023 -6.28%
Sep 30, 2023 -1.36%
Jun 30, 2023 2.92%
Mar 31, 2023 -3.70%
Dec 31, 2022 -9.47%
Sep 30, 2022 -8.09%
Jun 30, 2022 -0.04%
Mar 31, 2022 -0.93%
Dec 31, 2021 9.67%
Sep 30, 2021 -2.92%
Jun 30, 2021 2.05%