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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-21-057728"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ALTO"
cik: "0000778164"
company_name: "Alto Ingredients, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-11-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T11:07:45.568200+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Alto Ingredients reports Q3 net loss of $3.5M, sells Stockton facility, retires $150M debt

## Summary
- Net sales $305.6M (+49% YoY), but gross loss of $3.4M vs gross profit $20.9M in prior year.
- Net loss $3.5M ($0.05/share) vs net income $14.9M ($0.24/diluted share) in Q3 2020.
- Adjusted EBITDA $3.0M, down from $34.1M in Q3 2020; operating loss of $8.9M.
- Sold Stockton CA facility for $24M cash on Nov 8; used proceeds to retire $150M term debt, now debt-free.
- Completed projects expected to increase annual EBITDA by $18.5M starting 2022; yeast expansion and wet mill upgrades.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-21-057728
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ALTO
- cik: 0000778164
- company_name: Alto Ingredients, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-11-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/778164/000121390021057728/0001213900-21-057728-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/778164/000121390021057728/ea150272-8k_altoingred.htm

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