---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-23-018888"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ALTO"
cik: "0000778164"
company_name: "Alto Ingredients, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-03-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T07:58:10.071377+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Alto Ingredients Q4 2022 net loss $33.4M vs income $35.4M; FY net loss $42.9M

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $328.4M down from $385.5M; gross loss $21.3M vs gross profit $42.1M.
- Full-year net loss $42.9M ($0.60/sh) vs net income $44.2M ($0.61/sh); adjusted EBITDA -$9.8M vs +$76.8M.
- CEO cites commodity price swings; growth initiatives target $65M+ EBITDA by 2025, $125M+ by 2026.
- Term loan facility of up to $125M signed Nov 2022; $40M remaining availability plus $57.9M ABL capacity.
- Cash and equivalents $36.5M at Dec 31, 2022, down from $50.6M at Dec 31, 2021.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-23-018888
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ALTO
- cik: 0000778164
- company_name: Alto Ingredients, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-03-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/778164/000121390023018888/0001213900-23-018888-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/778164/000121390023018888/ea174911-8k_altoingred.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Alto Ingredients, Inc. reported financial results for three and twelve months ended December 31, 2022.
  - Period: three and twelve months ended December 31, 2022
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On March 9, 2023, Alto Ingredients, Inc. issued a press release announcing certain results of operations for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/778164/000121390023018888/0001213900-23-018888-index.htm

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