---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-26-023650"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ALTO"
cik: "0000778164"
company_name: "Alto Ingredients, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-03-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T21:55:08.930801+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Alto Ingredients swings to Q4 net income $21.5M from loss $42.0M; Adj EBITDA $27.9M

## Summary
- Q4 net income $21.5M ($0.28/diluted) vs net loss $42.0M ($0.57) in Q4 2024; gross profit $15.2M (from -$1.4M).
- Full year 2025 net income $12.1M ($0.16/diluted) vs net loss $60.3M ($0.82); Adj EBITDA $44.7M (from -$8.5M).
- Q4 net sales $232.0M, slightly down from $236.3M; cost of goods sold decreased to $216.8M from $237.7M.
- Cash and equivalents $23.4M at Dec 31, 2025 vs $35.5M a year ago; borrowing availability $102M.
- CEO cites higher crush margins, 45Z credits, strong renewable fuel exports for improved performance.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-26-023650
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ALTO
- cik: 0000778164
- company_name: Alto Ingredients, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-03-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- 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/778164/000121390026023650/0001213900-26-023650-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/778164/000121390026023650/ea0279954-8k_alto.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-26-023650
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-26-023650.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Alto Ingredients, Inc. reported financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2025.
  - Period: the quarter and year ended December 31, 2025
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On March 4, 2026, Alto Ingredients, Inc. issued a press release announcing certain results of operations for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/778164/000121390026023650/0001213900-26-023650-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.