Alto Ingredients Inc (ALTO)

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The really blatant manipulation is pulled off by the likes of The Street and Kramer's gang of thugs.

Check this fear mongering in the lead-off to their latest article

"NEW YORK (TheStreet) --Pacific Ethanol (PEIX_) fell 7.4% to $21.31 Thursday, and continues to fall in after-hours trading, on fears that the U.S. ethanol industry could soon see an increase in Brazilian imports."

Prices aren't falling in the aftermarket. A few hundred shares worth of filled VWAP orders crossed the wire after the bell, that's all.What are VWAP orders?

In fact, even Kramer and his thugs don't believe their own spew. They just want to stampede people into selling so they can buy cheap. Those who read the rest of that very same article instead of panicking will come across this:

We rate PACIFIC ETHANOL INC (PEIX) a BUY. This is driven by some important positives, which we believe should have a greater impact than any weaknesses, and should give investors a better performance opportunity than most stocks we cover. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income and good cash flow from operations. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows low profit margins.
Highlights from the analysis by TheStreet Ratings Team goes as follows:
* The revenue growth greatly exceeded the industry average of 3.5%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues rose by 37.4%. Growth in the company's revenue appears to have helped boost the earnings per share.
* PEIX's debt-to-equity ratio is very low at 0.30 and is currently below that of the industry average, implying that there has been very successful management of debt levels. To add to this, PEIX has a quick ratio of 2.07, which demonstrates the ability of the company to cover short-term liquidity needs.
* PACIFIC ETHANOL INC reported significant earnings per share improvement in the most recent quarter compared to the same quarter a year ago. The company has demonstrated a pattern of positive earnings per share growth over the past year. We feel that this trend should continue. During the past fiscal year, PACIFIC ETHANOL INC continued to lose money by earning -$0.39 versus -$2.70 in the prior year. This year, the market expects an improvement in earnings ($3.29 versus -$0.39).
* The net income growth from the same quarter one year ago has significantly exceeded that of the S&P 500 and the Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels industry. The net income increased by 1381.6% when compared to the same quarter one year prior, rising from $1.05 million to $15.57 million.
* Net operating cash flow has significantly increased by 950.35% to $28.45 million when compared to the same quarter last year. In addition, PACIFIC ETHANOL INC has also vastly surpassed the industry average cash flow growth rate of -5.22%.