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Altair Engineering NasdaqGS:ALTR Stock Report

Last Price

US$109.00

Market Cap

US$9.3b

7D

2.2%

1Y

30.9%

Updated

22 Dec, 2024

Data

Company Financials +

Altair Engineering Inc.

NasdaqGS:ALTR Stock Report

Market Cap: US$9.3b

ALTR Stock Overview

Provides software and cloud solutions in the areas of simulation and design, high-performance computing, data analytics, and artificial intelligence in the United States and internationally. More details

ALTR fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation0/6
Future Growth3/6
Past Performance3/6
Financial Health6/6
Dividends0/6

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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Altair Engineering
Historical stock prices
Current Share PriceUS$109.00
52 Week HighUS$113.12
52 Week LowUS$75.71
Beta1.44
1 Month Change3.61%
3 Month Change15.88%
1 Year Change30.87%
3 Year Change47.82%
5 Year Change197.49%
Change since IPO495.30%

Recent News & Updates

Recent updates

Altair Engineering Inc.'s (NASDAQ:ALTR) Shares May Have Run Too Fast Too Soon

Oct 13
Altair Engineering Inc.'s (NASDAQ:ALTR) Shares May Have Run Too Fast Too Soon

Altair Engineering: Rating Downgrade As Near-Term Upside Is Limited

Sep 19

Altair Engineering (NASDAQ:ALTR) Hasn't Managed To Accelerate Its Returns

Aug 09
Altair Engineering (NASDAQ:ALTR) Hasn't Managed To Accelerate Its Returns

Altair Engineering (NASDAQ:ALTR) Could Easily Take On More Debt

Jul 19
Altair Engineering (NASDAQ:ALTR) Could Easily Take On More Debt

Altair: Too Expensive For Far Too Little Growth

Jul 13

Altair Engineering Inc.'s (NASDAQ:ALTR) Popularity With Investors Is Under Threat From Overpricing

Jun 28
Altair Engineering Inc.'s (NASDAQ:ALTR) Popularity With Investors Is Under Threat From Overpricing

Statutory Profit Doesn't Reflect How Good Altair Engineering's (NASDAQ:ALTR) Earnings Are

May 09
Statutory Profit Doesn't Reflect How Good Altair Engineering's (NASDAQ:ALTR) Earnings Are

Altair Engineering Inc. Just Beat EPS By 67%: Here's What Analysts Think Will Happen Next

May 05
Altair Engineering Inc. Just Beat EPS By 67%: Here's What Analysts Think Will Happen Next

Altair Engineering (NASDAQ:ALTR) Might Be Having Difficulty Using Its Capital Effectively

Apr 09
Altair Engineering (NASDAQ:ALTR) Might Be Having Difficulty Using Its Capital Effectively

There's Reason For Concern Over Altair Engineering Inc.'s (NASDAQ:ALTR) Price

Mar 17
There's Reason For Concern Over Altair Engineering Inc.'s (NASDAQ:ALTR) Price

Altair Engineering: Strong Tailwinds To Drive Growth With Potential Downside Protection

Mar 14

Health Check: How Prudently Does Altair Engineering (NASDAQ:ALTR) Use Debt?

Feb 18
Health Check: How Prudently Does Altair Engineering (NASDAQ:ALTR) Use Debt?

Altair Engineering: Navigating Through Simulation And Innovation

Jan 12

Shareholder Returns

ALTRUS SoftwareUS Market
7D2.2%-2.2%-2.4%
1Y30.9%22.4%23.4%

Return vs Industry: ALTR exceeded the US Software industry which returned 21.9% over the past year.

Return vs Market: ALTR exceeded the US Market which returned 23.3% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is ALTR's price volatile compared to industry and market?
ALTR volatility
ALTR Average Weekly Movement4.3%
Software Industry Average Movement7.9%
Market Average Movement6.3%
10% most volatile stocks in US Market16.8%
10% least volatile stocks in US Market3.1%

Stable Share Price: ALTR has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the US market.

Volatility Over Time: ALTR's weekly volatility (4%) has been stable over the past year.

About the Company

FoundedEmployeesCEOWebsite
19853,400Jim Scapawww.altair.com

Altair Engineering Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides software and cloud solutions in the areas of simulation and design, high-performance computing, data analytics, and artificial intelligence in the United States and internationally. It operates in two segments, Software and Client Engineering Services. The Software segment offers solvers and optimization technology products, high-performance computing software applications and hardware products, modeling and visualization tools, data analytics and analysis products, and Internet of Things platform and analytics tools, as well as support and the complementary software products.

Altair Engineering Inc. Fundamentals Summary

How do Altair Engineering's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
ALTR fundamental statistics
Market capUS$9.29b
Earnings (TTM)US$32.85m
Revenue (TTM)US$644.66m

282.6x

P/E Ratio

14.4x

P/S Ratio

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
ALTR income statement (TTM)
RevenueUS$644.66m
Cost of RevenueUS$120.60m
Gross ProfitUS$524.06m
Other ExpensesUS$491.21m
EarningsUS$32.85m

Last Reported Earnings

Sep 30, 2024

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)0.39
Gross Margin81.29%
Net Profit Margin5.10%
Debt/Equity Ratio27.1%

How did ALTR perform over the long term?

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/22 04:03
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

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Analyst Sources

Altair Engineering Inc. is covered by 20 analysts. 11 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Ishan MajumdarBaptista Research
Mark SchappelBenchmark Company
Andrew DeGasperiBerenberg