Altair Engineering Inc.

NasdaqGS:ALTR Stock Report

Market Cap: US$9.0b

Altair Engineering Valuation

Is ALTR undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

0/6

Valuation Score 0/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Sales vs Peers

  • Price-To-Sales vs Industry

  • Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of ALTR when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: ALTR ($105.42) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($61.11)

Significantly Below Fair Value: ALTR is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for ALTR?

Key metric: As ALTR is barely profitable we use its Price-To-Sales Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for ALTR. This is calculated by dividing ALTR's market cap by their current revenue.
What is ALTR's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio13.9x
SalesUS$644.66m
Market CapUS$8.98b

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does ALTR's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for ALTR vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average5.6x
DBX Dropbox
3.4x1.7%US$8.8b
INFA Informatica
4.9x7.5%US$8.1b
PEGA Pegasystems
5.5x5.9%US$8.3b
CCCS CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings
8.5x7.8%US$7.9b
ALTR Altair Engineering
13.9x8.2%US$9.0b

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: ALTR is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (13.9x) compared to the peer average (5.6x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does ALTR's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Software Industry?

77 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
VYX NCR Voyix
0.6x-23.2%US$2.09b
PGY Pagaya Technologies
0.8x15.8%US$763.07m
XPER Xperi
0.9x1.8%US$413.33m
0.6x1.1%US$412.89m
ALTR 13.9xIndustry Avg. 5.5xNo. of Companies77PS048121620+
77 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Sales vs Industry: ALTR is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (13.9x) compared to the US Software industry average (5.5x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is ALTR's PS Ratio compared to its Fair PS Ratio? This is the expected PS Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

ALTR PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio13.9x
Fair PS Ratio6.3x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: ALTR is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (13.9x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (6.3x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst ALTR forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$105.42
US$105.98
+0.5%
11.5%US$113.00US$84.90n/a4
Nov ’25US$104.00
US$105.78
+1.7%
10.3%US$113.00US$84.90n/a5
Oct ’25US$91.78
US$91.54
-0.3%
9.8%US$100.00US$71.00n/a9
Sep ’25US$90.36
US$91.54
+1.3%
9.8%US$100.00US$71.00n/a9
Aug ’25US$85.32
US$94.13
+10.3%
5.9%US$100.00US$85.00n/a8
Jul ’25US$97.54
US$94.13
-3.5%
5.9%US$100.00US$85.00n/a8
Jun ’25US$87.33
US$94.13
+7.8%
5.9%US$100.00US$85.00n/a8
May ’25US$81.41
US$93.57
+14.9%
5.8%US$100.00US$85.00n/a9
Apr ’25US$85.47
US$93.57
+9.5%
5.8%US$100.00US$85.00n/a9
Mar ’25US$85.68
US$91.36
+6.6%
8.1%US$100.00US$78.20n/a9
Feb ’25US$85.97
US$81.13
-5.6%
10.7%US$95.00US$64.00n/a9
Jan ’25US$84.15
US$77.00
-8.5%
8.6%US$86.00US$64.00n/a8
Dec ’24US$72.30
US$75.75
+4.8%
7.5%US$85.00US$64.00n/a8
Nov ’24US$62.10
US$77.38
+24.6%
7.4%US$85.00US$67.00US$104.008
Oct ’24US$62.56
US$77.38
+23.7%
7.4%US$85.00US$67.00US$91.788
Sep ’24US$67.07
US$77.38
+15.4%
7.4%US$85.00US$67.00US$90.368
Aug ’24US$74.41
US$75.00
+0.8%
7.5%US$85.00US$67.00US$85.328
Jul ’24US$75.84
US$73.75
-2.8%
5.6%US$81.00US$67.00US$97.548
Jun ’24US$74.99
US$73.75
-1.7%
5.6%US$81.00US$67.00US$87.338
May ’24US$68.97
US$66.43
-3.7%
15.8%US$81.00US$44.00US$81.417
Apr ’24US$72.11
US$65.00
-9.9%
12.9%US$73.00US$44.00US$85.478
Mar ’24US$64.70
US$64.00
-1.1%
12.2%US$70.00US$44.00US$85.688
Feb ’24US$54.97
US$56.88
+3.5%
12.4%US$63.00US$39.00US$85.978
Jan ’24US$45.47
US$56.88
+25.1%
12.4%US$63.00US$39.00US$84.158
Dec ’23US$50.30
US$56.88
+13.1%
12.4%US$63.00US$39.00US$72.308
Nov ’23US$48.58
US$57.86
+19.1%
15.3%US$70.00US$39.00US$62.107

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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