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NASDAQ:ALTR

Altair Engineering (ALTR) Stock Price, News & Analysis

$86.27
+1.14 (+1.34%)
(As of 03/27/2024 ET)
Today's Range
$84.17
$86.41
50-Day Range
$79.03
$92.26
52-Week Range
$57.59
$92.92
Volume
333,653 shs
Average Volume
432,046 shs
Market Capitalization
$7.12 billion
P/E Ratio
N/A
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$88.71

Altair Engineering MarketRank™ Stock Analysis

Analyst Rating
Moderate Buy
2.57 Rating Score
Upside/​Downside
2.8% Upside
$88.71 Price Target
Short Interest
Bearish
4.13% of Shares Sold Short
Dividend Strength
N/A
Sustainability
-1.04
Upright™ Environmental Score
News Sentiment
0.71mentions of Altair Engineering in the last 14 days
Based on 18 Articles This Week
Insider Trading
Selling Shares
$15.22 M Sold Last Quarter
Proj. Earnings Growth
3.33%
From $0.60 to $0.62 Per Share

Overall MarketRank

New Rank-Based ScoringMarketRank is calculated by averaging available category scores (with extra weight given to analysis and valuation), then ranking the company's weighted average against that of other companies.

3.40 out of 5 stars

Construction Sector

43rd out of 96 stocks

Prepackaged Software Industry

76th out of 192 stocks

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About Altair Engineering Stock (NASDAQ:ALTR)

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. This segment also provides software technologies in the areas of computational fluid dynamics and fatigue, manufacturing process simulation, and cost estimation for the applications in automotive, marine, motorcycle, aerospace, chemical, and architecture industries; and software-related services, such as consulting, implementation, and training services that focuses on the product design and development expertise and analysis from the component level up to complete product engineering at various stage of the lifecycle. The Client Engineering Services segment provides client engineering services. In addition, the company is involved in the development and sale of solid state lighting technology along with communication and control protocols based on its intellectual property for the direct replacement of fluorescent tubes with LED lighting. Its integrated suite of software optimizes design performance across various disciplines, including structures, motion, fluids, thermal management, electromagnetics, system modeling, and embedded systems. The company serves universities, government agencies, manufacturers, pharmaceutical firms, banking, financial services, and insurance, weather prediction agencies, and electronics design companies. Altair Engineering Inc. was incorporated in 1985 and is headquartered in Troy, Michigan.

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Company Calendar

Last Earnings
2/22/2024
Today
3/27/2024
Next Earnings (Estimated)
5/02/2024
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2024

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Industry
Prepackaged software
Sub-Industry
Semiconductors
Current Symbol
NASDAQ:ALTR
CUSIP
02144110
Employees
3,200
Year Founded
1985

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$88.71
High Stock Price Target
$100.00
Low Stock Price Target
$67.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+2.8%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
2.57
Research Coverage
7 Analysts

Profitability

Net Income
$-8,930,000.00
Pretax Margin
2.06%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$612.70 million
Cash Flow
$0.79 per share
Book Value
$8.67 per share

Miscellaneous

Free Float
64,201,000
Market Cap
$7.12 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
1.43

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ALTR Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Should I buy or sell Altair Engineering stock right now?

7 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Altair Engineering in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" ALTR shares.
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What is Altair Engineering's stock price target for 2024?

7 brokerages have issued twelve-month price targets for Altair Engineering's shares. Their ALTR share price targets range from $67.00 to $100.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $88.71 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 2.8% from the stock's current price.
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How have ALTR shares performed in 2024?

Altair Engineering's stock was trading at $84.15 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, ALTR shares have increased by 2.5% and is now trading at $86.27.
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When is Altair Engineering's next earnings date?

The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 2nd 2024.
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How were Altair Engineering's earnings last quarter?

Altair Engineering Inc. (NASDAQ:ALTR) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 22nd. The software reported $0.29 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.22 by $0.07. The software had revenue of $171.50 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $172.48 million. Altair Engineering had a negative net margin of 1.46% and a positive trailing twelve-month return on equity of 3.77%.

What guidance has Altair Engineering issued on next quarter's earnings?

Altair Engineering updated its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 22nd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $663.0 million-$673.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $667.9 million.

What is James R. Scapa's approval rating as Altair Engineering's CEO?

166 employees have rated Altair Engineering Chief Executive Officer James R. Scapa on Glassdoor.com. James R. Scapa has an approval rating of 99% among the company's employees. This puts James R. Scapa in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies. 86.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at Altair Engineering to a friend.

What other stocks do shareholders of Altair Engineering own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Altair Engineering investors own include Gilead Sciences (GILD), Intel (INTC), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Tesla (tsla), Applied Materials (AMAT), NVIDIA (NVDA), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Xilinx (XLNX), Salesforce (CRM) and Skyworks Solutions (SWKS).

When did Altair Engineering IPO?

Altair Engineering (ALTR) raised $144 million in an initial public offering (IPO) on Wednesday, November 1st 2017. The company issued 12,000,000 shares at $11.00-$13.00 per share. J.P. Morgan, RBC Capital Markets and Deutsche Bank Securities acted as the underwriters for the IPO and William Blair and Canaccord Genuity were co-managers.

Who are Altair Engineering's major shareholders?

Altair Engineering's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Matrix Capital Management Company LP (14.98%), Vanguard Group Inc. (7.06%), Vanguard Group Inc. (6.98%), Conestoga Capital Advisors LLC (2.97%), Impax Asset Management Group plc (2.33%) and Wellington Management Group LLP (1.43%). Insiders that own company stock include Amy Messano, Brett R Chouinard, Brett R Chouinard, Brian Gayle, Gc Investments Llc, George J Christ, George J Christ, Gilma Saravia, James Dagg, James Ralph Scapa, Jan Kowal, Jeffrey Marraccini, Jrs Investments Llc, Mahalingam Srikanth, Matthew Charles Brown, Nelson Dias, R Scapa Declaration Of James, Raoul Maitra, Ravi Kunju, Shekar G Ayyar, Stephanie Buckner, Teresa A Harris and Uwe Schramm.
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How do I buy shares of Altair Engineering?

Shares of ALTR stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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Does Altair Engineering have any subsidiaries?
The following companies are subsidiares of Altair Engineering: ACUSIM Software, AWE Communications, Altair Engineering Finland Oy, Altair Engineering Inc., Altair Engineering Ltd., CEDRAT SA, Candi Controls, Carriots, Concept Engineering, Datawatach Corp, Datawatch Corporation, Datawatch Corporation, EDEM Simulation, EMSS, Ellexus, FluiDyna, Gen3D, M-Base, MODELiiS, Polliwog, Powersim, Runtime Design Automation, S-FRAME Software Inc, SIMSOLID, SimLab, Solid Iris Technologies, Univa, World Programming Limited, World Programming Ltd, Wrap International (WRAP Software Business), newFASANT, newFaASANT, and solidThinking.
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This page (NASDAQ:ALTR) was last updated on 3/28/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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