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Quarterly report 2024-Q3
added 05-30-2026

Altair Engineering Financial Ratios 2024-2011 | ALTR

Brief overview of Altair Engineering's market valuation

The comparison uses the five latest available annual observations between 2020 and 2024.

The latest available valuation ratios are P/E 662.71x (median 248.08x), EV/EBITDA 157.41x (median 157.41x), P/S 14.11x (median 9.01x). Ratios sit near their own comparison base, with an average deviation of +7.5% from five-year medians.

The 1/P/E calculation produces a 0.2% earnings yield. It does not capture future growth or capital structure.

Capital efficiency is characterized by ROE 1.7%, ROA 1%, ROCE 2.1%. Profitability remains low. Market valuation has limited fundamental support until resource returns improve.

The cash cycle lengthened by 11.6 days to 75.9 days. Operations require more funding.

Overall assessment

Altair Engineering's multiples form a balanced picture without a clear discount or premium. Future appeal depends on earnings and return trends.

Annual Financial Ratios Altair Engineering

2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011

P/E

662.7 -812.5 -115.8 -545.1 -390.1 -360.9 159.0 -13.9 - 248.1 - - - -

P/S

14.1 11.8 8.8 9.0 8.7 5.9 5.5 4.1 - 9.2 - - - -

EPS

0.2 -0.1 -0.6 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 0.2 -1.9 0.2 0.2 - - - -

EV (Enterprise Value)

9.42 B 7.44 B 5.35 B 4.93 B 4.31 B 2.88 B 2.34 B 1.56 B 268 M 2.96 B - - - -

EBITDA per Share

0.71 0.49 0.36 0.5 0.48 0.317 0.48 -0.53 - 0.35 - - - -

EV/EBITDA

157.4 188.9 187.2 127.9 145.2 118.2 67.2 -48.1 - 158.3 - - - -

PEG

30.46 -136.06 2.94 - 11.68 2.33 1.44 0.02 - -1653.04 - - - -

P/B

11.0 10.2 8.8 7.8 10.8 7.6 7.5 21.9 - -64.5 - - - -

P/CF

61.0 57.0 127.1 77.8 124.6 128.0 81.3 213.6 - 483.8 - - - -

ROE %

1.65 -1.25 -7.62 -1.43 -2.77 -2.11 4.74 -157.93 - -26.00 - - - -

ROA %

0.98 -0.65 -3.60 -0.76 -1.27 -1.01 2.84 -34.53 - 4.93 - - - -

ROCE %

2.06 0.03 -1.22 2.01 3.09 1.39 6.93 -36.79 - 16.56 - - - -

Current Ratio

2.5 2.1 1.9 2.1 1.8 2.3 1.2 0.7 - 0.6 - - - -

DSO

99.8 107.5 98.2 87.6 86.6 89.3 93.2 101.5 - 90.5 - - - -

DIO

- - - - 3.6 - 6.2 6.8 - 7.6 - - - -

DPO

23.9 29.1 25.4 21.5 25.8 23.6 26.3 16.7 - 22.9 - - - -

Operating Cycle

99.8 107.5 98.2 87.6 90.2 89.3 99.4 108.3 - 98.1 - - - -

Cash Conversion Cycle

75.9 78.3 72.8 66.2 64.3 65.6 73.1 91.6 - 75.2 - - - -

All numbers in USD currency

Quarterly Financial Ratios Altair Engineering

2024-Q3 2024-Q2 2024-Q1 2023-Q3 2023-Q2 2023-Q1 2022-Q4 2022-Q3 2022-Q2 2022-Q1 2021-Q4 2021-Q3 2021-Q2 2021-Q1 2020-Q4 2020-Q3 2020-Q2 2020-Q1 2019-Q4 2019-Q3 2019-Q2 2019-Q1 2018-Q4 2018-Q3 2018-Q2 2018-Q1 2017-Q4 2017-Q3 2017-Q2 2017-Q1 2016-Q4 2016-Q3 2016-Q2 2016-Q1 2015-Q4 2015-Q3 2015-Q2 2015-Q1 2014-Q4 2014-Q3 2014-Q2 2014-Q1 2013-Q4 2013-Q3 2013-Q2 2013-Q1 2012-Q4 2012-Q3 2012-Q2 2012-Q1 2011-Q4 2011-Q3 2011-Q2 2011-Q1

EPS

0.02 -0.06 0.2 -0.05 -0.28 -0.02 - -0.42 -0.43 0.15 - -0.11 -0.18 0.19 - -0.12 -0.14 0.08 -0.02 -0.22 -0.04 0.18 -0.13 0.1 0.02 0.06 -1.03 -0.59 -0.14 -0.04 0.12 0.01 0.05 0.03 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

EBITDA per Share

0.09 - 0.37 -0.02 -0.08 0.19 - -0.21 0.01 0.36 - 0.06 -0.03 0.33 - 0.03 0.02 0.24 - -0.07 0.03 0.32 - 0.28 0.15 0.12 - -0.36 -0.04 0.01 - 0.05 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

ROE %

1.04 -2.76 -2.43 -10.81 -16.17 -10.72 -10.40 -11.74 -8.95 0.70 -1.17 -3.53 -5.07 0.05 -3.55 -3.98 -6.25 -4.24 -1.62 -4.26 3.87 5.49 7.19 -92.12 -48.24 -60.95 -70.58 14.78 -33.49 -3.61 -17.01 -0.91 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

ROA %

0.59 -1.31 -1.08 -5.24 -7.88 -5.09 -4.93 -5.73 -4.44 0.31 -0.71 -1.80 -2.39 0.10 -1.66 -1.86 -2.99 -2.03 -0.34 -1.99 1.94 2.71 1.47 -17.65 -29.18 -32.05 -34.07 -10.75 -0.80 -0.76 2.35 0.13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

ROCE %

-0.80 -2.91 -0.80 -8.21 -7.74 -1.77 -2.62 -2.94 -0.42 5.44 2.09 1.14 0.25 5.80 1.24 2.41 0.30 0.62 3.11 0.73 8.07 10.04 10.71 6.52 35.69 22.80 12.96 -4.65 -38.75 -3.28 -23.01 -0.65 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Current Ratio

2.5 2.5 2.2 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.9 2.0 2.2 2.1 2.5 1.9 2.0 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 2.0 2.4 2.5 2.0 1.9 1.3 1.3 0.8 1.3 1.3 0.9 0.9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

DSO

74.7 78.0 65.9 83.8 82.4 82.7 - 85.4 74.3 71.4 - 67.8 75.6 68.4 - 71.9 77.2 66.9 69.6 77.2 74.4 66.1 73.5 69.4 75.0 84.5 76.2 80.7 96.8 93.2 77.7 41.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

DIO

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8.6 8.4 5.5 - 8.9 9.1 7.5 - 5.1 4.4 4.8 - 6.5 6.7 5.5 - 2.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

DPO

11.6 15.7 17.2 15.4 15.8 22.9 - 18.3 17.0 18.4 - 16.5 18.8 20.8 - 16.0 18.9 18.8 - 21.2 19.2 20.7 - 19.4 18.0 16.5 - 15.4 16.5 16.9 - 8.9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Operating Cycle

74.7 78.0 65.9 83.8 82.4 82.7 - 45.8 38.7 71.4 - 67.8 75.6 68.4 - 109.7 117.5 82.9 77.3 103.8 96.8 78.1 85.8 100.8 98.6 80.1 88.0 99.9 103.5 98.7 77.7 43.4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Cash Conversion Cycle

63.1 62.3 48.6 68.4 66.5 59.8 - 35.6 29.3 53.0 - 51.3 56.8 47.5 - 82.7 86.2 60.2 77.3 79.1 71.5 54.6 85.8 72.8 72.7 59.3 88.0 83.0 87.0 81.9 77.7 34.5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

All numbers in USD currency

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