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Altair Engineering (Altair Engineering) Cash-to-Debt

: 1.38 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Cash to Debt Ratio measures the financial strength of a company. It is calculated as a company's cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities divide by its debt. Altair Engineering's cash to debt ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.38.

If Cash to Debt ratio is greater than 1, the company can pay off its debt using the cash in hand. Here we can see, Altair Engineering could pay off its debt using the cash in hand for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023.

The historical rank and industry rank for Altair Engineering's Cash-to-Debt or its related term are showing as below:

ALTR' s Cash-to-Debt Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.17   Med: 1.07   Max: 95.64
Current: 1.38

During the past 9 years, Altair Engineering's highest Cash to Debt Ratio was 95.64. The lowest was 0.17. And the median was 1.07.

ALTR's Cash-to-Debt is ranked worse than
59.5% of 2790 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 2.415 vs ALTR: 1.38

Altair Engineering Cash-to-Debt Historical Data

The historical data trend for Altair Engineering's Cash-to-Debt can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Note: An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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Altair Engineering Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cash-to-Debt
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.07 0.95 1.81 0.93 1.38

Altair Engineering Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Cash-to-Debt Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.93 1.11 1.24 1.27 1.38

Competitive Comparison

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Altair Engineering's Cash-to-Debt, along with its competitors' market caps and Cash-to-Debt data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Altair Engineering Cash-to-Debt Distribution

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Altair Engineering's Cash-to-Debt distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Altair Engineering's Cash-to-Debt falls into.



Altair Engineering Cash-to-Debt Calculation

This is the ratio of a company's Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities to its debt. The debt includes the Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation. This ratio measures the financial strength of a company. This ratio is updated quarterly.

Altair Engineering's Cash to Debt Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Altair Engineering's Cash to Debt Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Altair Engineering  (NAS:ALTR) Cash-to-Debt Explanation

If Cash to Debt ratio is greater than 1, the company can pay off its debt using the cash in hand. If it is smaller than 1, it means the company has more debt than the cash in hands. In this case, it is important to look the the company's Interest Coverage. Ben Graham requires that a company must have an Interest Coverage of at least 5.


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Altair Engineering (Altair Engineering) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1820 East Big Beaver Road, Troy, MI, USA, 48083
Altair Engineering Inc is a provider of enterprise-class engineering software enabling origination of the entire product lifecycle from concept design to in-service operation. The integrated suite of software provided by the company optimizes design performance across multiple disciplines encompassing structures, motion, fluids, thermal management, system modeling, and embedded systems. It operates through two segments: Software which includes the portfolio of software products such as solvers and optimization technology products, modeling and visualization tools, industrial and concept design tools, and others; and Client Engineering Services which provides client engineering services to support customers. Majority of its revenue comes from the software segment.
Executives
James Ralph Scapa director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer 1820 E BIG BEAVER RD, TROY MI 48083
James R. Scapa Declaration Of Trust 10 percent owner 1820 E BIG BEAVER RD, TROY MI 48083
Jrs Investments Llc 10 percent owner 1820 E BIG BEAVER RD, TROY MI 48083
Gc Investments Llc 10 percent owner 1820 E BIG BEAVER RD, TROY MI 48083
George J Christ 10 percent owner 1820 E BIG BEAVER RD, TROY MI 48083
Teresa A Harris director 1820 E BIG BEAVER RD, TROY MI 48083
Christ Revocable Trust 10 percent owner 1820 E BIG BEAVER RD, TROY MI 48083
Ravi Kunju officer: Chief Product Strategy Officer C/O ALTAIR ENGINEERING INC., 1820 E. BIG BEAVER RD., TROY MI 48083
Raoul Maitra officer: Chief Legal Officer C/O ALTAIR ENGINEERING INC., 1820 E. BIG BEAVER ROAD, TROY MI 48083
Jeffrey Marraccini officer: See Remarks C/O ALTAIR ENGINEERING INC., 1820 E. BIG BEAVER RD., TROY MI 48083
Amy Messano officer: Chief Marketing Officer 1820 E. BIG BEAVER ROAD, TROY MI 48083
Mahalingam Srikanth officer: See Remarks 1820 E BIG BEAVER RD, TROY MI 48083
Gilma Saravia officer: Chief People Officer C/O ALTAIR ENGINEERING INC., 1820 E. BIG BEAVER ROAD, TROY MI 48083
Nelson Dias officer: Executive Vice President 1820 E BIG BEAVER RD, TROY MI 48083
Uwe Schramm officer: See Remarks 1820 E BIG BEAVER RD, TROY MI 48083