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Altair Engineering (Altair Engineering) Financial Strength : 7 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Altair Engineering Financial Strength?

Altair Engineering has the Financial Strength Rank of 7.

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors:

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.
3. Altman Z-Score.

Altair Engineering's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 14.74. Altair Engineering's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.49. As of today, Altair Engineering's Altman Z-Score is 7.07.


Competitive Comparison of Altair Engineering's Financial Strength

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

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Altair Engineering's Financial Strength Distribution in the Software Industry

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Altair Engineering Financial Strength Calculation

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors

A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

Altair Engineering's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-1.5 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $22.6 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $248.6 Mil.

Altair Engineering's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*22.59/-1.533
=14.74

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.

Altair Engineering's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Dec. 2023 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(90.28 + 248.554) / 686.012
=0.49

3. Altman Z-Score.

Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Z-Score is less than 1.81, it is in Distress Zones.
When Z-Score is greater than 2.99, it is in Safe Zones.
When Z-Score is between 1.81 and 2.99, it is in Grey Zones.

Altair Engineering has a Z-score of 7.07, indicating it is in Safe Zones. This implies the Z-Score is strong.

Good Sign:

Altman Z-score of 7.07 is strong.

* 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) Financial Strength Explanation

The maximum rank is 10. Companies with rank 7 or higher will be unlikely to fall into distressed situations. Companies with rank of 3 or less are likely in financial distress.

Altair Engineering has the Financial Strength Rank of 7.


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Altair Engineering (Altair Engineering) Business Description

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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