Richard Sloan from the University of Michigan was first to document what is referred to as the "accrual anomaly". His 1996 paper found that shares of companies with small or negative accruals vastly outperform (+10%) those of companies with large ones.
Altair Engineering's Sloan Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -8.83%.
As of Dec. 2023, Altair Engineering has a Sloan Ratio of -8.83%, indicating the company is in the safe zone and there is no funny business with accruals.
Altair Engineering Sloan Ratio % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Altair Engineering's Sloan Ratio % 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.
Competitive Comparison of Altair Engineering's Sloan Ratio %
For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Altair Engineering's Sloan Ratio %, along with its competitors' market caps and Sloan Ratio % 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's Sloan Ratio % Distribution in the Software Industry
For the Software industry and Technology sector, Altair Engineering's Sloan Ratio % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Altair Engineering's Sloan Ratio % falls into.
Altair Engineering Sloan Ratio % Calculation
Earnings contain a lot of non cash earnings which is called accruals. The Sloan ratio is a way to identify firms with low non-cash or accrual-derived earnings relative to their cash flow.
Altair Engineering's Sloan Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as
Altair Engineering's Net Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was -1.959 (Mar. 2023 ) + -22.28 (Jun. 2023 ) + -4.362 (Sep. 2023 ) + 19.675 (Dec. 2023 ) = $-8.9 Mil.
Altair Engineering's Cash Flow from Operations for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was 59.199 (Mar. 2023 ) + 30.03 (Jun. 2023 ) + 16.427 (Sep. 2023 ) + 21.651 (Dec. 2023 ) = $127.3 Mil.
Altair Engineering's Cash Flow from Investing for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was -3.132 (Mar. 2023 ) + -5.225 (Jun. 2023 ) + -5.212 (Sep. 2023 ) + -2.283 (Dec. 2023 ) = $-15.9 Mil.
* 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) Sloan Ratio % Explanation
A former University of Michigan researcher, Richard Sloan's 1996 paper found that shares of companies with small or negative accruals vastly outperform (+10%) those of companies with large ones. In fact, for the 40-year period between 1962 and 2001, buying the lowest accrual companies and shorting the highest accrual companies resulted in an average annual compounded return of 18%, more than double the S&P 500's 7.4% annual return over the same period.
If the Sloan Ratio is between -10% and 10%, the company is in the safe zone and there is no funny business with accruals.
If the Sloan Ratio is less than between -25% and -10% on the negative side, and between 10% and 25% on the positive side, this is a warning stage of accrual build up.
If the Sloan Ratio is less than -25% or greater than 25%, and this ratio is consistent over several quarters or even years, be careful. Earnings are highly likely to be made up of accruals.
As of Dec. 2023, Altair Engineering has a Sloan Ratio of -8.83%, indicating the company is in the safe zone and there is no funny business with accruals.
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Altair Engineering (Altair Engineering) Business Description
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.
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