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Altair Engineering (FRA:8A2) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 53.27 (As of May. 05, 2024)


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What is Altair Engineering Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2024-05-05), Altair Engineering's share price is €75.00. Altair Engineering's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was €1.41. Hence, Altair Engineering's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 53.27.

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

FRA:8A2' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 44.2   Med: 125.14   Max: 249.62
Current: 53.35

During the past 9 years, Altair Engineering's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 249.62. The lowest was 44.20. And the median was 125.14.

FRA:8A2's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than
78.53% of 1458 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 22.96 vs FRA:8A2: 53.35

Altair Engineering's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €0.72. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was €1.41.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Altair Engineering was 45.70% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 58.30% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 27.00% per year.

During the past 9 years, Altair Engineering's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 58.30% per year. The lowest was 8.10% per year. And the median was 34.55% per year.


Altair Engineering Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Altair Engineering's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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.

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Altair Engineering Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Chart

Altair Engineering Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 120.91 158.96 109.52 120.61 57.91

Altair Engineering Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Get a 7-Day Free Trial 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 68.81 61.71 46.48 57.91 56.42

Competitive Comparison of Altair Engineering's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Altair Engineering's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



Altair Engineering Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Altair Engineering's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Share Price/ Free Cash Flow per Share (TTM)
=75.00/1.408
=53.27

Altair Engineering's Share Price of today is €75.00.
Altair Engineering's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was €1.41.

* 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.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Market Cap/Free Cash Flow

Altair Engineering  (FRA:8A2) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Explanation

Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.

In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.


Be Aware

In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.


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Altair Engineering (FRA:8A2) 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.

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