NASDAQ:ALTR - Altair Engineering Stock Price, Forecast & News

Altair Engineering trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "ALTR."

Altair Engineering Inc (NASDAQ:ALTR) released its earnings results on Thursday, February, 27th. The software reported $0.09 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.05 by $0.04. The software had revenue of $123.88 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $109.35 million. Altair Engineering had a positive return on equity of 4.40% and a negative net margin of 3.85%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 20.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.07 earnings per share. View Altair Engineering's Earnings History.

Altair Engineering issued an update on its FY 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 27th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $491-495 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $494.01 million.

6 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for Altair Engineering's shares. Their forecasts range from $30.00 to $44.00. On average, they expect Altair Engineering's share price to reach $35.20 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Altair Engineering.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Altair Engineering in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 3 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Altair Engineering.

Media headlines about ALTR stock have been trending extremely negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Altair Engineering earned a daily sentiment score of -4.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the software a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Altair Engineering.

Altair Engineering saw a increase in short interest in the month of February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 4,980,000 shares, an increase of 8.3% from the January 30th total of 4,600,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 372,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 13.4 days. Approximately 12.9% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Altair Engineering's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Altair Engineering include Intel (INTC), NVIDIA (NVDA), Broadcom (AVGO), Texas Instruments (TXN), Micron Technology (MU), Analog Devices (ADI), Microchip Technology (MCHP), Xilinx (XLNX), Skyworks Solutions (SWKS), Maxim Integrated Products (MXIM), Marvell Technology Group (MRVL), Cypress Semiconductor (CY), Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR), First Solar (FSLR) and Cree (CREE).

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(ALTR) raised $144 million in an initial public offering on Wednesday, November 1st 2017. The company issued 12,000,000 shares at $11.00-$13.00 per share. J.P. Morgan, RBC Capital Markets and Deutsche Bank Securities acted as the underwriters for the IPO and William Blair and Canaccord Genuity were co-managers.

Altair Engineering's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Pictet Asset Management Ltd. (4.92%), Bamco Inc. NY (2.70%), Conestoga Capital Advisors LLC (2.70%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (2.12%), Eaton Vance Management (1.35%) and State Street Corp (1.16%). Company insiders that own Altair Engineering stock include Brett R Chouinard, Christ Revocable Trust, Gc Investments Llc, George J Christ, Howard N Morof, James Dagg, James E Brancheau, James Ralph Scapa, Jan Kowal, Jrs Investments Llc, Mahalingam Srikanth, Martin E Nichols, Massimo Giuseppe Fariello, Nelson Dias, R Scapa Declaration Of James and Uwe Schramm. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Altair Engineering.

ALTR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alliancebernstein L.P., Citigroup Inc., Fred Alger Management LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, Bamco Inc. NY, Chartwell Investment Partners LLC, New York State Common Retirement Fund and Bank of America Corp DE. Company insiders that have sold Altair Engineering company stock in the last year include Brett R Chouinard, Christ Revocable Trust, Gc Investments Llc, George J Christ, Howard N Morof, James Dagg, James Ralph Scapa, Jan Kowal, Jrs Investments Llc, Mahalingam Srikanth, Martin E Nichols, Nelson Dias, R Scapa Declaration Of James and Uwe Schramm. View Insider Buying and Selling for Altair Engineering.

ALTR stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Janus Henderson Group PLC, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Conestoga Capital Advisors LLC, Pictet Asset Management Ltd., Eaton Vance Management, State Street Corp, Artisan Partners Limited Partnership and Geode Capital Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Altair Engineering.

Shares of ALTR can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of ALTR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $33.21.

Altair Engineering has a market capitalization of $2.38 billion and generates $396.38 million in revenue each year. The software earns $13.72 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.37 on an earnings per share basis. Altair Engineering employs 2,850 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Altair Engineering.

The official website for Altair Engineering is http://www.altair.com/.

Altair Engineering's mailing address is 1820 EAST BIG BEAVER ROAD, TROY MI, 48083. The software can be reached via phone at 248-614-2400 or via email at [email protected]