Altair Engineering Inc.
—- Market cap
- —
- Debt
- +$237.99M
- Cash
- −$561.90M
Complete market value, debt and cash evidence is required for enterprise value.
Compare price, profitability, solvency, and SEC-reported financials side by side—before deciding which assumptions deserve a closer look.
Decision snapshot: ALTR stock price vs AN: inconclusive — current versus $1.99 implied using P/E multiple.
Quick read
Each company valued on the other's multiple, then compared with the market price.
Implied fair value · at AN's multiple
Implied fair value · at ALTR's multiple
Needs ALTR P/E.
Snapshot Sep 4, 4:00 PM ET
Metric by metric
Where each company leads, and how wide the gap is.
Growth edge
Pricing power
Operating leverage
Lower is better
Not comparable
Lower leverage
Statements
Core statements aligned to each company's latest fiscal year.
SEC periods: ALTR FY 2024 (ended Dec 31, 2024) · AN FY 2025 (ended Dec 31, 2025). Fiscal years are not aligned.
Trendline
Six fiscal years of revenue, earnings, and margins before underwriting a re-rating.
Price framework
Market cap plus debt, less cash.
Complete market value, debt and cash evidence is required for enterprise value.
Capital structure 64% equity / 36% debt · EV / Revenue 0.39x · EV / EBITDA 8.78x
Price framework
The same filing-backed model used on each company's valuation page, with company-specific inputs and calculated scenarios.
ALTAIR ENGINEERING INC. · implied price per share
Debt and bridge-cash inputs are required to translate enterprise value into equity value.
AUTONATION, INC. · implied price per share
Latest annual free cash flow must be positive to qualify the filing-backed baseline.
Balance sheet health
Financial health checks to separate durable balance sheets from potential value traps.
Financial strength on a 0–9 scale.
Bankruptcy-risk signal from balance sheet and earnings power.
Not enough data to score either balance sheet.
Debt / equity
Total debt against shareholders' equity
0.28x
1.67x
Net debt / EBITDA
Leverage against operating earnings
-3.81x
3.11x
Cash and equivalents
Liquid reserves on the balance sheet
$561.90M
$58.60M
Total debt
Interest-bearing obligations outstanding
$237.99M
$3.90B
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If you believe ALTR can convert the 81.3% gross margin and 8.7% revenue growth into higher operating leverage, then ALTR looks more attractive than AN on fundamentals, but only if a reasonable market price can be verified because the provided valuation data for ALTR is incomplete.
The valuation setup is incomplete for ALTR because current price, P/E, P/S, and EV-based multiples are not provided, so the gap versus AN can only be inferred indirectly. AN-implied range of $1.98 to $10.03 and DCF range of $5.08 to $6.88 suggest a wide valuation band, but there is no actual ALTR market price to determine where it sits.
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