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 GPK: inconclusive — current versus $1.13 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 GPK'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) · GPK FY 2025 (ended Dec 31, 2025). Fiscal years are not aligned.
Trendline
Ten 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 34% equity / 66% debt · EV / Revenue 1.02x · EV / EBITDA 6.94x
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.
Graphic Packaging Holding Co · implied price per share
Five annual free-cash-flow observations are required for 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.
Debt / equity
Total debt against shareholders' equity
0.28x
1.79x
Net debt / EBITDA
Leverage against operating earnings
-3.81x
4.51x
Cash and equivalents
Liquid reserves on the balance sheet
$561.90M
$261.00M
Total debt
Interest-bearing obligations outstanding
Comparable set
Where the pair sits against the wider comparable set.
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If you believe ALTR can convert its 8.7% revenue growth and 81.3% gross margin into materially higher operating leverage, then ALTR looks attractive versus a low-multiple GPK like GPK because its balance sheet is also much cleaner; otherwise, the current implied price of $1.16 does not yet justify a strong bullish call versus the $5.08-$6.88 DCF range.
The valuation signal is mixed because ALTR has no listed P/E, P/S, or EV multiples in the provided data, while GPK trades at 7.3x P/E and 0.4x P/S. GPK-implied value range of $1.22-$3.71 is well below the DCF range of $5.08-$6.88, suggesting the market comparison is implying a cheaper outcome than intrinsic valuation.
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