ALTERA CORP

101 Innovation Dr Ticker: ALTR
San Jose , CA 95134-1941 Exchange: NASD
408-544-7000 Sector: Information Technology
Industry: Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

Complete Financials: Q2Y08 Currency: USD Current Annual Period: Y07
Business Summary
ALTR Altera Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets programmable logic devices (PLD), application-specific integrated circuits (ASIC), pre-defined design building blocks, and associated development tools.


RATIOS AND STATISTICS AT A GLANCE
( As of 09/05/2008 )
Price

52 Week High

52 Week Low

3 Month Avg Daily Vol (Mil)

10 Day Avg Daily Vol (Mil)

Beta

Indicated Annual Dividend

Dividend Yield % 		20.400

25.280

16.210

9.414

8.099

1.230

0.200

0.883 		Price/Sales (TTM)

P/E Ratio (TTM)

Price/Book (MRQ)

Price/Cash Flow (TTM)

Return on Assets (TTM) %

Return on Equity (TTM) %

Current Ratio (MRQ)

Total Debt/Equity (MRQ) 		4.608

20.400

8.452

4.993

16.847

34.833

3.223

0.620

Note:
Mil = Millions
MRQ = Most Recent Quarter
TTM = Trailing Twelve Months


SHARE RELATED INFORMATION SHORT INTEREST INFORMATION
Market Cap (Mil)

Shares Outstanding (Mil)

Float (Mil) 		6,136.606

300.814

298.567 		Current Month (Mil)

Previous Month (Mil)

Short Interest Ratio (Days) 		27.132

18.631

NA


INSTITUTIONAL &
INSIDER OWNERSHIP 		PURCHASES
(Mil) 		SALES
(Mil) 		NET PURCHASES
(Mil) 		PERCENT
OWNED (%) 		PREVIOUS PERCENT
OWNED (%)
Institutions (3 Months)

Insiders (6 Months) 		51.562

0.000 		-36.860

0.177 		14.703

-0.177 		92.054

0.764 		88.046

NA


GROWTH RATES 1 YEAR 3 YEAR 5 YEAR
Sales %

EPS %

Dividend % 		-1.710

-6.667

NC 		7.526

4.316

NC 		12.166

28.474

NC


HISTORICAL QUARTERLY RESULTS

REVENUE
( Thousands of USD )
QUARTERS 2005 2006 2007 2008
Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4 		264.822

285.477

291.530

281.910 		292.830

334.100

341.213

317.392 		304.916

319.682

315.783

323.167 		336.071

359.854



TOTAL 1,123.739 1,285.535 1,263.548
EARNINGS PER SHARE
( USD )
QUARTERS 2005 2006 2007 2008
Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4 		0.170

0.180

0.210

0.190 		0.160

0.210

0.240

0.280 		0.210

0.230

0.200

0.200 		0.270

0.330



TOTAL 0.750 0.890 0.840

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