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: Q4Y09 Currency: USD Current Annual Period: Y09
Business Summary
ALTR Altera Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets programmable logic devices (PLD), HardCopy application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) devices, pre-defined design building blocks, and associated development tools.


RATIOS AND STATISTICS AT A GLANCE
( As of 03/10/2010 )
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 % 		24.540

25.290

14.880

7.606

9.505

1.056

0.200

0.819 		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) 		6.094

28.871

6.694

4.709

11.952

26.523

4.167

0.463

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) 		7,297.902

297.388

294.578 		Current Month (Mil)

Previous Month (Mil)

Short Interest Ratio (Days) 		22.236

17.596

NA


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

Insiders (6 Months) 		37.701

0.000 		-42.730

0.227 		-5.029

-0.227 		92.270

0.753 		94.853

NA


GROWTH RATES 1 YEAR 3 YEAR 5 YEAR
Sales %

EPS %

Dividend % 		-12.566

-29.167

5.263 		-2.394

-1.887

NC 		3.298

2.810

NC


HISTORICAL QUARTERLY RESULTS

REVENUE
( Thousands of USD )
QUARTERS 2006 2007 2008 2009
Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4 		292.830

334.100

341.213

317.392 		304.916

319.682

315.783

323.167 		336.071

359.854

356.755

314.544 		264.602

279.201

286.612

364.998
TOTAL 1,285.535 1,263.548 1,367.224 1,195.413
EARNINGS PER SHARE
( USD )
QUARTERS 2006 2007 2008 2009
Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4 		0.160

0.210

0.240

0.280 		0.210

0.230

0.200

0.200 		0.270

0.330

0.310

0.280 		0.150

0.160

0.190

0.350
TOTAL 0.890 0.840 1.190 0.850

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