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ALTERA COR(NSDQ:ALTR)
Altera Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets a broad range of high-performance, high-density programmable logic devices and associated development tools, focusing on ease of use, lower risk, and fast time-to-market. Altera''s solution to customer needs includes a combination of silicon and software products. The company sells the widest range of product families, allowing customers to find the density, speed, and package type to meet almost any need.
# Employees: 2760
Address: 101 Innovation Drive,San Jose,CA,USA
Phone: 408 544-7000
Fax: 408 954-8186
Website: www.altera.com
Email: inv_rel@altera.com
Sector: Computer and Technology
Industry: ELEC COMP-SEMIC
Executive Officers
John P. Daane (Chmn.; Presi.; C.E.O.; Dir.)
Robert W. Reed (Vice Chmn.; Dir.)
Timothy R. Morse (Sr. V.P.; C.F.O.)
Robert J. Finocchio Jr. (Dir.)
Kevin Mcgarity (Dir.,)
Dividend
Ex-Dividend Date: 11/6/2009
Annual Dividend: $0.20
Current Dividend Yield: $0.97
Dividend Paid (3 months): $0.05
Indicated Dividend: $0.25
Earnings
Last Earnings Date: 9/30/2009
Next Earnings Date(Expected): 1/26/2010
Mean EPS (Next Qtr): $0.23
Mean EPS (Year): $0.74
Mean Estimate(Long Term): $15.00
P/E Ratio(Based on EPS estimate): 27.910
Number of Estimates: 21
Shares Performance
Period ALTR Compare to S&P
YTD 23.70 % 2.38 %
4 Weeks -0.91 % -1.98 %
12 Weeks 5.78 % -0.27 %
Shares Information
Analyst Coverage: Y
Avg Volume: 6636220
Shares Outstanding: 294M
Market Cap: $6.08B
52 Week High: $21.91
52 Week Low: $13.40
P/E Ratio: 25.840
PEG Ratio: 1.860
Split: On 8/11/2000 ALTR split by factor of 2.000
Earnings Performance
EPS Growth in Last Quarter: 18.75 %
EPS Growth in Last Year: -38.71 %
Sales Growth in Last Quarter: 2.65 %
Sales Growth in Last Quarter: -19.66 %
Financials
Qtr Book Value: $6.34
Cash Flow/Share: $15.78
Change in Payout Ratio: 0.150
Price/Sales: 5.310
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