ALTR: Key Statistics for ALTERA CORP

Market Cap (intraday):	8.26B
Enterprise Value (9-Dec-04)³:	7.28B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):	32.46
Forward P/E (fye 31-Dec-05)¹:	30.83
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)¹:	1.72
Price/Sales (ttm):	8.48
Price/Book (mrq):	7.00
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)³:	7.32
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)³:	21.19

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:	31-Dec
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):	30-Sep-04

Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):	26.39%
Operating Margin (ttm):	30.84%

Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):	16.70%
Return on Equity (ttm):	22.87%

Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):	993.90M
Revenue Per Share (ttm):	2.587
Revenue Growth (lfy)³:	16.20%
Gross Profit (ttm)²:	561.33M
EBITDA (ttm):	343.64M
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):	262.29M
Diluted EPS (ttm):	0.684
Earnings Growth (lfy)³:	70.00%

Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):	1.15B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):	3.09
Total Debt (mrq)²:	0
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):	0
Current Ratio (mrq):	3.22
Book Value Per Share (mrq):	3.232

Cash Flow Statement
From Operations (ttm)³:	327.04M
Free Cashflow (ttm)³:	306.59M

View Financials (provided by EDGAR Online):
Income Statement - Balance Sheet
Cash Flow

TRADING INFORMATION

Stock Price History
Beta:	2.313
52-Week Change:	-5.39%
52-Week Change (relative to S&P500):	-16.31%
52-Week High (12-Jan-04):	26.82
52-Week Low (8-Sep-04):	17.50
50-Day Moving Average:	21.71
200-Day Moving Average:	21.02

Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month):	8,020,731
Average Volume (10 day):	6,640,000
Shares Outstanding:	372.29M
Float:	364.60M
% Held by Insiders:	2.07%
% Held by Institutions:	86.91%
Shares Short (as of 8-Nov-04):	17.78M
Daily Volume (as of 8-Nov-04):	N/A
Short Ratio (as of 8-Nov-04):	2.171
Short % of Float (as of 8-Nov-04):	4.88%
Shares Short (prior month):	17.88M

Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend:	N/A
Dividend Yield:	0.00%
Dividend Date:	10-Aug-00
Ex-Dividend Date:	11-Aug-00
Last Split Factor (new per old)²:	2:1
Last Split Date:	11-Aug-00

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Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of 30-Sep-04)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 30-Sep-04)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 31-Dec-03)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
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