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Altus Group LimitedAIF.TOCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Canada · CAD·Financials›Finance/Rental/Leasing

Provides real estate data, analytics and valuation/tax software and advisory services, including the ARGUS commercial real estate software platform.

≈ A commercial real estate data/analytics and software company like CoStar's software peerMomentum strong 79
Mkt cap
$1.26B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
89%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$4.60M
20-day average traded
P/B
5.50×
price to book
ROE
-2.2%
delivered
Implied ROE
28.5%
what the price asks
Next earnings
111 days
25 Feb 2027
Close · CADC$51.80
1D-0.4%
1W+2.8%
1M+15.4%
3M-1.2%
6M+15.5%
YTD-8.7%
1Y-7.7%
ATR %3.1%
52w lowhigh9.7% off high

What Altus does

Provides real estate data, analytics and valuation/tax software and advisory services, including the ARGUS commercial real estate software platform.

Analytics sells subscriptions to ARGUS valuation and cash-flow software and property data, a recurring base, while property-tax advisory is paid largely by fees tied to the tax savings it wins for owners, so it comes in lumps at assessment time. The purchase of Reonomy in 2021 broadened its data offering.

In one line: A commercial real estate data/analytics and software company like CoStar's software peer.

Products and services

  • ARGUS real estate software
  • Property tax/valuation advisory
  • Real estate data/analytics

Customers

  • Commercial real estate owners/investors
  • Property tax authorities/advisory clients

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Real estate services/technology
  • Property valuation/tax advisory
  • Real estate analytics software (ARGUS)

What could go right

  • SaaS/software subscription growth
  • Commercial real estate transaction activity recovery

What could go wrong

  • Commercial real estate downturn reducing advisory demand
  • Software competition from larger data providers

Moat: narrow (switching costs, installed base, brand). ARGUS is an industry-standard commercial real estate valuation platform, embedded deeply in customer workflows.

Headquarters: Toronto, Canada · Founded: 2005 · Employees: 1,552

Named competitors

Altus at a glance

Size Altus (AIF.TO) is a Canada Financials company (Finance/Rental/Leasing) with a market value of $1.26B, the 221st largest of 420 Canada companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at C$51.80 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 15.5%, against -5.6% for the median peer and +5.2% for the Canada market (cap-weighted) — 6th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 7.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +3.8%); the operating margin is 10.1% (peer median 18.2%).

Valuation It trades at 5.50× book value against a peer median of 1.31× (most expensive of 21).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 28.5%; Altus delivers -2.2%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.

Next results Next results expected around 25 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

9010011011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026AIF.TO 116Peer median 95
Six months, rebased to 100: Altus against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Altus financials

Reported figures in CAD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueC$486MC$503MC$484MC$510MC$735M
Revenue growth—+4%-5%-31%—
Gross profitC$347MC$293MC$270MC$464Mn/a
EBITDAC$85.6MC$65.6MC$71.4MC$63.0MC$124M
Net income-C$25.9M-C$15.9MC$13.4MC$10.2M-C$886,000
Free cash flowC$74.3MC$78.5MC$78.4MC$66.6MC$69.8M
Capital expenditureC$3.25MC$4.29MC$7.46MC$12.5MC$24.5M
Total debtC$272MC$195MC$320MC$356MC$378M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Altus competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-25%0%+25%+50%0%+20%+40%967899412666HOMEFIRSTFIVESTAR8566WD6033001905ATLC4665ZIGUPBDPRGSBFCCANFINHOME089860WLFCAIF.TO6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Altus is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

0%10%20%20×40×967899412666HOMEFIRSTFIVESTAR8566WD6033001905ATLC4665UPBD6592SBFCCANFINHOMESAMMAANCAPWLFCAIF.TOReturn on equity →Price / book →
A bank or insurer earning more on its equity usually trades at a higher multiple of book; points far above the trend are priced for more. Altus is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

0%10%20%30%0%10%20%30%967899412666HOMEFIRSTFIVESTAR8566WD6033001905ATLCZIGUPBDSBFCCANFINHOMEWLFCAIF.TOROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. Altus is the large dot.

Altus competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (AIF.TO vs CSGP vs JLL)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
Altus AIF.TO$1.26B+15%-7%-2%5.50×28.5%
CoStar CSGP$12.3B-7%+20%2%1.54×12.0%
Jones Lang LaSalle JLL$16.9B+12%+11%15%2.21×21.4%

How Altus compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Altus against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureAIF.TOPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+15.4%+2.6%5th highest of 21
6-month return+15.5%-5.6%6th highest of 21
Return on equity-2.2%10.0%2nd lowest of 21
Price / book5.50×1.31×most expensive of 21
ROE the price implies28.5%10.6%4th most demanding of 21
ROE delivered-2.2%10.2%lowest of 20

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROEDelivered ROE
Altus AIF.TOCanada$1.26B+15%-7%-2%5.50×28.5%-2.2%
Kanamoto 9678.TJapan$1.23B+17%+2%9%1.20×6.4%9.3%
Taiwan Acceptance 9941.TWTaiwan$1.31B-6%-3%12%1.10×3.8%12.2%
Genertec Universal Medical 2666.HKHong Kong$1.21B-19%0%12%0.41×5.1%11.6%
Home First Finance Company India HOMEFIRST.NSIndia$1.21B-10%+19%14%2.45×31.6%14.3%
Five-Star Business Finance FIVESTAR.NSIndia$1.33B-10%+9%15%1.59×22.3%15.2%
Ricoh Leasing Company,Ltd 8566.TJapan$1.20B0%+4%5%0.77×4.3%5.3%
Walker & Dunlop WDUnited States$1.34B-28%+9%2%0.76×10.0%2.2%
Zhejiang Haikong Nanke Huatie Digital Technology 603300.SSChina$1.34B-31%+12%5%1.29×9.8%5.3%
Haitong Unitrust International Financial Leasing 1905.HKHong Kong$1.38B+57%-20%6%0.52×4.2%6.5%
Atlanticus ATLCUnited States$1.38B+8%+84%23%1.97×24.5%22.9%
Duskin 4665.TJapan$1.40B+20%+3%7%1.43×5.4%6.7%
Zigup ZIG.LUnited Kingdom$1.41B+14%+3%7%0.96×12.8%7.1%
Upbound UPBDUnited States$1.41B+29%+3%16%1.88×23.5%15.5%
PROG PRGUnited States$1.47B+4%+10%17%1.82×23.0%17.3%
Hotai Finance 6592.TWTaiwan$1.08B-6%-9%10%0.92×3.4%9.7%
SBFC Finance SBFC.NSIndia$1.08B-5%+28%14%2.52×31.2%13.6%
Can Fin Homes CANFINHOME.NSIndia$1.05B-16%+8%19%1.55×29.3%19.4%
LOTTE rental 089860.KSSouth Korea$1.56B+74%+4%8%1.34×6.3%7.7%
Sammaan Capital SAMMAANCAP.NSIndia$1.61B-13%-60%-35%0.80×14.2%n/a
Willis Lease Finance WLFCUnited States$992M-37%+22%10%1.47×11.2%10.2%

Questions

Who are Altus's main competitors?
Named competitors: CoStar Group (CSGP), JLL (valuation advisory) (JLL). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Kanamoto (9678.T), Taiwan Acceptance (9941.TW), Genertec Universal Medical (2666.HK), Home First Finance Company India (HOMEFIRST.NS), Five-Star Business Finance (FIVESTAR.NS), Ricoh Leasing Company,Ltd (8566.T).
Is Altus expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 5.50× against a peer median of 1.31×, most expensive of 21 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 28.5%; Altus delivers -2.2%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.
How has Altus stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +15.5% against -5.6% for the median peer; over one year -7.7%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.