Altera closed the 2009 business year with a turnover of 1.195 billion US$. The profit was 12.6% below that of 2008 and the net profit was 251.1 million US$. This is 30% less than in the previous year.

In the 4th quarter 2009 the company achieved a turnover of 365.0 million US$ with a net plus of 100.3 million US$. In comparison with Q4/2008 the turnover increased by 27.4% and the profit climbed by 81.7%.