Altus Group reports Q4 and fiscal 2024 financial results; announces quarterly dividend and renewal of normal course issuer bid

February 20, 2025

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Altus Group Limited (ʺAltus” or “the Company”) (TSX: AIF), a leading provider of asset and fund intelligence for commercial real estate (“CRE”), announced today its financial and operating results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2024. The Company also announced the approval by its Board of Directors (“Board”) of the payment of a cash dividend of $0.15 per common share for the first quarter ending March 31, 2025, and that the Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”) has approved its notice of intention to renew its normal course issuer bid (“NCIB”).

The 2024 results from the Property Tax segment have been classified as Discontinued Operations. Accordingly, all amounts except for Free Cash Flow and net cash provided by operating activities represent results from Continuing Operations. Unless otherwise indicated, all amounts are in Canadian dollars and percentages are on an as reported basis in comparison to Q4 2023 and FY 2023 (which have been restated to exclude results from Property Tax).

Q4 2024 Summary


  • Consolidated revenues were $135.5 million, up 3.4% (1.0% on a Constant Currency* basis).

  • Profit (loss) from continuing operations was $22.9 million, compared to $(8.3) million.

  • Earnings per share (“EPS”) from continuing operations were $0.50 basic and $0.48 diluted, compared to $(0.18) basic diluted.

  • Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA* was $32.4 million, up 55.4% (51.8% on a Constant Currency basis).

  • Adjusted EPS* was $0.85, compared to $0.26.

  • Analytics Recurring Revenue* was $101.1 million, up 8.7% (5.8% on a Constant Currency basis).

  • Analytics Adjusted EBITDA was $36.4 million, up 29.4% (25.2% on a Constant Currency basis).

  • Analytics Adjusted EBITDA margin* improved to 33.8%, up 650 bps (630 bps on a Constant Currency basis).

  • Analytics Recurring New Bookings* were $21.1 million, up 15.6% (10.9% on a Constant Currency basis).



2024 Summary


  • Consolidated revenues were $519.7 million, up 2.0% (0.6% on a Constant Currency* basis).

  • Profit (loss) from continuing operations was $(0.8) million, compared to $(33.5) million.

  • Earnings per share (“EPS”) from continuing operations were $(0.02) basic and diluted, compared to $(0.74) basic and diluted.

  • Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA* was $82.9 million, up 26.0% (23.7% on a Constant Currency basis).

  • Adjusted EPS* was $1.17, compared to $0.48.

  • Analytics Recurring Revenue* was $383.4 million, up 8.1% (6.4% on a Constant Currency basis).

  • Analytics Adjusted EBITDA was $117.2 million, up 22.7% (20.0% on a Constant Currency basis).

  • Analytics Adjusted EBITDA margin* improved to 28.5%, up 420 bps (400 bps on a Constant Currency basis).

  • Net cash provided by operating activities was $79.9 million, up 11.9% and Free Cash Flow* was $72.5 million, up 23.0%.

  • In 2024, the Company repurchased 203,400 common shares under the NCIB for total cash consideration of approximately $11.0 million, at a weighted average price per share of $54.29. (An additional 115,300 common shares were purchased in January 2025 for total cash consideration of $6.3 million at a weighted average price per share of $54.49.)


*Altus Group uses certain non-GAAP financial measures such as Adjusted Earnings (Loss), and Constant Currency; non-GAAP ratios such as Adjusted EPS; total of segments measures such as Adjusted EBITDA; capital management measures such as Free Cash Flow; and supplementary financial and other measures such as Adjusted EBITDA margin, New Bookings, Recurring New Bookings, Non-Recurring New Bookings, Organic Revenue, Recurring Revenue, Non-Recurring Revenue, Organic Recurring Revenue, and Cloud Adoption Rate. Refer to the “Non-GAAP and Other Measures” section for more information on each measure and a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted Earnings (Loss) to Profit (Loss) and Free Cash Flow to Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities.

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About Altus Group


Altus Group is a leading provider of asset and fund intelligence for commercial real estate. We deliver intelligence as a service to our global client base through a connected platform of industry-leading technology, advanced analytics, and advisory services. Trusted by the largest CRE leaders, our capabilities help commercial real estate investors, developers, lenders, and advisors manage risks and improve performance returns throughout the asset and fund lifecycle. Altus Group is a global company headquartered in Toronto with approximately 1,900 employees across North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific. For more information about Altus (TSX: AIF) please visit www.altusgroup.com.


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Certain information in this press release may constitute “forward-looking information” within the meaning of applicable securities legislation. All information contained in this press release, other than statements of current and historical fact, is forward-looking information. Forward-looking information includes, but is not limited to, statements relating to expected financial and other benefits of acquisitions and the closing of acquisitions (including the expected timing of closing), as well as the discussion of our business, strategies and leverage (including the commitment to increase borrowing capacity), expectations of future performance, including any guidance on financial expectations, and our expectations with respect to cash flows and liquidity. Generally, forward-looking information can be identified by use of words such as “may”, “will”, “expect”, “believe”, “anticipate”, “estimate”, “intend”, “plan”, “would”, “could”, “should”, “continue”, “goal”, “objective”, “remain” and other similar terminology.

Forward-looking information is not, and cannot be, a guarantee of future results or events. Forward-looking information is based on, among other things, opinions, assumptions, estimates and analyses that, while considered reasonable by us at the date the forward-looking information is provided, inherently are subject to significant risks, uncertainties, contingencies and other factors that may not be known and may cause actual results, performance or achievements, industry results or events to be materially different from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking information. The material factors or assumptions that we identified and applied in drawing conclusions or making forecasts or projections set out in the forward-looking information (including sections entitled “Business Outlook”) include, but are not limited to: engagement and product pipeline opportunities in Analytics will result in associated definitive agreements; continued adoption of cloud subscriptions by our customers; retention of material clients and bookings; sustaining our software and subscription renewals; successful execution of our business strategies; consistent and stable economic conditions or conditions in the financial markets including stable interest rates and credit availability for CRE; consistent and stable legislation in the various countries in which we operate; consistent and stable foreign exchange conditions; no disruptive changes in the technology environment; opportunity to acquire accretive businesses and the absence of negative financial and other impacts resulting from strategic investments or acquisitions on short term results; successful integration of acquired businesses; and continued availability of qualified professionals.

Inherent in the forward-looking information are known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause our actual results, performance or achievements, or industry results, to differ materially from any results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Those risks include, but are not limited to: the CRE market conditions; the general state of the economy; our financial performance; our financial targets; our international operations; acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic investments; business interruption events; third party information and data; cybersecurity; industry competition; professional talent; our subscription renewals; our sales pipeline; client concentration and loss of material clients; product enhancements and new product introductions; technology strategy; our use of technology; intellectual property; compliance with laws and regulations; privacy and data protection; artificial intelligence; our leverage and financial covenants; interest rates; inflation; our brand and reputation; our cloud transition; fixed price engagements; currency fluctuations; credit; tax matters; our contractual obligations; legal proceedings; regulatory review; health and safety hazards; our insurance limits; dividend payments; our share price; share repurchase programs; our capital investments; equity and debt financings; our internal and disclosure controls; and environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) matters and climate change, as well as those described in our annual publicly filed documents, including the Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2024 (which are available on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca).

Investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information as a prediction of actual results. The forward-looking information reflects management’s current expectations and beliefs regarding future events and operating performance and is based on information currently available to management. Although we have attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking information contained herein, there are other factors that could cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. The forward-looking information contained herein is current as of the date of this press release and, except as required under applicable law, we do not undertake to update or revise it to reflect new events or circumstances. Additionally, we undertake no obligation to comment on analyses, expectations or statements made by third parties in respect of Altus Group, our financial or operating results, or our securities.

Certain information in this press release, including sections entitled “2025 Business Outlook”, may be considered as “financial outlook” within the meaning of applicable securities legislation. The purpose of this financial outlook is to provide readers with disclosure regarding Altus Group’s reasonable expectations as to the anticipated results of its proposed business activities for the periods indicated. Readers are cautioned that the financial outlook may not be appropriate for other purposes.

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