Stocks · Technology · Software - Application
Autodesk, Inc. ADSK
$212.00 +0.33% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $44.76B
High qualityWeak trendLow risk
Next earnings report: Nov 24, 2026
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Three things to know
- At 27.5× trailing earnings, the shares trade at the lowest P/E of the company's past five years.
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 13 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +6.3%).
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $7.72, up 59.8% year over year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 37%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 28%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 29%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 34%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 39%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 9%
- Gross marginTop 1%
- Operating marginTop 9%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 48%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 38%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 41%
- Interest coverTop 1%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 25%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 26%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 35%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 38%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 5%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 26%
- 6-month returnBottom 18%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 23%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 41%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 10%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 43%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 18%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 33%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 37%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 27%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 14%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 14%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 41%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 18.3% | 17.9% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 46.9% | 59.8% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 90.6% | 91.2% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 22.9% | 27.5% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 28.5% | 36.4% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 17.9% | 18.3% | ↓ | Top 37% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 59.8% | 46.9% | ↑ | Top 28% |
| Gross margin | 91.2% | 90.6% | ↑ | Top 1% |
| Operating margin | 27.5% | 22.9% | ↑ | Top 9% |
| Net margin | 21.1% | 15.8% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 36.4% | 28.5% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 21.2% | — | Top 9% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 12.9% | — | Top 34% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.76×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -9.7%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 9.1%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +10.6 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -0.17×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 1073.0×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 4.83%
- Shareholder yield
- 4.83%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -1.4%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -0.5%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jul 31, 2026 (filed Aug 28, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 13
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +6.3%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.6%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $301.06
- Target vs current price
- +42.0%
- Analysts with a rating
- 52
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 75%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 2026 | +5.8% | +6.2% | -5.1% | -17.0% | — |
| May 28, 2026 | +5.3% | +1.7% | -3.1% | -19.9% | +7.1% |
| Feb 26, 2026 | +7.5% | +3.8% | +14.7% | +4.7% | +6.8% |
| Nov 25, 2025 | +6.8% | +1.6% | +7.0% | +2.7% | -24.6% |
| Aug 28, 2025 | +6.9% | +0.9% | +11.9% | +12.0% | +0.3% |
| May 22, 2025 | +6.5% | +0.7% | +1.4% | +1.5% | -1.1% |
| Feb 27, 2025 | +7.0% | -1.2% | -6.5% | -5.1% | +3.3% |
| Nov 27, 2024 | +2.4% | -8.6% | -4.3% | -5.6% | -10.2% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 2026 | $3.30 | $3.12 | +5.8% | $2.05B |
| May 28, 2026 | $2.99 | $2.84 | +5.3% | $1.93B |
| Feb 26, 2026 | $2.85 | $2.65 | +7.5% | $1.96B |
| Nov 25, 2025 | $2.67 | $2.50 | +6.8% | $1.85B |
| Aug 28, 2025 | $2.62 | $2.45 | +6.9% | $1.76B |
| May 22, 2025 | $2.29 | $2.15 | +6.5% | $1.63B |
| Feb 27, 2025 | $2.29 | $2.14 | +7.0% | $1.64B |
| Nov 27, 2024 | $2.17 | $2.12 | +2.4% | $1.57B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 27.5× | 52.7× | 0th | Top 25% |
| P/E (forward) | 16.8× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 19.2× | — | — | Top 35% |
| EV / Sales | 5.70× | — | — | Bottom 38% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 6.33% | — | — | Top 26% |
| Earnings yield | 3.64% | — | — | Top 25% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 33.7× – 96.9× since Jul 31, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -32.9%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +59.8%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -48.9%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.4%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -3.4%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -9.2%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -11.3%
- RSI (14)
- 42.2
- Relative volume
- 0.71×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 46.1%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 84th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.86
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.38
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -34.5%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -42.6%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 2021 | Jun 16, 2022 | -52.0% | 204 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jan 12, 2021 | Mar 8, 2021 | -20.9% | 37 days | 100 days (Jul 29, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $44.76B
- P/E (TTM)
- 27.5
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $7.72
- Revenue (TTM)
- $7.79B
- 52-week range
- $185.50 – $326.20
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $4.39B | $5.00B | $5.50B | $6.13B | $7.21B |
| Gross profit | $3.97B | $4.53B | $4.99B | $5.55B | $6.56B |
| Operating income | $618.0M | $989.0M | $1.13B | $1.37B | $1.79B |
| Net income | $497.0M | $823.0M | $906.0M | $1.11B | $1.12B |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.24 | $3.78 | $4.19 | $5.12 | $5.23 |
| Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | Q1 2027 | Q2 2027 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.57B | $1.64B | $1.63B | $1.76B | $1.85B | $1.96B | $1.93B | $2.05B |
| Net income | $275.0M | $303.0M | $152.0M | $313.0M | $343.0M | $316.0M | $491.0M | $492.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.27 | $1.40 | $0.70 | $1.46 | $1.60 | $1.48 | $2.32 | $2.32 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $1.53B | $2.07B | $1.31B | $1.61B | $2.45B |
| Capital expenditure | -$66.5M | -$46.0M | -$31.0M | -$102.0M | -$43.0M |
| Free cash flow | $1.46B | $2.02B | $1.28B | $1.50B | $2.41B |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$964.8M | -$977.0M | -$665.0M | -$731.0M | -$1.26B |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $4.16B
- Total assets
- $12.98B
- Total liabilities
- $9.60B
- Total debt
- $3.71B
- Net debt
- -$393.0M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $3.38B
As of Jul 31, 2026 (filed Aug 28, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 2005 | $0.02 | Apr 8, 2005 |
| Dec 22, 2004 | $0.02 | Jan 7, 2005 |
| Sep 22, 2004 | $0.03 | Oct 8, 2004 |
| Jun 30, 2004 | $0.03 | Jul 16, 2004 |
| Mar 31, 2004 | $0.03 | Apr 16, 2004 |
| Dec 30, 2003 | $0.03 | Jan 16, 2004 |
| Oct 1, 2003 | $0.03 | Oct 17, 2003 |
| Jul 9, 2003 | $0.03 | Jul 25, 2003 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 8,341,914
- Days to cover
- 3.38
- Change vs previous report
- -0.8%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Dec 21, 2004
- 2-for-1
- Apr 19, 2002
- 2-for-1
- Oct 31, 1994
- 2-for-1
- Mar 30, 1987
- 3-for-1