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Autodesk, Inc. (ADSK)

NASDAQ / Technology / Software - Application

Share price

231.14 USD Market dataClose of Oct 14, 2026

Market capitalisation

48.80B USD Market dataClose of Oct 14, 2026
Market data
Oct 14, 2026
Filed accounts
FY2026, filed Mar 3, 2026
Ratios computed
Oct 14, 2026
Filed years
17, FY2009 to FY2026
Four kinds of sourceSEC filingCompany statementMarket dataComputedWhat each means
SEC filingFiled with the SEC
Read from a statement the company filed with the SEC, with the form, fiscal year, filing date and accession beside it.
Company statementCompany statement
What the company says about itself in a filing: an 8-K item, the auditor, its own segment names.
Market dataMarket data
Prices, market value and what analysts publish, with the date they are as of.
ComputedComputed by ValueScreener
Worked out by us from the other three, with the inputs and the formula one press away. A score is a research output, not a rating or a recommendation.
Reading

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Overview

What the business is, what it costs, and how it reads on four questions.

Market dataSEC filingComputed

Four questions, at a glance

Quality

Return on invested capital, after tax

31.2% Computed

From the FY2026 filing

Read quality

Valuation

Price to earnings

43.78x Computed

FY2026 accounts, priced at the latest close

Read valuation

Cash generation

Free cash flow yield

4.8% Computed

FY2026 accounts, priced at the latest close

Read cash generation

Revenue and net income, as filed

FY2017 Revenue: 2.03B USDFY2017 Net income: -582.1M USDFY2018 Revenue: 2.06B USDFY2018 Net income: -566.9M USDFY2019 Revenue: 2.57B USDFY2019 Net income: -80.8M USDFY2020 Revenue: 3.27B USDFY2020 Net income: 214.5M USDFY2021 Revenue: 3.79B USDFY2021 Net income: 1.21B USDFY2022 Revenue: 4.39B USDFY2022 Net income: 497.0M USDFY2023 Revenue: 5.00B USDFY2023 Net income: 823.0M USDFY2024 Revenue: 5.50B USDFY2024 Net income: 906.0M USDFY2025 Revenue: 6.13B USDFY2025 Net income: 1.11B USDFY2026 Revenue: 7.21B USDFY2026 Net income: 1.12B USD
Revenue Net income10 filed fiscal years, from the annual reports; the table in Filings names each document.
Named tests met
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The business, and the score behind its five axes

The reading, in brief

Is it cheap

Price to earnings is 43.78x at the close of 2026-10-14 on FY2026 figures; the lines are 15.00x (Graham's defensive ceiling) and, by market convention, 10.00x, 25.00x and 40.00x, and this sits above the highest.

Today, against the Software - Application industry (100 companies), 43.78x sits at the 70th percentile; the middle half of that group runs from 14.89x to 49.54x.

Is it good

Return on invested capital was 31.2% in FY2026, in the band labelled "Exceptional" (20.0% and above), on lines anchored on Damodaran's cost-of-capital data, suggesting returns on the capital in the business well above the usual cost of that capital.

Today, against the Software - Application industry (39 companies), 31.2% sits at the 87th percentile; the middle half of that group runs from 1.5% to 17.0%.

Is it safe

Interest coverage was 19.73x in FY2026, in the band labelled "Comfortable" (6.00x and above), on lines anchored on Damodaran's interest-coverage table, suggesting an interest bill operating profit covers many times over.

Year by year against peers
Whether Autodesk, Inc.'s return on equity stayed above the median of the Software - Application industry, year by year. (FY2021 to FY2026, 6 fiscal years of Autodesk, Inc. with a comparable figure)
The direction
Which way Autodesk, Inc.'s gross margin has moved, and how steadily. (FY2017 to FY2026, 10 filed years of Autodesk, Inc.)
What could explain it
What in Autodesk, Inc.'s filed statements could explain the movements. (12 readings drawn from the statement lines Autodesk, Inc. filed)
What to check next
What to check next on Autodesk, Inc., and where in its filings. (7 questions for Autodesk, Inc.)
In one paragraph
One paragraph on Autodesk, Inc.'s returns, cash, balance sheet and price. (15 of sixteen figures read for Autodesk, Inc.)

These are ADSK’s filed figures. The research desk says what they mean, against peers and its own years, with what to check next.

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What changed

The newest filing, what it moved, and when the next one is due.

SEC filingCompany statement

The newest accounts on file are the FY2026 annual report: 10-K, filed Mar 3, 2026, accession 0000769397-26-000015.

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Quality

The returns the business earns on its capital, and the margins behind them.

SEC filingComputed

Autodesk, Inc: returns on capital and margins, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Return on invested capital, after tax31.2% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Mar 3, 2026, 0000769397-26-000015
Return on equity36.9% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Mar 3, 2026, 0000769397-26-000015
Return on capital employed, pre-tax23.7% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Mar 3, 2026, 0000769397-26-000015
Return on assets9.0% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Mar 3, 2026, 0000769397-26-000015
Gross margin91.0% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Mar 3, 2026, 0000769397-26-000015
Operating margin21.9% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Mar 3, 2026, 0000769397-26-000015
Net margin15.6% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Mar 3, 2026, 0000769397-26-000015
ADSK 15.6%
SSNC 12.7%NOW 13.2%TYL 13.5%DOCU 9.6%PTC 26.8%
9.6%26.8%
Net margin: ADSK against the 5 companies named under Valuation context, each as filed for its own latest year. Placement only: no average is drawn.

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Financial strength

What it owes against what it owns, and whether it can meet what falls due.

SEC filingComputedCompany statement

Autodesk, Inc: leverage, liquidity and distress, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Debt to equity0.90 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Mar 3, 2026, 0000769397-26-000015
Current ratio0.85 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Mar 3, 2026, 0000769397-26-000015
Quick ratio0.85 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Mar 3, 2026, 0000769397-26-000015
Interest coverage19.73x ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Mar 3, 2026, 0000769397-26-000015
Altman Z-score3.92 ComputedClose of Oct 14, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Mar 3, 2026, 0000769397-26-000015
Net debt154.0M ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Mar 3, 2026, 0000769397-26-000015
Total assets 12.47BTotal liabilities 9.42BShareholders' equity 3.04BOwnsOwes, and equity
Total assets Total liabilities Shareholders’ equity
The balance sheet, line by line

Financial health

What Autodesk, Inc owned and owed at the end of fiscal 2026, from the balance sheet it filed (10-K, filed Mar 3, 2026, 0000769397-26-000015).

Autodesk, Inc: balance sheet position
Total assets12.47B FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Mar 3, 2026
Total liabilities9.42B FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Mar 3, 2026
Shareholders' equity3.04B FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Mar 3, 2026
Cash2.60B FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Mar 3, 2026
Total debt2.75B FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Mar 3, 2026
Net debt154.0M
Current ratio0.85
Debt to equity0.90

Read from the filed balance sheet for each year, with the income statement of the same year supplying operating profit where a ratio needs it. Nothing here is a view on whether this company is sound.

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Valuation context

What the market charges for it, against its own record and companies like it.

Market dataSEC filingComputed

Autodesk, Inc: what the market charges, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Price to earnings43.78x ComputedClose of Oct 14, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Mar 3, 2026, 0000769397-26-000015
P/E on trailing twelve months29.85x ComputedClose of Oct 14, 2026 · Trailing four quarters, each as known on the day; the quarterly filings are listed under Filings
Price to book16.32x ComputedClose of Oct 14, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Mar 3, 2026, 0000769397-26-000015
Price to sales6.90x ComputedClose of Oct 14, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Mar 3, 2026, 0000769397-26-000015
Enterprise value to EBIT31.81x ComputedClose of Oct 14, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Mar 3, 2026, 0000769397-26-000015
Enterprise value to EBITDA28.31x ComputedClose of Oct 14, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Mar 3, 2026, 0000769397-26-000015
Price to earnings over growth
Why n/a

We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

n/a ComputedClose of Oct 14, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Mar 3, 2026, 0000769397-26-000015
Diluted earnings per share5.23 USD FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Mar 3, 2026, 0000769397-26-000015
Graham number41.02 USD ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Mar 3, 2026, 0000769397-26-000015

We publish no fair value or price target of our own. Value ADSK on your own assumptions in the DCF workbench, starting from the filed figures.

Its own record, and companies like it

Valuation

What the market charges for Autodesk, Inc today, and the multiples it has carried. No value of ours: the figures are the filings’ and the market’s.

Autodesk, Inc: valuation
Share price231.14 USD
Market capitalisation48.80B USD
Enterprise value to EBITDA28.31x
Graham number41.02 USD
Diluted earnings per share, FY20265.23 USD

Price to earnings on trailing twelve months, a different basis from the fiscal-year P/E above, since Oct 3, 2016: low 26.32x, median 57.88x, high 319.33x, latest 29.85x. 1,722 trading days with a meaningful ratio, 799 more on a loss and left out. Each close over the trailing twelve months of earnings as known that day: a quarter counts from the day it was filed.

Companies like Autodesk, Inc

  1. SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. (SSNC)Market cap 19.25B USD
  2. ServiceNow, Inc. (NOW)Market cap 144.70B USD
  3. Tyler Technologies, Inc. (TYL)Market cap 14.34B USD
  4. DocuSign, Inc. (DOCU)Market cap 14.36B USD
  5. PTC Inc. (PTC)Market cap 22.37B USD

Same industry (Software - Application) and size band (Large, 10B to 200B), nearest in market value, net margin and current ratio. Each of those counts equally, by how many of the companies considered sit between the two on it. Closest first: the order is likeness and nothing else.

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Cash generation

Whether profit arrives as cash, and what is paid back to shareholders.

SEC filingComputed

Autodesk, Inc: cash generation and what is paid out, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Free cash flow yield4.8% ComputedClose of Oct 14, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Mar 3, 2026, 0000769397-26-000015
Free cash flow2.41B USD ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Mar 3, 2026, 0000769397-26-000015
Free cash flow margin33.4% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Mar 3, 2026, 0000769397-26-000015
Dividend yield
Why n/a

We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

n/a ComputedClose of Oct 14, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Mar 3, 2026, 0000769397-26-000015
Payout ratio
Why n/a

We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

n/a ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Mar 3, 2026, 0000769397-26-000015
FY2017 Free cash flow: 93.7M USDFY2017 Net income: -582.1M USDFY2018 Free cash flow: -49.8M USDFY2018 Net income: -566.9M USDFY2019 Free cash flow: 310.1M USDFY2019 Net income: -80.8M USDFY2020 Free cash flow: 1.36B USDFY2020 Net income: 214.5M USDFY2021 Free cash flow: 1.35B USDFY2021 Net income: 1.21B USDFY2022 Free cash flow: 1.48B USDFY2022 Net income: 497.0M USDFY2023 Free cash flow: 2.03B USDFY2023 Net income: 823.0M USDFY2024 Free cash flow: 1.28B USDFY2024 Net income: 906.0M USDFY2025 Free cash flow: 1.57B USDFY2025 Net income: 1.11B USDFY2026 Free cash flow: 2.41B USDFY2026 Net income: 1.12B USD
Free cash flow Net incomeProfit that arrives as cash stands level with net income; a gap year after year is worth reading about.

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Filings

Every figure, the year it is for and the document it was read from.

SEC filingMarket data

The filed figures

Computed from the accounts this company filed with the SEC and, in a ratio with a price in it, the last close, dated on this page. Every filed figure below carries the fiscal year and the filing date its accounts were read from, and every blank carries the reason it is blank. Nothing here is a view on this company.

Autodesk, Inc.: the eight ratios, with the fiscal year and filing date behind each.
FigureValueYearAs of
43.78xFY2026Oct 14, 2026
16.32xFY2026Oct 14, 2026
31.81xFY2026Oct 14, 2026
4.8%FY2026Oct 14, 2026
31.2%FY2026Mar 3, 2026
n/aFY2026Oct 14, 2026
n/a The only dividend lines on the filed cash flow statement are zeros the filer did not tag as the common dividend paid, so they say nothing about what reached the common holders.
0.90FY2026Mar 3, 2026
0.85FY2026Mar 3, 2026
6.90xFY2026Oct 14, 2026
n/aFY2026Oct 14, 2026
n/a This figure compares a year against the one before it, and we hold one filed year for this company.
3.92FY2026Oct 14, 2026
-2.16FY2026Mar 3, 2026
8/9FY2026Mar 3, 2026

The figures are computed from the accounts for fiscal 2026, the newest full year on file. 17 filed fiscal years on record, FY2009 to FY2026, from SEC EDGAR. Prices as of Oct 14, 2026. Ratios recomputed Oct 14, 2026. Two facts, because a recompute is not a fresh quote.

The year and the filing date name the statement each figure’s accounts are read from, and they stand even where the figure itself could not be computed: the line beneath a blank says what that statement did not carry. A figure’s name opens its formula and the filings behind it; a statement that names no SEC filing has no filing date, and reads n/a.

Ten years of filed figures, year by year

Ten years of filed figures

10 filed fiscal years, FY2017 to FY2026, read from the annual reports Autodesk, Inc filed with the SEC. Each year names its filing. Amounts in USD, as filed.

Autodesk, Inc: revenue, earnings, free cash flow and returns, by fiscal year, with the filing each year was read from
YearRevenueOperating incomeNet incomeEPS, dilutedFree cash flowOperating marginReturn on equityFiling
FY20267.21B1.58B1.12B5.232.41B21.9%36.9%10-K, Mar 3, 20260000769397-26-000015
FY20256.13B1.35B1.11B5.121.57B22.1%42.4%10-K, Mar 6, 20250000769397-25-000019
FY20245.50B1.13B906.0M4.191.28B20.5%48.8%10-K, Jun 10, 20240000769397-24-000090
FY20235.00B989.0M823.0M3.782.03B19.8%71.9%10-K, Mar 14, 20230000769397-23-000036
FY20224.39B618.0M497.0M2.241.48B14.1%58.5%10-K, Mar 14, 20220000769397-22-000019
FY20213.79B629.0M1.21B5.441.35B16.6%125.2%10-K, Mar 19, 20210000769397-21-000014
FY20203.27B343.0M214.5M0.961.36B10.5%n/m10-K, Mar 19, 20200000769397-20-000013
FY20192.57B-25.0M-80.8M-0.37310.1M-1.0%n/m10-K, Mar 25, 20190000769397-19-000016
FY20182.06B-509.1M-566.9M-2.58-49.8M-24.8%n/m10-K, Mar 22, 20180000769397-18-000011
FY20172.03B-499.6M-582.1M-2.6193.7M-24.6%-79.3%10-K, Mar 21, 20170000769397-17-000014
  • Revenue, compound annual growth FY2017 to FY2026: 15.1%
  • Earnings: Earnings was not positive in both 2017 and 2026, so a compound rate across the window is not defined. Both figures are in the table.
  • Earnings per share: Earnings per share was not positive in both 2017 and 2026, so a compound rate across the window is not defined. Both figures are in the table.
  • Free cash flow, compound annual growth FY2017 to FY2026: 43.4%

Every figure in this section is a line of a filed annual statement or a ratio of two of them. Nothing here is estimated or smoothed. Earnings per share filed before a share split are put on today's share count, and say so. Nothing here is a verdict on the company.

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Risks and guardrails

The accounting screens, the published tests, and the lines you can set to be told.

ComputedCompany statement

Autodesk, Inc: accounting screens and published tests, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Beneish M-score-2.16 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Mar 3, 2026, 0000769397-26-000015
Piotroski F-score8/9 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Mar 3, 2026, 0000769397-26-000015
Named tests met2 of 30 Computed
Beta0.86 ComputedClose of Oct 14, 2026

The named tests

Of 30 tests value investors published: 2 met, 26 not met, 2 we could not complete. Counts, never a score: a single figure would have to decide that meeting one investor’s criteria and meeting another’s are worth the same.

Which tests, by name(all 30)
Meets
Three forensic scores; ROIC at or above WACC
Does not
Defensive investor (Benjamin Graham); Deep value; Large cap, low P/E; Earnings yield and ROIC (Joel Greenblatt); High F-score, low P/B (Joseph Piotroski); Low PEG, low debt (Peter Lynch); High returns and growth; Gross margin, turnover (Robert Novy-Marx); EV/EBITDA and coverage; Dividends and buybacks; Low beta, profitable; Near the 52-week low; Z-score and coverage (Edward Altman); Two thirds of NCAV (Benjamin Graham); P/E times P/B (Benjamin Graham); High returns, low debt; Owner earnings yield; High return on tangibles; Low P/S, rising earnings (James O'Shaughnessy); Book or below, low debt (Walter Schloss); Tangible book or below; Cash-flow yield and ROIC; Clean books, high ROIC; Cheapest quarter on P/E (David Dreman); Cheapest quarter on P/B (David Dreman); Low P/E, growth, yield (John Neff)
Not measured
High yield, low payout; Cash-covered dividend. A test with a figure we could not read is incomplete, never met and never failed.
Figures we could not read(6)
  • PEG Ratio: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Dividend Yield: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Payout Ratio: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Dividend Coverage Ratio: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Dividend Streak: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Price Tangible Book: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

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Declared positions

Whether anybody here owns this company.

Positions declared by Javier Sanz Alvarez: no holding in any company shown here, as of October 3, 2026.

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What this cannot tell you

  • 6 figures could not be read on this company, among them PEG Ratio, Dividend Yield, Payout Ratio. Each blank in the table above names the rest, with its reason. 2 named tests come back incomplete because of them, which is neither met nor missed.

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