What Are the Fundamentals of Autodesk (ADSK)?

By Tamara Parker • Sunday, December 03 16:55 • Permanent Link

With gains of 3.0%, Autodesk was one of the winners on Wall Street today. Its shares are now trading at $224.93 and have logged a 1.0% daily outperformance of the S&P 500. Don't join the feeding frenzy before checking some basic facts about this stock:

Autodesk has moved 12.0% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 14.0%
ADSK has an average analyst rating of buy and is -4.07% away from its mean target price of $234.48 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $4.25
Autodesk has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 52.9 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $8.13 and its forward P/E ratio is 27.7
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 32.48 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 2.95
Autodesk is part of the Technology sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 35.0 and an average P/B of 7.92
ADSK has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of 23.1% and gross profit margins of 0.9%
The company has a free cash flow of $1.93 Billion, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
Autodesk, Inc. provides 3D design, engineering, and entertainment technology solutions worldwide. The company offers AutoCAD Civil 3D, a surveying, design, analysis, and documentation solution for civil engineering, including land development, transportation, and environmental projects; BuildingConnected, a SaaS preconstruction solution; AutoCAD, a software for professional design, drafting, detailing, and visualization; AutoCAD LT, a drafting and detailing software; computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) software for computer numeric control machining, inspection, and modelling for manufacturing; Fusion 360, a 3D CAD, CAM, and computer-aided engineering tool; and Industry Collections tools for professionals in architecture, engineering and construction, product design and manufacturing, and media and entertainment collection industries. It also provides Inventor tools for 3D mechanical design, simulation, analysis, tooling, visualization, and documentation; Vault, a data management software to manage data in one central location, accelerate design processes, and streamline internal/external collaboration; Maya and 3ds Max software products that offer 3D modeling, animation, effects, rendering, and compositing solutions; and ShotGrid, a cloud-based software for review and production tracking in the media and entertainment industry. It sells its products and services to customers directly, as well as through a network of resellers and distributors. Autodesk, Inc. was incorporated in 1982 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

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