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How good a business is ADSK?
Autodesk earns 72% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so the business is worth more the bigger it gets.
72%
Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 63 points above what the capital costs: growth creates value
- Operating margin
- 26%
Operating margin · Software - Application median 8.3% · 12 months to Q2 2027
- Cash conversion
- 1.73×
Cash conversion · 1.81× a year ago · every dollar of reported profit arrived as cash, and more
- Share count, year on year
- −1.9%
Share count, year on year · bought back, each share owns more of the company
| Year | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| FY2021 | 17% |
| FY2022 | 14% |
| FY2023 | 20% |
| FY2024 | 21% |
| FY2025 | 22% |
| FY2026 | 22% |
Details›
- Gross margin12 months to Q2 2027
- 91%
- Operating margin12 months to Q2 2027
- 26%
- Net margin12 months to Q2 2027
- 21%
- Free cash flow margin
- 36%
- R&D as % of revenue
- 22%
- Revenue, trailing twelve months
- $7.79B
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- $2.84B
- Net income, trailing twelve months
- $1.64B
- Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
- 72%
Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion from the cash flow statement.
Software - Application
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