ADSK Autodesk, Inc.

Overview and Growth

Autodesk, Inc. generated $7.21B of revenue in fiscal 2026, with net income of $1.12B and an operating cash inflow of $2.45B. The $7.21B revenue base provides substantial context for the company’s earnings, cash generation, and capital requirements. Compared with $6.13B in fiscal 2025, revenue recorded a 17.5% year-over-year increase. On a per-share basis, diluted EPS was $5.23, which connects the reported earnings outcome with the company’s diluted share count. The per-share result recorded a 2.1% increase from fiscal 2025 diluted EPS of $5.12. Revenue equaled 0.58x of total assets, indicating how much reported top-line activity the company produced relative to its period-end asset base.

Profitability

The first profit layer was $6.56B of gross profit, the amount available after reported direct revenue costs to absorb operating expenses. Gross profit represented 91.0% of revenue, showing how much of the top line remained after direct costs. Operations produced $1.58B of income after the reported operating expense base, before the remaining non-operating and tax effects. Relative to revenue, operating income represented 21.9%, showing how efficiently sales converted into operating profit. Net income came to $1.12B, completing the progression from revenue through gross and operating profitability to the final reported result. Measured against reported revenue, net income produced a 15.6% margin after operating costs and the remaining recognized items. Before income taxes, the company reported $1.60B of earnings, providing a bridge between the operating result and final net income. Measured against revenue, pretax income equaled 22.2%, adding a pre-tax profitability layer between revenue and net income. The reported income-tax provision was $479.00M, the amount recognized between pretax income and the final net-income result. The income-tax provision equaled 29.9% of pretax income, showing the tax burden absorbed by the year’s earnings.

Liquidity and Capital Structure

Total assets were $12.47B, supported by $9.42B of liabilities and $3.04B of shareholder equity. The near-term balance sheet paired $4.94B of current assets with $5.81B of current liabilities at the reporting date. At 0.85x, current liabilities exceeded current assets and placed pressure on the company’s near-term liquidity position. The company held $2.25B in cash and equivalents, a narrower liquidity measure than total current assets. The cash balance equaled 38.7% of current liabilities, showing how much near-term coverage came from cash alone. The company carried $2.50B of total debt at period end, which frames its leverage and debt-service burden. The debt-to-equity relationship was 0.82x, showing how much debt the company carried for each unit of book equity. Debt represented 20.1% of total assets, placing borrowing in the context of the company’s full resource base. The liabilities-to-assets relationship was 75.6%, placing reported obligations against the full positive asset balance. Cash and equivalents equaled 18.0% of total assets, showing the liquid cash component within the company’s broader resource base.

Cash Flow and Earnings Quality

Operating activities produced a cash inflow of $2.45B, giving the cash-flow counterpart to the accrual-based profit measures reported for the year. Operating cash flow equaled 2.18x of net income, showing how strongly accounting earnings converted into cash from operations. Capital expenditures used $43.00M, identifying the reported investment outflow deducted from operating cash flow in the free-cash-flow calculation. Capital spending absorbed 1.8% of operating cash flow, quantifying the share of cash from operations directed to investment. After capital spending, free cash flow was $2.41B, leaving cash available for debt reduction, shareholder returns, or further investment. Relative to revenue, free cash flow equaled 33.4%, showing how much sales converted into cash after investment. Measured against total assets, free cash flow represented 19.3%, showing the cash productivity of the company’s assets.

Based on the annual report for the fiscal year ending Jan 31, 2026. Analysis generated Oct 21, 2026.