Autodesk Inc

Autodesk Inc is an American multinational software corporation that manufactures software products and services for the architecture, engineering, construction, manufacturing, media, education, and entertainment industries. Autodesk, Inc has its headquarters in San Rafael, California, and features a gallery of its customers’ work in its San Francisco building.

Autodesk, Inc has offices worldwide, with its U.S. locations in the states/commonwealths of California, Oregon, Colorado, Texas, Michigan, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts. Its Canada offices are in the provinces of Ontario, Quebec, and Alberta. Autodesk Inc has a rich history that dates to 1982 when it was founded by John Walker, who was a co-author of the first versions of AutoCAD.

Autodesk, Inc software has been used in several fields and on projects from the One World Trade Center to Tesla electric cars. The company AutoCAD, which is the company’s flagship computer-aided design (CAD) software and Revit software are mainly used by architects, engineers, and structural designers to design, draft, and model buildings and other structures.

Although Autodesk, Inc became best known for AutoCAD, it now develops a broad range of software for design, engineering, and entertainment, as well as a line of software for consumers. The manufacturing industry uses Autodesk, Inc’s digital prototyping software – including Autodesk Inventor, Fusion 360, and the Autodesk Product Design Suite – to visualise, mimic, and analyse real-world performance using a digital model in the design process.

The company’s Revit line of software for building information modelling is designed to let users explore the planning, construction, and management of a building virtually before it is built. Autodesk, Inc ‘s Media and Entertainment division creates software for visual effects, colour grading and editing as well as animation, game development, and design visualization.

Autodesk, Inc sells its products and services to customers directly, as well as through a network of resellers and distributors. Autodesk Inc oversees a high-value product portfolio which include 3D design, engineering, and entertainment software and services worldwide and provides Inventor tools for 3D mechanical design, simulation, analysis, tooling, visualization, and documentation, data management software to manage data in one central location, accelerate design processes, and streamline internal/external collaboration and 3ds Max software products that offer 3D modelling, animation, effects, rendering, and compositing solutions.

Today, Autodesk Inc is truly one of the most valuable technology, and specific software companies in the world with a market capitalization of US$ 68.787 billion recorded in July 2025. In 2025 the total staff compliment for Autodesk Inc was more than 11,500.

3D design software developer Autodesk, Inc has reported annual revenue growth of 12% within its Q1 2025 financial results. The firm’s rapid growth can largely be credited to a jump in its Subscription Plan revenue, which rose 18% between Q1 2025 and Q1 2025 thanks to an increase in its renewal rates, and the more than 5 million subscribers that now depend on its products.

Autodesk, Inc has benefited from growing confidence in its end markets, an acceleration in new business, solid execution, and a resilient subscription business model that delivered a strong start to the new fiscal year. While the world rebuilds after the Covid pandemic, Autodesk’s purpose remains to design and make a better world for all. This aim is now perceived as more important than ever and underpins the company’s confidence this year and well into the future.

The digitization of AEC, convergence of design and make, and expansion into adjacent verticals through organic investment and acquisitions, are further growing Autodesk, Inc’s total addressable market. Autodesk, Inc management believes that their business model, the value generated by the growing connectivity of their platform for new and legacy customers, and the hardening of their systems to non-compliant users, enable the company to grow its ecosystem and the usage and value it can generate from it.

Another key driver behind Autodesk’s revenue increase lies in its billings, which jumped 10% between Q1 2025 and Q1 2025 to $974 million, reflecting its crackdown on unlicensed users. Autodesk, Inc’s EMEA-based business remained its highest-earning in Q1 2025, generating $383 million, but its APAC division became its fastest growing, rising 20% between Q1 2025 and Q1 2025 to $215 million.

In the US, the firm’s revenue grew, but at a comparatively slower pace. In April 2025, Autodesk, Inc also announced the acquisition of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software developer Upchain, with the aim of supplementing its organic growth prospects.

By integrating Upchain with existing offerings, Autodesk, Inc customers will be able to easily move data without barriers and will be empowered to unlock valuable insights that can lead to fresh ideas and more success. Autodesk, Inc expects to see its client retention rate remain at a satisfactory level for the remainder of the financial year in addition to an improvement in the wider economy.

Autodesk, Inc CEO believes that the company’s accelerating momentum in fiscal 2025 will propel it into fiscal 2025, creating confidence in its fiscal 2025 revenue growth potential. Autodesk, Inc introduced C-FACT, an open-source, science-driven approach to setting greenhouse gas reduction targets, which calls for greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions to be made in proportion to a company’s gross domestic product (GDP). Previously, Autodesk, Inc sponsored a PBS program named e² Design, which focused on green building design around the world.

Autodesk Inc trades its shares on the NASDAQ Stock Market (NASDAQ) under the stock symbol ADSK Autodesk Inc forms part of the NASDAQ-100. An analysis on the market performance for the first quarter of 2025 indicated a total revenue of US$ 3,894,000,000 along with a gross profit of $ 3,546,000,000 and EBITDA $ 753,800,000

Autodesk, Inc’s shares saw significant share price movement during recent months on the NASDAQ, rising to highs of US$300 and falling to a low of US$262. Such share price movements can give investors a better opportunity to enter the stock, and potentially buy at a lower price.

The stock seems fairly valued now which means if you buy Autodesk today, you would be paying a relatively reasonable price for it. Since Autodesk’s share price is quite volatile, one could potentially see it sink lower (or rise higher) in the future, giving potential investors another chance to buy.

If you are a potential investor keeping an eye on ADSK, now may not be the most optimal time to buy, given it is trading around its fair value, but a positive outlook means it is worth further examining other factors such as the strength of its balance sheet, to take advantage of the next price drop. Data from this analysis should be weighed against forecasted performance during this pandemic, but for now, prices on shares and in turn dividends remain unaffected, which provides shareholders with assurance that they will have a strong buy-in on NASDAQ.

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