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How to buy Autodesk stock | $227.64
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Autodesk, Inc is a software—application business based in the US. Autodesk shares (ADSK) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Autodesk employs 10,100 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$3.5 billion.
How to buy shares in Autodesk
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- Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
- Search for Autodesk Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: ADSK. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
- Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Autodesk reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
- Decide on how many to buy. At last close price of USD$227.64, weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Autodesk, depending on your broker.
- Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Autodesk. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.
What's in this guide?
- Autodesk shares summary
- Compare share dealing platforms
- Is Autodesk stock a buy or sell?
- Autodesk performance over time
- Can I short Autodesk shares?
- Is Autodesk suitable for ethical investing?
- Are Autodesk shares over-valued?
- Autodesk's financials
- How volatile are Autodesk shares?
- Does Autodesk pay a dividend?
- Have Autodesk shares ever split?
- Other common questions
How has coronavirus impacted Autodesk's share price?
Since the stock market crash in March caused by coronavirus, Autodesk's share price has had significant positive movement.
Its last market close was USD$227.64, which is 11.30% up on its pre-crash value of USD$201.91 and 81.56% up on the lowest point reached during the March crash when the shares fell as low as USD$125.38.
If you had bought USD$1,000 worth of Autodesk shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth USD$723.58 at the bottom of the March crash, and if you held on to them, then as of the last market close they'd be worth USD$1,142.75.
Autodesk share price
Use our graph to track the performance of ADSK stocks over time.Autodesk shares at a glance
Information last updated 2020-09-21.
| Latest market close | USD$227.64 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | USD$125.38 - USD$261.94 |
| 50-day moving average | USD$239.0694 |
| 200-day moving average | USD$207.972 |
| Wall St. target price | USD$262.86 |
| PE ratio | 139.2454 |
| Dividend yield | N/A (0%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | USD$1.629 |
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Autodesk price performance over time
Historical closes compared with the last close of $227.64
| 1 week (2020-09-11) | N/A |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2020-08-18) | N/A |
| 3 months (2020-06-22) | -5.50% |
| 6 months (2020-03-20) | 53.79% |
| 1 year (2019-09-18) | N/A |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2018-09-18) | N/A |
| 3 years (2017-09-18) | N/A |
| 5 years (2015-09-18) | N/A |
Is Autodesk under- or over-valued?
Valuing Autodesk stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Autodesk's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Autodesk's P/E ratio
Autodesk's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 139x. In other words, Autodesk shares trade at around 139x recent earnings.
That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.
Autodesk's PEG ratio
Autodesk's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.8844. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Autodesk's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Autodesk's EBITDA
Autodesk's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$630.3 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Autodesk's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
Autodesk financials
| Revenue TTM | USD$3.5 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 15.23% |
| Gross profit TTM | USD$3 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 6.35% |
| Return on equity TTM | 0% |
| Profit margin | 10.26% |
| Book value | $0.307 |
| Market capitalisation | USD$49.4 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Shorting Autodesk shares
There are currently 2.6 million Autodesk shares held short by investors – that's known as Autodesk's "short interest". This figure is 17.3% down from 3.2 million last month.
There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Autodesk shares can be evaluated.
Autodesk's "short interest ratio" (SIR)
Autodesk's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Autodesk shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Autodesk shares traded daily (recently around 1.2 million). Autodesk's SIR currently stands at 2.19. In other words for every 100,000 Autodesk shares traded daily on the market, roughly 2190 shares are currently held short.
However Autodesk's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Autodesk shares, or, against the total number of tradable Autodesk shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Autodesk's short interest could be expressed as 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Autodesk shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0.0121% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Autodesk shares, roughly 12 shares are currently held short).
Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Autodesk.
Find out more about how you can short Autodesk stock.
Autodesk's environmental, social and governance track record
Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Autodesk.
When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.
Autodesk's total ESG risk score
Total ESG risk: 21.91
Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Autodesk's overall score of 21.91 (as at 08/01/2020) is excellent – landing it in it in the 20th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.
ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Autodesk is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).
Autodesk's environmental score
Environmental score: 0.28/100
Autodesk's environmental score of 0.28 puts it squarely in the 3rd percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Autodesk is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Autodesk's social score
Social score: 12.27/100
Autodesk's social score of 12.27 puts it squarely in the 3rd percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Autodesk is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.
Autodesk's governance score
Governance score: 5.85/100
Autodesk's governance score puts it squarely in the 3rd percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that Autodesk is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) summary
Autodesk, Inc was last rated for ESG on: 2020-08-01.
| Total ESG score | 21.91 |
|---|---|
| Total ESG percentile | 19.86 |
| Environmental score | 0.28 |
| Environmental score percentile | 3 |
| Social score | 12.27 |
| Social score percentile | 3 |
| Governance score | 5.85 |
| Governance score percentile | 3 |
Autodesk share dividends
We're not expecting Autodesk to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.
Have Autodesk's shares ever split?
Autodesk's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 21 December 2004. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Autodesk shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Autodesk shares which in turn could have impacted Autodesk's share price.
Autodesk share price volatility
Over the last 12 months, Autodesk's shares have ranged in value from as little as $125.38 up to $261.94. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Autodesk's is 1.5106. This would suggest that Autodesk's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
Autodesk overview
Autodesk, Inc. operates as a software design and services company worldwide. The company offers AutoCAD, a professional design, drafting, detailing, and visualization software; AutoCAD Civil 3D, a surveying, design, analysis, and documentation solution for civil engineering, including land development, transportation, and environmental projects; AutoCAD LT, a drafting and detailing software; BIM 360, a construction management cloud-based 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 software products for professionals in architecture, engineering and construction, product design and manufacturing, and media and entertainment industries. It also provides Inventor tools for 3D mechanical design, simulation, analysis, tooling, visualization, and documentation; Maya and 3ds Max software products that offer 3D modeling, animation, effects, rendering, and compositing solutions; and PlanGrid, a cloud-based field collaboration software, which provides general contractors, subcontractors, owners, and architects access to construction information in real-time. In addition, the company offers Revit software for building information modeling; Shotgun, a cloud-based software for review and production tracking in the media and entertainment industry; and Vault, a data management software to manage data in one central location, accelerate design processes, and streamline internal/external collaboration. Autodesk, Inc. sells its products and services to customers directly, as well as through distributors and resellers. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in San Rafael, California.
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