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Autodesk (Autodesk) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

: 37.33 (As of Today)
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As of today (2024-04-19), Autodesk's share price is $216.50. Autodesk's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 was $5.80. Hence, Autodesk's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 37.33.

The historical rank and industry rank for Autodesk's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:

ADSK' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 13.66   Med: 30.92   Max: 377.28
Current: 37.3

During the past 13 years, Autodesk's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 377.28. The lowest was 13.66. And the median was 30.92.

ADSK's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than
65.9% of 1469 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 23.29 vs ADSK: 37.30

Autodesk's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $1.95. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $5.80.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Autodesk was -37.60% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -1.40% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 27.10% per year.

During the past 13 years, Autodesk's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 144.10% per year. The lowest was -42.20% per year. And the median was 8.65% per year.


Autodesk Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Autodesk's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

* Premium members only.

Autodesk Annual Data
Trend Jan15 Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 32.16 45.92 37.88 23.16 43.79

Autodesk Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 23.16 18.27 20.96 24.74 43.79

Competitive Comparison

For the Software - Application subindustry, Autodesk's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Autodesk Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Autodesk's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Autodesk's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.



Autodesk Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Autodesk's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Share Price/ Free Cash Flow per Share (TTM)
=216.50/5.8
=37.33

Autodesk's Share Price of today is $216.50.
Autodesk's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $5.80.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Market Cap/Free Cash Flow

Autodesk  (NAS:ADSK) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Explanation

Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.

In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.


Be Aware

In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.


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Autodesk (Autodesk) Business Description

Industry
Address
One Market Street, Suite 400, San Francisco, CA, USA, 94105
Founded in 1982, Autodesk is an application software company that serves industries in architecture, engineering, and construction; product design and manufacturing; and media and entertainment. Autodesk software enables design, modeling, and rendering needs of these industries. The company has over 4 million paid subscribers across 180 countries.
Executives
Mary T Mcdowell director
Stacy J Smith director 2200 MISSION COLLEGE BLVD., RNB-4-151, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Rebecca Pearce officer: EVP, Chief People Officer 111 MCINNIS PARKWAY, SAN RAFAEL CA 94903
Betsy Rafael director 550 MERIDIAN AVENUE, SAN JOSE CA 95126
Stephen W. Hope officer: VP & Chief Accounting Officer 111 MCINNIS PARKWAY, SAN RAFAEL CA 94903
Lorrie M Norrington director C/O EBAY INC., 2145 HAMILTON AVENUE, SAN JOSE CA 95125
Andrew Anagnost director, officer: President and CEO 111 MCINNIS PARKWAY, AUTODESK, INC., SAN RAFAEL CA 94903
Deborah Clifford officer: EVP & Chief Financial Officer 4300 NORTH FIRST STREET, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Ayanna Howard director 111 MCINNIS PARKWAY, SAN RAFAEL CA 94903
Rami Rahim director 1194 N. MATHILDA AVE., SUNNYVALE CA 94089
Ruth Ann Keene officer: EVP, Corp Affairs, CLO C/O UNITY SOFTWARE INC., 30 - 3RD STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Di Fronzo Pascal W officer: EVP, Corp Affairs, CLO & Sec AUTODESK, INC., 111 MCINNIS PARKWAY, SAN RAFAEL CA 94903
Steven M Blum officer: Chief Revenue Officer 111 MCINNIS PARKWAY, SAN RAFAEL CA 94903
French R Reid Jr director C/O INTERGRAPH CORP, 288 DUNLOP BLVD, HUNTSVILLE AL 35824
Stephen D Milligan director C/O WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION, 5601 GREAT OAKS PARKWAY, SAN JOSE CA 95119

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