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Autodesk (MEX:ADSK) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 58.29 (As of Jun. 28, 2025)


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What is Autodesk Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-06-28), Autodesk's current share price is MXN5766.87. Autodesk's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2025 was MXN98.94. Autodesk's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 58.29.

The historical rank and industry rank for Autodesk's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

MEX:ADSK' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 19.3   Med: 59.53   Max: 133.83
Current: 58.47

During the past years, Autodesk's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 133.83. The lowest was 19.30. And the median was 59.53.

MEX:ADSK's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
69.69% of 706 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 30.75 vs MEX:ADSK: 58.47

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Autodesk's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Apr. 2025 was MXN49.795. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is MXN98.94 for the trailing ten years ended in Apr. 2025.

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Autodesk Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Autodesk's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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.

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Autodesk Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Autodesk Annual Data
Trend Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24 Jan25
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 106.36 77.98 52.94 56.54 62.83

Autodesk Quarterly Data
Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24 Jul24 Oct24 Jan25 Apr25
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Get a 7-Day Free Trial 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 45.71 52.47 59.68 62.83 52.59

Competitive Comparison of Autodesk's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Software - Application subindustry, Autodesk's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Autodesk's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Autodesk's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.


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Autodesk Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

Autodesk's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=5766.87/98.94
=58.29

* 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.

Autodesk's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Autodesk's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Apr. 2025 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Apr. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Apr. 2025)
=49.795/135.3468*135.3468
=49.795

Current CPI (Apr. 2025) = 135.3468.

Autodesk Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201507 4.238 100.691 5.697
201510 5.018 100.346 6.768
201601 11.300 99.957 15.301
201604 10.885 100.947 14.594
201607 -3.219 101.524 -4.291
201610 -1.251 101.988 -1.660
201701 0.443 102.456 0.585
201704 3.151 103.167 4.134
201707 -7.347 103.278 -9.628
201710 -5.575 104.070 -7.251
201801 5.776 104.578 7.475
201804 -2.885 105.708 -3.694
201807 1.979 106.324 2.519
201810 2.452 106.695 3.110
201901 25.510 106.200 32.511
201904 17.861 107.818 22.421
201907 17.464 108.250 21.836
201910 23.045 108.577 28.727
202001 57.776 108.841 71.846
202004 32.918 108.173 41.187
202007 6.322 109.318 7.827
202010 32.560 109.861 40.114
202101 57.905 110.364 71.013
202104 28.618 112.673 34.377
202107 16.002 115.183 18.803
202110 23.606 116.696 27.379
202201 66.466 118.619 75.839
202204 38.859 121.978 43.118
202207 22.885 125.002 24.779
202210 41.983 125.734 45.193
202301 77.865 126.223 83.493
202304 58.959 127.992 62.347
202307 9.642 128.974 10.118
202310 -0.167 129.810 -0.174
202401 33.557 130.124 34.904
202404 35.623 132.289 36.446
202407 16.969 132.708 17.306
202410 16.708 133.182 16.980
202501 63.978 134.029 64.607
202504 49.795 135.347 49.795

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Autodesk  (MEX:ADSK) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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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.