Autodesk (NASDAQ: ADSK) grows revenue 18% and sharply lifts cash flow
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Autodesk reported strong fiscal 2026 results with total net revenue of
Deferred revenue rose to
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- Strong top-line and cash-flow growth: Fiscal 2026 net revenue rose 18% to
$7.21 billion , non-GAAP diluted EPS increased to$10.43 from$8.47 , and operating cash flow expanded to$2.45 billion from$1.61 billion , enhancing financial flexibility and shareholder returns.
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Autodesk delivered double‑digit growth, strong cash generation, and expanding non‑GAAP profitability.
Autodesk grew fiscal 2026 net revenue to
Remaining performance obligations climbed to
Operating cash flow improved to
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 10-K
| ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 | |||||
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As of July 31, 2025, the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter, there were approximately 213 million shares of the registrant’s common stock outstanding that were held by non-affiliates, and the aggregate market value of such shares held by non-affiliates of the registrant
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(based on the closing sale price of such shares on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on July 31, 2025) was approximately $64.5 billion. Shares of the registrant’s common stock held by each executive officer and director have been excluded in that such persons may be deemed to be affiliates. This determination of affiliate status is not necessarily a conclusive determination for other purposes.
As of February 23, 2026, the registrant had outstanding 211 million shares of common stock.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
Portions of the Proxy Statement for registrant’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Proxy Statement”), are incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K to the extent stated herein. The Proxy Statement will be filed within 120 days of the registrant’s fiscal year ended January 31, 2026.
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AUTODESK, INC. FORM 10-K
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| Item 1. | Business | 5 | ||||||
| Item 1A. | Risk Factors | 15 | ||||||
| Item 1B. | Unresolved Staff Comments | 35 | ||||||
| Item 1C. | Cybersecurity | 36 | ||||||
| Item 2. | Properties | 36 | ||||||
| Item 3. | Legal Proceedings | 36 | ||||||
| Item 4. | Mine Safety Disclosures | 37 | ||||||
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| Item 5. | Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities | 38 | ||||||
| Item 6. | [Reserved] | 40 | ||||||
| Item 7. | Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations | 41 | ||||||
| Item 7A. | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk | 64 | ||||||
| Item 8. | Financial Statements and Supplementary Data | 65 | ||||||
| Item 9. | Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure | 107 | ||||||
| Item 9A. | Controls and Procedures | 107 | ||||||
| Item 9B. | Other Information | 107 | ||||||
| Item 9C. | Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections. | 107 | ||||||
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| Item 10. | Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance | 108 | ||||||
| Item 11. | Executive Compensation | 109 | ||||||
| Item 12. | Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters | 109 | ||||||
| Item 13. | Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence | 109 | ||||||
| Item 14. | Principal Accounting Fees and Services | 109 | ||||||
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| Item 15. | Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules | 110 | ||||||
| Item 16. | Form 10-K Summary | 110 | ||||||
Signatures | 113 | |||||||
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FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION
The discussion in this Annual Report on Form 10-K contains trend analyses and other forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements may appear throughout this Annual Report on Form 10-K, including the following sections: “Business” (Part I, Item 1), “Risk Factors” (Part I, Item 1A), and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” (Part II, Item 7). Forward-looking statements are any statements that look to future events and consist of, among other things, our business strategies including our utilization of and strategy regarding artificial intelligence; the implementation of new transaction models and sales and marketing optimization; future financial results (by product type and geography), operational and key metrics and subscriptions; the effects of global economic and political conditions, including the impact of economic volatility and geopolitical activities in certain countries such as the Russian invasion of Ukraine and conflicts in the Middle East; the impact of past and planned acquisitions and investment activities; expected market trends and market opportunities; our ability to successfully expand adoption of our products; our ability to gain market acceptance of new businesses and sales initiatives; the impact of restructuring activities; cybersecurity and privacy issues or incidents; the effect of competition; the availability of credit; the effects of revenue recognition; the effects of newly recently issued accounting standards; expected trends in certain financial metrics, including expenses; expectations regarding our cash needs and expenditures; the effects of fluctuations in exchange rates and our hedging activities on our financial results; the effect of laws and regulations that we are subject to; the timing and amount of purchases under our stock repurchase plan; and the effects of potential non-cash charges on our financial results and the resulting effect on our financial results. In addition, forward-looking statements also consist of statements involving expectations regarding product capability and acceptance, statements regarding our liquidity and short-term and long-term cash requirements, as well as statements involving trend analyses and statements including such words as “may,” “believe,” “could,” “anticipate,” “would,” “might,” “plan,” “expect,” and similar expressions or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K and are subject to business and economic risks. As such, our actual results could differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors, including those set forth below in Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” and in our other reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. We assume no obligation to update the forward-looking statements to reflect events that occur or circumstances that exist after the date on which they were made, except as required by law.
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PART I
ITEM 1.BUSINESS
Note: A glossary of terms used in this Form 10-K appears at the end of this Item 1.
GENERAL
We are a global leader in 3D design, engineering and entertainment technology solutions, spanning architecture, engineering, construction, product design, manufacturing, media, and entertainment. Our customers design, fabricate, manufacture, and build anything by visualizing, simulating, and analyzing real-world performance early in the design process. These capabilities allow our customers to foster innovation, optimize their designs, streamline their manufacturing and construction processes, save time and money, improve quality, deliver more sustainable outcomes, communicate plans, and collaborate with others. Our professional software products are sold globally through a combination of indirect and direct channels.
Corporate Information
Our internet address is www.autodesk.com. The information posted on our website is not incorporated into this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Our Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to reports filed or furnished pursuant to Sections 13(a) and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, are available free of charge on the Investor Relations portion of our website at www.autodesk.com as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file such material with, or furnish it to, the SEC.
PRODUCTS
Our architecture, engineering, construction and operations products improve the way building, infrastructure, and industrial projects are designed, built, and operated. Our product development and manufacturing software provides manufacturers in automotive, transportation, industrial machinery, consumer products, and building product industries with comprehensive digital design, engineering, manufacturing, and production solutions. These technologies bring together data from all phases of the product development and production life cycle, creating a digital pipeline that supports greater productivity, accuracy through process automation, and insights that enable more sustainable outcomes. Our digital media and entertainment products provide tools for digital sculpting, modeling, animation, effects, rendering, and compositing for design visualization, visual effects, 3D animation, games production, and enable connection of workflows and data from pre-production to post-production. Our portfolio of products and services enables our customers to foster innovation, optimize and improve their designs, save time and money, improve quality, communicate plans, and collaborate with others. A summary of our revenue by geographic area and product family is found in Part II, Item 8, Note 2, “Revenue Recognition,” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
Autodesk’s product offerings include:
Architecture, Engineering, Construction and Operations (“AECO”)
•Architecture, Engineering, and Construction Collection
The AEC Collection, including AutoCAD, AutoCAD Civil 3D, and Revit, aims to help our customers design, engineer, and construct higher quality, more predictable building and civil infrastructure projects, commonly used by AECO industry experts.
•AutoCAD Civil 3D
AutoCAD Civil 3D solution provides a surveying, design, analysis, and documentation solution for civil engineering, including land development, transportation, and environmental projects. Using a model-centric approach that automatically updates documentation as design changes are made, AutoCAD Civil 3D enables civil engineers, designers, drafters, and surveyors to significantly boost productivity and deliver higher-quality designs and construction documentation faster. With AutoCAD Civil 3D, the entire project team works from the same consistent, up-to-date model so they stay coordinated throughout all project phases.
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•Autodesk Build
Autodesk Build delivers a connected set of project management and collaboration tools for the construction industry. Autodesk Build provides a toolset for managing, sharing, and accessing project documents that results in streamlined workflows between the office, trailer, and jobsite. In addition, Autodesk Build can be used to track the quality and safety of the project with issues and forms. Team members can use Autodesk Build for requests for information (RFIs), submittals, and meetings to manage the flow of information and track project progress across the construction timeline. Autodesk Build delivers field critical project information and collaboration from Autodesk Build to the jobsite. As part of Autodesk Construction Cloud (now known as Forma for Construction), Build connects data originating in design and preconstruction to the construction and operations phase, allowing users to identify, manage and de-risk project decisions.
•BIM Collaborate Pro
Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro is cloud-based design collaboration and design management software that enables teams to: organize project data, democratize access, and connect; improve project visibility to deliver on time; and work together on increasingly complex projects.
•Building Connected
BuildingConnected is a SaaS preconstruction solution that combines a large real-time, construction network with an easy-to-use tool that helps general contractors and owners streamline subcontractor qualification, and the bid and risk management process.
•Revit
Revit software is built for Building Information Modeling (“BIM”) to help professionals design, build, and maintain higher-quality, more energy-efficient buildings. Using the information-rich models created with Revit, architects, engineers, and construction firms can collaborate to make better-informed decisions earlier in the design process to deliver projects with greater efficiency. Revit includes features for architectural, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing design as well as structural engineering and construction, providing a comprehensive solution for the entire building project team.
•Tandem
Tandem is a cloud-based platform that transforms the built asset lifecycle. Tandem helps AECO firms harness BIM data throughout the project lifecycle to create and hand over a digital twin. Tandem helps owners connect operational systems to the digital twin, turning fragmented data into business intelligence.
AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT
•AutoCAD
AutoCAD software is a customizable and extensible CAD application for professional design, drafting, detailing, and visualization. AutoCAD software provides digital tools that can be used independently and in conjunction with other specific applications in fields ranging from construction and civil engineering to manufacturing and plant design.
•AutoCAD LT
AutoCAD LT software is purpose built for professional drafting and detailing. AutoCAD LT includes document sharing capability without the need for software customization or certain advanced functionality found in AutoCAD. Users can share all design data with team members who use AutoCAD or other Autodesk products built on AutoCAD.
Manufacturing (“MFG”)
•Fusion
Fusion is the first 3D CAD, CAM, and computer-aided engineering (“CAE”) tool of its kind. It connects the entire product development process on a single cloud-based platform.
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•Inventor
Inventor enables manufacturers to go beyond 3D design to digital prototyping by giving engineers a comprehensive and flexible set of tools for 3D mechanical design, simulation, analysis, tooling, visualization, and documentation. Engineers can integrate AutoCAD drawings and model-based design data into a single digital model, creating a virtual representation of a final product that enables them to validate the form, fit, and function of the product before it is ever built.
•Product Design & Manufacturing Collection
The Product Design & Manufacturing Collection offers connected, professional-grade tools that help our customers make great products today and compete in the changing manufacturing landscape of the future. The collection offers access to a wide range of our products, including AutoCAD, Fusion, Vault, and Inventor.
•Vault
Vault data management software makes it easier to manage data in one central location, accelerate design processes, and streamline internal/external collaboration. Vault integrates with more than 30 Autodesk design applications, provides powerful revisioning and access control capabilities, and enables customers to share product data securely to improve engineering cycle time and reduce manufacturing errors.
Media and Entertainment (“M&E”)
•Flow Production Tracking
Flow Production Tracking is cloud-based production management software for the M&E industry. Creative companies use the Flow Production Tracking platform to provide essential tool collaboration, review, scheduling and tracking to producers, production managers, artists and supervisors, who often work globally with distributed teams.
•Maya
Maya software provides 3D modeling, animation, effects, rendering, and compositing solutions that enable film and video artists, game developers, and design visualization professionals to digitally create engaging, lifelike images, realistic animations and simulations, extraordinary visual effects, and full-length animated feature films.
•Media & Entertainment Collection
The M&E Collection provides end-to-end creative tools for entertainment creation. This collection enables animators, modelers, and visual effects artists to access the tools they need, including Maya and 3ds Max, to create compelling effects, 3D characters, and digital worlds.
•3ds Max
3ds Max software provides 3D modeling, animation, and rendering solutions that enable game developers, design visualization professionals, and visual effects artists to digitally create realistic images, animations, and complex scenes and to digitally communicate abstract or complex mechanical, architectural, engineering, and construction concepts.
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND INTRODUCTION
The technology industry is characterized by rapid technological change in computer hardware, operating systems, and software. In addition, our customers’ requirements and preferences rapidly evolve, as do their expectations of the performance of our software and services. To keep pace with these changes, we maintain a vigorous program of new product development to address demands in the marketplace for our products, such as enabling convergence, more flexibility and sustainable outcomes.
We are undertaking a multi-year process to develop lifecycle solutions within and between our industry clouds, powered by shared platform services, and with our data model at its core. Together, these will help enable Autodesk, its customers, and partners, to create more valuable, data-driven, and connected products and services.
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Subscription plan offerings are designed to give our customers increased flexibility with how they use our products and service offerings and to attract a broader range of customers such as project-based users and small businesses. Subscription plans represent a combined hybrid offering of desktop software and cloud functionality which provides a device-independent, collaborative design workflow for designers and their stakeholders.
We dedicate considerable technical and financial resources to research and development to deliver additional automation and insights to our customers through artificial intelligence (“AI”), machine learning, and generative design, which increase efficiency and sustainability and reduce waste. These investments further enhance our existing products and create new solutions and technologies which connect the workflows and data of our customers across the ecosystem of their projects and expand our market opportunity. Our tools connect and automate the phases of design and creation, enabling greater collaboration and the seamless flow of data for individuals and teams across all phases.
Our software is primarily developed internally; however, we also use independent firms and contractors to perform some of our product development activities. Additionally, we acquire or license products and technologies developed by third parties. We continually review these investments to ensure that we are generating sufficient revenue or gaining a competitive advantage to justify their costs.
The majority of our research and product development is performed in the United States, Canada, and India. However, we employ experienced software developers in many of our other locations. Translation and localization of our products are performed in several local markets, principally Singapore and Ireland. We generally localize and translate our products into German, French, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, and simplified and traditional Chinese.
We plan to continue managing significant product development operations internationally over the next several years. We believe that our ability to conduct research and development at various locations throughout the world allows us to tap into a diverse global talent pool, optimize costs, and integrate local market knowledge into our development activities. We continually assess costs, hiring challenges, and intellectual property protection, against the benefits of our international development activities.
For further discussion regarding risks from our product development and introduction efforts, see Item 1A, “Risk Factors.”
MARKETING AND SALES
We sell our products and services globally, through a combination of direct and indirect channels. We transact directly with our enterprise and named account customers, with customers through our online Autodesk branded store, and with certain customers through our new transaction model whereby Solution Providers provide a quote to customers but the actual transaction occurs directly between Autodesk and the customer. The new transaction model helps customers with enhanced control and time savings through self-service, consistent pricing, and a more personalized buying experience. Also, it gives Solution Providers and Autodesk access to essential data to improve our offerings and the customers’ buying experience.
We expect our indirect channel will continue to transact and support a considerable portion of our customers, particularly in emerging regions and with governments. Our indirect channel model includes both a two-tiered distribution structure, where distributors sell to resellers, and a one-tiered structure, where Autodesk sells directly to resellers. We have a network of approximately 1,170 resellers and distributors worldwide. For fiscal 2026, approximately 37% of our revenue was derived from indirect channel sales through distributors and resellers. We employ a variety of incentive programs and promotions to align our direct and indirect channels with our business strategies.
We anticipate that our channel mix will continue to change as we scale our business. With the continued growth of our online Autodesk branded store and our new transaction model, we are transacting directly with more end customers, rather than through distributors and resellers, without substantial disruption to our revenue. Our ability to effectively distribute our products depends in part upon the financial and business condition of our distributor, reseller and Solution Provider networks. The loss of, or a significant reduction in, business with any one of our major distributors, large resellers or Solution Providers could harm our business. See Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” for further discussion. The transition to annual billings for multi-year contracts impacted the timing of our billings and cash collections in fiscal 2026 and we expect this impact to continue into fiscal year 2027. See Part II, Item 7, “Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” for further discussion.
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Revenue through our largest distributor, TD Synnex Corporation and its global affiliates (collectively, “TD Synnex”), accounted for 14%, 33%, and 39% of our net revenue for the fiscal years ended January 31, 2026, 2025 and 2024, respectively. In connection with our new transaction model, we entered into a new distribution agreement with TD Synnex for government business in certain jurisdictions. We maintained distribution relationships in emerging markets. We have increased our selling efforts with Solution Providers in connection with our new transaction model. Consequently, we believe our business is not substantially dependent on TD Synnex. No other distributor, reseller, or direct customer accounted for 10% or more of our revenue in fiscal 2026.
Our customer-related operations are divided into three geographic regions: the Americas; EMEA; and APAC. Each geographic region is supported by global marketing and sales organizations. These organizations develop and manage overall marketing and sales programs and work closely with a network of domestic and international sales offices. We believe that international sales will continue to comprise the majority of our total net revenue. Adverse economic conditions and currency exchange rates in the countries that contribute a significant portion of our net revenue, including emerging economies, may have an adverse effect on our business in those countries and our overall financial performance. Our international operations and sales subject us to a variety of risks. See Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” for further discussion.
We also work directly with distributors, Solution Providers and other partner organizations, computer manufacturers, other software developers, and peripherals manufacturers in cooperative advertising, promotions, and trade-show presentations. We connect with our audiences through scalable marketing strategies such as webinars, live and virtual events, personalized outreach, digital campaigns, sponsorships, and targeted advertising across industry publications, technology platforms, media outlets, and social networks. We also foster global user networks and online communities, enabling customers to connect, collaborate, and share insights about our products, services, and solutions.
We generate revenue primarily through various offerings that provide recurring revenue. Under our subscription plan, customers can use our software anytime, anywhere, get access to the latest updates, and previous versions through term-based product subscriptions, cloud service offerings, and enterprise business agreements (“EBA”). Historically, we have had increased EBA sales activity in our fourth fiscal quarter. This seasonality may not have an immediate impact on our revenue as we recognize subscription revenue over the term of the contract. This seasonality may also affect the relative value of our billings, Remaining Performance Obligations (“RPO”), and collections in the fourth and first fiscal quarters.
CUSTOMER AND PARTNER SUPPORT
With the new transaction model, we are approaching the final phase of modernizing our go-to-market motion, which includes building more durable and direct relationships with our customers, updating our data infrastructure, and retiring old information systems and business models. We provide technical support and training to customers through a multi-tiered support model, augmented by direct programs designed to address certain specific customer needs. Some of our customers receive support and training from resellers and distributors from which they purchased subscriptions or licenses for our products or services, with Autodesk in turn providing second-tier support to the resellers and distributors. Some of our customers may also purchase support and training from Solution Providers. Other customers are supported directly via self-service using the Autodesk Knowledge Network, which guides customers to answers in our online support assets, support forums, or webinars, or to support representatives using different modalities such as social media, phone, email, and webchat. We also support our resellers and distributors through technical product training, sales training classes, webinars, and other knowledge-sharing programs.
GOVERNANCE AND IMPACT PROGRAMS
Impact at Autodesk
Autodesk is committed to advancing a more sustainable, resilient, and inclusive world. We take action as a business to support our employees, customers, and communities in our collective opportunity to design and make a better world for all.
We focus our efforts to advance positive outcomes across three primary areas: energy and materials, health and resilience, and work and prosperity. These impact opportunity areas are derived from the UN Sustainable Development Goals (“SDGs”) and have been identified through a multi-pronged process to align the top needs of our stakeholders, the issues that are most important to our business, and the areas we are best placed to accelerate positive impact at scale.
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These opportunities primarily manifest as outcomes through how our customers leverage our technology to design and make net-zero carbon buildings, resilient infrastructure, more sustainable products, and a thriving workforce. We support and amplify these opportunities through powering our business with 100% renewable energy, neutralizing greenhouse gas emissions associated with our operations, developing an inclusive culture and supporting students and educators with tools and training to equip the next generation of innovators. We advance these opportunities with industry innovators through collaboration with our customers and partners, deploying philanthropic capital to changemakers, and providing software donations, and training to our wider ecosystem. Autodesk committed to target 1% of annual operating profit for the long-term support of our impact programs, which includes our philanthropic work and our climate commitments.
These programs align with our operational priorities and long-term growth strategy. We aim to maintain our commitments, fostering trust with stakeholders and enabling compliance with global regulations.
Education
Autodesk is committed to helping students gain the in-demand skills and certifications needed to demonstrate they are prepared for current and emerging roles in the industries we serve. We offer free educational licenses of Autodesk’s complete portfolio of professional software to verified students, educators, and accredited educational institutions worldwide. Additionally, we offer self-paced, modular learning and curriculum for K-12, post-secondary students, and educators. Our intention is to make Autodesk software the preferred choice for those poised to become the next generation of design, engineering, and construction professionals.
Sustainability
Climate Change
In addressing the global challenges posed by climate change, we make it possible for our customers to innovate and respond to associated changes in regulation, building code, physical climate parameters, and other climate-related developments. This effort can directly and indirectly create more demand for existing and new Autodesk products and services in the short and long-term. Furthermore, our leadership is committed to taking climate action and that commitment goes hand in hand with our values and reputation in the marketplace.
Climate Change Management Actions
To drive continued progress and meet growing demand, we continue to expand the solutions, education, and support we offer, helping customers secure a competitive advantage for a low-carbon future by designing high-performance buildings, resilient cities and infrastructure, and more efficient transportation and products. To continue to grow this market, we invest in our tools to meet customer’s demand as well as provide software and support to early-stage entrepreneurs, nonprofit organizations, and start-up companies who are designing clean technologies. We are expanding these offerings based upon demand and opportunity in response to challenges posed by climate change.
Internally, we are investing in best practices to mitigate our greenhouse gas emissions (“GHGs”) and climate change risk through investments in renewable energy, energy efficiency, and disaster management and recovery strategies. Our Enterprise Risk Management process considered how climate impacts could affect and potentially amplify the overall significance of each identified risk and opportunity. We regularly assess risks and opportunities in this area and respond accordingly.
Emissions Performance & Other Key Performance Indicators
In fiscal year 2025, we made progress on our science-based GHG reduction target, to reduce Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHGs 50%, and reduce Scope 3 GHGs per dollar of gross profit 55%, by fiscal year 2031, compared to fiscal year 2020. Additionally, in fiscal 2025, we were responsible for 155,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions across our market-based operational boundary. This represents a 32% reduction compared to our fiscal year 2020 base line. In addition, our residual 155,000 metric tons of CO2e emissions were neutralized through the procurement of high quality carbon offsets credits.
Impact Reports
More information about our sustainability financing and commitment can be found in our annual Impact Reports, which we have published on our website since 2008. Our fiscal 2026 Impact Report will be published in fiscal 2027. Information contained on or accessible through our website is not part of or incorporated by reference into this report.
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Philanthropy
The Autodesk Foundation (the “Foundation”), a privately funded 501(c)(3) charity organization established and solely funded by us, leads our philanthropic efforts. The purpose of the Foundation is twofold: to support employees to create a better world at work, at home, and in the community by matching employees’ volunteer time and donations to nonprofit organizations; and to support organizations using design and make solutions to drive positive impact. In the latter case, we use philanthropic capital, software donations, and training to accomplish this goal, selecting the most impactful and innovative organizations around the world who are innovating to create a better future for our planet. On our behalf, the Foundation also administers a discounted software donation program to nonprofit organizations, entrepreneurs, and others who are developing design solutions that will shape a more sustainable future.
DEVELOPER PROGRAMS
Our business and our customers benefit from our relationships with an extensive developer network. These developers create and sell their own interoperable products that further enhance the range of integrated solutions available to our customers. One of our key strategies is to maintain an API based architecture of our software products to facilitate third-party development of complementary products and industry-specific software solutions. This approach enables customers and third parties to customize solutions for a wide variety of highly specific uses. We offer several programs that provide strategic investment funding, technological platforms, user communities, technical support, forums, and events to developers who develop add-on applications for our products. For example, we have established the Autodesk Platform Services to support innovators that build solutions to facilitate the development of a single connected ecosystem for the future of how things are designed, made, and used. Autodesk Platform Services facilitates the development of a single connected ecosystem for integrating Autodesk applications with other enterprise, web, and mobile solutions.
COMPETITION
The markets for our products are highly competitive, are subject to rapid change, and can have complex interdependencies between many of the larger businesses. We strive to increase our competitive separation by investing in research and development, allowing us to bring new products to market and create exciting new versions of existing products that offer compelling efficiencies for our customers. We also compete through investments in marketing and sales to more effectively reach new customers and better serve existing customers.
Our competitors include large, global, publicly traded companies; small, geographically focused firms; startup firms; and solutions produced in-house by their users. Our primary global competitors include Adobe Systems Incorporated, Bentley Systems, Inc., Dassault Systèmes S.A. and its subsidiary Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corp., Intergraph Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hexagon AB, MSC Software Corporation, Nemetschek AG, Oracle Corporation, Procore Technologies, Inc., PTC Inc., 3D Systems Corporation, Siemens PLM, and Trimble Navigation Limited, among others.
The software industry has limited barriers to entry, and the availability of computing power with continually expanding performance at progressively lower prices contributes to the ease of market entry. The industry continues to undergo a platform shift from the personal computer to cloud and mobile computing. This shift further lowers barriers to entry and poses a disruptive challenge to established software companies. The design software market is characterized by vigorous competition in each of the vertical markets in which we compete, both from existing competitors and by entry of new competitors with innovative technologies. Competition is increasingly enhanced by consolidation of companies with complementary products and technologies and the possibility that competitors in one vertical segment may enter other vertical segments that we serve. In addition, some of our competitors in certain markets have greater financial, technical, sales and marketing, and other resources than we do. Our competitors and new entrants may also be able to develop and market new technologies that render our existing or future products less competitive. Disruptive technologies such as machine learning and other AI technologies may significantly alter the market for our products in unpredictable ways and reduce customer demand. Because of these and other factors, competitive conditions in these industries are likely to continue to intensify in the future. Increased competition could result in price reductions, reduced net revenue and profit margins, and loss of market share, any of which could harm our business. See Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” for further discussion of risks regarding competition.
We believe that our future results depend largely upon our ability to better serve customers by offering new products, including cloud and mobile computing products, whether by internal development or acquisition, and to continue to provide existing product offerings that compete favorably with respect to ease of use, reliability, performance, range of useful features, continuing product enhancements, reputation, price, and training.
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND LICENSES
We maintain an active program to legally protect our investment in technology through intellectual property rights. We protect our intellectual property through a combination of patent, copyright, trademark, and trade secret protections, confidentiality procedures, and contractual provisions. The nature and extent of legal protection associated with each such intellectual property right depends on, among other things, the type of intellectual property right and the given jurisdiction in which such right arises. We believe that our intellectual property rights are valuable and important to our business.
Nonetheless, our intellectual property rights may not be successfully asserted in the future or may be invalidated, circumvented, or challenged. In addition, the laws and enforcement of the laws of various foreign countries where our products are distributed do not protect our intellectual property rights to the same extent as U.S. laws. Enforcement of intellectual property rights against alleged infringers can sometimes lead to costly litigation and counterclaims. Our inability to protect our proprietary information could harm our business.
From time to time, we receive claims alleging infringement of a third party’s intellectual property rights, including patents. Disputes involving our intellectual property rights or those of another party have in the past and may in the future lead to, among other things, costly litigation or product shipment delays, which could harm our business.
We retain ownership of software we develop. Our combined hybrid offerings include both desktop software and cloud functionality. Desktop software is licensed to users pursuant to ‘click through’ or signed license agreements containing restrictions on duplication, disclosure, and transfer. Cloud software and associated services are provided to users pursuant to online or signed terms of service agreements containing restrictions on access and use.
We believe that because of the limitations of laws protecting our intellectual property and the rapid, ongoing technological changes in both the computer hardware and software industries, we must rely principally upon software engineering and marketing skills to continually maintain and enhance our competitive market position.
While we have recovered some revenue resulting from the unauthorized use of our software solutions, we are unable to measure the full extent to which unauthorized use of our software products exists. We believe, however, that unauthorized use of our software is and can be expected to be a persistent problem that negatively impacts our revenue and financial results. We believe that our transition from perpetual use software licenses to a subscription-based business model combined with the change from desktop to cloud-based computing will shift the incentives and means by which software is used without authorization.
In addition, through various licensing arrangements, we receive certain rights to intellectual property of others. We expect to maintain current licensing arrangements and to secure licensing arrangements in the future, as needed and to the extent available on reasonable terms and conditions, to support continued development and sales of our products and services. Some of these licensing arrangements require or may require royalty payments and other licensing fees. The amount of these payments and fees may depend on various factors, including but not limited to: the structure of royalty payments, offsetting considerations, if any, and the degree of use of the licensed technology.
See Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” for further discussion of risks related to protecting our intellectual property.
PRODUCTION AND SUPPLIERS
The production of our software products and services involves duplication or hosting of software media. The way that we deliver software has evolved during our business model transition. For certain cloud-based products, we use a combination of co-located hosting facilities and increasingly Amazon Web Services and to a lesser degree other infrastructure-as-a-service providers. We offer customers an electronic software download option for both initial product fulfillment and subsequent product updates. Customers who choose electronic fulfillment receive the latest version of the software from our vendor’s secure servers. Customers may also obtain our software through media such as DVDs and USB flash drives available from multiple sources.
TALENT AND HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
Our employees play a central role in the success of our long-term strategy. Autodesk’s Culture Code defines values and behaviors that support our commitment to being a customer company, where each employee takes responsibility for
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understanding our customers’ needs, expectations, and experiences. As of January 31, 2026, we employed approximately 14,300 people, a decrease from approximately 15,300 employees as of the end of fiscal year 2025. None of our employees in the United States are represented by a labor union. In certain foreign countries, our employees are represented by trade unions or works councils. We have never experienced any work stoppages and believe our employee relations are strong. Reliance upon employees in other countries entails various risks and changes in these foreign countries, such as government instability or regulation unfavorable to foreign-owned businesses, which could negatively impact our business in the future.
Diversity and Belonging
Autodesk views our culture, diversity, and belonging efforts as directly linked to high performance and unlocking human ingenuity. Our commitment to maintaining a global workforce is grounded in our values and how we work, being inclusive, respectful, and collaborative. Our culture seeks to enable Autodesk employees to do their best work, innovate, contribute to the success of our company, and prosper.
We believe there are markets for talent that remain untapped or underutilized, which drives our sourcing and networking efforts. We do this by widening our talent pipelines to attract and retain the most capable, skilled, and top-tier professionals from all backgrounds. This strategy strengthens our ability to meet and speak to an ever-expanding and diverse customer base, fueling our competitive edge, increasing customer trust, and driving sustainable growth and success in a dynamic global marketplace.
We consistently expand our networks and investments in targeted partnerships-both professional and academic- including: Hispanic-serving educational institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities and professional organizations around the globe that provide greater access to pools of under recognized talent in key sectors like technology. By leveraging our extensive portfolio of programs—scholarships, internships, sponsorship agreements, mentorship, and development—we demonstrate our capability to nurture and retain top-tier talent.
We offer continuous development opportunities to all employees that facilitate mentorship relationships, as well as focused sponsorship and leadership development programs in partnership with our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs).
We proudly support nine ERGs, which are open to all employees and play a pivotal role in scaling a sense of belonging across the Company. These groups are formed based on various factors, including shared interests, backgrounds, unique identities, and professional experiences. Our culture promotes choice, allowing employees to engage and participate in ways that resonate with them—whether as allies or direct members of one or more groups. ERGs are one of the ways we retain and engage our talent community of Autodesk employees, while also creating a work environment that learns from and leverages diverse perspectives and experiences that enrich how we all work together as one Autodesk.
Finally, we are an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate in recruiting, hiring, training, or promoting on any basis protected by law. Additional information on our Diversity and Belonging program, initiatives, and metrics can be found on our website at autodesk.com/company/diversity-and-belonging. Information contained on or accessible through our website is not part of or incorporated by reference into this report.
Professional Development and Employee Impact
We believe career development plays an important role in keeping our employees engaged and in providing additional opportunities for them to grow and build their careers. Autodesk offers extensive professional and technical development opportunities for our employees. These include self-service online modules and personalized learning paths, professional and management development programs, and a tuition reimbursement program.
We also encourage our employees to advance our vision for a better world and support their professional development by participating in our pro bono consulting program, using paid time to volunteer, and have their charitable giving matched by the Autodesk Foundation.
Total Rewards
To attract, retain, and support our employees, we offer competitive compensation and benefits programs, several of which include an element of choice to meet the needs of our diverse and global population. In addition to competitive base pay and opportunities to receive short-term incentives, all our employees are eligible to participate in our long-term plans. We also have
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comprehensive health and wellness benefits, a generous time off program, an employee stock purchase plan, sabbaticals, retirement plans, financial support programs, financial tools and education, and an employee assistance program.
ACQUISITIONS
We acquired new technology or supplemented our existing technology by purchasing businesses or technology related assets focused in specific markets or industries. During the fiscal year ended January 31, 2026, Autodesk did not complete any business combinations.
We acquire technology-related assets that are complementary to or otherwise enhance our existing technologies. We also make investments in privately held companies that develop technology that is complementary to or provide strategic value and expand opportunities for our technologies.
REGULATION
We are subject to various regulations, particularly those involving privacy and import/export controls. See Item 1A, “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to Laws and Regulations,” for further discussion.
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Billings: Total revenue plus the net change in deferred revenue from the beginning to the end of the period.
Cloud Service Offerings: Represents individual term-based offerings deployed through web browser technologies or in a hybrid software and cloud configuration. Cloud service offerings that are bundled with other product offerings are not captured as a separate cloud service offering.
Constant Currency (CC) Growth Rates: We attempt to represent the changes in the underlying business operations by eliminating fluctuations caused by changes in foreign currency exchange rates as well as eliminating hedge gains or losses recorded within the current and comparative periods. We calculate constant currency growth rates by (i) applying the applicable prior period exchange rates to current period results and (ii) excluding any gains or losses from foreign currency hedge contracts that are reported in the current and comparative periods.
Design Business: Represents the combination of maintenance, product subscriptions, and all EBAs. Main products include, but are not limited to, AutoCAD, AutoCAD LT, Industry Collections, Revit, Inventor, Maya, and 3ds Max. Certain products, such as our computer aided manufacturing solutions, incorporate both Design and Make functionality and are classified as Design.
Enterprise Business Agreements (EBAs): Represents programs providing enterprise customers with token-based access to a broad pool of Autodesk products over a defined contract term.
Flex: A pay-as-you-go consumption option to pre-purchase tokens to access any product available with Flex for a daily rate.
Free Cash Flow: Cash flow from operating activities minus capital expenditures.
Industry Collections: Autodesk Industry Collections are a combination of products and services that target a specific user objective and support a set of workflows for that objective. Our Industry Collections consist of: Autodesk Architecture, Engineering, and Construction Collection, Autodesk Product Design and Manufacturing Collection, and Autodesk Media and Entertainment Collection.
Maintenance Plan: Our maintenance plans provide our customers with a cost effective and predictable budgetary option to obtain the productivity benefits of our new releases and enhancements when and if released during the term of their contracts. Under our maintenance plans, customers are eligible to receive unspecified upgrades when and if available, and technical support. We recognize maintenance revenue over the term of the agreements, generally one year.
Make Business: Represents certain cloud-based product subscriptions. Main products include, but are not limited to, Autodesk Build, BIM Collaborate Pro, BuildingConnected, Fusion, and Flow Production Tracking. Certain products, such as Fusion, incorporate both Design and Make functionality and are classified as Make.
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Net Revenue Retention Rate (NR3): Measures the year-over-year change in Recurring Revenue for the population of customers that existed one year ago (“base customers”). Net revenue retention rate is calculated by dividing the current quarter Recurring Revenue related to base customers by the total corresponding quarter Recurring Revenue from one year ago. Recurring Revenue is based on USD reported revenue, and fluctuations caused by changes in foreign currency exchange rates and hedge gains or losses have not been eliminated. Recurring Revenue related to acquired companies, one year after acquisition, has been captured as existing customers until such data conforms to the calculation methodology. This may cause variability in the comparison.
Other Revenue: Consists of revenue from consulting, training and other products and services, and is recognized as the products are delivered and services are performed.
Product Family: A grouping of related products or solutions that address specific industry or market needs, customer types, or use cases, or share core underlying technology or deployment models. Where a customer has a right to use different products over time, Autodesk may classify amounts to a single product family based on the customer’s primary industry or use case, or to product family other, or allocate the amounts across product families using estimates.
Product Subscription: Provides customers a flexible, cost-effective way to access and manage 3D design, engineering, and entertainment software tools. Our product subscriptions currently represent a hybrid of desktop and cloud functionality, which provides a device-independent, collaborative design workflow for designers and their stakeholders.
Recurring Revenue: Consists of the revenue for the period from our traditional maintenance plans, our subscription plan offerings, and certain Other revenue. It excludes subscription revenue related to third-party products. Recurring revenue acquired with the acquisition of a business is captured when total subscriptions are captured in our systems and may cause variability in the comparison of this calculation.
Remaining Performance Obligations (RPO): The sum of total short-term, long-term, and unbilled deferred revenue. Current remaining performance obligations is the amount of revenue we expect to recognize in the next twelve months.
Solution Provider: Solution Provider is the name of our channel partners who primarily serve our new transaction model customers worldwide. Solution Providers may also be resellers in relation to Autodesk solutions.
Spend: The sum of cost of revenue and operating expenses.
Subscription Plan: Comprises our term-based product subscriptions, cloud service offerings, and EBAs. Subscriptions represent a combined hybrid offering of desktop software and cloud functionality which provides a device-independent, collaborative design workflow for designers and their stakeholders. With subscription, customers can use our software anytime, anywhere, and get access to the latest updates to previous versions.
Subscription Revenue: Includes our cloud-enabled term-based product subscriptions, cloud service offerings, and flexible EBAs.
Unbilled Deferred Revenue: Unbilled deferred revenue represents contractually stated or committed contracts under early renewal and multi-year billing plans for subscription, services, and maintenance for which the associated deferred revenue has not been recognized. Under FASB Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") Topic 606, unbilled deferred revenue is not included as a receivable or deferred revenue on our Consolidated Balance Sheet.
ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
We operate in a rapidly changing environment that involves significant risks, a number of which are beyond our control. In addition to the other information contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, the following discussion highlights some of these risks and the possible impact of these factors on our business, financial condition, and future results of operations. If any of the following risks actually occur, our business, financial condition, or results of operations may be adversely impacted, causing the trading price of our common stock to decline. In addition, these risks and uncertainties may impact the forward-looking statements described elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K and in the documents incorporated herein by reference. They could affect our actual results of operations, causing them to differ materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements.
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Summary of Risk Factors
Our business is subject to numerous risks and uncertainties that you should consider before investing in our securities. These risks are described more fully below and include, but are not limited to, risks relating to the following:
•Our strategy to develop and introduce new products and services, exposing us to risks such as limited customer acceptance (both with new and existing customers), costs related to product defects, and large expenditures.
•Existing and increased competition and rapidly evolving technological changes.
•Global economic and political conditions.
•Costs and challenges associated with strategic acquisitions and investments.
•Dependency on international revenue and operations, exposing us to significant international regulatory, economic, intellectual property, collections, currency exchange rate, taxation, political, and other risks.
•Inability to predict subscription renewal rates and their impact on our future revenue and operating results.
•Fluctuation of our financial results, key metrics and other operating metrics.
•Deriving a substantial portion of our net revenue from a small number of solutions, including our AutoCAD-based software products and collections.
•Any failure to successfully execute and manage initiatives to realign or introduce new business and sales initiatives.
•Our strategy and expectations regarding the expected benefits, timing and costs associated with our restructuring plans.
•Net revenue, billings, earnings, cash flow, or subscriptions shortfalls or volatility of the market causing the market price of our stock to decline.
•Challenges relating to the proper management and governance of our use of AI in our offerings.
•Security incidents compromising the integrity of our or our customers’ offerings, services, data, or intellectual property.
•Reliance on third parties to provide us with a number of operational and technical services as well as software.
•Our highly complex software, which may contain undetected errors, defects, or vulnerabilities, and is subject to service disruptions, degradations, outages or other performance problems.
•Increasing regulatory focus on privacy, data protection, and cybersecurity issues and expanding laws.
•Governmental export and import controls that could impair our ability to compete in international markets or subject us to liability if we violate the controls.
•Protection of our intellectual property rights and intellectual property infringement claims from others.
•The government procurement process.
•Fluctuations in currency exchange rates.
•Our debt service obligations.
•Our investment portfolio consisting of a variety of investment vehicles that are subject to interest rate trends, market volatility, and other economic factors.
Risks Relating to Our Business and Strategy
Our strategy to develop and introduce new products and services exposes us to risks such as limited customer acceptance (both with new and existing customers), costs related to product defects, and large expenditures, each of which may result in no additional net revenue or decreased net revenue.
The software industry is characterized by rapid technological changes as well as changes in customer requirements and preferences. In recent years, the industry has undergone a transition from developing and selling perpetual licenses and on-premises products to subscriptions and cloud-enabled technologies. Both new and existing customers are also reconsidering how they purchase software products, which requires us to constantly evaluate our business model and strategy. In response, we are focused on providing solutions to enable our customers to be more agile and collaborative on their projects. We devote significant resources to the development of new technologies, including AI features. If we are unable to provide new features, enhancements to user experience, and modifications in a timely and cost-effective manner that achieve market acceptance, align with customer expectations, and that keep pace with rapid technological developments and changing regulatory landscapes, our business and operating results could be adversely affected. For example, AI and machine learning are propelling advancements in technology, but if they are not widely adopted and accepted or fail to operate as expected, our business and reputation may be harmed.
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In addition, we frequently introduce new business models or methods that require a considerable investment of technical and financial resources, such as our introduction of flexible subscription and service offerings, our transition of multi-subscription plans to named-user plans and our new transaction model. It is uncertain whether these strategies, including our product and pricing changes, will accurately reflect customer demand or be successful, or whether we will be able to develop the necessary infrastructure and business models more quickly than our competitors. We make such investments through further development and enhancement of our existing products and services, as well as through acquisitions. Such investments may not result in sufficient revenue generation to justify their costs and could result in decreased net revenue or profitability. If we are not able to meet customer requirements, either with respect to new customers or existing customers, and either with respect to our software or the manner in which we provide such products, or if we are not able to adapt our business model to meet our customers’ requirements, our business, financial condition, or results of operations may be adversely impacted.
In particular, a critical component of our growth strategy is to have customers of our AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT products, as well as other individual Autodesk products, expand their portfolios to include our other offerings and cloud-based functionality, and we are taking steps to accelerate this migration. At times, sales of our AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT or individual Autodesk flagship products have decreased without a corresponding increase in Industry Collections or cloud-based functionality revenue, or without purchases of customer seats to our Industry Collections. Should this continue, our results of operations will be adversely affected.
Our executive management team must continuously act quickly and with vision, given the rapidly changing customer expectations and technology advancements inherent in the software industry, the extensive and complex efforts required to create useful and widely accepted products, and the rapid evolution of cloud computing, mobile devices, new computing platforms, and other technologies, such as consumer products. Although we have articulated a strategy that we believe will fulfill these challenges, if we fail to execute properly on that strategy or adapt the strategy as market conditions evolve, we may fail to meet our customers’ expectations, be unable to compete with our competitors' products and technology, and lose the confidence of our channel partners and employees. This in turn could adversely affect our business and financial performance.
Existing and increased competition and rapidly evolving technological changes may reduce our revenue and profits.
The software industry has limited barriers to entry, and the availability of computing devices with continually expanding performance at progressively lower prices contributes to the ease of market entry. The industry has undergone a transition from developing and selling perpetual licenses and on-premises products to subscriptions and cloud-enabled technologies. This shift further lowers barriers to entry and poses a disruptive challenge to established software companies. The markets in which we operate are characterized by vigorous competition, both by entrants with innovative technologies and by consolidation of companies with complementary offerings and technologies. Some of our competitors have greater financial, technical, sales and marketing, and other resources. Our competitors and new entrants may also be able to develop and market new technologies that render our existing or future products less competitive. For example, disruptive technologies such as machine learning and other AI technologies may significantly alter the market for our products in unpredictable ways and reduce customer demand. The market may also react to these disruptive technologies in unpredictable ways inconsistent with our financial condition and results of operation.
Furthermore, a reduction in the number and availability of compatible third-party applications or our inability to rapidly adapt to technological and customer preference changes, including those related to cloud computing, mobile devices, and new computing platforms, may adversely affect the sale of our solutions. Because of these and other factors, competitive conditions in the industry are likely to intensify in the future. Increased competition could result in price reductions, reduced net revenue and profit margins, and loss of market share, any of which would likely harm our business.
Global economic and political conditions may further impact our industries, business, and financial results.
Our overall performance depends largely upon domestic and worldwide economic and political conditions. The United States and other countries’ economies have experienced cyclical downturns, in which economic activity was impacted by falling demand for a variety of goods and services, restricted credit, poor liquidity, decreased government spending, reduced corporate profitability, volatility in credit, equity, and foreign exchange markets, inflationary pressures and higher interest rates, bankruptcies, and overall uncertainty. These economic conditions can occur abruptly. For example, current geopolitical and global macro-economic challenges, most recently regarding tariffs and trade protectionism, have caused uncertainty in the global economy, and an economic downturn or recession in the United States or in other countries may occur or has already occurred and may continue. The extent to which these challenges will impact our financial condition or results of operations is
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still uncertain and will continue to depend on developments such as the impact of these challenges on our customers, vendors, distributors, and resellers, such as the supply chain disruption and resulting inflationary pressures and global labor shortage that we have seen recently, material scarcity, as well as other factors; actions taken by governments, businesses, and consumers in response to these challenges; speed and timing of economic recovery, including in specific geographies; our billings and renewal rates, including new business close rates, rate of multi-year contracts, pace of closing larger transactions, and new unit volume growth; wars and armed conflicts, including the ongoing wars between Ukraine and Russia and conflicts in the Middle East; foreign exchange rate fluctuations; and the effect of these challenges on margins and cash flow. All of these factors continue to evolve and remain uncertain at this time, and some of these factors are not within our control. If economic growth in countries where we do business slows or if such countries experience further economic recessions, customers may delay or reduce technology purchases. Our customers include government entities, including the U.S. federal government, and if spending cuts impede the ability of governments to purchase our products and services, our revenue could decline. In addition, a number of our customers rely, directly and indirectly, on government spending.
As described elsewhere in these risk factors, we are dependent on international revenue and operations and are subject to related risks of conducting business globally. Trends toward nationalism and protectionism, including imposition of tariffs and related trade wars, and the weakening or dissolution of international trade pacts may increase the cost of, or otherwise interfere with, conducting business. These trends have increased political and economic unpredictability globally and may increase the volatility of global financial markets, and the impact of such developments on the global economy remains uncertain. Political instability or adverse political developments in any of the countries in which we do business could harm our business, results of operations, and financial condition. A financial sector credit crisis could impair credit availability and the financial stability of our customers, including our distribution partners and channels. A disruption in the financial markets may also have an effect on our derivative counter-parties and could also impair our banking partners, on which we rely for operating cash management. War, geopolitical conflicts, and any related political or economic responses and counter-responses or otherwise by various global actors or the general effect on the global economy, could also affect our business. Any of these events could harm our business, results of operations, and financial condition.
Our business could be adversely impacted by the costs and challenges associated with strategic acquisitions and investments.
We regularly acquire or invest in businesses, software solutions, and technologies that are complementary to our business through acquisitions, strategic alliances, or equity or debt investments, including several transactions in fiscal 2025 and fiscal 2026. The risks associated with such acquisitions include the difficulty of integrating solutions, operations, and personnel; inheriting liabilities such as intellectual property infringement claims; failure to realize anticipated revenue and cost projections and expected synergies; the requirement to test and assimilate the internal control processes of the acquired business in accordance with the requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002; and diversion of management's time and attention. In addition, such acquisitions and investments involve other risks such as:
•the inability to retain customers, key employees, vendors, distributors, business partners, and other entities associated with the acquired business;
•the potential that due diligence of the acquired business or solution does not identify significant problems;
•exposure to litigation or other claims in connection with, or inheritance of claims or litigation risk as a result of, an acquisition, including claims from terminated employees, customers, or other third parties;
•the potential for incompatible business cultures;
•significantly higher than anticipated transaction or integration-related costs;
•the potential that acquired businesses or businesses that we invest in may not have adequate controls, processes, and procedures to ensure compliance with laws and regulations, including with respect to data privacy, data protection, and cybersecurity, as well as anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws, export controls, sanctions and industry-specific-regulation;
•potential additional exposure to economic, tax, currency, political, legal, and regulatory risks and liabilities, including risks associated with specific countries; and
•the potential impact on relationships with existing customers, vendors, and distributors as business partners as a result of acquiring another business.
We may not be successful in overcoming such risks, and such acquisitions and investments may negatively impact our business. In addition, if we do not complete an announced acquisition transaction or integrate an acquired business successfully and in a timely manner, we may not realize the benefits of the acquisition to the extent anticipated. Acquisitions and
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investments have in the past and may in the future contribute to fluctuations in our quarterly financial results. These fluctuations could arise from transaction-related costs and charges associated with eliminating redundant expenses or write-offs of impaired assets recorded in connection with acquisitions and investments, and could negatively impact our financial results.
We are dependent on international revenue and operations, exposing us to significant international regulatory, economic, intellectual property, collections, currency exchange rate, taxation, political, and other risks, which could adversely impact our financial results.
International net revenue represented 64% of our net revenue for both fiscal 2026 and 2025. Our international revenue, some of which comes from emerging economies, is subject to economic and political conditions in foreign markets, including those resulting from economic and political conditions in the United States. Our total revenue is also impacted by the relative geographical and country mix of our revenue over time. Our dependency on international revenue makes us much more exposed to global economic and political trends, which can negatively impact our financial results even if our results in the United States are strong for a particular period.
We anticipate that our international operations will continue to account for a significant portion of our net revenue and, as we expand our international development, sales, and marketing expertise, will provide significant support to our overall efforts in countries outside of the United States. Risks inherent in our international operations include:
•economic volatility;
•tariffs, quotas, and other trade barriers and restrictions, geopolitical conflicts, and any political or economic responses and counter-responses thereto by various global actors;
•fluctuating currency exchange rates, including devaluations, currency controls, and inflation, and risks related to any hedging activities we undertake;
•changes in regulatory requirements and practices;
•delays resulting from difficulty in obtaining export licenses for certain technology;
•different purchase patterns as compared to the developed world;
•operating in locations with a higher incidence of corruption and fraudulent business practices, particularly in emerging economies;
•compliance with the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the U.K. Bribery Act, and other anti-corruption laws;
•difficulties in staffing and managing foreign sales and development operations;
•local competition;
•longer collection cycles for accounts receivable;
•U.S. and foreign tax law changes and the complexities of tax reporting;
•laws regarding the free flow of data across international borders and management of and access to data and public networks;
•possible future limitations upon foreign-owned businesses;
•increased financial accounting and reporting burdens and complexities;
•inadequate local infrastructure;
•greater difficulty in protecting intellectual property;
•software piracy; and
•other factors beyond our control, including popular uprisings, terrorism, war (including any related political or economic responses and counter-responses or otherwise by various global actors or the general effect on the global economy), natural disasters, and diseases and pandemics.
Some of our business partners also have international operations and are subject to the risks described above.
In addition, in recent years, the United States has instituted or proposed changes to foreign trade policy, including the negotiation or termination of trade agreements, the imposition of new or increased tariffs on products imported from certain countries; economic sanctions on individuals, corporations, or countries; and other government regulations affecting trade between the United States and other countries in which we do business. For example, the United States and other global actors have continued to increase sanctions and export restrictions as a result of the war against Ukraine launched by Russia, the geopolitical landscape with respect to China, ongoing conflicts in the Middle East, and other risks. Additionally, recent executive actions and executive branch policies in the United States, such as those communicated in a February 2025 memorandum regarding a change in U.S. policy with respect to the negotiation and imposition of digital services taxes and
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regulations by other countries, suggest a broader purview for changes in U.S. trade policy as a component of U.S. foreign policy. For example, since March 2025 the United States has imposed additional Section 232 tariffs on various commodities, including steel, aluminum, passenger vehicles and trucks (and components for such vehicles), and other industry-specific targets. Between February 2025 and February 2026, the United States placed additional fentanyl-related tariffs on most goods from China, Canada and Mexico (with an exception for goods that qualify for duty-free treatment under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement); and between April 2025 and February 2026 placed additional reciprocal tariffs on most imports from U.S. trading partners other than Canada, Mexico, Russia, Belarus, Cuba, and North Korea. These additional U.S. tariffs were implemented under authorities asserted in the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (“IEEPA”) and rescinded on February 24, 2026, following a Supreme Court decision invalidating the use of IEEPA to authorize these tariffs. The availability, timing, and amount of any related refunds associated with payments of these duties remain uncertain and subject to further legal, regulatory, and administrative action. Beginning February 24, 2026, the U.S. government implemented a new, global “temporary import surcharge” of 10% on many of the same products affected by the prior reciprocal tariffs, under authorities provided for in Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974, supplementing existing non-IEEPA measures. Additional trade-related investigations by the U.S. government are in progress and could result in the imposition of additional tariffs.
There is currently significant uncertainty about the future relationship between the United States and its trading partners with respect to trade policies, tariffs, taxes, and similar policies affecting cross-border operations. These new or increased tariffs and other changes in U.S. trade policy, including new sanctions and increased export restrictions, have triggered and could continue to trigger retaliatory actions by affected countries, including Canada, China, Russia, and others, that have instituted, considered, or are considering imposing new or increased tariffs, export controls, and other trade sanctions targeting certain U.S. persons or U.S.-manufactured goods. These retaliatory measures could include responses such as the imposition of new or increased digital services taxes. The escalation of protectionist or retaliatory trade measures in either the United States or any other countries in which we do business, such as additional sanctions, a change in tariff structures, increased export controls, or other trade policies, may increase the cost of, or otherwise interfere with, the conduct of our business, and could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, operations, and business outlook.
Even if we are able to successfully manage the risks of international operations, our business may be adversely affected if our business partners are not able to successfully manage these risks.
We may not be able to predict subscription renewal rates and their impact on our future revenue and operating results.
We are dependent on attracting new customers as well as renewing and expanding our business with existing customers. Our customers are not obligated to renew their subscriptions for our offerings, and they may elect not to renew, upgrade, or expand their subscriptions. We cannot assure renewal rates or the mix of subscriptions renewals. Customer renewal rates may decline or fluctuate due to a number of factors, including offering pricing; competitive offerings; customer satisfaction; and reductions in customer spending levels, customer activity, or number of users due to economic downturns or financial markets uncertainty. If our customers do not renew their subscriptions or if they renew on less favorable terms, our revenues may decline.
In addition, we generally recognize subscription revenue over the term of the respective contracts, which typically range from 1-year to 3-years. As a result, most of the revenue we report in each quarter is the result of subscriptions entered into during previous quarters. Consequently, a decline in new or renewed subscriptions in any one quarter may not be reflected in our revenue results for that quarter but will negatively impact our revenue in future quarters. Accordingly, the effect of significant downturns in sales and market acceptance of our services, and changes in our attrition rate, may not be fully reflected in our results of operations until future periods.
Our financial results, key metrics, and other operating metrics fluctuate within each quarter and from quarter to quarter, making our future revenue and financial results difficult to predict.
Our quarterly financial results, key metrics, and other operating metrics have fluctuated in the past and will continue to do so in the future. These fluctuations have in the past caused and could in the future cause our stock price to change significantly or experience declines. We also provide investors with quarterly and annual financial forward-looking guidance that could prove to be inaccurate as a result of these fluctuations. In addition to the other risks described in these risk factors, some of the factors that have in the past caused and could in the future cause our financial results, key metrics, and other operating metrics to fluctuate include:
•general market, economic, business, and political conditions in Europe and APAC including from an economic downturn or recession in the United States or other countries, as well as economic and regulatory uncertainty;
•failure to produce sufficient revenue, billings, subscription, profitability, and cash flow growth;
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•failure to accurately predict the impact of acquired businesses or to identify and realize the anticipated benefits of acquisitions, and successfully integrate such acquired businesses and technologies;
•shift to named-user plans and annual billing of multi-year contracts, which impacted the timing of our billings and cash collections in fiscal year 2024, 2025 and 2026 and which is expected to continue into fiscal year 2027;
•our ability to successfully introduce and expand new transaction models such as Flex;
•potential goodwill impairment charges related to prior acquisitions;
•failure to manage spend;
•changes in billings linearity;
•changes in subscription mix, pricing pressure, or changes in subscription pricing;
•weak or negative growth in one or more of the industries we serve, including AECO, manufacturing, and digital media and entertainment markets;
•the success of new business or sales initiatives;
•security breaches, related reputational harm, and potential financial penalties to customers and government entities;
•restructuring or other accounting charges and unexpected costs or other operating expenses;
•timing of additional investments in our technologies or deployment of our services;
•changes in revenue recognition or other accounting guidelines employed by us and/or established by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, Securities and Exchange Commission, or other rulemaking bodies;
•fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates and the effectiveness of our hedging activity;
•dependence on and timing of large transactions;
•adjustments arising from ongoing or future tax examinations;
•the ability of governments around the world to adopt fiscal policies, meet their financial and debt obligations, and finance infrastructure projects;
•failure to expand our AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT customer base to related design products and services;
•our ability to rapidly adapt to technological and customer preference changes, including those related to cloud computing, mobile devices, and new computing platforms;
•timing of the introduction of new products by us or our competitors;
•the financial and business condition of our reseller and distribution channels;
•perceived or actual technical or other problems with a product or combination of subscriptions;
•unexpected or negative outcomes of matters and expenses relating to litigation or regulatory inquiries;
•increases in cloud functionality-related expenses;
•timing of releases and retirements of offerings;
•changes in tax laws or tax or accounting rules and regulations, such as increased use of fair value measures;
•changes in sales compensation practices;
•failure to effectively implement and maintain our copyright legalization programs, especially in developing countries;
•renegotiation or termination of royalty or intellectual property arrangements;
•interruptions or terminations in the business of our consultants or third-party developers;
•timing and degree of expected investments in growth and efficiency opportunities;
•failure to achieve continued success in technology advancements;
•catastrophic events, natural disasters, or public health events, such as pandemics and epidemics;
•regulatory compliance costs; and
•failure to appropriately estimate the scope of services under consulting arrangements.
We have also experienced fluctuations in financial results in interim periods in certain geographic regions due to seasonality or regional economic or political conditions. In particular, our financial results, key metrics, or other operating metrics in Europe during our third quarter are usually affected by a slower summer period, and our APAC operations typically experience seasonal slowing in our fourth quarter. War, geopolitical conflicts, and any related political or economic responses and counter-responses or otherwise by various global actors or the general effect on the global economy, could also affect our business.
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Our operating expenses are based in part on our expectations for future revenue and are relatively fixed in the short term. Accordingly, any revenue shortfall below expectations has had, and in the future could have, an immediate and significant adverse effect on our profitability. Greater than anticipated expenses or a failure to maintain rigorous cost controls would also negatively affect profitability.
We derive a substantial portion of our net revenue from a small number of solutions, including our AutoCAD-based software products and collections, and if these offerings are not successful, our revenue would be adversely affected.
We derive a substantial portion of our net revenue from sales of subscriptions of a limited number of our offerings, including AutoCAD software, solutions based on AutoCAD, which include our collections that serve specific markets, and products that are interoperable with AutoCAD. Any factor adversely affecting sales of these subscriptions, including the product release cycle, market acceptance, product competition, performance and reliability, reputation, price competition, economic and market conditions, and the availability of third-party applications, would likely harm our financial results. During fiscal 2026 and 2025, combined revenue from our AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT family products, not including collections having AutoCAD or AutoCAD LT as a component, represented 25% and 26% of our total net revenue, respectively.
From time to time we realign or introduce new business and sales initiatives; if we fail to successfully execute and manage these initiatives, our results of operations could be negatively impacted.
As part of our effort to accommodate our customers’ needs and demands and the rapid evolution of technology, from time to time we evolve our business and sales initiatives, such as shifting to annual billing of multi-year contracts, introducing and expanding new business models such as the new transaction model and Flex, realigning our development and marketing organizations, offering software as a service, and realigning our internal resources in an effort to improve efficiency. We may take such actions without clear indications that they will prove successful and, at times, we have been met with short-term challenges in the execution of such initiatives. Market acceptance of any new business or sales initiative is dependent on our ability to match our customers’ needs at the right time and price. Often, we have limited prior experience and operating history in these new areas of emphasis. If any of our assumptions about expenses, revenue, or revenue recognition principles from these initiatives proves incorrect, or our attempts to improve efficiency are not successful, our actual results may vary materially from those anticipated, and our financial results will be negatively impacted.
We may not successfully execute or achieve the expected benefits of our restructuring plan and other measures we may take in the future, and our efforts may adversely affect our business.
During the first quarter of fiscal 2026, we initiated a restructuring plan (the “2026 Plan”), to support Autodesk's initiatives to optimize its go-to-market organization and, at the same time, to reallocate resources to Autodesk’s strategic priorities such as investments in cloud, platform, and artificial intelligence. During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026, we initiated another restructuring plan (the "January 2026 Plan") that marks the final phase of our sales and marketing optimization program. These measures are intended to address our short and long-term objectives and are based on our current estimates, assumptions, and forecasts, which are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Implementation of these and any other initiatives may not achieve our expected benefits, may be disruptive to our business, the expected costs and charges may be greater than we have forecasted, and the estimated cost savings may be lower than we have forecasted. In addition, our 2026 Plan and January 2026 Plan could result in personnel attrition beyond our planned reduction in headcount or could reduce employee morale, which could in turn adversely impact productivity, including through a loss of continuity, loss of accumulated knowledge and/or inefficiency during transitional periods, could affect our ability to attract highly skilled employees, or may otherwise adversely affect our business.
Net revenue, billings, earnings, cash flow, or subscriptions shortfalls or volatility of the market generally may cause the market price of our stock to decline.
The market price for our common stock has experienced significant fluctuations and may continue to fluctuate significantly. The market price for our common stock has in the past been, and in the future may be, affected by a number of factors, including the other risks described in these risk factors and the following:
•shortfalls in our expected financial results, including net revenue, billings, earnings, and cash flow or key performance metrics, such as subscriptions, and how those results compare to securities analyst expectations, including whether those results fail to meet, exceed, or significantly exceed securities analyst expectations;
•quarterly variations in our or our competitors’ results of operations;
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•general socioeconomic, political, or market conditions, including from an economic downturn or recession in the United States or in other countries, as well as economic and regulatory uncertainty;
•changes in forward-looking estimates of future results, how those estimates compare to securities analyst expectations, or changes in recommendations or confusion on the part of analysts and investors about the short- and long-term impact to our business;
•uncertainty about certain governments’ abilities to repay debt or effect fiscal policy;
•announcements of new offerings or enhancements by us or our competitors as well as market perception of disruptive technologies such as machine learning and other AI technologies;
•unusual events such as significant acquisitions, divestitures, regulatory actions, and litigation;
•changes in laws, rules, or regulations applicable to our business;
•outstanding debt service obligations;
•actions by activist shareholders or others, and our response to such actions; and
•other factors, including factors unrelated to our operating performance, such as instability affecting the economy or the operating performance of our competitors.
Significant changes in the price of our common stock could expose us to costly and time-consuming litigation. Historically, after periods of volatility in the market price of a company’s securities, a company becomes more susceptible to securities class action litigation. This type of litigation is often expensive and diverts management’s attention and resources.
As a result of our strategy of partnering with other companies for product development, our product delivery schedules could be adversely affected if we experience difficulties with our product development partners.
We partner with certain independent firms and contractors to perform some of our product development activities. We believe our partnering strategy allows us to achieve efficiencies in developing new products and maintaining and enhancing existing product offerings. This strategy creates a dependency on independent developers. Independent developers, including those who currently develop solutions for us in the United States and throughout the world, may not be able or willing to provide development support to us in the future. In addition, use of development resources through consulting relationships, particularly in non-U.S. jurisdictions with developing legal systems, may be adversely impacted by, and expose us to risks relating to, evolving employment, export, and intellectual property laws. These risks could, among other things, expose our intellectual property to misappropriation and result in disruptions to product delivery schedules.
We incorporate AI into our offerings, and challenges with properly managing its use could result in competitive harm, reputational harm, or liability, and adversely affect our results of operations.
We are increasingly building AI into many of our offerings. We expect to rely on AI technologies to help drive future growth in our business, but there can be no assurance that we will realize the desired or anticipated benefits from AI or at all. We may also fail to properly implement or market our AI offerings. As with many innovations, AI presents risks and challenges that could affect its adoption, and therefore our business. Our competitors or other third parties may incorporate AI into their products more quickly or more successfully than us, which could impair our ability to compete effectively and adversely affect our results of operations. Additionally, our offerings based on or otherwise leveraging AI may expose us to additional lawsuits and regulatory investigations and other proceedings and subject us to legal liability as well as brand and reputational harm. For example, if the content, analyses, or recommendations that AI applications assist in producing are or are alleged to be deficient, inaccurate, or biased, our business, financial condition, and results of operations may be adversely affected. The use of AI applications has resulted in, and may in the future result in, cybersecurity incidents that implicate the personal data of end users of such applications. Any such cybersecurity incidents related to our use of AI applications could adversely affect our reputation and results of operations.
Social and ethical issues relating to the use of new and evolving technologies such as AI in our offerings, may result in reputational harm and liability, and may cause us to incur additional research and development costs to resolve such issues. AI presents emerging ethical issues and if we enable or offer solutions that draw controversy due to their perceived or actual impact on society, we may experience brand or reputational harm, competitive harm, or legal liability. Government regulation addressing AI ethics, transparency requirements, or other aspects of the development, or use, or deployment of AI may also increase the burden and cost of research, development, and other activities, which may increase our costs, limit our ability to leverage AI, and subject us to brand or reputational harm, competitive harm, or legal liability. For example, the European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act (the “AI Act”), which achieved approval by the European Council on February 2, 2024, and
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the European Parliament on March 13, 2024, imposes obligations on providers and users of AI technologies. Some U.S. states have proposed, and in certain cases enacted, laws addressing aspects of the development and use of AI. Failure to address AI ethical and regulatory issues by us or others in our industry could undermine public confidence in AI, slow adoption of AI in our products and services, and subject us to claims, demands, and proceedings from private actors, regulatory investigations and other proceedings by regulatory authorities, and fines, penalties, and other liabilities.
The Audit Committee internal investigation has been time-consuming and expensive, has resulted in the filing of lawsuits, and may result in additional expense and/or litigation.
As previously disclosed on April 1, 2024, the Audit Committee commenced an internal investigation with the assistance of outside counsel and advisors, regarding Autodesk’s free cash flow and non-GAAP operating margin practices. The results of that investigation were announced on May 31, 2024.
We have incurred significant expenses, including audit, legal, consulting and other professional fees, in connection with the investigation, and we could be forced to incur significant additional time and expense as a result of the investigation. The incurrence of significant additional expense, or the requirement that management devote significant time that could reduce the time available to execute on our business strategies, could have an adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.
Autodesk voluntarily contacted the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to advise it that an internal investigation was ongoing. In addition, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California (“USAO”) contacted us regarding the Audit Committee investigation. We cooperated with the SEC and USAO, including by providing certain documents and information. On August 19, 2025, the SEC notified us that it was closing its matter. On August 21, 2025, the USAO notified us that it was closing its matter as well. We cannot guarantee that we will not receive inquiries from other regulatory authorities regarding the investigation, or that we will not be subject to future claims, investigations or proceedings. Any future inquiries from the SEC or other regulatory authorities, or future claims or proceedings or any related regulatory investigation will, regardless of the outcome, likely consume a significant amount of our internal resources and result in additional legal and accounting costs. We can provide no assurances as to the outcome of any governmental investigation.
In addition, we and certain of our officers and directors have been named in purported shareholder litigation arising out of our announcement of the investigation. For additional discussion, see Part I, Item 3. Legal Proceedings and Note 12 to our Consolidated Financial Statements. The pending litigation, and any future litigation, investigation or other actions that may be filed or initiated against us or our officers or directors, may be time consuming and expensive. We cannot predict what losses we may incur in these litigation matters, and contingencies related to our obligations under the federal and state securities laws, or in other legal proceedings or governmental investigations or proceedings related to these matters.
Any legal proceedings, if decided adversely to us, could result in significant monetary damages, penalties and reputational harm, and will likely involve significant defense and other costs. We have entered into indemnification agreements with each of our directors and certain of our officers, and our bylaws require us to indemnify each of our directors and officers. Further, our insurance may not cover all claims that have been or may be brought against us, and insurance coverage may not continue to be available to us at a reasonable cost. As a result, we may be exposed to substantial uninsured liabilities, including pursuant to our indemnification obligations, which could adversely affect our business, prospects, results of operations and financial condition.
Risks Relating to Our Operations
Security breaches or incidents may compromise the integrity of our or our customers’ systems, solutions, offerings, services, applications, data, or intellectual property, harm our reputation, damage our competitiveness, create additional liability, and adversely impact our financial results.
As we digitize Autodesk and use cloud- and web-based technologies to leverage customer data to deliver the total customer experience, we are exposed to increased security risks and the potential for unauthorized access to, or improper use, disclosure, or other processing of, our and our customers’ information. Like other software offerings and systems, ours are vulnerable to security breaches and incidents, including those from acquired companies. Also, our ability to mitigate the risk of security breaches and incidents may be impacted by our limited control over our customers or third-party technology providers and vendors, or the processing of data by third-party technology providers and vendors, which may not allow us to maintain the integrity or security of such transmissions or processing. We devote significant resources in an effort to maintain the security and integrity of our systems, offerings, services, and applications (online, mobile, and desktop). Despite these efforts, we have
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been subject to security breaches and incidents, and we face the risks of them occurring in the future, as well as the risks of delays and other difficulties in identifying, responding to, or remediating security breaches or incidents.
Hackers regularly have targeted our systems, offerings, services, and applications, and we expect them to do so in the future. To date, we have not considered any such identified security events as material to us, including to our reputation or business operations, or had a material financial impact, but there can be no assurance that future cyberattacks will not be material or otherwise significant. Security breaches or incidents disrupt the proper functioning of our systems, solutions, offerings, applications, or services; cause errors in the output of our customers’ work; allow unauthorized access to or unauthorized use, disclosure, modification, loss, unavailability, or destruction of, sensitive data or intellectual property, including proprietary or confidential information of ours or our customers; or cause other destructive or disruptive outcomes. The risk of a security incident, particularly through cyber-attack or cyber intrusion, including by computer hackers, foreign governments, and cyber terrorists, has increased as the number, intensity, and sophistication of attempted attacks and intrusions from around the world have increased. These threats include, among others, identity theft, unauthorized access, DNS attacks, wireless network attacks, viruses and worms, malware, bugs, vulnerabilities, advanced persistent threats, application-centric attacks, peer-to-peer attacks, social engineering, phishing, credential stuffing, malicious file uploads, backdoor trojans, supply chain attacks, ransomware attacks, and distributed denial of service attacks. In addition, third parties may attempt to fraudulently induce our employees, vendors, partners, customers, or users to disclose information to gain access to our data or our customers’ or users’ data and there is the risk of employee, contractor, or vendor error or malfeasance. These existing risks are compounded given the shift in recent years to work-from-home arrangements for a large population of employees and contractors, as well as employees and contractors of our third-party technology providers and vendors, and the risks could also be elevated in connection with the ongoing wars between Ukraine and Russia and conflicts in the Middle East as we and our third-party technology providers and vendors are vulnerable to a heightened risk of cyberattacks from or affiliated with nation-state actors, including retaliatory attacks from Russian actors against U.S.-based companies. Additionally, these threats continue to evolve in sophistication and volume and are difficult to detect and predict due to advances in electronic warfare techniques, advances in cryptography and other technologies, including AI and machine learning. Our use of AI may also increase our risks of being subject to a security breach or incident. Despite our significant efforts to create security barriers to such threats, we cannot entirely mitigate these risks, and there is no guarantee that inadvertent or unauthorized use or disclosure of such information will not occur or that third parties will not gain unauthorized access to such information.
Many governments have enacted laws requiring companies to provide notice of security breaches or incidents involving certain types of personal data and personal information. We are also contractually required to notify certain customers of certain security breaches or incidents. Any security breach or incident suffered, or believed to have been suffered, by us or by our technology providers or vendors could result in harm to our reputation and competitive position, difficulty attracting new customers (including government customers), retaining existing customers, and securing payment from customers, our expenditure of significant capital and other resources to evaluate and alleviate the security incident and to try to prevent further or additional incidents, and regulatory inquiries, investigations, and other proceedings, private claims, demands, lawsuits, potential liability, and the potential loss of our authorization under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (“FedRAMP”). We could incur significant costs and liabilities, including due to litigation, indemnity obligations, damages for contract breach, penalties for violation of applicable laws or regulations, and costs for remediation and other incentives offered to customers or other business partners in an effort to maintain business relationships after a security breach or incident, and our financial performance could be negatively impacted.
We cannot assure you that any limitations of liability provisions in our contracts would be enforceable or adequate or would otherwise protect us from any liabilities or damages with respect to any particular claim relating to a security incident. We also cannot be sure that our existing insurance coverage will continue to be available on acceptable terms or will be available in sufficient amounts to cover one or more large claims related to a security incident, or that the insurer will not deny coverage as to any future claim. The successful assertion of one or more large claims against us that exceed available insurance coverage, or the occurrence of changes in our insurance policies, including premium increases or the imposition of large deductible or co-insurance requirements, could have a material adverse effect on our business, including our financial condition, operating results, and reputation.
Our use of third-party open source software could negatively affect our ability to sell subscriptions to access our products and subject us to possible litigation and greater security risks.
We use third-party open source software. From time to time, companies that use third-party open source software have faced claims challenging the use of such open source software and compliance with the open source software license terms. Accordingly, we may be subject to suits by parties claiming ownership of what we believe to be open source software or
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claiming non-compliance with the applicable open source licensing terms. Some open source software licenses require end-users, who distribute or make available across a network software and services that include open source software, to make publicly available or to license all or part of such software (which in some circumstances could include valuable proprietary code, such as modifications or derivative works created, based upon, incorporating, or using the open source software) under the terms of the particular open source license. While we employ practices designed to monitor our compliance with the licenses of third-party open source software and protect our valuable proprietary source code, we may inadvertently use third-party open source software in a manner that exposes us to claims of non-compliance with the terms of the applicable license, including claims of intellectual property rights infringement or for breach of contract. Furthermore, there exists today an increasing number of types of open source software licenses, almost none of which have been tested in courts of law to provide clarity on their proper legal interpretation. If we were to receive a claim of non-compliance with the terms of any of these open source licenses, we may be required to publicly release certain portions of our proprietary source code. We could also be required to expend substantial time and resources to re-engineer some or all of our software. Any of the foregoing could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects.
In addition, the use of third-party open source software typically exposes us to greater risks than the use of third-party commercial software because open source licensors generally do not provide warranties or controls on the functionality or origin of the software. Use of open source software may also present additional security risks because the public availability of such software may make it easier for hackers and other third parties to determine how to compromise our platform. Any of the foregoing could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects and could help our competitors develop products and services that are similar to or better than ours.
We rely on third parties to provide us with a number of operational and technical services; third-party security incidents could result in the loss of our or our customers’ data, expose us to liability, harm our reputation, damage our competitiveness, and adversely impact our financial results.
We rely on third parties, such as Amazon Web Services, to provide us with operational and technical services. These third parties may have access to our systems, provide hosting services, or otherwise process data about us or our customers, employees, or partners. Our ability to monitor such third parties’ security measures is limited. There have been and may continue to be significant supply chain attacks, and we cannot guarantee that our or our such third parties’ systems have not been breached or otherwise compromised or that they do not contain exploitable defects, bugs, or vulnerabilities that could result in an incident, breach, or other disruption to, our or these third parties’ systems. Any security breach or incident involving such third parties could compromise the integrity or availability of, or result in the theft or unauthorized use, modification, or other processing of, our and our customers’ data. In addition, our operations or the operations of our customers or partners could be negatively affected in the event of a security breach or incident and could be subject to the loss or theft of confidential or proprietary information, including source code. Unauthorized access to or other processing of data and other confidential or proprietary information may be obtained through break-ins, network breaches by unauthorized parties, employee theft or misuse, or other misconduct. If any of the foregoing were to occur or to be perceived to occur, our reputation may suffer, our competitive position may be diminished, customers may buy fewer of our offerings and services, we could face lawsuits, regulatory investigation, fines, and potential liability, and our financial results could be negatively impacted.
Delays in service from third-party service providers could expose us to liability, harm our reputation, damage our competitiveness, and adversely impact our financial results.
From time to time, we may rely on a single or limited number of suppliers, or upon suppliers in a single country, for the provision of services and materials that we use in the operation of our business and production of our solutions. Inability of such third parties to satisfy our requirements could disrupt our operations or make it more difficult for us to implement our strategy. If any of these situations were to occur, our reputation could be harmed, we could be subject to third-party liability, including under laws relating to privacy, data protection, and cybersecurity in certain jurisdictions, and our financial results could be negatively impacted.
We are investing in resources to update and improve our information technology systems to digitize Autodesk and support our customers. Should our investments not succeed, or if delays or other issues with new or existing information technology systems disrupt our operations, our business could be harmed.
We rely on our network and data center infrastructure, technology systems, and websites for our development, marketing, operational, support, sales, accounting, and financial reporting activities. We continually invest resources to update and improve these systems to meet the evolving requirements of our business and customers. In particular, our transition to cloud-based
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products and a subscription-only business model involves considerable investment in the development of technologies, as well as back-office systems for technical, financial, compliance, and sales resources. Such improvements are often complex, costly, and time consuming. In addition, such improvements can be challenging to integrate with our existing technology systems, or may uncover problems with those systems. Unsuccessful implementation of hardware or software updates and improvements could result in disruption in our business operations, loss of customers, loss of revenue, errors in our accounting and financial reporting, or damage to our reputation, all of which could harm our business.
Our software solutions are highly complex and may contain undetected errors, defects, or vulnerabilities, and are subject to service disruptions, degradations, outages or other performance problems, each of which could harm our business and financial performance.
The software solutions that we offer are complex and, despite extensive testing and quality control, may contain errors, defects, or vulnerabilities. Some errors, defects, or vulnerabilities in our software solutions may only be discovered after they have been released. In addition, we have experienced, and may in the future experience, service disruptions, degradations, outages, and other performance problems in connection with our software solutions.
Any errors, defects, vulnerabilities, service disruptions, degradations, outages or other performance problems could result in the need for corrective releases to our software solutions, damage to our reputation, damage to our customers’ businesses, loss of revenue, an increase in subscription cancellations, or lack of market acceptance of our offerings, any of which would likely harm our business and financial performance.
If we do not maintain good relationships with the members of our distribution channel, or if our distribution channel suffers financial losses, becomes financially unstable or insolvent, or is not provided the right mix of incentives to sell our subscriptions, our ability to generate revenue will be adversely affected.
We sell our software products both directly to end users and through a network of distributors and resellers. For fiscal 2026 and 2025, approximately 37% and 58%, respectively, of our revenue was derived from indirect channel sales primarily through distributors and resellers. Our distributor, TD Synnex accounted for 14% and 33% of our total net revenue for fiscal 2026 and 2025, respectively. We anticipate that our revenue by direct sales channel will continue to increase as a percentage of total net revenue. We expect our indirect channel will continue to transact and support a considerable portion of our customers, particularly in emerging regions. Our ability to effectively distribute our solutions depends in part upon the financial and business condition of our distributor and reseller network. Computer software distributors and resellers typically are not highly capitalized, and have previously experienced difficulties during times of economic contraction as well as during the past several years. We have processes to ensure that we assess the creditworthiness of distributors and resellers prior to our sales to them. In the past we have taken steps to support them, and may take additional steps in the future, such as extending credit terms and adjusting our incentives. These steps, if taken, could harm our financial results. If our distributors and resellers were to become insolvent, they would not be able to maintain their business and sales or provide customer support services, which would negatively impact our business and revenue.
Over time, we have modified and continue to modify aspects of our relationship with our distributors and resellers, such as their incentive programs, pricing to them, and our distribution model to motivate and reward them for aligning their businesses with our strategy and business objectives. Further, our distributors and resellers may lose confidence in our business, move to competitive products, or not have the skills or ability to support customers. In particular, if one or more of such distributors or resellers were unable to meet their obligations with respect to accounts payable to us, we could be forced to write off such accounts and may be required to delay the recognition of revenue on future sales to these customers. These events could have a material adverse effect on our financial results.
We rely on software from third parties, and a failure to properly manage our use of third-party software could result in increased costs or loss of revenue.
Many of our products are designed to include software licensed from third parties. Such third-party software includes software licensed from commercial suppliers and under public open source licenses. While we have internal processes to manage our use of such third-party software, if such processes are inadequate, we may be subject to copyright infringement or other third-party claims. If we are non-compliant with a license for commercial software, we may be required to pay penalties or undergo costly audits pursuant to the license agreement. In the case of open-source software licensed under certain “copyleft” licenses, the license itself, or a court-imposed remedy for non-compliant use of the open source software, may
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require that proprietary portions of our own software be publicly disclosed or licensed. This could result in a loss of intellectual property rights, increased costs, re-engineering of our software, damage to our reputation, or loss of revenue.
In addition to risks related to license requirements, usage of open source software can lead to greater risks than use of third-party commercial software, as open source licensors generally do not provide warranties, support, indemnities, assurances of title or controls on origin of the software, or other contractual protections regarding infringement claims or the quality of the code. Likewise, some open source projects have known security and other vulnerabilities and architectural instabilities, or are otherwise subject to security attacks due to their wide availability, and are provided on an “as-is” basis.
Our business could be adversely affected if we are unable to attract and retain key personnel.
Our success and ability to invest and grow depend largely on our ability to attract and retain highly skilled technical, professional, managerial, sales, and marketing personnel. Historically, competition for these key personnel has been intense. The loss of services of any of our key personnel, including key personnel joining our company through acquisitions, inability to retain and attract qualified employees in the future, or delays in hiring required personnel, particularly engineering and sales personnel, including sales leadership personnel, could make it difficult to meet key objectives, such as timely and effective product introductions and financial goals.
We rely on third-party technologies and if we are unable to use or integrate these technologies, our solutions and service development may be delayed and our financial results negatively impacted.
We rely on certain software that we license from third parties, including software that is integrated with internally developed software and used in our offerings to perform key functions. These third-party software licenses may not continue to be available on commercially reasonable terms, and the software may not be appropriately supported, maintained, or enhanced by the licensors. The loss of licenses to, or inability to support, maintain, and enhance any such software could result in increased costs or delays until equivalent software can be developed, identified, licensed, and integrated, which would likely harm our business.
Disruptions in licensing relationships and with third-party developers could adversely impact our business.
We license certain key technologies from third parties. Licenses may be restricted in the term or the use of such technology in ways that negatively affect our business. Similarly, we may not be able to obtain or renew license agreements for key technology on favorable terms, if at all, and any failure to do so could harm our business. Our business strategy has historically depended in part on our relationships with third-party developers who provide products that expand the functionality of our design software. Some developers may elect to support other products or may experience disruption in product development and delivery cycles or financial pressure during periods of economic downturn. In particular markets, such disruptions have in the past, and would likely in the future, negatively impact these third-party developers and end users, which could harm our business.
Technology created by outsourced product development, whether outsourced to third parties or developed externally and transferred to us through business or technology acquisitions, involves additional risks such as effective integration into existing products, adequate transfer of technology know-how, and ownership and protection of transferred intellectual property.
Risks Relating to Laws and Regulations
Increasing regulatory focus on privacy, data protection, and cybersecurity issues, as well as new and expanding laws and regulations, and customer requirements, addressing AI, data localization and sovereignty, and the collection and processing of data and information, may impact our business and expose us to increased liability.
Our strategy to digitize Autodesk involves increasing our use of cloud- and web-based technologies and applications to leverage customer data to improve our offerings for the benefit of our customers. To accomplish this strategy, we must collect and otherwise process customer data, which may include personal data and personal information of users from different jurisdictions globally. We also collect and otherwise process personal data and personal information of our employees and contractors. As a result, numerous federal, state, and global laws and regulations relating to privacy, data protection, cybersecurity, and the collection, use, security, and other processing of personal data, personal information, and other data and information, apply to our data and information processing activities. The scope of these laws and regulations is rapidly
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evolving, subject to differing interpretations, may be inconsistent among jurisdictions, or conflict with other rules and is likely to remain uncertain for the foreseeable future. We also expect that there will continue to be new laws, regulations, and industry standards concerning these matters proposed and enacted in various jurisdictions. Globally, laws such as the General Data Protection Regulation (“EU”) 2016/679 (“GDPR”) in the European Union and the Personal Information Protection Law (“PIPL”) in China have been enacted, and numerous other countries have proposed or have enacted laws concerning these matters, and we expect new laws, regulations, and industry standards concerning these matters to be proposed and enacted in various jurisdictions. In addition, new and emerging laws and regulations in the United States governing privacy, data protection, and cybersecurity, such as the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”), other laws and regulations in other states, and numerous laws and regulations at the U.S. federal level, have been enacted or otherwise promulgated. These laws and regulations, as well as industry self-regulatory codes, industry standards, and other actual and asserted obligations to which we are or may be asserted to be subject, create new compliance obligations and substantially expand the scope of potential liability and provide greater penalties for non-compliance. For example, the GDPR provides for penalties of up to €20 million or 4% of a company’s annual global revenue, whichever is greater, the PIPL provides for penalties of up to 50 million renminbi or 5% of a company's annual revenue and disgorgement of all illegal gains, whichever is greater, and the CCPA provides for penalties of up to $7,500 per violation. These laws, regulations, and codes may also impact our innovation and business drivers in developing new and emerging technologies (e.g., AI and machine learning). These requirements, among others, may impact demand for our offerings and force us to bear the burden of expanded obligations in our contracts.
Many laws and regulations relating to privacy and data protection impose restrictions on cross-border transfers of personal data. Available data transfer mechanisms impose obligations on us and other companies that engage in cross-border personal data transfers and are complex, uncertain, and subject to active litigation and enforcement actions in a number of jurisdictions around the world. Data transfer mechanisms may be challenged, revoked, or otherwise modified. Numerous jurisdictions also have imposed data localization requirements, and we have faced, and expect to continue to face, customer requirements to maintain data in particular jurisdictions. We may, in addition to other impacts in connection with personal data transfer mechanisms or data localization requirements, be required to expend significant time and resources to update contractual arrangements and to comply with new and evolving obligations, experience additional costs associated with increased compliance burdens, and find it necessary or appropriate to stop using certain service providers, engage in new contract negotiations, localize certain personal data, or make other operational changes, all of which may impact our business, financial condition, and results of operations. Further, we face exposure to regulatory complaints, actions, and other proceedings, and the potential for substantial fines, other liabilities, and injunctions or other imposed requirements, in connection with transfers of personal data and data localization requirements.
In addition, the CPRA and many other recently enacted state laws addressing privacy and cybersecurity provide for additional obligations and grant additional rights to consumers such as correction of personal information and additional opt-out rights. These laws have required us to modify our data processing practices and policies and may cause us to make additional modifications, and to incur substantial costs and expenses, in our efforts to comply. Additionally, privacy advocacy groups and technology and other industries are considering various new, additional, or different self-regulatory standards that may place, or be asserted to place, additional burdens on us.
Evolving legislation and the interplay of federal and state laws may be subject to varying interpretations by courts and government agencies, creating complex compliance issues. These, as well as conflicting obligations imposed by laws and regulations in various jurisdictions around the world, have caused and may cause variation in requirements, increase restrictions and potential legal risk and impact strategies and the availability of, and our ability to process, previously useful data, potentially exposing us to additional expense, adverse publicity, and liability.
Governments, regulators, plaintiffs’ attorneys, and privacy advocates have increased their focus on how companies collect, use, store, share, transmit, and otherwise process personal data, personal information, and certain other data and information. Any perception of our practices, products, offerings, or services as violating of individual privacy or data protection rights, or failing to comply with obligations under laws or regulations relating to privacy, data protection, or cybersecurity, may subject us to public criticism, lawsuits, reputational harm, or investigations, claims, demands, or other proceedings by regulators, industry groups or other third parties, all of which could disrupt or adversely impact our business and expose us to fines, penalties, and other liabilities. Moreover, because the interpretation and application of many laws, regulations, and other actual and asserted obligations relating to privacy, data protection, cybersecurity, and the collection, use, security, and other processing of data and information are uncertain, it is possible that these laws, regulations, and obligations may be interpreted and applied in a manner that is inconsistent with our practices or the features of our products, offerings, and
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services. We could be required to fundamentally change our business activities and practices or modify our products, offerings, and services, any of which could require significant additional expense and adversely affect our business and results of operations, including impacting our ability to innovate, delaying our development roadmap, negatively impacting our efforts to understand our customers, limiting the effectiveness of our marketing activities, adversely affecting our relationships with customers and our ability to compete, harming our margins, and subjecting us to additional liabilities. If we are obligated to fundamentally change our business activities and practices or modify our products, offerings, or services, we may be unable to make such changes and modifications in a commercially reasonable manner, or at all, and our ability to develop new products, offerings, and services could be limited.
We are subject to governmental export and import controls that could impair our ability to compete in international markets or subject us to liability if we violate the controls.
Our offerings are subject to export controls and economic sanctions laws and regulations that prohibit the delivery of certain solutions and services or the export of these solutions and services to locations, governments, and persons targeted by applicable sanctions without the required export authorizations. While we have processes to prevent our offerings from being exported in violation of these laws, including obtaining authorizations as appropriate and screening against U.S. government and applicable international lists of restricted and prohibited persons, we cannot guarantee that these processes will prevent all violations of export controls and sanctions laws and regulations.
If our channel partners fail to obtain appropriate import, export, or re-export licenses or permits, we may also be adversely affected, through reputational harm as well as other negative consequences including government investigations and penalties. We presently incorporate export controls and sanctions compliance requirements in our channel partner agreements. Complying with export controls and sanctions laws and regulations for a particular sale may be time-consuming and may result in the delay or loss of sales opportunities. Violations of applicable sanctions or export control laws or regulations can result in fines or penalties.
For additional risks regarding sanctions and trade protectionism, please see the risk factor entitled “We are dependent on international revenue and operations . . .” earlier in this section.
If we are not able to adequately protect our proprietary rights, our business could be harmed.
We rely on a combination of patent, copyright, and trademark laws, trade secret protections, confidentiality procedures, and contractual provisions to protect our proprietary rights. However, the steps we take to protect our intellectual property rights may be inadequate. While we have patent applications pending in the United States and throughout the world, we may be unable to obtain patent protection for the technology covered in our patent applications. In addition, any patents issued to us in the future may not provide us with competitive advantages or may be successfully challenged by third parties. Furthermore, legal standards relating to the validity, enforceability, and scope of protection of intellectual property rights are uncertain. Despite our efforts to protect our proprietary rights, unauthorized parties from time to time have copied or reverse engineered aspects of our software or have obtained and used information that we regard as proprietary. Policing unauthorized use of our software is time-consuming and costly. We are unable to measure the extent to which unauthorized use of our software exists and we expect that unauthorized use of software will remain a persistent problem, particularly in emerging economies.
Additionally, we actively protect the secrecy of our confidential information and trade secrets, including our source code. If unauthorized disclosure of our source code occurs, we could potentially lose future trade secret protection for that source code. Unauthorized disclosure of our source code could make it easier for third parties to compete with our offerings by copying functionality, which could adversely affect our financial performance and our reputation. We also seek to protect our confidential information and trade secrets through the use of non-disclosure agreements with our employees, customers, contractors, vendors, and partners. However, it is possible that our confidential information and trade secrets may be disclosed or published without our authorization. If this were to occur, it may be difficult and/or costly for us to enforce our rights, and our financial performance and reputation could be negatively impacted.
We may face intellectual property infringement claims that could be costly to defend and result in the loss of significant rights.
Our competitors, as well as a number of other entities and individuals, may own or claim to own intellectual property relating to our business. Third parties may claim that we are infringing upon or misappropriating their intellectual property rights, and we may be found to be infringing upon such rights, even if we are unaware of the intellectual property rights claimed
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against us. As more software patents are granted worldwide, the number of offerings and competitors in our industries grows, and the functionality of products in different industries overlaps, we expect that software developers will be increasingly subject to infringement claims. Additionally, certain patent assertion entities have become more aggressive in threatening and pursuing litigation in attempts to obtain fees for licensing the right to use patents.
Any claims or threats of infringement or misappropriation, whether with or without merit, have been and could in the future be time-consuming to defend, result in costly litigation and diversion of resources, cause product delays, require us to change our products or business practices, prevent us from offering our software and services, or require us to enter into royalty or licensing agreements. In addition, such royalty or license agreements, if required, may not be available on acceptable terms, if at all, which would likely harm our business. We may also be obligated to indemnify our customers or business partners or pay substantial settlement costs, including royalty payments, in connection with any such claim or litigation and to obtain licenses, modify applications, or refund fees, which could be costly. Furthermore, from time to time we may introduce or acquire new products, including in areas where we historically have not competed, which could increase our exposure to patent and other intellectual property claims.
Contracting with government entities exposes us to additional risks inherent in the government procurement process.
We provide products and services, directly and indirectly, to a variety of government entities. Risks associated with licensing and selling products and services to government entities include extended sales and collection cycles, varying governmental budgeting processes, and adherence to complex procurement regulations and other government-specific contractual requirements, which are subject to change by the government, and which may require significant upfront cost, time, and resources, with no assurance that we will secure contracts with government entities. Furthermore, government certification requirements applicable to our platform, including FedRAMP, may change and, in doing so, restrict our ability to sell into the governmental sector until we have attained the full or revised certification. Governmental entities may also have statutory, contractual or other legal rights to terminate contracts with us or our partners for convenience or for other reasons.
We have obtained authorization under FedRAMP for certain offerings, which facilitates our entry into the U.S. federal government market. Such certification is subject to rigorous compliance and if we lose our certification, it could inhibit or preclude our ability to contract with certain U.S. federal government customers. In addition, some customers may rely on our authorization under FedRAMP to help satisfy their own legal and regulatory compliance requirements and our failure to maintain FedRAMP authorization might result in a breach under public sector contracts obtained on the basis of such authorization. This could subject us to liability, result in reputational harm, and adversely impact our financial condition or operating results.
We may be subject to audits and investigations relating to our government contracts and any violations could result in civil and criminal penalties and administrative sanctions, including termination of contracts, payment of fines, and suspension or debarment from future government business, as well as harm to our reputation and financial results.
Risks Relating to Financial Developments
We are exposed to fluctuations in currency exchange rates that could negatively impact our financial results and cash flows.
Because we conduct a substantial portion of our business outside the United States, we face exposure to adverse movements in foreign currency exchange rates, which could have a material adverse impact on our financial results and cash flows. These exposures may change over time as business practices evolve and economic conditions change. We use derivative instruments to manage a portion of our cash flow, revenue and expense exposure to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. As part of our risk management strategy, we use foreign currency contracts to manage a portion of our exposures of underlying assets, liabilities, and other obligations, which exist as part of our ongoing business operations. These foreign currency instruments may have maturities that extend for one to 18 months in the future and provide us with some protection against currency exposures. However, our attempts to hedge against these risks may not be completely successful, resulting in an adverse impact on our financial results.
The fluctuations of currencies in which we conduct business can both increase and decrease our overall revenue and expenses for any given period. Although our foreign currency cash flow hedge program extends beyond the current quarter in order to reduce our exposure to foreign currency volatility, we do not attempt to completely mitigate this risk, and in any case,
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will incur transaction fees in adopting such hedging programs. Such volatility, even when it increases our revenues or decreases our expenses, impacts our ability to accurately predict our future results and earnings.
In addition, global events, including geopolitical and economic developments, may contribute to volatility in foreign exchange markets, which we may not be able to effectively manage, and our financial results could be adversely impacted. Additionally, countries in which we operate may be classified as highly inflationary economies, requiring special accounting and financial reporting treatment for such operations, or such countries’ currencies may be devalued, or both, which may adversely impact our business operations and financial results.
Our debt service obligations may adversely affect our financial condition and cash flows from operations.
We have $2.50 billion of principal debt, consisting of notes due at various times from June 2027 to June 2035, as of January 31, 2026, as described in Part II, Item 8. In May 2025, we also entered into the 2025 Credit Agreement, which provides for an unsecured revolving loan facility in the aggregate principal amount of $1.5 billion, with an option to be increased up to $2 billion, subject to receipt of additional commitments and other customary conditions, as described in Part II, Item 8. Maintenance of our indebtedness, contractual restrictions, and additional issuances of indebtedness could:
•cause us to dedicate a substantial portion of our cash flows from operations towards debt service obligations and principal repayments;
•increase our vulnerability to adverse changes in general economic, industry, and competitive conditions;
•limit our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business and our industry;
•impair our ability to obtain future financing for working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions, general corporate, or other purposes; and
•due to limitations within the debt instruments, restrict our ability to grant liens on property, enter into certain mergers, dispose of all or substantially all of the assets of Autodesk and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, materially change our business, and incur subsidiary indebtedness, subject to customary exceptions.
We are required to comply with the covenants set forth in the 2025 Credit Agreement. If we breach any of the covenants and do not obtain a waiver from the lenders, then, subject to applicable cure periods, we would not be able to incur additional indebtedness under the 2025 Credit Agreement, and the lenders under the 2025 Credit Agreement could declare any outstanding indebtedness under the 2025 Credit Agreement immediately due and payable, which declaration could also lead to a default under agreements governing our outstanding senior notes and any future indebtedness. In addition, changes by any rating agency to our credit rating may negatively impact the value and liquidity of our securities. Under certain circumstances, if our credit ratings are downgraded or other negative action is taken, the interest rate payable by us under the 2025 Credit Agreement could increase. Downgrades in our credit ratings could also restrict our ability to obtain additional financing in the future and could affect the terms of any such financing.
Our investment portfolio consists of a variety of investment vehicles that are subject to interest rate trends, market volatility, and other economic factors. If general economic conditions decline, this could cause the credit ratings of our investments to deteriorate and illiquidity in the financial marketplace, and we may experience a decline in interest income and an inability to sell our investments, leading to impairment in the value of our investments.
It is our policy to invest our cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities in highly liquid instruments with, and in the custody of, financial institutions with high credit ratings and to limit the amounts invested with any one institution, type of security, or issuer. However, we are subject to general economic conditions, interest rate trends, and volatility in the financial marketplace that can affect the income that we receive from our investments, the net realizable value of our investments (including our cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities), and our ability to sell them. Any one of these factors could reduce our investment income or result in material charges, which in turn could impact our overall net income (loss) and earnings (loss) per share.
From time to time we make direct investments in privately held companies. Investments in privately held companies are considered inherently risky. The technologies and products these companies have under development are typically in the early stages and may never materialize, which could result in a loss of all or a substantial part of our initial investment in these companies. The evaluation of privately held companies is based on information that we request from these companies, which is not subject to the same disclosure regulations as U.S. publicly traded companies and, as such, the basis for these evaluations is subject to the timing and accuracy of the data received from these companies.
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A loss on any of our investments may cause us to record an other-than-temporary impairment charge. The effect of this charge could impact our overall net income and earnings per share. In any of these scenarios, our liquidity may be negatively impacted, which in turn may prohibit us from making investments in our business, taking advantage of opportunities, and potentially meeting our financial obligations as they come due.
Changes in tax rules and regulations, and uncertainties in interpretation and application, could materially affect our tax obligations and effective tax rate.
We are a U.S.-based multinational company subject to tax in multiple U.S. and foreign tax jurisdictions. Our effective tax rate is primarily based on our geographic mix of earnings; statutory rates; stock-based compensation; intercompany arrangements, including the manner in which we develop, value, and license our intellectual property; and enacted tax rules. Significant judgment is required in determining our effective tax rate and in evaluating our tax positions on a worldwide basis. While we believe our tax positions, including intercompany transfer pricing policies, are consistent with the tax laws in the jurisdictions in which we conduct our business, it is possible that these positions may be challenged by tax authorities and, if our positions are not sustained, may have a significant impact on our effective tax rate and cash taxes.
Tax laws in the United States and in foreign tax jurisdictions are dynamic and subject to change as new laws are passed and new interpretations of the law are issued or applied. Due to the complexity and varying interpretations of new and existing tax laws, the U.S. Department of Treasury and other standard-setting bodies have issued and will continue to issue regulations and interpretative guidance that could significantly impact how we will apply the law and the ultimate effect on our results of operations, including for our prior tax years. In addition, increases in corporate tax rates, could increase our effective tax rate, cash taxes and have an adverse effect on our results from operations.
Increasingly, tax authorities are reviewing existing corporate tax regulatory and legal regimes. Many countries are actively considering or implementing new taxing regimes and changes to existing tax laws. This could include U.S. and foreign tax law developments related to changes to long-standing tax principles arising from proposals made by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (the “OECD”) that seek to allocate greater taxing rights to countries where customers are located and establish a global minimum tax rate of 15% (“Pillar Two”). On January 5, 2026, the OECD announced a“side-by-side” elective safe harbor that exempts U.S.-parented multinational entities from certain provisions of Pillar Two for fiscal years beginning on or after January 1, 2026. If U.S. or foreign tax authorities change applicable tax laws or successfully challenge how or where our profits are currently recognized, our overall taxes could increase, and our business, financial condition, or results of operations may be adversely impacted.
If we were required to record an impairment charge related to the value of our long-lived assets or an additional valuation allowance against our deferred tax assets, our results of operations would be adversely affected.
Our long-lived assets are tested for impairment if indicators of impairment exist. If impairment testing shows that the carrying value of our long-lived assets exceeds their estimated fair values, we would be required to record a non-cash impairment charge, which would decrease the carrying value of our long-lived assets, adversely affecting our results of operations. Our deferred tax assets include net operating loss, amortizable tax assets, and tax credit carryforwards that can be used to offset taxable income and reduce income taxes payable in future periods. Each quarter, we assess the need for a valuation allowance, considering both positive and negative evidence to determine whether all or a portion of the deferred tax assets are more likely than not to be realized. We continue to have a valuation allowance against certain U.S. and foreign deferred tax assets. Changes in the amount of the U.S. and foreign jurisdictions valuation allowance could also result in a material non-cash expense or benefit in the period in which the valuation allowance is adjusted, and our results of operations could be materially affected. We will continue to perform these tests on our worldwide deferred tax assets, and any future adjustments to the realizability of our deferred tax assets may have a material effect on our financial condition and results of operations.
General Risk Factors
Our business may be significantly disrupted upon the occurrence of a catastrophic event.
Our business is highly automated and relies extensively on the availability of our network and data center infrastructure, our internal technology systems, and our websites. We also rely on hosted computer services from third parties for services that
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we provide to our customers and computer operations for our internal use. The failure of our systems or hosted computer services due to a catastrophic event, such as an earthquake, fire, flood, tsunami, weather event, other climate-related events (such as drought, water security, heat waves, cold waves, and poor air quality), telecommunications failure, power failure, cyber-attack, terrorism or war (including the ongoing wars between Ukraine and Russia and conflicts in the Middle East, and any related political or economic responses and counter-responses or otherwise by various global actors or the general effect on the global economy), or business interruption from epidemics or pandemics, or the fear of such events, could adversely impact our business, financial results, and financial condition. For example, our corporate headquarters and executive offices are located near major seismic faults in the San Francisco Bay Area and face annual periods of wildfire danger, which increase the probability of power outages and may impact employees’ abilities to commute to work or to work from home. We have developed disaster recovery plans and maintain backup systems in order to reduce the potential impact of a catastrophic event; however, there can be no assurance that these plans and systems would enable us to return to normal business operations. In addition, any such event could negatively impact a country or region in which we sell our products. This could in turn decrease that country’s or region’s demand for our products, negatively impacting our financial results.
We are subject to legal proceedings and regulatory inquiries, and we may be named in additional legal proceedings or become involved in regulatory inquiries in the future, all of which are costly, distracting to our core business, and could result in an unfavorable outcome or a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, or the trading prices for our securities.
We are involved in legal proceedings and receive inquiries from regulatory agencies. As the global economy has changed and our business has evolved, we have seen an increase in litigation activity and regulatory inquiries. Like many other technology companies, the number and frequency of inquiries from U.S. and foreign regulatory agencies we have received regarding our business and our business practices, as well as the business practices of others in our industry, have increased in recent years. In the event we are involved in significant disputes or are the subject of a formal action by a regulatory agency, we could be exposed to costly and time-consuming legal proceedings that could result in any number of outcomes. Any claims or regulatory actions initiated by or against us, whether successful or not, could result in high defense costs, damage awards, injunctive relief, increased costs of business, fines or orders to change certain business practices, significant dedication of management time, diversion of operational resources, or otherwise harm our business. In any such event, our financial results, results of operations, cash flows, or trading prices for our securities could be negatively impacted.
Changes in existing financial accounting standards or practices, or taxation rules or practices may adversely affect our results of operations.
Changes in existing accounting or taxation rules or practices, new accounting pronouncements or taxation rules, or varying interpretations of current accounting pronouncements or taxation practices could have a significant adverse effect on our results of operations or the way we conduct our business. Further, such changes could potentially affect our reporting of transactions completed before such changes are effective.
We are required to evaluate our internal control over financial reporting under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and any adverse results from such evaluation could result in a loss of investor confidence in our financial reports and have an adverse effect on our stock price.
Pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, we are required to furnish a report by our management on our internal control over financial reporting, including an assessment of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of the end of our fiscal year. This assessment must include a statement as to whether or not our internal control over financial reporting is effective and disclosure of any material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting identified by management. If our management or independent registered public accounting firm identifies one or more material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting, we are unable to assert that our internal control over financial reporting is effective, or our independent registered public accounting firm is unable to express an opinion that our internal controls are effective, investors could lose confidence in the accuracy and completeness of our financial reports, which could have an adverse effect on our business and stock price.
In preparing our financial statements we make certain assumptions, judgments, and estimates that affect amounts reported in our consolidated financial statements which, if not accurate, may significantly impact our financial results.
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We make assumptions, judgments, and estimates for a number of items, including revenue recognition for product subscriptions and enterprise business agreements (“EBAs”), the determination of the fair value of acquired assets and liabilities, and the realizability of deferred tax assets. We also make assumptions, judgments, and estimates in determining the accruals for uncertain tax positions, variable compensation, partner incentive programs, loss contingencies, and operating lease liabilities. These assumptions, judgments, and estimates are drawn from historical experience and various other factors that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances as of the date of the consolidated financial statements. Actual results could differ materially from our estimates, and such differences could significantly impact our financial results.
ITEM 1B.UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
None.
ITEM 1C. CYBERSECURITY
Risk Management and Strategy
We conduct risk assessments, penetration tests, and other security assessments to identify cybersecurity threats regularly, and in the event of a material change in our business practices that may affect information systems potentially vulnerable to such cybersecurity threats. These assessments include the identification of reasonably foreseeable internal and external risks, the likelihood and potential damage that could result from such risks, and the sufficiency of existing policies, procedures, systems, and safeguards in place to manage such risks. Risks are then assigned to the appropriate owners for tracking and mitigation.
Following these assessments, we re-design, implement, and maintain reasonable safeguards, when appropriate, to minimize identified risks; reasonably address any identified gaps in existing safeguards; and continually monitor the effectiveness of our safeguards. We devote significant resources and designate high-level personnel, including our Chief Trust Officer, who reports to our Chief Technology Officer, to manage the risk assessment and mitigation processes.
As part of our overall risk management system, we monitor and test our safeguards. We train our workforce on these safeguards. Personnel at all levels and departments are made aware of our cybersecurity policies through required trainings. Cybersecurity tabletop exercises are regularly conducted for our executives and for incident response professionals. Improvements identified at these tabletop exercises are implemented into our processes.
Governance
One of the key functions of our board of directors is informed oversight of our risk management process, including risks from cybersecurity threats. Our board of directors is responsible for monitoring and assessing strategic risk exposure. The board’s Audit Committee oversees the management of cybersecurity risks relating to financial, accounting, and internal control
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Our Chief Trust Officer oversees our cybersecurity policies and processes, including those described in “Risk Management and Strategy” above. The processes by which our Chief Trust Officer is informed about and monitors the prevention, detection, mitigation, and remediation of cybersecurity incidents include the following: leading Autodesk’s Trust program which implements data protection measures and processes across the organization; strategic planning of the Company’s cybersecurity initiatives and objectives; cybersecurity risk mitigation efforts; managing tools and processes that support security incident monitoring and alerting; overseeing security incident response planning; managing exercises that test management’s response plans and procedures; and managing our response to suspected or actual security incidents.
Our Chief Trust Officer provides quarterly briefings to the Audit Committee regarding our cybersecurity risks and state of our Trust program, including recent cybersecurity incidents and related responses, cybersecurity systems testing, and data protection initiatives and metrics. Our Audit Committee regularly updates the board of directors on such reports. In addition, our Chief Trust Officer provides briefings on cybersecurity risks and activities to the board of directors at least annually. Our Chief Trust Officer may also brief the board of directors regarding significant cybersecurity incidents.
ITEM 2.PROPERTIES
We lease approximately 1,200,000 square feet of office space in 85 locations in the United States and internationally through our foreign subsidiaries. Our executive offices and corporate headquarters are in leased office space in San Francisco, California. Our San Francisco facilities consist of approximately 140,000 square feet under leases that have expiration dates ranging from June 2026 to June 2031. We and our foreign subsidiaries lease additional space in various locations throughout the world for local sales, product development, and technical support personnel.
All facilities are in good condition. We believe that our existing facilities and offices are adequate to meet our requirements for the foreseeable future. See Part II, Item 8, Note 9, “Leases,” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for more information.
ITEM 3.LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
We are involved in a variety of claims, suits, investigations, inquiries, and proceedings in the normal course of business activities including claims of alleged infringement of intellectual property rights, commercial, employment, tax, prosecution of unauthorized use, business practices, and other matters. In our opinion, resolution of pending matters is not expected to have a material adverse impact on our consolidated results of operations, cash flows, or financial position. Given the unpredictable nature of legal proceedings, there is a reasonable possibility that an unfavorable resolution of one or more such proceedings could in the future materially affect our results of operations, cash flows, or financial position in a particular period, however, based on the information known by us as of the date of this filing and the rules and regulations applicable to the preparation of our financial statements, any such amount is either immaterial or it is not possible to provide an estimated amount of any such potential loss.
In early March 2024, the Audit Committee of Autodesk’s Board of Directors commenced an internal investigation with the assistance of outside counsel and advisors regarding the Company’s free cash flow and non-GAAP operating margin practices (the “Internal Investigation”). On March 8, 2024, the Company voluntarily contacted the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to inform it of the Internal Investigation. On April 3, 2024, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California (“USAO”) contacted the Company regarding the Internal Investigation. The Company cooperated with the SEC and USAO, including by providing certain documents and information. On August 19, 2025, the SEC notified the Company that it was closing its matter. On August 21, 2025, the USAO notified the Company that it was closing its matter as well.
On April 24, 2024, Michael Barkasi filed a purported federal securities class action complaint in the Northern District of California against Autodesk, our Chief Executive Officer, Andrew Anagnost, and our former Chief Financial Officer, Deborah
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L. Clifford. The complaint, which was filed shortly after Autodesk’s announcement of the Internal Investigation, generally alleged that the defendants made false and misleading statements in violation of Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder. On July 10, 2024, the Court appointed a lead plaintiff in the action, and an amended complaint was filed on September 16, 2024. The action purported to be brought on behalf of those who purchased or otherwise acquired the Company’s securities between February 23, 2023 and April 16, 2024, and sought unspecified damages and other relief. On November 25, 2024, Defendants filed a motion to dismiss the complaint. On July 18, 2025, the Court granted defendants’ motion to dismiss with leave to amend. On August 8, 2025, plaintiffs filed an amended complaint, which purported to assert claims under Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Exchange Act, and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder. Defendants’ motion to dismiss the amended complaint was filed on August 29, 2025. On January 26, 2026, the Court granted defendants’ motion to dismiss the amended compliant with prejudice. On February 12, 2026, the Court entered judgment. Plaintiffs have thirty days from entry of judgment to file a notice of appeal. At this stage, the Company cannot reasonably estimate the amount of any possible financial loss that could result from this matter.
In addition, on June 7, 2024, a purported stockholder derivative complaint was filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, naming our directors at the time of the complaint and our Chief Strategy Officer as defendants and our company as a nominal defendant. The complaint generally alleges violations of Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act and breach of fiduciary duties, aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duties, unjust enrichment, abuse of control, and waste of corporate assets, based on similar underlying allegations contained in the purported federal securities class action complaint described above. A second purported stockholder derivative complaint naming the same defendants was filed in the Northern District of California on June 25, 2024. The complaint in that case generally alleges violations of Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5, Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act, breach of fiduciary duties, unjust enrichment, abuse of control, gross mismanagement, waste of corporate assets, and contribution, also based on similar underlying allegations contained in the purported federal securities class action described above. On October 29, 2024 the Court consolidated and stayed the two stockholder derivative actions. A third purported stockholder derivative complaint naming the same defendants was filed in the District of Delaware on February 14, 2025. That complaint generally alleged violations of Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5, Sections 14(a) and 20(a) of the Exchange Act, breach of fiduciary duties, misappropriation of information, unjust enrichment, abuse of control, gross mismanagement, and waste of corporate assets, also based on similar underlying allegations contained in the purported federal securities class action described above. The plaintiff in the District of Delaware action filed a notice of voluntary dismissal of the action without prejudice on April 4, 2025, which the Court entered on April 7, 2025.
ITEM 4.MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
Not applicable.
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PART II
ITEM 5.MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
MARKET INFORMATION FOR COMMON STOCK
Our common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol ADSK.
DIVIDEND POLICY
We anticipate that, for the foreseeable future, we will not pay any cash or stock dividends.
STOCKHOLDERS
As of January 31, 2026, the number of common stockholders of record was 244. Because many of our shares of common stock are held by brokers or other institutions on behalf of stockholders, we are unable to estimate the total number of stockholders represented by the record holders.
ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
Our stock repurchase programs provide us with the ability to offset the dilution from the issuance of stock under our employee stock plans and reduce shares outstanding over time, and have the effect of returning excess cash generated from our business to stockholders. Under the share repurchase programs, we may repurchase shares from time to time in open market transactions, privately negotiated transactions, accelerated share repurchase programs, tender offers, or by other means. The share repurchase programs do not have an expiration date and the pace and timing of repurchases will depend on factors such as cash generation from operations, available surplus, the volume of employee stock plan activity, remaining shares available in the authorized pool, cash requirements for acquisitions, economic and market conditions, stock price, and legal and regulatory requirements.
The following table provides information about the repurchase of common stock in open-market transactions during the quarter ended January 31, 2026:
| (Shares in thousands) | Total Number of Shares Purchased | Average Price Paid per Share | Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs(1) | Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs (in millions) (2) | |||||||||||||||||||
| November 1 - November 30 | 513 | $ | 297.10 | 513 | $7,663 | ||||||||||||||||||
| December 1 - December 31 | 348 | 301.94 | 348 | 7,557 | |||||||||||||||||||
| January 1 - January 31 | 274 | 267.60 | 274 | 7,484 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 1,135 | $ | 291.47 | 1,135 | |||||||||||||||||||
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(1)Represents shares purchased in open-market transactions under the stock repurchase programs approved by the Board of Directors.
(2)These amounts correspond to the plans publicly announced and approved by the Board of Directors in November 2022 and November 2024 that authorized the repurchase of $5 billion and $5 billion, respectively. At January 31, 2026, $2.48 billion and $5 billion remained available for repurchase under the November 2022 and November 2024 repurchase programs, respectively. The plans do not have a fixed expiration date.
SALES OF UNREGISTERED SECURITIES
There were no sales of unregistered securities during the three months ended January 31, 2026.
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COMPANY STOCK PERFORMANCE
The following graph shows a five-year comparison of cumulative total return (equal to dividends plus stock appreciation) for our common stock, the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index, the Standard & Poor’s North American Technology Software Index, and the Dow Jones U.S. Software Index. The following graph and related information will not be deemed to be “soliciting material” or to be “filed” with the SEC, nor will such information be incorporated by reference into any filing pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except to the extent that we specifically incorporate it by reference into such filing.
Comparison of Five Year Cumulative Total Stockholder Return (1)
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(1)Assumes $100 invested on January 31, 2021, in Autodesk’s stock, the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index, Standard & Poor’s North American Technology Software Index, and the Dow Jones U.S. Software Index with reinvestment of all dividends. Total stockholder returns for prior periods are not an indication of future investment returns.
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ITEM 7.MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and related notes appearing in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. This discussion contains forward-looking statements based upon current expectations that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of several factors, including those set forth above in Part I, Item 1A, "Risk Factors," and elsewhere in this report. See “Forward-Looking Information” immediately preceding Part I.
STRATEGY
Autodesk is changing how the world is designed and made. Our technology spans architecture, engineering, construction, product design, manufacturing, media and entertainment, empowering innovators everywhere to solve challenges big and small. From greener buildings to smarter products to more mesmerizing blockbusters, Autodesk technology helps our customers to design and make a better world for all.
Our strategy is to drive customer workflow convergence by delivering a trusted design and make platform that connects people through automation, data, and insights to help them achieve better outcomes for their businesses and the world. To drive the execution of our strategy, we are focused on three strategic priorities: build the platform of choice for Design and Make, accelerate adoption of Fusion, Forma, and Flow, and transform how customers experience Autodesk.
We equip and inspire our users with the tailored tools, services, and access they need for success today and tomorrow. At every step, we help users harness the power of data to build upon their ideas and explore new ways of imagining, collaborating, and creating to achieve better outcomes for their customers, for society, and for the world. And because creativity can’t flourish in silos, we connect what matters - from steps in a project to collaborators on a unified platform.
Product Evolution
We offer subscriptions for individual products and Industry Collections, EBAs, and cloud service offerings (collectively referred to as “subscription plans”). Subscription plans are designed to give our customers more flexibility with how they use our offerings and to attract a broader range of customers, such as project-based users and small businesses.
Our subscription plans represent a hybrid of desktop software and cloud functionality, which provides a device-independent, collaborative design workflow for designers and their stakeholders. Our cloud offerings, for example, Autodesk Construction Cloud (now known as Forma for Construction), Autodesk Build, Fusion, Flow Production Tracking, Autodesk Forma, AutoCAD web app, and AutoCAD mobile app, provide tools, including mobile and collaboration capabilities, to streamline design, collaboration, building and manufacturing, and data management processes. We believe that customer adoption of these latest offerings will continue to grow as customers across a range of industries begin to take advantage of the scalable computing power and flexibility provided through these services.
Industry Collections provide our customers with access to a broader selection of Autodesk solutions and services, simplifying the customers’ ability to benefit from a complete set of tools for their industry.
To support our strategic priority of digital transformation in Architecture, Engineering, Construction and Operations (“AECO”), we are strengthening our AECO solutions’ foundation with both organic and inorganic investments. In fiscal 2025, we acquired Payapps Limited (“Payapps”), a leading cloud-based software platform for managing construction-related payments. This acquisition will deepen Autodesk Construction Cloud’s footprint and provide a robust payment management offering to serve the needs of general contractors and trade contractors. Through automating the application of the payment process, Payapps’ solution provides greater transparency, reduces risk and helps accelerate time-to-payment.
In manufacturing, our strategy is to combine organic and acquired software in existing and adjacent verticals to create end-to-end, cloud-based solutions for our customers that drive efficiency and sustainability. We continue to attract global manufacturing leaders and disruptive startups with our generative design and cloud-based Fusion that converges the design process with manufacturing. In fiscal 2024, we acquired a provider of simulation technology that enables factory and logistics center operators to optimize their processes.
Our strategy includes improving our product functionality and expanding our product offerings through internal development as well as through the acquisition of products, technology, and businesses. Acquisitions often increase the speed at
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which we can deliver product functionality to our customers; however, they entail cost and integration challenges and may, in certain instances, negatively impact our operating margins. We continually review these factors in making decisions regarding acquisitions. We anticipate that we will continue to acquire products, technology, and businesses as compelling opportunities become available.
Global Reach
We sell our products and services globally, through a combination of direct and indirect channels. Our direct channels include, but are not limited to, internal sales resources focused on selling our highly specialized solutions in our largest accounts, Solution Providers focused on serving certain Flex and subscription customers through our new transaction model, and business transacted through our online Autodesk branded store. Our indirect channels primarily include distributors, resellers, direct market resellers, volume channel partners, and product-specific resellers. In this new transaction model, Solution Providers provide a quote to customers but the actual transaction occurs directly between Autodesk and the customer. During fiscal 2027, we expect the change in recognition of sales incentives to Solution Providers from contra revenue to operating costs under the new transaction model to continue to positively impact calculated revenue growth, while being broadly neutral to calculated operating profit and free cash flow dollars, and to result in a calculated negative impact to operating margin. See Part II, Item 8, Note 2, "Revenue Recognition" in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further detail on the results of our indirect and direct channel sales for the fiscal years ended January 31, 2026, 2025, and 2024.
We anticipate that our channel mix will continue to change as we scale our business. With the continued growth of our online Autodesk branded store and our new transaction model, we are transacting directly with more end customers, rather than through distributors, without substantial disruption to our revenue. We expect our indirect channel will continue to transact and support a considerable portion of our customers. We also expect our transition to annual billings for multi-year contracts to impact the timing of our billings and cash collections. We employ a variety of incentive programs and promotions to align our direct and indirect channels with our business strategies.
Platform Capabilities
We develop and operate a trusted platform designed to support critical customer workflows and digital transformation across the industries we serve. The platform provides granular, interoperable, and accessible data through shared and centralized capabilities that support the functionality, performance, usability, security, and scalability of our offerings. These shared capabilities include Autodesk AI, reflecting nearly a decade of investment in artificial intelligence technologies used to augment, automate, and analyze customer workflows.
Our products are built on an API-based architecture that enables third-party developers and partners to build complementary and industry-specific applications. Autodesk Platform Services (“APS”) provides technology, infrastructure, and services that support connected workflows across design, make, and operate use cases. As part of the ongoing development of APS, we are integrating Model Context Protocol (“MCP”) servers to provide a standardized foundation to support AI-enabled integrations and workflow automation for developers and partners.
Our global ecosystem of distributors, resellers, Solution Providers, third-party developers, customers, educators, and learning partners supports the sale, deployment, adoption, and extension of our solutions worldwide. This ecosystem contributes to the scale, reach, and extensibility of our platform and enables customers to address a broad range of industry-specific and specialized use cases.
Impact at Autodesk
Autodesk is committed to advancing a more sustainable, resilient, and inclusive world. We take action as a business to support our employees, customers, and communities in our collective opportunity to design and make a better world for all.
We focus our efforts to advance positive outcomes across three primary areas: energy and materials, health and resilience, and work and prosperity. These impact opportunity areas are derived from the UN Sustainable Development Goals (“SDGs”) and have been identified through a multi-pronged process to align the top needs of our stakeholders, the issues that are most important to our business, and the areas we are best placed to accelerate positive impact at scale.
These opportunities primarily manifest as outcomes through how our customers leverage our technology to design and make net-zero carbon buildings, resilient infrastructure, more sustainable products, and a thriving workforce. We support and amplify these opportunities through powering our business with 100% renewable energy, neutralizing greenhouse gas emissions associated with our operations, developing an inclusive culture and supporting students and educators with tools and
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training to equip the next generation of innovators. We advance these opportunities with industry innovators through collaboration with our customers and partners, deploying philanthropic capital to changemakers, and providing software donations, and training to our wider ecosystem. Autodesk committed to target 1% of annual operating profit for the long-term support of our impact programs, which includes our philanthropic work and our climate commitments.
These programs align with our operational priorities and long-term growth strategy. We aim to maintain our commitments, fostering trust with stakeholders and enabling compliance with global regulations.
Additional information about our impact and governance program is available in our annual impact report on our website at www.autodesk.com. Information contained on or accessible through our website is not part of or incorporated by reference into this report.
Assumptions Behind Our Strategy
Our strategy depends upon many assumptions, including: making our technology available to mainstream markets; leveraging our large global network of distributors, resellers, Solution Providers, third-party developers, customers, educators, educational institutions, learning partners, and students; improving the performance and functionality of our products and platform; and adequately protecting our intellectual property. If the outcome of any of these assumptions differs from our expectations, we may not be able to implement our strategy, which could potentially adversely affect our business. For further discussion regarding these and related risks, see Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors.”
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES
Our Consolidated Financial Statements are prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. In preparing our Consolidated Financial Statements, we make assumptions, judgments, and estimates that can have a significant impact on amounts reported in our Consolidated Financial Statements. We evaluate our estimates and assumptions on an ongoing basis. We base our assumptions, judgments, and estimates on historical experience and various other factors that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results could differ materially from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.
Our significant accounting policies are described in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data,” Note 1, “Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies,” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. An accounting policy is deemed to be critical if it requires an accounting estimate to be made based on assumptions about matters that are highly uncertain at the time the estimate is made, if different estimates reasonably could have been used, or if changes in the estimate that are reasonably possible could materially impact the financial statements. We believe that of all our significant accounting policies, the following accounting policies and specific estimates involve a greater degree of judgment and complexity. Accordingly, these are the accounting policies we believe are the most critical to aid in fully understanding and evaluating our financial condition and results of operations.
Revenue Recognition - Judgments with Multiple Performance Obligations. Our contracts with customers may include promises to transfer multiple products and services to a customer. A performance obligation is a promise in a contract with a customer to transfer products or services that are distinct. Determining whether products and services are distinct performance obligations that should be accounted for separately or combined as a single performance obligation may require significant judgment that requires us to assess the nature of the promise and value delivered to the customer and the interaction of the desktop applications and cloud functionalities.
For our product subscriptions, cloud service offerings, and flexible enterprise business arrangements, the functional nature of the promise, as well as the customers’ value expectations, led us to conclude desktop applications and cloud functionalities are not distinct in the context of the contract and should be accounted for as a single performance obligation. There is a high degree of interaction of the desktop applications and cloud functionalities, which is not available with the desktop applications alone or in conjunction with third-party cloud service providers. Furthermore, customers are not able to use the desktop applications for their intended purpose without our cloud functionalities.
For contracts with more than one performance obligation, the transaction price is allocated among the performance obligations in an amount that depicts the relative standalone selling price (“SSP”) of each obligation. We establish SSP for most of our products and services based on observable prices when sold separately in similar circumstances or to similar customers. When products or services are not sold separately, we establish SSP based on other observable inputs.
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Business Combinations. The assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a business combination are recorded based on their estimated fair values at the acquisition date, with the exception of contract assets and contract liabilities (i.e., deferred revenue) which are recognized and measured on the acquisition date in accordance with Autodesk’s “Revenue Recognition” policy in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data,” Note 1 “Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies”. We record the excess of consideration transferred over the aggregate fair values as goodwill. Accounting for business combinations requires us to make significant estimates and assumptions, especially at the acquisition date with respect to intangible assets.
Although we believe the assumptions and estimates we have made are reasonable, they are based in part on historical experience and information determined by management. Unanticipated events and circumstances may occur which may affect the accuracy or validity of such assumptions, estimates, or actual results. Examples of critical estimates used in valuing certain of the acquired intangible assets and in determining their useful lives include but are not limited to:
•future expected cash flows from subscriptions and maintenance agreements, sales, and acquired developed technologies;
•expected growth in revenue from the acquired company’s existing customer relationships;
•uncertain tax positions and tax related valuation allowances assumed; and
•discount rates used to determine the present value of estimated future cash flows.
Income Taxes. We account for income taxes and the related accounts under the asset and liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the difference between the financial statement and tax basis of assets and liabilities, using enacted rates expected to be in effect when these differences reverse. We recognize the tax benefit for an uncertain tax position when it meets the more likely-than-not threshold for recognition. For those tax positions that meet the more likely-than-not recognition threshold, we recognize the largest amount of tax benefit that is more than 50 percent likely to be realized upon ultimate settlement with the related tax authority. Changes in recognition or measurement are reflected in the period in which the change in judgment occurs. We recognize potential accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense.
A valuation allowance is recorded to reduce deferred tax assets when management cannot conclude that it is more likely than not that the deferred tax asset will be recovered. The valuation allowance is determined by assessing both positive and negative evidence to determine whether it is more likely than not that deferred tax assets are recoverable; such assessment is required on a jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction basis. Significant judgment is required in determining whether the valuation allowance should be recorded against deferred tax assets. In assessing the need for or release of a valuation allowance, we consider all available evidence including past operating results, estimates of future taxable income, carryback potential if permitted under the tax law, and results of recent operations inclusive of tax planning strategies resulting in realization of the deferred tax asset.
RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
See Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data,” Note 1, “Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies,” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for a full description of recent accounting pronouncements, including the expected dates of adoption and estimated effects on results of operations and financial condition.
OVERVIEW OF FISCAL 2026
•Total net revenue was $7.21 billion during fiscal 2026, an increase of 18% compared to the prior fiscal year.
•Recurring revenue as a percentage of net revenue was 97% for both fiscal years ending January 31, 2026 and 2025.
•Net revenue retention rate (“NR3”) was above the range of 100% and 110%, on a constant currency basis, as of both January 31, 2026 and 2025.
•Deferred revenue was $4.69 billion, an increase of 14% compared to the prior fiscal year.
•Remaining performance obligations (short-term and long-term deferred revenue plus unbilled deferred revenue) (“RPO”) was $8.30 billion, an increase of 20% compared to the fourth quarter in the prior fiscal year.
•Current remaining performance obligations were $5.48 billion, an increase of 23% compared to the prior fiscal year.
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During fiscal 2026, net revenue increased 18%, as compared to the prior fiscal year, primarily due to an increase in subscription revenue.
Further discussion of the drivers of these results are discussed below under the heading “Results of Operations.”
We rely significantly upon major distributors and resellers in both the United States and international regions, including TD Synnex Corporation and its global affiliates (collectively, “TD Synnex”). Total revenue from TD Synnex accounted for 14%, 33%, and 39% of Autodesk’s total net revenue during fiscal 2026, 2025, and 2024, respectively. Our customers through TD Synnex are the resellers and end users who purchase our software subscriptions and services. In connection with our new transaction model, we entered into a new distribution agreement with TD Synnex for government business in certain jurisdictions. We maintained distribution relationships in emerging markets. We have increased our selling efforts with Solution Providers in connection with our new transaction model. Consequently, we believe our business is not substantially dependent on TD Synnex.
Recurring Revenue and Net Revenue Retention Rate
In order to help better understand our financial performance we use several key performance metrics, including recurring revenue and NR3. These metrics are key performance metrics and should be viewed independently of revenue and deferred revenue as these metrics are not intended to be combined with those items. We use these metrics to monitor the strength of our recurring business. We believe these metrics are useful to investors because they can help in monitoring the long-term health of our business. Our determination and presentation of these metrics may differ from that of other companies. The presentation of these metrics is meant to be considered in addition to, not as a substitute for or in isolation from, our financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP. Please refer to the “Glossary of Terms” for the definitions of these metrics in Part I, Item 1, “Business”.
The following table outlines our recurring revenue metric for the fiscal years ended January 31, 2026, 2025, and 2024:
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Recurring Revenue (in millions) (1) | $ | 7,024 | $ | 1,050 | 18 | % | $ | 5,974 | $ | 597 | 11 | % | $ | 5,377 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| As a percentage of net revenue | 97 | % | N/A | N/A | 97 | % | N/A | N/A | 98 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(1) The acquisition of a business may cause variability in the comparison of recurring revenue in this table above and recurring revenue derived from the revenue reported in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.
NR3 was above the range of 100% and 110%, on a constant currency basis, as of both January 31, 2026 and 2025, in part due to our new transaction model.
Foreign Currency Analysis
We generate a significant amount of our revenue in the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, Japan, and Canada.
The following table shows the impact of foreign exchange rate changes on our net revenue and total spend:
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| Net revenue | 18 | % | 18 | % | Neutral | ||||||||||||
| Total spend | 18 | % | 18 | % | Neutral | ||||||||||||
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(1)Please refer to the “Glossary of Terms” in Part I, Item 1, “Business” for the definitions of our constant currency growth rates.
Changes in the value of the U.S. dollar may have a significant effect on net revenue, total spend, income from operations, and cash flow in future periods. We use foreign currency contracts to reduce the exchange rate effect on a portion of the net revenue of certain anticipated transactions but do not attempt to completely mitigate the impact of fluctuations of such foreign currency against the U.S. dollar.
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Remaining Performance Obligations
RPO represents deferred revenue and contractually stated or committed contracts under early renewal and multi-year billing plans for subscription, services, license, and maintenance for which the associated deferred revenue has not yet been recognized. Unbilled deferred revenue is not included as a receivable or deferred revenue on our Consolidated Balance Sheets. See Part II, Item 8, Note 2, “Revenue Recognition” for more details on Autodesk's performance obligations.
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| Deferred revenue | $ | 4,693 | $ | 4,128 | |||||||
| Unbilled deferred revenue | 3,607 | 2,810 | |||||||||
RPO | $ | 8,300 | $ | 6,938 | |||||||
RPO consisted of the following:
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| Current RPO | $ | 5,479 | $ | 4,457 | |||||||
| Non-current RPO | 2,821 | 2,481 | |||||||||
RPO | $ | 8,300 | $ | 6,938 | |||||||
We expect that the amount of RPO will change from quarter to quarter for several reasons, including the specific timing, duration, and size of customer contracts, the specific timing of customer renewals, and foreign currency fluctuations. Historically, we have had increased EBA sales activity in our fourth fiscal quarter and this seasonality may affect the relative value of our billings, RPO, and collections in the fourth and first fiscal quarters. As customers continue to transition from multi-year subscription contracts billed upfront to annual billing installments, some customers may choose annual contracts instead. If this were to occur, we would expect it to proportionately reduce the unbilled portion of our total remaining performance obligations and would expect it to impact total RPO growth rates negatively. Deferred revenue, billings, current RPO, revenue, non-GAAP operating margin, and free cash flow would remain broadly unchanged in this scenario.
Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Items
At January 31, 2026, we had $2.97 billion in cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities. Our cash flow from operations increased to $2.45 billion for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2026, from $1.61 billion for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2025. We repurchased 5 million shares of our common stock for $1.40 billion during fiscal 2026. Comparatively, we repurchased 3 million shares of our common stock for $858 million during fiscal 2025. Further discussion regarding the balance sheet and cash flow activities are discussed below under the heading “Liquidity and Capital Resources.”
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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Overview
We believe our investment in cloud products and a subscription business model, backed by a strong balance sheet, give us a robust foundation to successfully navigate complex geopolitical and global macro-economic challenges. However, material scarcity, supply chain disruption and resulting inflationary pressures, higher interest rates, a global labor shortage, ongoing geopolitical conflicts, economic and regulatory uncertainty, the potential for global trade wars, and foreign exchange rate fluctuations, may impact our outlook. We also expect our continued transition to annual billings for multi-year contracts to impact the timing of our billings and cash collections. The extent of the impact of these risks on our business in fiscal 2027 and beyond will depend on several factors, some of which are out of our control. Further discussion of the potential impacts of these risks on our business can be found in Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors.”
Our sales incentives to Solution Providers are recorded as operating expenses under the new transaction model in which Solution Providers provide a quote to customers but the actual transaction occurs directly between Autodesk and the customer. Accordingly, we expect sales incentives paid to resellers recorded as a reduction of transaction price and subsequently recognized as a reduction to subscription revenue over the contract period to continue to decrease as we have transitioned to the new transaction model. Most of the sales incentives payments to Solution Providers in our new transaction model are considered incremental and recoverable costs of obtaining a contract with a customer and are capitalized and included in “Prepaid expenses and other current assets” and “Long-term other assets” on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The deferred costs are amortized over the period of benefit and recorded to “Sales and Marketing” on the Consolidated Statement of Operations. The sales incentives not qualifying for capitalization are recorded to “Sales and Marketing” on the Consolidated Statement of Operations as the costs are incurred under the incentive program requirements. During fiscal 2027, we expect the change in recognition of sales incentives to indirect channels from contra revenue to operating expenses under the new transaction model to positively impact calculated revenue growth, while being broadly neutral to calculated operating profit and free cash flow dollars, and to result in a calculated negative impact to operating margin.
Net Revenue by Income Statement Presentation
Subscription revenue consists of our term-based product subscriptions, cloud service offerings, and flexible EBAs. Revenue from these arrangements is predominately recognized ratably over the contract term commencing with the date our service is made available to customers and when all other revenue recognition criteria have been satisfied.
Maintenance revenue consists of fees for maintenance purchased with software licenses. Under our maintenance plan, customers are eligible to receive unspecified upgrades, when and if available, and technical support. We recognize maintenance revenue ratably over the term of the agreements, which is generally one year.
Other revenue consists of revenue from other products and services and is recognized as the products are delivered and services are performed.
| Fiscal Year Ended January 31, 2026 | Change compared to prior fiscal year | Fiscal Year Ended January 31, 2025 | Management Comments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (in millions, except percentages) | $ | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net revenue: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Subscription | $ | 6,743 | $ | 1,026 | 18 | % | $ | 5,717 | Increase due to growth in subscriptions from our existing customer base. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Maintenance | 33 | (8) | (20) | % | 41 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total subscription and maintenance revenue | 6,776 | 1,018 | 18 | % | 5,758 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other | 430 | 57 | 15 | % | 373 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| $ | 7,206 | $ | 1,075 | 18 | % | $ | 6,131 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fiscal Year Ended January 31, 2025 | Change compared to prior fiscal year | Fiscal Year Ended January 31, 2024 | Management Comments | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| (in millions, except percentages) | $ | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net revenue: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Subscription | $ | 5,717 | $ | 601 | 12 | % | $ | 5,116 | Increase due to growth in subscriptions from our existing customer base. | |||||||||||||||||
| Maintenance | 41 | (13) | (24) | % | 54 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total subscription and maintenance revenue | 5,758 | 588 | 11 | % | 5,170 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Other | 373 | 46 | 14 | % | 327 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| $ | 6,131 | $ | 634 | 12 | % | $ | 5,497 | |||||||||||||||||||
Net Revenue by Product Family
Our product offerings are focused in four primary product families: Architecture, Engineering, Construction and Operations (“AECO”), AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT, Manufacturing (“MFG”), and Media and Entertainment (“M&E”).
| Fiscal Year Ended January 31, 2026 | Change compared to prior fiscal year | Fiscal Year Ended January 31, 2025 | Management Comments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (in millions, except percentages) | $ | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net revenue by product family: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AECO | $ | 3,583 | $ | 646 | 22 | % | $ | 2,937 | Increase due to growth in revenue from AEC Collections, EBA offerings, and Autodesk Construction Cloud (now known as Forma for Construction). | ||||||||||||||||||||
| AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT | 1,787 | 215 | 14 | % | 1,572 | Increase due to growth in revenue from both AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| MFG | 1,379 | 190 | 16 | % | 1,189 | Increase due to growth in revenue from MFG Collections, Fusion, and Inventor. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
M&E | 332 | 17 | 5 | % | 315 | Increase due to lower contra revenue driven by the adoption of the new transaction model and EBA offerings. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Other | 125 | 7 | 6 | % | 118 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| $ | 7,206 | $ | 1,075 | 18 | % | $ | 6,131 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fiscal Year Ended January 31, 2025 | Change compared to prior fiscal year | Fiscal Year Ended January 31, 2024 | Management Comments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (in millions, except percentages) | $ | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net revenue by product family: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AECO | $ | 2,937 | $ | 357 | 14 | % | $ | 2,580 | Increase due to growth in revenue from AEC Collections, EBAs, Autodesk Construction Cloud (now known as Forma for Construction), Revit, and Payapps. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT | 1,572 | 110 | 8 | % | 1,462 | Increase due to growth in revenue from both AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| MFG | 1,189 | 126 | 12 | % | 1,063 | Increase due to growth in revenue from MFG Collections, EBA offerings, Inventor, and Fusion. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
M&E | 315 | 20 | 7 | % | 295 | Increase due to revenue from the PIX acquisition and EBA offerings. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Other | 118 | 21 | 22 | % | 97 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| $ | 6,131 | $ | 634 | 12 | % | $ | 5,497 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Net Revenue by Geographic Area
| Fiscal Year Ended January 31, 2026 | Change compared to prior fiscal year | Constant currency change compared to prior fiscal year | Fiscal Year Ended January 31, 2025 | Change compared to prior fiscal year | Constant currency change compared to prior fiscal year | Fiscal Year Ended January 31, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Net revenue: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Americas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
U.S. | $ | 2,566 | $ | 338 | 15 | % | * | $ | 2,228 | $ | 250 | 13 | % | * | $ | 1,978 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other Americas | 612 | 124 | 25 | % | * | 488 | 28 | 6 | % | * | 460 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total Americas | 3,178 | 462 | 17 | % | 17 | % | 2,716 | 278 | 11 | % | 12 | % | 2,438 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| EMEA | 2,794 | 487 | 21 | % | 21 | % | 2,307 | 265 | 13 | % | 13 | % | 2,042 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| APAC | 1,234 | 126 | 11 | % | 14 | % | 1,108 | 91 | 9 | % | 13 | % | 1,017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total net revenue | $ | 7,206 | $ | 1,075 | 18 | % | 18 | % | $ | 6,131 | $ | 634 | 12 | % | 13 | % | $ | 5,497 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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* Constant currency data not provided at this level.
We believe that international revenue will continue to comprise a majority of our net revenue. Unfavorable economic conditions, including in connection with the ongoing geopolitical conflicts (and any related political or economic responses and counter-responses or otherwise by various global actors or the general effect on the global economy), or global trade wars, in the countries that contribute a significant portion of our net revenue, including in emerging economies such as Brazil, India, and China, has had and may continue to have an adverse effect on our business in those countries and our overall financial performance. Changes in the value of the U.S. dollar relative to other currencies have significantly affected, and could continue to significantly affect, our financial results for a given period even though we hedge a portion of our current and projected revenue. Increases to the levels of political and economic unpredictability or protectionism in the global market may impact our future financial results.
Net Revenue by Sales Channel
| Fiscal Year Ended January 31, 2026 | Change compared to prior fiscal year | Fiscal Year Ended January 31, 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (in millions, except percentages) | $ | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Net revenue by sales channel: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indirect | $ | 2,646 | $ | (922) | (26) | % | $ | 3,568 | |||||||||||||||
| Direct | 4,560 | 1,997 | 78 | % | 2,563 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total net revenue | $ | 7,206 | $ | 1,075 | 18 | % | $ | 6,131 | |||||||||||||||
| Fiscal Year Ended January 31, 2025 | Change compared to prior fiscal year | Fiscal Year Ended January 31, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (in millions, except percentages) | $ | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Net revenue by sales channel: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Indirect | $ | 3,568 | $ | 124 | 4 | % | $ | 3,444 | |||||||||||||||
| Direct | 2,563 | 510 | 25 | % | 2,053 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total net revenue | $ | 6,131 | $ | 634 | 12 | % | $ | 5,497 | |||||||||||||||
For fiscal 2026 and 2025, approximately 63% and 42%, respectively, of our revenue was derived from direct sales to customers. With the continued growth of our online Autodesk branded store and the introduction of our new transaction model, we have been decreasing our sales through resellers and distributors and transacting directly with more end customers. We anticipate that our revenue by direct sales channel will continue to increase as a percentage of total net revenue. We expect our indirect channel will continue to transact and support a considerable portion of our customers, particularly in emerging regions. See further discussion regarding our new transaction model in the Overview to Results of Operations above.
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Net Revenue by Product Type
| Fiscal Year Ended January 31, 2026 | Change compared to prior fiscal year | Fiscal Year Ended January 31, 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (In millions, except percentages) | $ | % | Management Comments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net Revenue by Product Type: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Design | $ | 5,980 | $ | 876 | 17 | % | $ | 5,104 | Increase primarily due to growth in AEC collections, EBA offerings, AutoCAD, AutoCAD LT, and MFG collections. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Make | 796 | 142 | 22 | % | 654 | Increase primarily due to growth in revenue from Autodesk Construction Cloud (now known as Forma for Construction) and Fusion. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other | 430 | 57 | 15 | % | 373 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total Net Revenue | $ | 7,206 | $ | 1,075 | 18 | % | $ | 6,131 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Fiscal Year Ended January 31, 2025 | Change compared to prior fiscal year | Fiscal Year Ended January 31, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (In millions, except percentages) | $ | % | Management Comments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net Revenue by Product Type: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Design | $ | 5,104 | $ | 457 | 10 | % | $ | 4,647 | Increase primarily due to growth in AEC collections, AutoCAD Family, MFG collections, and EBA offerings. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Make | 654 | 131 | 25 | % | 523 | Increase primarily due to growth in revenue from Autodesk Construction Cloud (now known as Forma for Construction), Fusion, and PIX. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other | 373 | 46 | 14 | % | 327 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total Net Revenue | $ | 6,131 | $ | 634 | 12 | % | $ | 5,497 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Cost of Revenue and Operating Expenses
Cost of subscription and maintenance revenue includes the labor costs of providing product support to our subscription and maintenance customers, SaaS vendor costs and allocated IT costs, facilities costs, professional services fees related to operating our network and cloud infrastructure, royalties, depreciation expense and operating lease payments associated with computer equipment, data center costs, related expenses of network operations, stock-based compensation expense, and gains and losses on our operating expense cash flow hedges.
Cost of other revenue includes costs of consulting and training services contracts and collaborative project management services contracts. Cost of other revenue also includes stock-based compensation expense, overhead charges, allocated IT and facilities costs, professional services fees, and gains and losses on our operating expense cash flow hedges.
Cost of revenue, at least over the near term, is affected by labor costs, hosting costs for our cloud offerings, the volume and mix of product sales, fluctuations in consulting costs, amortization of developed technology, new customer support offerings, royalty rates for licensed technology embedded in our products, stock-based compensation expense, and gains and losses on our operating expense cash flow hedges.
Marketing and sales expenses include salaries, bonuses, benefits, and stock-based compensation expense for our marketing and sales employees, the expense of travel, entertainment, and training for such personnel, sales commissions to employees and Solution Providers, and the costs of programs aimed at increasing revenue, such as advertising, trade shows and expositions, and various sales and promotional programs. Marketing and sales expenses also include SaaS vendor costs and allocated IT costs, payment processing fees, the cost of supplies and equipment, gains and losses on our operating expense cash flow hedges, facilities costs, and labor costs associated with sales and order management.
Research and development expenses, which are expensed as incurred, consist primarily of salaries, bonuses, benefits, and stock-based compensation expense for research and development employees, the expense of travel, entertainment, and training for such personnel, professional services such as fees paid to software development firms and independent contractors, SaaS vendor costs and allocated IT costs, gains and losses on our operating expense cash flow hedges, and facilities costs.
General and administrative expenses include salaries, bonuses, benefits, and stock-based compensation expense for our CEO, finance, human resources, and legal employees, as well as professional fees for legal and accounting services, SaaS vendor costs and net IT costs, certain foreign business taxes, gains and losses on our operating expense cash flow hedges, expense of travel, entertainment, and training, facilities costs, acquisition-related costs, and the cost of supplies and equipment.
Restructuring, other exit costs, and facility reductions include charges related to the restructuring plans initiated during the fourth fiscal quarter ended January 31, 2026 (“January 2026 Plan”) and during the first fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2025 (“2026 Plan”) to support our initiatives to optimize and complete our go-to-market organization and, at the same time, to reallocate resources to our strategic priorities of investments in cloud, platform and artificial intelligence. In addition to the culmination of our sales and marketing optimization program, the January 2026 Plan also reallocates resources in certain other functions to accelerate Autodesk’s strategic priorities.
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| Fiscal Year Ended January 31, 2026 | Change compared to prior fiscal year | Fiscal Year Ended January 31, 2025 | Management Comments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (In millions, except percentages) | $ | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cost of revenue: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Subscription | $ | 463 | $ | 50 | 12 | % | $ | 413 | Increase primarily due to employee-related costs driven by higher headcount and merit increases and an increase in cloud hosting costs. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Other | 90 | 10 | 13 | % | 80 | Increase primarily due to employee-related costs. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amortization of developed technologies | 97 | 12 | 14 | % | 85 | Increase is due to amortization of acquired developed technologies related to acquisitions in fiscal 2025 and an increase in amortization related to capitalized software costs. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total cost of revenue | $ | 650 | $ | 72 | 12 | % | $ | 578 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating expenses: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marketing and sales | $ | 2,373 | $ | 373 | 19 | % | $ | 2,000 | Increase primarily due to an increase in sales commissions to Solution Providers due to the recognition of these costs in marketing and sales expense under the new transaction model and professional fees. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Research and development | 1,643 | 158 | 11 | % | 1,485 | Increase primarily due to employee-related costs driven by higher headcount and merit increases and an increase in cloud hosting costs. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
General and administrative | 693 | 43 | 7 | % | 650 | Increase primarily due to an increase in charitable contributions to the Autodesk Foundation and employee-related costs partially offset by a decrease in acquisition-related costs. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Amortization of purchased intangibles | 53 | 4 | 8 | % | 49 | No material change as compared to the prior period. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Restructuring, other exit costs, and facility reductions | 216 | 201 | 1,340 | % | 15 | The increase is due to the restructuring plans the Company initiated during fiscal 2026. See Part II, Item 8, Note 11 “Restructuring, other exit costs, and facility reductions” for more details. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total operating expenses | $ | 4,978 | $ | 779 | 19 | % | $ | 4,199 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fiscal Year Ended January 31, 2025 | Change compared to prior fiscal year | Fiscal Year Ended January 31, 2024 | Management comments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (In millions, except percentages) | $ | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cost of revenue: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Subscription | $ | 413 | $ | 32 | 8 | % | $ | 381 | Increase primarily due to employee-related costs driven by higher headcount and an increase in cloud hosting costs. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Other | 80 | (2) | (2) | % | 82 | Decrease primarily due to decrease in professional fees and stock-based compensation expense. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amortization of developed technologies | 85 | 37 | 77 | % | 48 | Increase is primarily due to amortization of acquired developed technologies related to acquisitions in fiscal 2025. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total cost of revenue | $ | 578 | $ | 67 | 13 | % | $ | 511 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating expenses: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marketing and sales | $ | 2,000 | $ | 177 | 10 | % | $ | 1,823 | Increase primarily due to an increase in employee-related costs mostly related to headcount growth, merit increases and internal sales commissions, partially offset by a decrease in stock-based compensation expense. Also, due to an increase in sales commissions to Solution Providers due to the recognition of these costs in marketing and sales expense under the new transaction model, cloud hosting costs, and professional fees partially offset by an increase in capitalized software costs. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Research and development | 1,485 | 112 | 8 | % | 1,373 | Increase primarily due to employee-related costs driven by higher headcount and merit increases and an increase in cloud hosting costs and professional fees partially offset by an increase in capitalized software costs. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
General and administrative | 650 | 30 | 5 | % | 620 | Increase primarily due to an increase in employee-related costs driven by higher headcount and merit increases and an increase in cloud hosting costs partially offset by a decrease in charitable contributions to the Autodesk Foundation and a decrease in lease-related asset impairment and other charges. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Amortization of purchased intangibles | 49 | 7 | 17 | % | 42 | The increase is primarily due to amortization of acquired intangibles as a result of acquisitions in fiscal 2025 offset by previously acquired assets that continue to become fully amortized. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Restructuring, other exit costs, and facility reductions | $ | 15 | $ | 15 | NM | $ | — | The increase is due to the restructuring plan the Company initiated during fiscal 2026. See Part II, Item 8, Note 11 “Restructuring, other exit costs, and facility reductions” for more details. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total operating expenses | $ | 4,199 | $ | 341 | 9 | % | $ | 3,858 | |||||||||||||||||||||
(1)Not meaningful.
The following table highlights our expectation for the absolute dollar change for fiscal 2027 as compared to fiscal 2026:
| Absolute dollar impact | Management Comments | |||||||
| Cost of revenue | Increase | We expect our cost of revenue to increase as our revenue grows. | ||||||
| Marketing and sales | Increase | We expect marketing and sales expenses to increase with the recognition of Solution Provider commissions under our new transaction model. | ||||||
| Research and development | Increase | We expect our research and development expenses to increase as we continue our investments in cloud, platform, and artificial intelligence. | ||||||
| General and administrative | Flat | We expect general and administrative expenses to remain flat due to continued cost discipline. | ||||||
| Amortization of purchased intangibles | Flat | We expect our amortization of purchased intangibles to remain unchanged. | ||||||
| Restructuring, other exit costs, and facility reductions | Decrease | We expect restructuring, other exit costs, and facility reductions to decrease as compared to fiscal 2026 due to the plans initiated during the first and fourth quarters of fiscal 2026. The 2026 Plan is substantially complete as of January 31, 2026, and the majority of the costs of the January 2026 Plan were incurred in fiscal 2026. | ||||||
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Interest and Other Expense, Net
The following table sets forth the components of interest and other expense, net:
| Fiscal year ended January 31, | |||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | |||||||||||||||
| (in millions) | |||||||||||||||||
| Interest and investment income, net | $ | 20 | $ | 28 | $ | 26 | |||||||||||
| Gain on foreign currency | 7 | 6 | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Loss on strategic investments | (9) | (10) | (32) | ||||||||||||||
| Other income | 7 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Interest and other income, net | $ | 25 | $ | 30 | $ | 8 | |||||||||||
Interest and other income, net, decreased by $5 million during fiscal 2026, as compared to fiscal 2025. The decrease in interest and other income, net, was primarily due to an increase in interest expense.
Interest and other income, net, increased by $22 million during fiscal 2025, as compared to fiscal 2024. The increase in interest and other income, net, was primarily due to a decrease in impairments of strategic investment equity securities and an increase in gains for investments in debt and equity securities that are held in a rabbi trust under non-qualified deferred compensation plans partially offset by a decrease in interest income and a decrease in gains on foreign currency in the current period as compared to the prior period.
Interest expense and investment income fluctuates based on average cash, marketable securities, debt balances, average maturities, and interest rates.
Gains and losses on foreign currency are primarily due to the impact of re-measuring foreign currency transactions and net monetary assets into the functional currency of the corresponding entity. The amount of the gain or loss on foreign currency is driven by the volume of foreign currency transactions and the foreign currency exchange rates for the year.
Provision for Income Taxes
We account for income taxes and the related accounts under the liability method. Deferred tax liabilities and assets are determined based on the difference between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities, using enacted rates expected to be in effect during the year in which the basis differences reverse.
Income tax expense was $479 million and $272 million for fiscal 2026 and 2025, relative to pre-tax income of $1.60 billion and $1.38 billion, respectively, for the same periods. The tax expense for fiscal 2026 consists primarily of the U.S. and foreign tax expense, including withholding tax on payments made to the United States or to Ireland from foreign sources, and tax on net controlled foreign corporation tested income (“NCTI”), offset by tax deductible stock-based compensation, and tax credits. Tax expense for fiscal 2025 consisted primarily of the U.S. and foreign tax expense, including withholding tax on payments made to the United States or to Singapore from foreign sources, a partial audit settlement with the IRS, and related increase in reserves relating to research and development tax credits, offset by a decrease in tax expense relating to stock-based compensation and tax benefit from the Australia valuation allowance release. The income tax expense for fiscal 2026, increased compared to fiscal 2025, primarily due to the reduced taxable benefit arising from foreign-derived deduction-eligible income (“FDDEI”) and increased tax expense associated with NCTI arising as a result of both an election made in the U.S. regarding timing of taxation of revenue to more closely align the timing of taxation with our U.S. GAAP revenue recognition principles, as well as a tax law change to full expensing of U.S. research and development expenses under the OBBBA. The increase in income tax expense was partially offset by benefits arising from return-to-provision adjustments associated with the completion of the fiscal 2025 U.S. income tax return. These adjustments provided benefits such as higher tax credits from research and development activities, lower U.S. international taxes on foreign earnings, and updated state deferred taxes reflecting changes in state tax rates.
A valuation allowance is recorded to reduce deferred tax assets when management cannot conclude that it is more likely than not that the deferred tax asset will be recovered. The valuation allowance is determined by assessing both positive and negative evidence to determine whether it is more likely than not that deferred tax assets are recoverable; such assessment is required on a jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction basis. Significant judgment is required in determining whether the valuation allowance should be recorded against deferred tax assets. In assessing the need for a valuation allowance, we consider all available evidence including past operating results and estimates of future taxable income.
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In fiscal 2026, a valuation allowance was established in Australia on deferred tax assets that will convert to capital loss upon reversal. The Company also released the valuation allowance in Portugal based on positive evidence supporting the realization of its deferred tax assets in fiscal 2026.
We continue to retain a valuation allowance against New Zealand, California, Massachusetts, and Michigan deferred tax assets and deferred tax assets that will convert to a capital loss upon reversal in Australia and the U.S., as we do not have sufficient income of the appropriate character to benefit from these deferred tax assets.
As we continually strive to optimize our overall business model, tax planning strategies may become feasible whereby management may determine, based on all available evidence, both positive and negative, that it is more likely than not that the deferred tax assets in New Zealand, California, Massachusetts, Michigan, and the assets relating to capital losses or assets that will convert into a capital loss upon reversal in Australia and U.S. will be realized.
As of January 31, 2026, we had $307 million of gross unrecognized tax benefits, of which $50 million would reduce our valuation allowance, if recognized. The remaining $257 million would impact the effective tax rate. The amount of unrecognized tax benefits expected to decrease in the next twelve months due to statute lapses is $162 million.
Our future effective annual tax rate may be materially impacted by the amount of benefits and charges from tax amounts associated with our foreign earnings that are taxed at rates different from the federal statutory rate, changes in valuation allowances, level of profit before tax, accounting for uncertain tax positions, business combinations, closure of statute of limitations or settlement of tax audits, and changes in tax laws. Our future effective tax rates may be adversely affected to the extent earnings are lower than anticipated in countries where we have lower statutory tax rates.
The Company filed a request to the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) in the U.S. in fiscal 2026 for non-automatic change in accounting method to no longer capitalize certain research and development expenditures in its controlled foreign corporations, in line with recent IRS guidance. The tax effects of the proposed accounting method change have not been recognized in the accompanying consolidated financial statements in fiscal 2026 as IRS approval is required prior to recognition. The Company will record the impact of the method change in the period that IRS approval is obtained. We anticipate this method change will decrease our provision for income taxes due to reduction of tax expense associated with NCTI.
Signed into law on August 16, 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act contains many revisions to the Internal Revenue Code effective in taxable years beginning after December 31, 2022, including a 15% corporate alternative minimum tax. This is immaterial to provision for income taxes in the current fiscal year.
Signed into law on July 4, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA”) includes significant provisions, such as the permanent extension of certain expiring provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, modifications to the international tax framework and the restoration of favorable tax treatment for certain business provisions. The requirement to capitalize and amortize U.S. research and development expenses was permanently eliminated allowing for the immediate expensing of domestic research and development expenditures for tax years beginning after December 31, 2024 and the impacts have been included in our fiscal 2026 consolidated financial statements. In addition to this change, the OBBBA includes a broad range of tax reform provisions initially established by the Tax Cut and Jobs Act. The OBBBA has multiple effective dates, with certain provisions effective in fiscal 2026 and others effective in fiscal year 2027.
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OTHER FINANCIAL INFORMATION
In addition to our results determined under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) discussed above, we believe the following non-GAAP measures are useful to investors in evaluating our operating performance. For the fiscal years ended January 31, 2026, 2025, and 2024, our gross profit, income from operations, operating margin, net income, and diluted net income per share on a GAAP and non-GAAP basis were as follows (in millions except for operating margin and per share data):
| Fiscal Year Ended January 31, | |||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | |||||||||||||||
| (Unaudited) | |||||||||||||||||
| Gross profit | $ | 6,556 | $ | 5,553 | $ | 4,986 | |||||||||||
| Non-GAAP gross profit | $ | 6,703 | $ | 5,683 | $ | 5,080 | |||||||||||
| Income from operations | $ | 1,578 | $ | 1,354 | $ | 1,128 | |||||||||||
| Non-GAAP income from operations | $ | 2,737 | $ | 2,231 | $ | 1,962 | |||||||||||
| Operating margin | 22 | % | 22 | % | 21 | % | |||||||||||
| Non-GAAP operating margin | 38 | % | 36 | % | 36 | % | |||||||||||
| Net income | $ | 1,124 | $ | 1,112 | $ | 906 | |||||||||||
| Non-GAAP net income | $ | 2,242 | $ | 1,839 | $ | 1,642 | |||||||||||
| Diluted net income per share | $ | 5.23 | $ | 5.12 | $ | 4.19 | |||||||||||
| Non-GAAP diluted net income per share | $ | 10.43 | $ | 8.47 | $ | 7.60 | |||||||||||
For our internal budgeting and resource allocation process and as a means to provide consistency in period-to-period comparisons, we use non-GAAP measures to supplement our consolidated financial statements presented on a GAAP basis. These non-GAAP measures do not include certain items that may have a material impact upon our reported financial results. We also use non-GAAP measures in making operating decisions because we believe those measures provide meaningful supplemental information regarding our earning potential and performance for management by excluding certain benefits, credits, expenses, and charges that may not be indicative of our core business operating results. For the reasons set forth below, we believe these non-GAAP financial measures are useful to investors both because (1) they allow for greater transparency with respect to key metrics used by management in its financial and operational decision-making and (2) they are used by our institutional investors and the analyst community to analyze the health of our business. This allows investors and others to better understand and evaluate our operating results and future prospects in the same manner as management, compare financial results across accounting periods and to those of peer companies, and to better understand the long-term performance of our core business. We also use some of these measures for purposes of determining company-wide incentive compensation.
There are limitations in using non-GAAP financial measures because non-GAAP financial measures are not prepared in accordance with GAAP and may be different from non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies. The non-GAAP financial measures included above are limited in value because they exclude certain items that may have a material impact upon our reported financial results. In addition, they are subject to inherent limitations as they reflect the exercise of judgments by management about which charges are excluded from the non-GAAP financial measures. We compensate for these limitations by analyzing current and future results on a GAAP basis as well as a non-GAAP basis and also by providing GAAP measures in our public disclosures. The presentation of non-GAAP financial information is meant to be considered in addition to, not as a substitute for or in isolation from, the directly comparable financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP. We urge investors to review the reconciliation of our non-GAAP financial measures to the comparable GAAP financial measures included below, and not to rely on any single financial measure to evaluate our business.
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RECONCILIATION OF GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
(In millions except for operating margin, and per share data):
| Fiscal Year Ended January 31, | |||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | |||||||||||||||
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| Gross profit | $ | 6,556 | $ | 5,553 | $ | 4,986 | |||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation expense | 58 | 50 | 51 | ||||||||||||||
| Amortization of developed technologies | 89 | 80 | 43 | ||||||||||||||
| Non-GAAP gross profit | $ | 6,703 | $ | 5,683 | $ | 5,080 | |||||||||||
| Income from operations | $ | 1,578 | $ | 1,354 | $ | 1,128 | |||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation expense | 788 | 686 | 703 | ||||||||||||||
| Amortization of purchased intangibles and developed technologies | 139 | 129 | 84 | ||||||||||||||
| Acquisition-related costs | 16 | 47 | 33 | ||||||||||||||
| Lease-related asset impairments and other charges | — | — | 14 | ||||||||||||||
| Restructuring, other exit costs, and facility reductions | 216 | 15 | — | ||||||||||||||
| Non-GAAP income from operations | $ | 2,737 | $ | 2,231 | $ | 1,962 | |||||||||||
| Operating margin | 22 | % | 22 | % | 21 | % | |||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation expense | 11 | % | 11 | % | 13 | % | |||||||||||
| Amortization of purchased intangibles and developed technologies | 2 | % | 2 | % | 2 | % | |||||||||||
| Acquisition-related costs | — | % | 1 | % | 1 | % | |||||||||||
| Restructuring, other exit costs, and facility reductions | 3 | % | — | % | — | % | |||||||||||
| Non-GAAP operating margin (1) | 38 | % | 36 | % | 36 | % | |||||||||||
| Net income | $ | 1,124 | $ | 1,112 | $ | 906 | |||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation expense | 788 | 686 | 703 | ||||||||||||||
| Amortization of purchased intangibles and developed technologies | 139 | 129 | 84 | ||||||||||||||
| Acquisition-related costs | 16 | 47 | 33 | ||||||||||||||
| Lease-related asset impairments and other charges | — | — | 14 | ||||||||||||||
| Restructuring, other exit costs, and facility reductions | 215 | 15 | — | ||||||||||||||
| Loss (gain) on strategic investments and dispositions, net | 9 | 10 | 32 | ||||||||||||||
| Income tax adjustments | (49) | (160) | (130) | ||||||||||||||
| Non-GAAP net income | $ | 2,242 | $ | 1,839 | $ | 1,642 | |||||||||||
| Diluted net income per share | $ | 5.23 | $ | 5.12 | $ | 4.19 | |||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation expense | 3.67 | 3.15 | 3.26 | ||||||||||||||
| Amortization of purchased intangibles and developed technologies | 0.65 | 0.60 | 0.39 | ||||||||||||||
| Acquisition-related costs | 0.07 | 0.22 | 0.15 | ||||||||||||||
| Lease-related asset impairments and other charges | — | — | 0.06 | ||||||||||||||
| Restructuring, other exit costs, and facility reductions | 1.00 | 0.07 | — | ||||||||||||||
| Loss (gain) on strategic investments and dispositions, net | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.15 | ||||||||||||||
| Income tax adjustments | (0.23) | (0.74) | (0.60) | ||||||||||||||
| Non-GAAP diluted net income per share | $ | 10.43 | $ | 8.47 | $ | 7.60 | |||||||||||
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Our non-GAAP financial measures may exclude the following:
Stock-based compensation expenses. We exclude stock-based compensation expenses from non-GAAP measures primarily because they are non-cash expenses and management finds it useful to exclude certain non-cash charges to assess the appropriate level of various operating expenses to assist in budgeting, planning, and forecasting future periods. Moreover, because of varying available valuation methodologies, subjective assumptions, and the variety of award types that companies can use under FASB ASC Topic 718, we believe excluding stock-based compensation expenses allows investors to make meaningful comparisons between our recurring core business operating results and those of other companies.
Amortization of developed technologies and purchased intangibles. We incur amortization of acquisition-related developed technologies and purchased intangibles in connection with acquisitions of certain businesses and technologies. Amortization of developed technologies and purchased intangibles is inconsistent in amount and frequency and is significantly affected by both the timing and size of our acquisitions. Management finds it useful to exclude these variable charges to assist in budgeting, planning, and forecasting future periods. Investors should note that the use of intangible assets contributed to our revenues earned during the periods presented and will contribute to our future period revenues as well. Amortization of developed technologies and purchased intangible assets will recur in future periods.
Restructuring, other exit costs, and facility reductions. These expenses are associated with realigning our business strategies based on current economic conditions. In connection with these restructuring actions or other exit actions, we recognize costs related to termination benefits for former employees whose positions were eliminated, the reduction of facilities, and cancellation of certain contracts. We exclude these charges because these expenses are not reflective of ongoing business and operating results. We believe it is useful for investors to understand the effects of these items on our total operating expenses.
Lease-related asset impairments and other charges. These charges are associated with the optimization of our facilities costs related to leases for facilities that we have vacated as a result of our one-time move to a more hybrid remote workforce. In connection with these facility leases, we recognize costs related to the impairment or abandonment of operating lease right-of-use assets, computer equipment, furniture, and leasehold improvements, and other costs. We exclude these charges because these expenses are not reflective of ongoing business and operating results. We believe it is useful for investors to understand the effects of these items on our total operating expenses.
Acquisition-related costs. We exclude certain acquisition-related costs, including due diligence costs, professional fees in connection with an acquisition, certain financing costs, and certain integration-related expenses. These expenses are unpredictable, and depend on factors that may be outside of our control and unrelated to the continuing operations of the acquired business or our Company. In addition, the size and complexity of an acquisition, which often drives the magnitude of acquisition-related costs, may not be indicative of such future costs. We believe excluding acquisition-related costs facilitates the comparison of our financial results to the Company's historical operating results and to other companies in our industry.
Loss (gain) on strategic investments and dispositions. We exclude gains and losses related to our strategic investments and dispositions of strategic investments, purchased intangibles, and businesses from our non-GAAP measures primarily because management finds it useful to exclude these variable gains and losses on these investments and dispositions in assessing our financial results. Included in these amounts are non-cash unrealized gains and losses, dividends received, realized gains and losses on the sales or losses on the impairment of these investments, and gain and loss on dispositions. We believe excluding these items is useful to investors because they do not correlate to the underlying performance of our business and these losses or gains were incurred in connection with strategic investments and dispositions which do not occur regularly.
Income tax adjustments. The income tax effects that are excluded from the non-GAAP measures relate to the tax impact on the difference between GAAP and non-GAAP expenses, primarily due to stock-based compensation, amortization of purchased intangibles, and restructuring, other exit costs, and facility reductions for GAAP and non-GAAP measures. We remove GAAP discrete tax items, including changes in valuation allowance, from the non-GAAP measure of net income (loss). The non-GAAP tax provision is based on a projected long-term annual non-GAAP effective tax rate. Management believes the income tax adjustments assist investors in understanding the tax provision and the effective tax rate related to ongoing operations. We believe the exclusion of the discrete tax items provides investors with useful supplemental information about our operational performance.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
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Our primary source of cash is from the sale of our software and related services. Our primary use of cash is payment of our operating costs, which consist primarily of employee-related expenses, such as compensation and benefits, as well as general operating expenses for marketing, facilities, and overhead costs. Long-term cash requirements for items other than normal operating expenses are anticipated for the following: the acquisition of businesses, software products, or technologies complementary to our business; repayment of debt; common stock repurchases; and capital expenditures, including the purchase and implementation of internal-use software applications.
At January 31, 2026, our principal sources of liquidity were cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities totaling $2.97 billion and net accounts receivable of $1.44 billion.
In May 2025, the Company terminated its previous credit agreement and entered into a new Credit Agreement (the “2025 Credit Agreement”) by and among the Company, the lenders party thereto and Citibank, N.A. (“Citibank”), as administrative agent, which provides for an unsecured revolving loan facility in the aggregate principal amount of $1.5 billion, with an option to be increased up to $2 billion subject to receipt of additional commitments and other customary conditions. The proceeds from the 2025 Credit Agreement are available for working capital and general corporate purposes. At January 31, 2026, Autodesk had no outstanding borrowings under the 2025 Credit Agreement. See Part II, Item 8, Note 8, “Borrowing Arrangements,” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion on our covenant requirements and additional information with respect to the 2025 Credit Agreement. If we are unable to remain in compliance with the covenants under the 2025 Credit Agreement, we may not be able to draw on our revolving credit facility. Additionally, as of March 3, 2026, we have no amounts outstanding under the Credit Agreement.
As of January 31, 2026, we had $2.50 billion aggregate principal amount of notes outstanding. See Part II, Item 8, Note 8, “Borrowing Arrangements,” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion.
Our cash and cash equivalents are held by diversified financial institutions globally. Our primary commercial banking relationship is with Citigroup and its global affiliates. In addition, Citibank N.A., an affiliate of Citigroup, is one of the lead lenders and agent in the syndicate of our $1.5 billion revolving credit facility.
Our cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities balances are concentrated in a few locations around the world, with substantial amounts held outside of the United States. There are several factors that can impact our ability to utilize foreign cash balances, such as foreign exchange restrictions, foreign regulatory restrictions, or adverse tax costs. Earnings in foreign jurisdictions are generally available for distribution to the United States with little to no incremental U.S. taxes. We regularly review our capital structure and consider a variety of potential financing alternatives and planning strategies to ensure we have the proper liquidity available in the locations in which it is needed. We expect to meet our liquidity needs through or in combination of current cash balances, ongoing cash flows, and external borrowings.
Cash from operations could also be affected by various risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to the risks detailed in Part I, Item 1A,“Risk Factors.” Based on our current business plan and revenue prospects, we believe that our existing cash and cash equivalents, our anticipated cash flows from operations, and our available revolving credit facility will be sufficient to meet our working capital and operating resource expenditure requirements for at least the next 12 months from the date of this Annual Report.
Our revenue, earnings, cash flows, receivables, and payables are subject to fluctuations due to changes in foreign currency exchange rates, for which we have put in place foreign currency contracts as part of our risk management strategy. See Part II, Item 7A, “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk” for further discussion.
| Fiscal year ended January 31, | |||||||||||||||||
| (in millions) | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||||||
| Net cash provided by operating activities | $ | 2,452 | $ | 1,607 | $ | 1,313 | |||||||||||
| Net cash used in investing activities | (451) | (903) | (502) | ||||||||||||||
| Net cash used in financing activities | (1,361) | (987) | (852) | ||||||||||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities of $2.45 billion for fiscal 2026, primarily consisted of $1.12 billion of our net income adjusted for $1.83 billion non-cash items such as stock-based compensation expense, restructuring, other exit costs, and facility reductions, amortization of costs to obtain a contract with a customer, depreciation, amortization, and accretion expense, and deferred income tax. The decrease in cash provided by working capital was primarily due to a negative change in prepaid
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expenses and other assets and a negative change in accounts receivable due to the seasonality of our billings in the fourth fiscal quarter and growth in billings partially offset by a net increase in deferred revenue driven by an increase in product subscriptions and EBA offerings.
Net cash provided by operating activities of $1.61 billion for fiscal 2025, primarily consisted of $1.11 billion of our net income adjusted for $953 million non-cash items such as stock-based compensation expense, amortization of costs to obtain a contract with a customer, depreciation, amortization, and accretion expense, and deferred income tax. Net cash provided by working capital remained flat primarily due to an increase in accounts payable and other accrued liabilities due to the timing of payments related to employee compensation and related costs partially offset by a decrease in deferred revenue driven by the transition of multi-year subscription contracts billed upfront to annual billing installments, a change in accounts receivable due to the growth in billings and more billings in the fourth fiscal quarter of the current year as compared to the prior period, and a change in prepaid expenses and other assets.
Net cash used in investing activities was $451 million for fiscal 2026 and was primarily due to purchases of marketable securities and strategic investments partially offset by sales and maturities of marketable securities.
Net cash used in investing activities was $903 million for fiscal 2025 and was primarily due to business combinations, net of cash acquired, and purchases of marketable securities partially offset by sales and maturities of marketable securities.
Net cash used in financing activities was $1,361 million in fiscal 2026 and was primarily due to repurchases of our common stock and payment of notes payable due in June 2025 partially offset by the proceeds from the issuance of notes payable due in June 2035.
Net cash used in financing activities was $987 million in fiscal 2025 and was primarily due to repurchases of our common stock.
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CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS
The following table summarizes our significant financial contractual obligations at January 31, 2026, and the effect such obligations are expected to have on our liquidity and cash flows in future periods.
| (in millions) | Total | Fiscal year 2027 | Fiscal years 2028-2029 | Fiscal years 2030-2031 | Thereafter | Management Comments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes payable | $ | 2,970 | $ | 82 | $ | 636 | $ | 615 | $ | 1,637 | Notes payable consist of the notes issued in June 2017, January 2020, October 2021, and June 2025 including interest. See Part II, Item 8, Note 8, “Borrowing Arrangements,” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further information. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating leases | 275 | 60 | 117 | 67 | 31 | Operating lease obligations consist of obligations for real estate and certain equipment. See Part II, Item 8, Note 9, “Leases,” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further information. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purchase obligations | 618 | 303 | 300 | 10 | 5 | Purchase obligations are contractual obligations for purchase of goods or services and are defined as agreements that are enforceable and legally binding to Autodesk and that specify all significant terms, including: fixed or minimum quantities to be purchased; fixed, minimum, or variable price provisions; and the approximate timing of the transaction. Purchase obligations relate primarily to acquisition of cloud services, marketing, and commitments related to our investment agreements with limited liability partnership funds. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deferred compensation obligations | 137 | 14 | 30 | 28 | 65 | Deferred compensation obligations relate to amounts held in a rabbi trust under our non-qualified deferred compensation plan. See Part II, Item 8, Note 3, “Financial Instruments,” in our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further information. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pension obligations | 49 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 25 | Pension obligations relate to our obligations for pension plans outside of the United States. See Part II, Item 8, Note 18, “Retirement Benefit Plans,” in our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further information. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Asset retirement obligations | 13 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | Asset retirement obligations represent the estimated costs to restore certain office buildings that we lease back to their original condition after the termination of the lease. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total (1) | $ | 4,062 | $ | 468 | $ | 1,097 | $ | 732 | $ | 1,765 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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(1)This table generally excludes amounts already recorded on the balance sheet as current liabilities, certain purchase obligations as discussed below, long term deferred revenue, and amounts related to income tax accruals for uncertain tax positions, since we cannot predict with reasonable reliability the timing of cash settlements to the respective taxing authorities (see Part II, Item 8, Note 5, “Income Taxes” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements).
Purchase orders or contracts for the purchase of supplies and other goods and services are not included in the table above. We are not able to determine the aggregate amount of such purchase orders that represent contractual obligations, as purchase orders may represent authorizations to purchase rather than binding agreements. Our purchase orders are based on our current procurement or development needs and are fulfilled by our vendors within short time horizons. We do not have significant agreements for the purchase of supplies or other goods specifying minimum quantities or set prices that exceed our expected requirements for three months. In addition, we have certain software royalty commitments associated with the shipment and licensing of certain products.
The expected timing of payment of the obligations discussed above is estimated based on current information. Timing of payments and actual amounts paid may be different depending on the time of receipt of goods or services or changes to agreed-upon amounts for some obligations.
We provide indemnifications of varying scopes and certain guarantees, including limited product warranties. Historically, costs related to these warranties and indemnifications have not been significant, but because potential future costs are highly variable, we are unable to estimate the maximum potential impact of these guarantees on our future results of operations.
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ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
Our stock repurchase programs provide us with the ability to offset the dilution from the issuance of stock under our employee stock plans and reduce shares outstanding over time and has the effect of returning excess cash generated from our business to stockholders. Under the share repurchase programs, we may repurchase shares from time to time in open market transactions, privately negotiated transactions, accelerated share repurchase programs, tender offers, or by other means. The share repurchase programs do not have an expiration date and the pace and timing of repurchases will depend on factors such as cash generation from operations, available surplus, the volume of employee stock plan activity, remaining shares available in the authorized pool, cash requirements for acquisitions, economic and market conditions, stock price, and legal and regulatory requirements.
During the three and 12 months ended January 31, 2026, we repurchased 2 million and 5 million shares of our common stock, respectively. At January 31, 2026, $2.48 billion and $5 billion remained available for repurchase under the November 2022 and November 2024 repurchase programs approved by the Board of Directors. The plans do not have a fixed expiration date. See Part II, Item 8, Note 13, “Stock Repurchase Program,” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion.
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ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE RISK
Our revenue, earnings, cash flows, receivables, and payables are subject to fluctuations due to changes in foreign currency exchange rates. Our risk management strategy utilizes foreign currency contracts to manage our exposure to foreign currency volatility that exists as part of our ongoing business operations. We utilize cash flow hedge contracts to reduce the exchange rate impact on a portion of the net revenue or operating expense of certain anticipated transactions. In addition, we use balance sheet hedge contracts to reduce the exchange rate risk associated primarily with foreign currency denominated receivables and payables. As of January 31, 2026 and 2025, we had open cash flow and balance sheet hedge contracts with future settlements generally within one to 12 months. Contracts were primarily denominated in Australian dollars, British pounds, Euros, Japanese yen, and Singapore dollars. We do not enter into foreign exchange derivative instruments for trading or speculative purposes.
Our option and foreign exchange forward contracts outstanding as of the respective period-ends are summarized in U.S. dollar equivalents as follows (in millions):
| January 31, 2026 | January 31, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notional Amount | Fair Value | Notional Amount | Fair Value | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Forward Contracts: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purchased | $ | 1,743 | $ | 18 | $ | 1,152 | $ | (20) | |||||||||||||||
| Sold | 2,166 | (20) | 1,894 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Option Contracts: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purchased | 1,597 | 12 | 1,269 | 24 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sold | 1,698 | (13) | 1,349 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||||
We use foreign currency contracts to reduce the exchange rate impact on the net revenue and operating expenses of certain anticipated transactions. A sensitivity analysis performed on our hedging portfolio as of January 31, 2026, indicated that a hypothetical 10% appreciation of the U.S. dollar from its value at January 31, 2026 and 2025, would increase the fair value of our foreign currency contracts by $159 million and $209 million, respectively. A hypothetical 10% depreciation of the dollar from its value at January 31, 2026 and 2025, would decrease the fair value of our foreign currency contracts by $158 million and $116 million, respectively.
INTEREST RATE RISK
Interest rate movements affect both the interest income we earn on our short-term investments and the market value of certain longer term securities. At January 31, 2026, we had $2.15 billion of cash equivalents and marketable securities, including $348 million classified as short-term marketable securities and $376 million classified as long-term marketable securities. If interest rates were to move up by 50 or 100 basis points over a 12-month period, the market value change of these securities would not have a material impact on our results of operations.
OTHER MARKET RISK
From time to time we make direct investments in privately held companies. Privately held company investments generally are considered inherently risky. The technologies and products these companies have under development are typically in the early stages and may never materialize, which could result in a loss of all or a substantial part of our initial investment in these companies. The evaluation of privately held companies is based on information that we request from these companies, which is not subject to the same disclosure regulations as U.S. publicly traded companies, and as such, the basis for these evaluations is subject to the timing and accuracy of the data received from these companies. See Part II, Item 8, Note 3, “Financial Instruments” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion regarding these strategic investments.
For information about exposure to counter-party credit-related losses, see Part II, Item 8, Note 1, “Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Concentration of Credit Risk."
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ITEM 8.FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
AUTODESK, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In millions, except per share data)
| Fiscal year ended January 31, | |||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | |||||||||||||||
| Net revenue: | |||||||||||||||||
| Subscription | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
| Maintenance | |||||||||||||||||
| Total subscription and maintenance revenue | |||||||||||||||||
| Other | |||||||||||||||||
| Total net revenue | |||||||||||||||||
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| Cost of subscription and maintenance revenue | |||||||||||||||||
| Cost of other revenue | |||||||||||||||||
| Amortization of developed technologies | |||||||||||||||||
| Total cost of revenue | |||||||||||||||||
| Gross profit | |||||||||||||||||
| Operating expenses: | |||||||||||||||||
| Marketing and sales | |||||||||||||||||
| Research and development | |||||||||||||||||
| General and administrative | |||||||||||||||||
| Amortization of purchased intangibles | |||||||||||||||||
| Restructuring, other exit costs, and facility reductions | |||||||||||||||||
| Total operating expenses | |||||||||||||||||
| Income from operations | |||||||||||||||||
| Income before income taxes | |||||||||||||||||
| Provision for income taxes | ( | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||
| Net income | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
| Basic net income per share | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
| Diluted net income per share | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
| Weighted average shares used in computing basic net income per share | |||||||||||||||||
| Weighted average shares used in computing diluted net income per share | |||||||||||||||||
See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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AUTODESK, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(In millions)
| Fiscal year ended January 31, | |||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | |||||||||||||||
| Net income | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
| Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of reclassifications: | |||||||||||||||||
Net (loss) gain on derivative instruments (net of tax effect of $ | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||
Change in net unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities (net of tax effect of | |||||||||||||||||
Change in defined benefit pension items (net of tax effect of | ( | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||
Net change in cumulative foreign currency translation gain (loss) (net of tax effect of $( | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||
| Total other comprehensive gain (loss) | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||
| Total comprehensive income | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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AUTODESK, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In millions, except per share data)
| January 31, 2026 | January 31, 2025 | ||||||||||
| ASSETS | |||||||||||
| Current assets: | |||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Marketable securities | |||||||||||
| Accounts receivable, net | |||||||||||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | |||||||||||
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| Long-term marketable securities | |||||||||||
| Computer equipment, software, furniture, and leasehold improvements, net | |||||||||||
| Operating lease right-of-use assets | |||||||||||
| Intangible assets, net | |||||||||||
| Goodwill | |||||||||||
| Deferred income taxes, net | |||||||||||
| Long-term other assets | |||||||||||
| Total assets | $ | $ | |||||||||
| LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY | |||||||||||
| Current liabilities: | |||||||||||
| Accounts payable | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Accrued compensation | |||||||||||
| Accrued income taxes | |||||||||||
| Deferred revenue | |||||||||||
| Operating lease liabilities | |||||||||||
| Current portion of long-term notes payable, net | |||||||||||
| Other accrued liabilities | |||||||||||
| Total current liabilities | |||||||||||
| Long-term deferred revenue | |||||||||||
| Long-term operating lease liabilities | |||||||||||
| Long-term income taxes payable | |||||||||||
| Long-term deferred income taxes | |||||||||||
| Long-term notes payable, net | |||||||||||
| Long-term other liabilities | |||||||||||
| Commitments and contingencies | |||||||||||
| Stockholders’ equity: | |||||||||||
Preferred stock, $ | |||||||||||
Common stock and additional paid-in capital, $ | |||||||||||
| Accumulated other comprehensive loss | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Accumulated deficit | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Total stockholders’ equity | |||||||||||
| Total liabilities and stockholders' equity | $ | $ | |||||||||
See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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AUTODESK, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (In millions)
| Fiscal year ended January 31, | |||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | |||||||||||||||
| Operating activities: | |||||||||||||||||
| Net income | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
| Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: | |||||||||||||||||
| Depreciation, amortization, and accretion | |||||||||||||||||
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| Capital expenditures | ( | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||
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| Cash paid for income taxes, net of tax refunds | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
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(1) “Purchases of strategic investments” were previously presented in “Other investing activities”. Prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation. This presentation change did not have any impact to “Net cash used in investing activities ”.
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AUTODESK, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(In millions)
| Common stock and additional paid-in capital | Accumulated other comprehensive loss | Accumulated deficit | Total stockholders' equity | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shares | Amount | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balances, January 31, 2023 | $ | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common shares issued under stock plans | ( | — | — | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation expense | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Settlement of liability-classified restricted common shares | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other comprehensive loss | — | — | ( | — | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Repurchase and retirement of common shares | ( | ( | — | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balances, January 31, 2024 | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common shares issued under stock plans | ( | — | — | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation expense | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Settlement of liability-classified restricted common shares | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other comprehensive loss | — | — | ( | — | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Repurchase and retirement of common shares | ( | ( | — | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balances, January 31, 2025 | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common shares issued under stock plans | ( | — | — | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation expense | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other comprehensive gain | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Repurchase and retirement of common shares | ( | ( | — | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balances, January 31, 2026 | $ | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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AUTODESK, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
January 31, 2026
(Tables in millions of dollars, except per share data, unless otherwise indicated)
1. Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Business
Autodesk, Inc. (“Autodesk” or the “Company”) is a global leader in 3D design, engineering and entertainment technology solutions, spanning architecture, engineering, construction, product design, manufacturing, media, and entertainment. The Company’s sophisticated software products, offered through a hybrid of desktop and cloud functionality, enable its customers to design, fabricate, manufacture, and build anything by visualizing, simulating, and analyzing real-world performance early in the design process. These capabilities allow our customers to foster innovation, optimize their designs, streamline their manufacturing and construction processes, save time and money, improve quality, deliver more sustainable outcomes, communicate plans, and collaborate with others. Autodesk software products are sold globally through a combination of direct and indirect channels.
Principles of Consolidation
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in Autodesk’s consolidated financial statements and notes thereto. These estimates are based on information available as of the date of the consolidated financial statements. On a regular basis, management evaluates these estimates and assumptions. Actual results may differ materially from these estimates.
Revenue Recognition
Autodesk’s revenue is divided into three categories: subscription revenue, maintenance revenue, and other revenue. Subscription revenue consists of our term-based product subscriptions, cloud service offerings, and flexible enterprise business agreements (“EBAs”). Maintenance revenue consists of renewal fees for existing agreements. Other revenue consists of revenue from consulting and other products and services. Revenue is recognized when control for these offerings is transferred to our customers, in an amount that reflects the consideration we expect to be entitled to in exchange for products and services.
Autodesk’s contracts with customers may include promises to transfer multiple products and services to a customer. Determining whether the products and services are considered distinct performance obligations that should be accounted for separately or as a single performance obligation may require significant judgment. Judgment is required to determine the level of integration and interdependency between individual components of desktop software applications and cloud functionalities. This determination influences whether the desktop software is considered distinct and accounted for separately as a license performance obligation recognized at the time of delivery, or not distinct and accounted for together with the cloud functionalities as a single subscription performance obligation recognized over time.
For product subscriptions and flexible EBA subscriptions in which the desktop software and related cloud functionalities are highly interrelated, the single performance obligation is recognized ratably over the contract term as the subscription is delivered. For subscriptions involving distinct desktop software licenses, the license performance obligation is satisfied when delivered to our customers. For standalone maintenance subscriptions and cloud subscriptions, the performance obligation is
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satisfied ratably over the contract term as those services are delivered. For consulting services and Flex, the performance obligation is satisfied over a period of time as those services are delivered.
When an arrangement includes multiple performance obligations which are concurrently delivered and have the same pattern of transfer to the customer (the services transfer to the customer over the contract period), we account for those performance obligations as a single performance obligation.
For contracts with more than one performance obligation, the transaction price is allocated among the performance obligations in an amount that depicts the relative standalone selling price (“SSP”) of each obligation. We establish SSP for most of our products and services based on observable prices when sold separately in similar circumstances or to similar customers. When products or services are not sold separately, we establish SSP based on other observable inputs.
Costs to Obtain a Contract with a Customer
Sales commissions earned by our internal sales personnel and our solution providers are considered incremental and recoverable costs of obtaining a contract with a customer. The commission costs are capitalized and included in “Prepaid expenses and other current assets” and “Long-term other assets” on our Consolidated Balance Sheets. The liabilities associated with the commission costs are included in “Accounts payable”, “Accrued compensation”, and “Long-term other liabilities,” in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets. The deferred costs are then amortized over the period of benefit. Autodesk determined that sales commissions earned by internal sales personnel that are related to contract renewals are commensurate with sales commissions earned on the initial contracts, and we determined the period of benefit to be the term of the respective customer contract. Commissions paid to our solution providers that are related to contract renewals may either be commensurate or non-commensurate with commissions earned on the initial contract, depending on the commissions program. Costs for initial contracts that are non-commensurate with commissions on renewal contracts are amortized on a straight-line basis over the period of benefit. For non-commensurate commissions, we determined the estimated period of benefit by taking into consideration customer retention data, customer contracts, our technology, and other factors. Costs for initial contracts that are commensurate with commissions on renewal contracts are amortized based on the contract term, which ranges from 1 to 3 years. Deferred costs are periodically reviewed for impairment. Amortization expense is included in marketing and sales expenses in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.
Fair Value Measurement
We measure certain financial instruments at fair value on a recurring basis, including marketable securities and derivative instruments. Fair value is defined under ASC 820 as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants. We use a three-level hierarchy to prioritize the inputs used in measuring fair value. Level 1 inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. Level 2 inputs are observable inputs other than quoted prices, such as interest rates and yield curves. Level 3 inputs are unobservable and reflect our own assumptions.
Autodesk’s Level 2 securities and derivatives are valued primarily using observable inputs other than quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities. The Company has elected to use the income approach to value derivatives using the observable Level 2 market expectations at measurement date and standard valuation techniques to convert future amounts to a single present amount (discounted). Mid-market pricing is used as a practical expedient and when required, rates are interpolated from commonly quoted intervals published by market sources. We did not have any material Level 3 instruments as of the reporting date. Key inputs for currency derivatives are spot rates, forward rates, interest rates, volatility,
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and credit default rates. The spot rate for each currency is the same spot rate used for all balance sheet translations at the measurement date. Autodesk reviews for any potential changes on a quarterly basis. See Note 3, “Financial Instruments” for more information.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Autodesk considers all highly liquid investments with insignificant interest rate risk and remaining maturities of three months or less at the date of purchase to be cash equivalents. Cash equivalents are stated at estimated fair value.
Marketable Securities and Strategic Investments
Autodesk classifies its marketable securities as either short-term or long-term generally based on each instrument’s underlying contractual maturity date. Generally, marketable securities with remaining maturities of less than 12 months are classified as short-term and marketable securities with remaining maturities greater than 12 months are classified as long-term. Autodesk may sell certain of its marketable securities prior to their stated maturities for strategic purposes or in anticipation of credit deterioration. Marketable securities maturing within one year that are not restricted are classified as current assets.
Autodesk determines the appropriate classification of its marketable securities at the time of purchase and re-evaluates such classification as of each balance sheet date. Autodesk carries all “available-for-sale securities” at fair value, with unrealized gains and losses, net of tax, reported in stockholders’ equity until disposition or maturity. Autodesk carries all “trading securities” at fair value, with unrealized gains and losses, recorded in “Interest and other expense, net” in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations. The cost of securities sold is based on the specific-identification method.
The Company's strategic investments consist of privately held debt and equity securities. Under the measurement alternative method, strategic investments in equity securities are measured at cost, less any impairments, plus or minus changes resulting from observable price changes in orderly transactions for the identical or similar investment of the same issuer in the current period. The company’s strategic investments in debt and equity securities (Level 3) are valued using significant unobservable inputs or data in an inactive market and the valuation requires the Company’s judgment due to the absence of market prices and inherent lack of liquidity. These assumptions are inherently subjective and involve significant management judgment. In addition, the determination of whether an orderly transaction is for a same or similar investment requires management judgment including: the rights and obligations of the investments, the extent to which those differences would affect the fair values of those investments, and the impact of any differences based on the stage of operational development of the investee.
All of Autodesk’s marketable securities and strategic investments are subject to a periodic impairment review. Strategic investments in equity securities are assessed based on available information such as current cash positions, earnings, earnings and cash flow forecasts, recent operational performance and any other readily available market data. For any available-for-sale debt securities, if Autodesk does not intend to sell and it is not more likely than not that Autodesk will be required to sell the available-for-sale debt security prior to recovery of its amortized cost basis, Autodesk will determine whether a decline in fair value below the amortized cost basis is due to credit-related factors. The credit loss is measured as the amount by which the debt security’s amortized cost basis exceeds the estimate of the present value of cash flows expected to be collected, up to the difference between the amortized cost basis and the fair value. Impairment will be assessed at the individual security level. Credit-related impairment is recognized as an allowance on the Consolidated Balance Sheets with a corresponding adjustment to “Interest and other expense, net” on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations. Any impairment that is not credit-related is recognized in “Accumulated other comprehensive loss” on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
Autodesk does not measure an allowance for credit losses on accrued interest receivables on available-for-sale debt securities separately. Autodesk writes off accrued interest receivables by reversing interest income in the period deemed uncollectible in “Interest and other expense, net” on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations. Any accrued interest receivable on available-for-sale debt securities is recorded in “Prepaid expenses and other current assets,” in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets, as applicable.
Derivative Financial Instruments
Under its risk management strategy, Autodesk uses derivative instruments to manage its short-term exposures to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that exist as part of ongoing business operations. Autodesk’s general practice is to hedge a portion of transaction exposures primarily denominated in Australian dollars, British pounds, Euros, Japanese yen,
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and Singapore dollars. These instruments generally have maturities between and 12 months in the future. Autodesk uses foreign currency contracts not designated as hedging instruments and foreign currency contracts designated as cash flow hedges but Autodesk does not enter into derivative instrument transactions for trading or speculative purposes.
The bank counterparties to the derivative contracts potentially expose Autodesk to credit-related losses in the event of their nonperformance. However, to mitigate that risk, Autodesk only contracts with counterparties who meet the Company’s minimum requirements under its counterparty risk assessment process. Autodesk monitors counterparty risk on at least a quarterly basis and will adjust its exposure to various counterparties as necessary. Autodesk generally enters into master netting arrangements, which reduce credit risk by permitting net settlement of transactions with the same counterparty. Autodesk does not have any master netting arrangements in place with collateral features.
Autodesk accounts for these derivative instruments as either assets or liabilities on the balance sheet and carries them at fair value. Gains and losses resulting from changes in fair value are accounted for depending on the use of the derivative and whether it is designated and qualifies for hedge accounting. Derivatives that do not qualify for hedge accounting are adjusted to fair value through earnings.
Foreign Currency Translation and Transactions
The assets and liabilities of Autodesk’s foreign subsidiaries are translated from their respective functional currencies into U.S. dollars at the rates in effect at the balance sheet date, and revenue and expense amounts are translated at exchange rates that approximate those rates in effect during the period in which the underlying transactions occur. Foreign currency translation adjustments are recorded in other comprehensive income (loss).
Gains and losses realized from foreign currency transactions, those transactions denominated in currencies other than the foreign subsidiary’s functional currency, are included in “Interest and other income, net
Allowance for Credit Loss
Allowances for uncollectible trade receivables and contract assets are subject to impairment using the expected credit loss model. Allowances for expected credit losses are measured based upon the lifetime expected credit loss which is based on historical experience, the number of days that billings are past due, reasonable economic forecast, including revised forecast data for the current economic environment, customer payment behavior, credit reports, and other customer-specific information.
Partner Incentive Program Reserves
As part of the indirect channel model, Autodesk has a partner incentive program that uses quarterly attainment of monetary rewards to motivate distributors and resellers to achieve mutually agreed upon business goals in a specified time period. The majority of these incentives are recorded as a reduction to accounts receivable and deferred revenue in the period the transaction is billed. The portion recorded as deferred revenue is subsequently recognized as a reduction to subscription revenue over the contract period. The remainder reduces subscription or other revenue in the current period.
These incentive balances do not require significant assumptions or judgments. Depending on how the payments are made, the reserves associated with the partner incentive program are recognized on the balance sheet as either a reduction to accounts receivable or recorded as accounts payable.
The following table summarizes the changes in partner incentive program reserves for the fiscal years ended January 31, 2026, 2025, and 2024:
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(1)The partner program incentive reserves balance impacts "Accounts receivable, net" and "Accounts payable" on the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets.
Concentration of Credit Risk
Autodesk places its cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities in highly liquid instruments with, and in the custody of, multiple diversified financial institutions globally with high credit ratings and limits the amounts invested with any one institution, type of security, and issuer. Autodesk’s primary commercial banking relationship is with Citigroup Inc. and its global affiliates. Citibank, N.A., an affiliate of Citigroup, is one of the lead lenders and an agent in the syndicate of Autodesk’s $1.5 billion revolving credit facility.
Software Development Costs
Cloud Computing Arrangements
Autodesk enters into certain cloud-based software hosting arrangements that are accounted for as service contracts. Costs incurred for these arrangements are capitalized for application development activities, if material, and immediately expensed for preliminary project activities and post-implementation activities. Autodesk amortizes the capitalized development costs straight-line over the fixed, non-cancellable term of the associated hosting arrangement plus any reasonably certain renewal periods. The capitalized costs are included in “Prepaid expenses and other current assets” and “Long-term other assets” on our Consolidated Balance Sheets. Capitalized costs were $380 million and $327 million at January 31, 2026, and January 31, 2025, respectively. Accumulated amortization was $175 million and $136 million at January 31, 2026, and January 31, 2025, respectively. Amortization expense was $43 million, $53 million, and $42 million in fiscal 2026, fiscal 2025, and fiscal 2024, respectively.
Leases
Autodesk determines if an arrangement is a lease at inception. Operating lease right-of-use assets represent Autodesk’s right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and operating lease liabilities represent the Company’s obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Operating lease right-of-use assets and operating lease liabilities are recognized at commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. The operating lease right-of-use assets also include any lease payments made and are reduced by any lease incentives. Autodesk uses its incremental borrowing rate, if the Company’s leases do not provide an implicit rate, adjusted for local country-specific borrowing rates as applicable, based on the information available at commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments. Options to extend or terminate the lease are considered in determining the lease term when it is reasonably certain that the option will be exercised. Lease expense for lease payments is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Autodesk has lease agreements with lease and non-lease components. Autodesk accounts for the lease and non-lease components as a single lease component.
Business Combinations
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Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
At least annually or more frequently as circumstances dictate, Autodesk reviews its long-lived assets for impairment whenever impairment indicators exist. When such circumstances occur, Autodesk assesses the recoverability of these assets. Recoverability is measured by comparison of the carrying amounts of the assets to the future undiscounted cash flow the assets are expected to generate generally using Level 3 inputs. If the long-lived assets are impaired, the impairment to be recognized is equal to the amount by which the carrying value of the assets exceeds its fair market value. See Note 9, “Leases” for further discussion on impairment charges of lease related right-of-assets.
In addition to the recoverability assessments, Autodesk routinely reviews the remaining estimated useful lives of its long-lived assets. Any reduction in the useful life assumption will result in increased depreciation and amortization expense in the quarter when such determinations are made, as well as in subsequent quarters.
Goodwill
Advertising Expenses
Net Income Per Share
Basic net income per share is computed using the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted net income per share is computed using the weighted average shares of common stock outstanding during the period and potentially dilutive common shares, including the effect of restricted stock units, performance share awards, and stock options using the treasury stock method.
Defined Benefit Pension Plans
The funded status of Autodesk’s defined benefit pension plans is recognized in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The funded status is measured as the difference between the fair value of plan assets and the projected benefit obligation for the fiscal years presented. The projected benefit obligation represents the actuarial present value of benefits expected to be paid upon retirement based on employee services already rendered and estimated future compensation levels. The fair value of plan assets represents the current market value of Autodesk’s cumulative company and participant contributions made to the various plans in effect.
Net periodic benefit cost is recorded in the Consolidated Statements of Operations and includes service cost, interest cost, expected return on plan assets, amortization of prior service costs, and gains or losses previously recognized as a component of other comprehensive income (loss). Certain events, such as changes in the employee base, plan amendments, and changes in actuarial assumptions may result in a change in the defined benefit obligation and the corresponding change to other comprehensive loss.
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The measurement of projected benefit obligations and net periodic benefit cost is based on estimates and assumptions that reflect the terms of the plans and use participant-specific information such as compensation, age and years of services, as well as certain assumptions, including estimates of discount rates, expected return of plan assets, rate of compensation increases, interest rates, and mortality rates.
Accounting Standards in Fiscal 2026
Accounting Standards Adopted
In December 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU No. 2023-09, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvement to Income Tax Disclosures” (“ASU 2023-09”), to enhance the transparency and decision usefulness of income tax disclosures. ASU 2023-09 requires disaggregated information about a reporting entity's effective tax rate reconciliation as well as information on income taxes paid. The standard is intended to benefit investors by providing more detailed income tax disclosures that would be useful in making capital allocation decisions and applies to all entities subject to income taxes. Autodesk provided the new disclosures required by ASU 2023-09 beginning with its annual financial statements for the fiscal year ending January 31, 2026.
In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-07, “Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures” (“ASU 2023-07”), which are intended to improve reportable segment disclosure requirements. ASU 2023-07 expands public entities’ segment disclosures by requiring disclosure of significant segment expenses that are regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker and included within each reported measure of segment profit or loss, an amount and description of its composition for other segment items, and interim disclosures of a reportable segment’s profit or loss and assets. All disclosure requirements of ASU 2023-07 are required for entities with a single reportable segment. Autodesk adopted the annual disclosures of ASU 2023-07 for our fiscal year ended January 31, 2025 and adopted for interim periods beginning February 1, 2025.
Recently issued accounting standards not yet adopted
In September 2025, the FASB issued ASU No. 2025-06, “Intangibles-Goodwill and Other-Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40)” (“ASU 2025-06”), which amends certain aspects of the accounting for and disclosure of software costs under Subtopic 350-40. ASU 2025-06 eliminates accounting consideration of software development “stages”. Cost capitalization will now begin solely when (1) management has authorized and committed to funding the software project, and (2) it is probable the project will be completed and the software used to perform its intended function (the probable-to-complete threshold). In evaluating the probable-to-complete recognition threshold, an entity is required to consider whether there is significant uncertainty associated with the development activities of the software. ASU 2025-06 specifies that the disclosures in Subtopic 360-10, Property, Plant, and Equipment—Overall, are required for all capitalized internal-use software costs, regardless of how those costs are presented in the financial statements. The amendments in ASU 2205-06 supersede the website development costs guidance and incorporate the recognition requirements for website-specific development costs from Subtopic 350-50 into Subtopic 350-40. ASU 2025-06 is effective for Autodesk’s fiscal year beginning February 1, 2028, and interim periods within that fiscal year. Early adoption is permitted. Autodesk is currently evaluating the effect of adopting ASU 2025-06 on its consolidated financial statements.
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU No. 2024-03, “Income Statement-Reporting Comprehensive Income-Expense Disaggregation Disclosures” (“ASU 2024-03”), which requires disaggregated disclosures, in the notes to the financial statements, of certain categories of expenses that are included in expense line items on the face of the income statement. ASU 2024-03 also requires a qualitative description of the amounts remaining in relevant expense captions that are not separately disaggregated quantitatively, disclosure of the total amount of selling expenses, and in annual reporting periods, Autodesk’s definition of selling expenses. ASU 2024-03 is effective for Autodesk’s fiscal year beginning February 1, 2027, and interim periods for Autodesk’s fiscal year beginning February 1, 2028. Early adoption is permitted. Autodesk is currently evaluating the effect of adopting ASU 2024-03 on its disclosures.
There have been no other recent accounting pronouncements during the fiscal year ended January 31, 2026, that may have a material impact on our financial position or results of operations.
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2. Revenue Recognition
Revenue Disaggregation
Autodesk recognizes revenue from the sale of (1) product subscriptions, cloud service offerings, and EBAs, (2) fees for maintenance purchased with software licenses, and (3) consulting and other products and services. The three categories are presented as line items on Autodesk’s Consolidated Statements of Operations.
Information regarding the components of Autodesk’s net revenue from contracts with customers by product family, geographic location, sales channel, and product type was as follows:
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| Architecture, Engineering, Construction and Operations | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
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| Total net revenue | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
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| U.S. | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
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| Indirect | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
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| Total net revenue | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
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| Total net revenue | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
Payments for subscriptions are typically due in annual installments or upfront. Autodesk does not have any material variable consideration, such as obligations for returns, refunds, warranties, or amounts due to customers for which significant estimation or judgment is required as of the reporting date.
Remaining performance obligations consist of total short-term, long-term, and unbilled deferred revenue. As of January 31, 2026, Autodesk had remaining performance obligations of $8.30 billion, which represents the total transaction price allocated to remaining performance obligations, which are generally recognized over the next three years . We expect to recognize $5.48 billion or 66 % of our remaining performance obligations as revenue during the next 12 months. We expect to recognize the remaining $2.82 billion or 34 % of our remaining performance obligations as revenue thereafter.
The amount of remaining performance obligations may be impacted by the specific timing, duration, and size of customer subscription and support agreements, the specific timing of customer renewals, and foreign currency fluctuations.
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Contract Balances
We receive payments from customers based on a billing schedule as established in our contracts. Contract assets relate to performance completed in advance of scheduled billings. Contract assets were not material as of January 31, 2026 and 2025. Deferred revenue relates to billings in advance of performance under the contract. The primary changes in our contract assets and deferred revenues are due to our performance under the contracts and billings.
Revenue recognized during the fiscal years ended January 31, 2026 and 2025, that was included in the deferred revenue balances at January 31, 2025 and 2024, was $3.78 billion and $3.49 billion, respectively. The satisfaction of performance obligations typically lags behind billings under revenue contracts from customers.
3. Financial Instruments
The following tables summarize the Company’s financial instruments by significant investment category as of January 31, 2026 and 2025.
| January 31, 2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amortized Cost | Gross Unrealized Gains | Gross Unrealized Losses | Fair Value | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash equivalents (1): | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Money market funds | $ | $ | — | $ | — | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Commercial paper | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Certificates of deposit | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. government securities | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other (2) | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marketable securities: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Short-term | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Commercial paper | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Corporate debt securities | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. government securities | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Asset backed securities | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Certificates of deposit | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other (3) | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Long-term | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Corporate debt securities | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Asset backed securities | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. government securities | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Agency mortgage-backed securities | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mutual funds (5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(1)Included in “Cash and cash equivalents” in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets. These investments are classified as debt securities.
(2)Consists of corporate debt securities.
(3)Consists primarily of agency mortgage-backed securities and agency discount notes.
(4)Consists primarily of agency bonds and sovereign government bonds.
(5)Investments in debt and equity securities that are held in a rabbi trust under non-qualified deferred compensation plans with a corresponding deferred compensation liability. $14 million was classified as current and $123 million was classified as non-current. Included in “Prepaid expenses and other current assets”, “Long-term other assets”, “Accrued compensation”, and “Long-term other liabilities,” in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets.
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| January 31, 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amortized Cost | Gross Unrealized Gains | Gross Unrealized Losses | Fair Value | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash equivalents (1): | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Money market funds | $ | $ | — | $ | — | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Commercial paper | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Certificates of deposit | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. government securities | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other (2) | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marketable securities: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Short-term | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Commercial paper | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Corporate debt securities | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. government securities | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Asset backed securities | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other (3) | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Long-term | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Corporate debt securities | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Asset backed securities | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Agency mortgage-backed securities | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. government securities | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mutual Funds (5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(1)Included in “Cash and cash equivalents” in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets. These investments are classified as debt securities.
(2)Consists primarily of corporate debt securities.
(3)Consists primarily of agency discount bonds, agency mortgage-backed securities, mortgage-backed securities, and US treasury bonds.
(4)Consists primarily of agency collateralized mortgage obligations and supranational bonds.
The following table summarizes the fair values of investments classified as marketable debt securities by contractual maturity date as of January 31, 2026:
| Fair Value | |||||
| Due within 1 year | $ | ||||
| Due in 1 year through 5 years | |||||
| Due in 5 years through 10 years | |||||
| Due after 10 years | |||||
Total | $ | ||||
As of both January 31, 2026 and 2025, Autodesk had no
Autodesk monitors all marketable debt securities for potential credit losses by reviewing indicators such as, but not limited to, current credit rating, change in credit rating, credit outlook, and default risk. There were no
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losses as of both January 31, 2026 and 2025. There were no
There were no Interest and other income, net
Strategic investments in equity securities
As of January 31, 2026 and 2025, Autodesk had $346 million and $168 million, respectively, in direct investments in privately held companies. These strategic investments in equity securities do not have readily determined fair values and Autodesk uses the measurement alternative to account for the adjustment to these investments in a given quarter. If Autodesk determines that an impairment has occurred, Autodesk writes down the investment to its fair value. These strategic investments in equity securities are generally subject to a security-specific restriction which limits the sale or transfer of the respective equity security during the holding period.
Adjustments to the carrying value of our strategic investments in equity securities with no readily determined fair values measured using the measurement alternative are included in Interest and Other Income (Expense), net on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations. These adjustments were as follows:
| Fiscal Year Ended | Cumulative Amount as of | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | January 31, 2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Upward adjustments | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Negative adjustments, including impairments | ( | ( | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||||||
| Net adjustments | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ( | |||||||||||||||
Autodesk does not consider the remaining investments to be impaired as of January 31, 2026.
Fair Value
Autodesk applies fair value accounting for certain financial assets and liabilities, which consist of cash equivalents, marketable securities, and other financial instruments, on a recurring basis. The Company defines fair value as the price that would be received from selling an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.
The following tables summarize the Company's financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis by significant investment category as of January 31, 2026 and 2025:
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| Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Money market funds | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Commercial paper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Certificates of deposit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Other (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marketable securities: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Commercial paper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency bonds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Long-term other assets: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mutual funds (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Derivative assets: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Derivative contract assets (6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Derivative liabilities: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ( | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(1)Included in “Cash and cash equivalents” in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets. These investments are classified as debt securities.
(2)Consists of corporate debt securities.
(3)Consists primarily of agency mortgage-backed securities and agency discount notes.
(4)Consists primarily of agency bonds and sovereign government bonds.
(5)Investments in debt and equity securities that are held in a rabbi trust under non-qualified deferred compensation plans with a corresponding deferred compensation liability. Included in “Prepaid expenses and other current assets”, “Long-term other assets”, “Accrued compensation”, and “Long-term other liabilities,” in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets.
(6)Included in “Prepaid expenses and other current assets” or “Long-term other assets” in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets.
(7)Included in “Other accrued liabilities” in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets.
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| Commercial paper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Other (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marketable securities: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Other (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Other (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Long-term other assets: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mutual Funds (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Derivative assets | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Derivative contract assets (6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Derivative liabilities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Derivative contract liabilities (7) | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(1)Included in “Cash and cash equivalents” in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets. These investments are classified as debt securities.
(2)Consists primarily of corporate debt securities.
(3)Consists primarily of agency discount bonds, agency mortgage-backed securities, mortgage-backed securities, and US treasury bonds.
(4)Consists primarily of agency collateralized mortgage obligations and supranational bonds.
(5)Investments in debt and equity securities that are held in a rabbi trust under non-qualified deferred compensation plans with a corresponding deferred compensation liability. Included in “Prepaid expenses and other current assets”, “Long-term other assets”, “Accrued compensation”, and “Long-term other liabilities,” in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets.
(6)Included in “Prepaid expenses and other current assets” or “Long-term other assets” in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets.
(7)Included in “Other accrued liabilities” in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets.
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4. Equity Compensation
Stock Plans
The 2022 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2022 Plan”) was approved by Autodesk’s stockholders and became effective on June 16, 2022 and amended and restated on June 18, 2025. The 2022 Plan replaced the 2012 Employee Stock Plan, as amended, and the 2012 Outside Directors’ Stock Plan, as amended (collectively, the “Prior Plans”), and no further equity awards may be granted under the Prior Plans. The 2022 Plan reserves up to 44 million shares. The 2022 Plan permits the grant of stock options, restricted stock units, and restricted stock awards to employees and non-employee members of the Board of Directors. Each restricted stock unit or restricted stock award granted will be counted against the shares authorized for issuance under the 2022 Plan as 2.08 shares. If a granted option, restricted stock unit, or restricted stock award expires or becomes unexercisable for any reason, the unpurchased or forfeited shares that were granted may be returned to the 2022 Plan and may become available for future grant under the 2022 Plan. As of January 31, 2026, 22 million shares subject to restricted stock units and restricted stock awards have been granted under the 2022 Plan. Restricted stock units that were granted under the 2022 Plan vest over to four years from the date of grant. The 2022 Plan will expire on March 17, 2032. At January 31, 2026, approximately 24 million shares were available for future issuance under the 2022 Plan.
The following sections summarize activity under Autodesk’s stock plans.
Restricted Stock Units:
A summary of restricted stock activity for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2026, was as follows:
| Unreleased Restricted Stock Units (in thousands) | Weighted average grant date fair value per share | ||||||||||
Unvested restricted stock at January 31, 2025 | $ | ||||||||||
| Granted | |||||||||||
| Vested | ( | ||||||||||
| Canceled/Forfeited | ( | ||||||||||
Performance Adjustment (1) | |||||||||||
Unvested restricted stock at January 31, 2026 | $ | ||||||||||
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(1)Based on Autodesk’s financial results and relative total stockholder return for the fiscal 2025 performance period. The performance stock units were attained at rates ranging from 95 % to 108 % of the target award.
For the restricted stock granted during fiscal years ended January 31, 2026, 2025, and 2024, the weighted average grant date fair values were $265.58 , $245.32 , and $200.53 , respectively. The fair value of the shares vested during fiscal years ended January 31, 2026, 2025, and 2024 were $871 million, $785 million, and $580 million, respectively.
During the fiscal year ended January 31, 2026, Autodesk granted 3 million restricted stock units. Restricted stock units vest over periods ranging from to four years from the date of grant. Restricted stock units are not considered outstanding stock at the time of grant, as the holders of these units are not entitled to any of the rights of a stockholder, including voting rights. The fair value of the restricted stock units is expensed ratably over the vesting period.
Autodesk recorded stock-based compensation expense related to restricted stock units of $596 million, $584 million, and $580 million during fiscal years ended January 31, 2026, 2025, and 2024, respectively. As of January 31, 2026, total compensation cost not yet recognized of $737 million related to unvested awards is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.80 years. At January 31, 2026, the number of restricted stock units granted but unvested was 4 million.
During the fiscal year ended January 31, 2026, Autodesk granted 332 thousand performance stock units for which the ultimate number of shares earned is determined based on the achievement of performance criteria at the end of the stated performance and service period. The performance criteria for the majority of the performance stock units are primarily based on revenue and non-GAAP operating income less stock-based compensation expense goals adopted by the Compensation and Human Resource Committee and total stockholder return compared against companies in the S&P North American Technology Software Index with a market capitalization over $2.0 billion (“Relative TSR”). The fair value of the performance stock units is expensed using the accelerated attribution method over the three-year vesting period and the performance stock units have the following vesting schedule:
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•Up to one third of the performance stock units may vest following year one, depending upon the achievement of the performance criteria for fiscal 2026 as well as one-year Relative TSR (covering year one) or vest following year three depending the achievement of the performance criteria for fiscal 2026 as well as a 3-year Relative TSR (covering years one, two and three).
•Up to one third of the performance stock units may vest following year two, depending upon the achievement of the performance criteria for fiscal 2027 as well as 2-year Relative TSR (covering years one and two) or vest following year three depending the achievement of the performance criteria for fiscal 2027 as well as a 3-year Relative TSR (covering years one, two and three).
•Up to one third of the performance stock units may vest following year three, depending upon the achievement of the performance criteria for fiscal 2028 as well as 3-year Relative TSR (covering years one, two and three) or vest following year three depending the achievement of the performance criteria for fiscal 2028 as well as a 3-year Relative TSR (covering years one, two and three).
The performance criteria for the performance stock units vested during fiscal year ended January 31, 2026, was based on revenue and free cash flow goals adopted by the Compensation and Human Resource Committee.
Performance stock units are not considered outstanding stock at the time of grant, as the holders of these units are not entitled to any of the rights of a stockholder, including voting rights. The fair value of the performance stock units is expensed using the accelerated attribution over the vesting period.
Autodesk recorded stock-based compensation expense related to performance stock units of $77 million, $57 million, and $42 million during fiscal years ended January 31, 2026, 2025, and 2024, respectively. As of January 31, 2026, total compensation cost not yet recognized of $24 million related to unvested performance stock units, is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.14 years. At January 31, 2026, the number of performance stock units granted but unvested was 567 thousand.
Stock-based Compensation Expense
The following table summarizes stock-based compensation expense for fiscal 2026, 2025, and 2024, as follows:
| Fiscal Year Ended January 31, | |||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | |||||||||||||||
| Cost of subscription and maintenance revenue | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
| Cost of other revenue | |||||||||||||||||
| Marketing and sales | |||||||||||||||||
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Stock-based compensation expense related to stock awards and Employee Qualified Stock Purchase Plan ("ESPP") purchases | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
For the fiscal years ended January 31, 2026, 2025, and 2024, the Company recognized tax benefits on total stock-based compensation expense of $121 million, $118 million, and $117 million, respectively, in the income tax provision in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.
For the fiscal years ended January 31, 2026, 2025, and 2024, the realized tax benefit related to awards vested or exercised during the period was $150 million, $148 million, and $112 million, respectively. The amounts do not include any indirect tax effects related to stock-based compensation.
During fiscal years ended January 31, 2026, Autodesk recorded $54 million in stock-based compensation expense reflecting a cumulative adjustment since fiscal 1999 related to the Company’s ESPP. The differences were no
Autodesk measures stock-based compensation cost at the grant date fair value of the award, and recognizes expense ratably over the requisite service period, which is generally the vesting period. Autodesk determines the grant date fair value of
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its stock-based payment awards for grants of employee stock purchases related to the employee stock purchase plan using the Black-Scholes-Merton (“BSM”) option-pricing model. To determine the grant-date fair value of our stock-based payment awards for restricted stock units and performance stock units, we use the quoted stock price on the date of grant unless the awards are subject to market conditions, in which case we use the Monte Carlo simulation model. The Monte Carlo simulation model utilizes multiple input variables to estimate the probability that market conditions will be achieved. These variables include our expected stock price volatility over the expected term of the award, actual and projected employee stock option exercise behaviors, the risk-free interest rate for the expected term of the award, and expected dividends. The variables used in these models are reviewed when awards are granted and adjusted as needed. Stock-based compensation cost for restricted stock is measured on the closing fair market value of our common stock on the date of grant. Autodesk uses the following assumptions to estimate the fair value of stock-based awards:
| Fiscal Year Ended | Fiscal Year Ended | Fiscal Year Ended | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| January 31, 2026 | January 31, 2025 | January 31, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Performance Stock Unit | ESPP | Performance Stock Unit | ESPP | Performance Stock Unit | ESPP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Range of expected volatilities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Range of expected lives (in years) | N/A | N/A | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Expected dividends | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Range of risk-free interest rates | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Autodesk estimates expected volatility for stock-based awards based on the average of the following two measures: (1) a measure of historical volatility in the trading market for the Company’s common stock, and (2) the implied volatility of traded options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock. The expected volatility for performance stock units subject to market conditions includes the expected volatility of companies within the S&P North American Technology Software Index with a market capitalization over $2.0 billion, depending on the award type.
The range of expected lives of ESPP awards are based upon the four six-month exercise periods within a 24 -month offering period.
Autodesk did not zero is used in the BSM option pricing model and the Monte Carlo simulation model. The risk-free interest rate used in the BSM option pricing model and the Monte Carlo simulation model for stock-based awards is the historical yield on U.S. Treasury securities with equivalent remaining lives. Autodesk recognizes expense only for the stock-based awards that ultimately vest. Autodesk accounts for forfeitures of stock-based awards as those forfeitures occur.
Employee Qualified Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”)
Under Autodesk’s ESPP, which was approved by stockholders in 1998, as amended and restated, eligible employees may purchase shares of Autodesk’s common stock at their discretion using up to 15 % of their eligible compensation, subject to certain limitations, at 85 % of the lower of Autodesk's closing price (fair market value) on the offering date or the exercise date. The offering period for ESPP awards consists of four six-month exercise periods within a 24 -month offering period.
At January 31, 2026, a total of 3 million shares were available for future issuance. Under the ESPP, the Company issues shares on the first trading day following March 31 and September 30 of each fiscal year. The ESPP does not have an expiration date.
A summary of the ESPP activity for the fiscal years ended January 31, 2026, 2025, and 2024 was as follows:
| Fiscal year ended January 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Issued shares (in thousands) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Average price of issued shares | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||
| Weighted average grant date fair value of awards granted under the ESPP | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||
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Autodesk recorded $115 million, $41 million, and $63 million of compensation expense associated with the ESPP in fiscal 2026, 2025, and 2024, respectively.
Equity Compensation Plan Information
The following table summarizes the number of outstanding options and awards granted to employees and directors, as well as the number of securities remaining available for future issuance under these plans as of January 31, 2026:
| (a) | (b) | (c) | |||||||||||||||
| Plan category | Number of securities to be issued upon exercise or vesting of outstanding options and awards (in millions) | Weighted-average exercise price of outstanding options | Number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column (a)) (in millions) (1) | ||||||||||||||
| Equity compensation plans approved by security holders | $ | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | ||||||||||||||||
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(1)Included in this amount are 3 million securities available for future issuance under Autodesk’s ESPP.
5. Income Taxes
The provision for income taxes consists of the following:
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| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | |||||||||||||||
| Federal: | |||||||||||||||||
| Current | $ | ( | $ | $ | |||||||||||||
| Deferred | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||
| Total federal | ( | ||||||||||||||||
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| Deferred | ( | ||||||||||||||||
| Total foreign | |||||||||||||||||
| Income tax provision | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
Domestic and foreign pretax income from continuing operations is as follows:
| Fiscal Year Ended January 31, | |||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | |||||||||||||||
| Domestic | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
| Foreign | |||||||||||||||||
| Total pretax income | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
For the year ended January 31, 2026, the differences between the U.S. statutory rate and the aggregate income tax provision, presented in accordance with the guidance in ASU 2023-09, are as follows:
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| Research and development tax credits | ( | ( | % | |||||||||||
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| Changes in unrecognized tax benefits | ( | ( | % | |||||||||||
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| Other adjustments | % | |||||||||||||
| Income tax provision (1) | $ | % | ||||||||||||
(1)Totals may not sum due to rounding.
For fiscal 2026, state taxes in Illinois, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania comprised greater than 50% of the taxes presented in the State income tax category.
For fiscal 2025 and fiscal 2024, the differences between the U.S. statutory rate and the aggregate income tax provision are presented in accordance with the guidance prior to the adoption of ASU 2023-09.
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| 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||
| Income tax provision(benefit) at U.S. Federal statutory rate | $ | $ | |||||||||
| State income tax benefit, net of the U.S. federal benefit | |||||||||||
| Foreign income taxed at rate different from the U.S. statutory rate | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Valuation allowance adjustment | ( | ||||||||||
| Tax effect of nondeductible stock-based compensation | |||||||||||
| Stock compensation windfall/shortfall | ( | ||||||||||
| Research and development tax credit benefit | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Closure of income tax audits and changes in uncertain tax positions | |||||||||||
| Tax effect of officer compensation in excess of $1M | |||||||||||
| Nondeductible expenses | |||||||||||
| Global intangible low-taxed income, foreign derived intangible income | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Acquisition-related integration | ( | ||||||||||
| Other | |||||||||||
| Income tax provision | $ | $ | |||||||||
Significant components of Autodesk’s deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows:
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| 2026 | 2025 | ||||||||||
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| Other | |||||||||||
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| Less: valuation allowance | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Net deferred tax assets | |||||||||||
| Indefinite lived intangibles | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Right-of-use assets | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Deferred taxes on foreign earnings | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Other | ( | ||||||||||
| Total deferred tax liabilities | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Net deferred tax assets | $ | $ | |||||||||
Deferred tax assets arise primarily from tax credits, net operating losses, and timing differences for reserves, accrued liabilities, stock options, deferred revenue, purchased technologies, and capitalized intangibles, partially offset by U.S. deferred tax liabilities primarily on acquired intangibles and valuation allowances on deferred tax assets. Autodesk regularly assesses the need for a valuation allowance against its deferred tax assets. In making that assessment, Autodesk evaluates whether it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized based on all available positive and negative evidence.
Autodesk believes it will generate sufficient future taxable income in appropriate tax jurisdictions to realize its deferred tax assets for which a valuation allowance has not been recorded. Deferred tax assets are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to reverse.
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The Company continues to retain a valuation allowance against New Zealand, California, Massachusetts and Michigan deferred tax assets and deferred tax assets relating to capital losses or assets that will convert into a capital loss upon reversal in Australia and U.S., as the Company does not have sufficient income of the appropriate character to benefit these deferred tax assets. In fiscal 2026, a valuation allowance was established in Australia on deferred tax assets that will convert to capital loss upon reversal. The Company also released its valuation allowance in Portugal based on positive evidence supporting the realization of its deferred tax assets in fiscal 2026.
The Company has elected to recognize any potential NCTI obligations as an expense in the period it is incurred.
As of January 31, 2026, Autodesk had $1.33 billion of cumulative U.S. federal tax loss carryforwards and $812 million of cumulative U.S. state tax loss carryforwards, which may be available to reduce future income tax liabilities in federal and state jurisdictions. The U.S. federal losses generated beginning in fiscal 2019 are carried forward indefinitely. The U.S. state tax loss carryforward will expire beginning fiscal 2025 through fiscal 2046. In addition to U.S. federal and state tax loss carryforwards, Norway, New Zealand and other foreign jurisdictions incurred tax losses totaling $22 million, which may be available to reduce future income tax liabilities. Our Norway and New Zealand losses of $13 million and $7 million, respectively, have an indefinite expiration period. New Zealand losses have a full valuation allowance against them on our balance sheet as the Company has determined it is more likely than not that these losses will not be utilized.
As of January 31, 2026, Autodesk had $38 million of cumulative U.S. federal research tax credit carryforwards, $143 million of cumulative California state research tax credit carryforwards, $18 million of cumulative Massachusetts state research tax credit carryforwards, and $38 million of cumulative Canadian federal research tax credit carryforwards, which may be available to reduce future income tax liabilities in the respective jurisdictions. The federal research tax credit carryforward will expire beginning of fiscal 2046, the state research tax credit carryforwards in California and Massachusetts may reduce future California and Massachusetts income tax liabilities indefinitely in those respective states, and the Canadian research tax credit carryforwards will expire beginning fiscal 2033 through fiscal 2046. Autodesk also has $52 million of cumulative U.S. federal foreign tax credit carryforwards, which may be available to reduce future U.S. tax liabilities. These foreign tax credits will expire beginning fiscal 2032 through fiscal 2036. As discussed above, the California and Massachusetts cumulative assets have full valuation allowance against them on our balance sheet as the Company has determined it is more likely than not that these losses and credits will not be utilized.
Utilization of net operating losses and tax credits may be subject to an annual limitation due to ownership change limitations provided in the IRS and similar state provisions. This annual limitation may result in the expiration of net operating losses and credits before utilization. No ownership change has occurred through the balance sheet date that would result in permanent losses of the U.S. federal and state tax attributes.
As of January 31, 2026, the Company had $307 million of gross unrecognized tax benefits, of which $50 million would reduce our valuation allowance, if recognized. The remaining $257 million would impact the effective tax rate. The amount of unrecognized tax benefits that will decrease in the next twelve months due to statute lapses is $162 million.
A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of the gross unrecognized tax benefits is as follows:
| Fiscal Year Ended January 31, | |||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | |||||||||||||||
| Gross unrecognized tax benefits at the beginning of the fiscal year | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
| Increases for tax positions of prior years | |||||||||||||||||
| Decreases for tax positions of prior years | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||
| Increases for tax positions related to the current year | |||||||||||||||||
| Decreases relating to settlements with taxing authorities | ( | ||||||||||||||||
| Reductions as a result of lapse of the statute of limitations | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||
| Gross unrecognized tax benefits at the end of the fiscal year | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
It is the Company’s continuing practice to recognize interest and/or penalties related to income tax matters in income tax expense. Autodesk had $20 million, $15 million, and $7 million, net of tax benefit, accrued for interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as of January 31, 2026, 2025, and 2024, respectively. There was $4 million, $9 million, and $2 million of net expense for interest and penalties related to tax matters recorded through the Consolidated Statements of Operations for fiscal 2026, fiscal 2025, and fiscal 2024, respectively.
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The Company files income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and various state and foreign jurisdictions. As of fiscal 2026, tax years 2023 through 2026 remain subject to examination by the relevant tax authorities. Although tax years prior to 2023 are generally closed, tax authorities may review and adjust net operating loss carryforwards, tax credit carryforwards, and other tax attributes generated in closed years to the extent such attributes are utilized in an open tax year.
Autodesk files tax returns in multiple foreign taxing jurisdictions with open tax years ranging from fiscal 2005 to 2026.
Cash taxes paid is as follows:
| Fiscal year ended January 31, | |||||
| 2026 | |||||
| Federal | $ | ||||
| State | ( | ||||
| Foreign | — | ||||
| Brazil | |||||
| Ireland | |||||
| Singapore | |||||
| Other foreign jurisdictions | |||||
| Total cash taxes paid | $ | ||||
6. Acquisitions
The results of operations for the following acquisitions are included in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations since their respective acquisition dates. Pro forma results of operations have not been presented because the effects of these acquisitions were not material to Autodesk’s Consolidated Financial Statements.
Fiscal 2026 Acquisitions
During the fiscal year ended January 31, 2026, Autodesk did not complete any business combinations.
Fiscal 2025 Acquisitions
On May 20, 2024, Autodesk acquired 100 % of Aether Media, Inc. (“Aether”), a provider of a cloud-based artificial intelligence pipeline for creating computer-generated 3D characters into live-action scenes, for total consideration of $131 million in cash. Of the total consideration transferred, $122 million was considered purchase consideration.
On March 15, 2024, Autodesk acquired 100 % of the PIX business of X2X, LLC (“PIX”), a production management solution for secure review and content collaboration in the media and entertainment industry for total consideration of $266 million in cash.
On February 20, 2024, Autodesk acquired 100 % of the outstanding stock of Payapps Limited (“Payapps”), a leading cloud-based software platform for managing construction-related payments, for total consideration of $387 million in cash. Of the total consideration transferred, $381 million was considered purchase consideration.
The results of operations for fiscal 2025 acquisitions were included in the accompanying Consolidated Statement of Operations from the dates of the respective acquisitions. Goodwill of $164 million and $185 million is expected to be deductible for U.S. income tax purposes for Payapps and PIX, respectively. No goodwill is deductible for U.S. income tax purposes for Aether.
Fiscal 2024 Acquisitions
During the fiscal year ended January 31, 2024, Autodesk completed three business combinations. The acquisition-date fair value of the consideration transferred totaled $85 million in cash. Of the total consideration transferred, $71 million was considered purchase consideration.
The results of operations for fiscal 2024 acquisitions were included in the accompanying Consolidated Statement of Operations from the dates of the respective acquisitions. Goodwill of $34 million is deductible for U.S. income tax purposes.
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7. Balance Sheet Components
Accounts Receivable, Net
Accounts receivable, net, consisted of the following as of January 31:
| 2026 | 2025 | ||||||||||
| Trade accounts receivable | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Less: Allowance for credit losses | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Product returns reserve | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Partner programs and other obligations | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Accounts receivable, net | $ | $ | |||||||||
Allowances for credit losses on trade receivables and contract assets were not material as of January 31, 2026 and 2025.
Intangible Assets, Net
Intangible assets and related accumulated amortization at January 31, 2026 were as follows:
| Gross Carrying Amount | Accumulated Amortization | Net | |||||||||||||||
| Customer relationships | $ | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||||
| Developed technologies | ( | ||||||||||||||||
| Trade names and patents | ( | ||||||||||||||||
| Other | ( | ||||||||||||||||
| Total intangible assets | $ | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||||
Intangible assets and related accumulated amortization at January 31, 2025 were as follows:
| Gross Carrying Amount | Accumulated Amortization | Net | |||||||||||||||
| Customer relationships | $ | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||||
| Developed technologies | ( | ||||||||||||||||
| Trade names and patents | ( | ||||||||||||||||
| Other | |||||||||||||||||
| Total intangible assets | $ | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||||
The majority of Autodesk’s intangible assets are amortized to expense over the estimated economic life, which ranges from 3 to 15 years. Amortization expense for intangible assets was $150 million in fiscal 2026, $134 million in fiscal 2025, and $89 million in fiscal 2024.
The weighted average amortization period for intangible assets during fiscal 2026 was 7.0 years. Expected future amortization expense for intangible assets for each of the fiscal years ended thereafter is as follows:
| Fiscal Year ended January 31, | |||||
| 2027 | $ | ||||
| 2028 | |||||
| 2029 | |||||
| 2030 | |||||
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| Thereafter | |||||
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Computer Equipment, Software, Furniture, and Leasehold Improvements, Net
Computer equipment, software, furniture, leasehold improvements, and the related accumulated depreciation at January 31 were as follows:
| 2026 | 2025 | ||||||||||
| Computer hardware, at cost | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Computer software, at cost | |||||||||||
| Furniture and equipment, at cost | |||||||||||
| Leasehold improvements, land and buildings, at cost | |||||||||||
| Less: Accumulated depreciation | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Computer equipment, software, furniture, and leasehold improvements, net | $ | $ | |||||||||
Depreciation expense was $43 million in fiscal 2026, $43 million in fiscal 2025, and $47 million in fiscal 2024. Impairment losses were no
Costs incurred for computer software developed or obtained for internal use are capitalized for application development activities, if material, and immediately expensed for preliminary project activities and post-implementation activities. These capitalized costs are amortized straight-line over the software’s expected useful life, which is generally three years . Autodesk had no
Goodwill
The following table summarizes the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill as of January 31:
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| 2026 | 2025 | ||||||||||
| Goodwill beginning of the year (1) | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Additions arising from acquisitions during the year | |||||||||||
| Effect of foreign currency translation and measurement period adjustments (2) | ( | ||||||||||
| Goodwill, end of the year (1) | $ | $ | |||||||||
(1)Accumulated impairment losses as of both January 31, 2026 and 2025, were $149
(2)Measurement period adjustments reflect revisions made to the Company's preliminary determination of estimated fair value of assets and liabilities assumed.
Autodesk did no
8. Borrowing Arrangements
In May 2025, the Company terminated its previous credit agreement and entered into a new Credit Agreement (“2025 Credit Agreement”) by and among the Company, the lenders party thereto and Citibank, N.A. (“Citibank”), as administrative agent, which provides for an unsecured revolving loan facility in the aggregate principal amount of $1.5 billion, with an option to increase the principal amount to $2 billion subject to receipt of additional commitments and other customary conditions. The revolving credit facility is available for working capital and general corporate purposes. The 2025 Credit Agreement contains customary covenants that could, among other things, restrict the imposition of liens on Autodesk’s assets, and restrict Autodesk’s ability to incur additional indebtedness or make dispositions of assets if Autodesk fails to maintain compliance with the financial covenants. The 2025 Credit Agreement requires the Company to maintain a maximum leverage ratio of Consolidated Covenant Debt to Consolidated EBITDA (each as defined in the 2025 Credit Agreement) no greater than 3.50 :1.00 during the term of the credit facility, subject to adjustment following the consummation of certain acquisitions up to 4.00 :1.00 for up to four consecutive fiscal quarters. At January 31, 2026, Autodesk was in compliance with the 2025 Credit Agreement covenants. Revolving loans under the 2025 Credit Agreement will bear interest, at the Company’s option, at either (i) a per annum rate equal to the Base Rate (as defined in the 2025 Credit Agreement) or (ii) a per annum rate equal to the rate at which dollar deposits are offered in the Secured Overnight Financing Rate, plus a margin of between 0.575 % and 1.000 %, depending on the Company’s Public Debt Rating. The Company is also obligated to pay to each lender a facility fee on a
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quarterly basis based on amounts committed (whether used or unused) under the revolving facility of between 0.050 % and 0.125 % per annum, depending on the Company’s Public Debt Rating. The scheduled termination date under the 2025 Credit Agreement is May 8, 2030, which termination date may be extended with respect to some or all of the commitments under the 2025 Credit Agreement subject to certain terms and conditions, including the consent of each lender holding commitments to be extended. As of January 31, 2026, Autodesk had no outstanding borrowings under the 2025 Credit Agreement.
The outstanding borrowings as of January 31, 2026, were as follows:
| Instrument | Date of Issuance | Principal Outstanding | Fair value | ||||||||
| June 2025 | $ | $ | |||||||||
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| Less unamortized debt discount and issuance costs (2) | |||||||||||
| Total notes payable, net | $ | ||||||||||
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(1)A portion of the proceeds of the senior notes was used for the repayment of $300 million of 4.375 % notes due June 15, 2025, and the remainder is available for general corporate purposes.
(2)Both the debt discount and issuance costs are being amortized to interest expense over the term of the senior notes using the effective interest method.
The 2025 Notes, 2021 Notes, 2020 Notes, and the 2017 Notes may all be redeemed at any time, subject to a make whole premium. In addition, upon the occurrence of certain change of control triggering events, Autodesk may be required to repurchase all the Notes, at a price equal to 101 % of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of repurchase. All Notes contain restrictive covenants that limit Autodesk’s ability to create certain liens,to enter into certain sale and leaseback transactions and to consolidate or merge with, or convey, transfer, or lease all or substantially all of its assets, subject to important qualifications and exceptions.
The expected future principal payments for all borrowings as of January 31, 2026, were as follows:
| Fiscal year ending | |||||
| 2027 | $ | ||||
| 2028 | |||||
| 2029 | |||||
| 2030 | |||||
| 2031 | |||||
| Thereafter | |||||
| Total principal outstanding | $ | ||||
9. Leases
Autodesk has operating leases for real estate and certain equipment. Leases have remaining lease terms of less than 1 year to 64 years, some of which include options to extend the lease with renewal terms ranging from 1 year to 5 years and some of which include options to terminate the leases within less than 1 year to 4 years. Options to extend or terminate the lease are considered in determining the lease term when it is reasonably certain that the option will be exercised. Payments under our lease arrangements are primarily fixed, however, certain lease agreements contain variable payments, which are expensed as incurred and not included in the operating lease assets and liabilities. These amounts include payments affected by the Consumer Price Index, payments for common area maintenance that are subject to annual reconciliation, and payments for maintenance and utilities. The Company’s leases do not contain residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants. Short-term leases are recognized in the Consolidated Statement of Operations on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Short-term lease expense was not material for the periods presented. Changes in operating lease right-of-use assets and operating lease liabilities are presented net in the “accounts payable and other liabilities” line in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows with the exception of “Lease-related asset impairments” which is presented in “Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities”.
During the fiscal years ended January 31, 2026, 2025, and 2024, Autodesk recorded total operating lease right-of-use
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assets impairment charges of $12 million, nil and $9 million, respectively. Autodesk assessed the asset groupings for disaggregation based on the proposed changes in use of the facilities. For asset groups where impairment was triggered, Autodesk utilized an income approach to value the asset groups by developing discounted cash flow models. The significant assumptions used in the discounted cash flow models for each of the asset groups included projected sublease income over the remaining lease terms, expected downtime prior to the commencement of future subleases, expected lease incentives offered to future tenants, and discount rates that reflected the level of risk associated with these future cash flows. These significant assumptions are considered Level 1 and Level 2 inputs in accordance with the fair value hierarchy described in Note 1, “Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies.” The operating lease right-of-use assets and other lease-related assets charges are included in “Restructuring, other exit costs, and facility reductions” in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations.
The components of lease cost were as follows:
| Fiscal Year Ended January 31, 2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Cost of subscription and maintenance revenue | Cost of other revenue | Marketing and sales | Research and development | General and administrative | Total | |||||||||||||||
| Operating lease cost | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
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| Fiscal Year Ended January 31, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Cost of subscription and maintenance revenue | Cost of other revenue | Marketing and sales | Research and development | General and administrative | Total | |||||||||||||||
| Operating lease cost | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
| Variable lease cost | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Fiscal Year Ended January 31, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Cost of subscription and maintenance revenue | Cost of other revenue | Marketing and sales | Research and development | General and administrative | Total | |||||||||||||||
| Operating lease cost | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
| Variable lease cost | ||||||||||||||||||||
Supplemental operating cash flow information related to leases was as follows:
| Fiscal Year Ended January 31, 2026 | Fiscal Year Ended January 31, 2025 | Fiscal Year Ended January 31, 2024 | |||||||||||||||
| Cash paid for operating leases included in operating cash flows (1) | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
| Non-cash operating lease liabilities arising from obtaining operating right-of-use assets | |||||||||||||||||
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(1) Includes $10 million, $13 million, and $16 million in variable lease payments not included in “Operating lease liabilities” and “Long-term operating lease liabilities” on the Consolidated Balance Sheet for fiscal years ended January 31, 2026, 2025, and 2024, respectively.
The weighted average remaining lease term for operating leases is 5.3 years and 5.8 years at January 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively. The weighted average discount rate was 3.42 % and 2.90 % at January 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively,
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Maturities of operating lease liabilities were as follows:
| Fiscal year ending | |||||
| 2027 | $ | ||||
| 2028 | |||||
| 2029 | |||||
| 2030 | |||||
| 2031 | |||||
| Thereafter | |||||
| Less imputed interest | |||||
| Present value of operating lease liabilities | $ | ||||
Operating lease amounts in the table above do not include sublease income payments of $55 million. Autodesk expects to receive sublease income payments of approximately $45 million for fiscal 2027 through fiscal 2031 and $10 million thereafter.
As of January 31, 2026, Autodesk had no material operating lease minimum lease payments for executed leases that have not yet commenced.
10. Derivative Instruments
The effects of derivatives designated as hedging instruments on Autodesk’s Consolidated Statements of Operations were as follows for the fiscal years ended January 31, 2026, 2025, and 2024, (amounts presented include any income tax effects):
| Fiscal Year Ended January 31, | |||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | |||||||||||||||
| Amount of gain (loss) recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax, (effective portion) | $ | ( | $ | $ | ( | ||||||||||||
| Amount and location of gain (loss) reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss into income (effective portion) | |||||||||||||||||
| Net revenue | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
| Cost of revenue | |||||||||||||||||
| Operating expenses | ( | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
The amount and location of gain (loss) recognized in net income of derivatives not designated as hedging instruments on Autodesk’s Consolidated Statements of Operations were as follows for the fiscal years ended January 31, 2026, 2025, and 2024, (amounts presented include any income tax effects):
| Fiscal Year Ended January 31, | |||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | |||||||||||||||
| $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||
See Note 3, “Financial Instruments” for the fair values of derivative instruments in Autodesk’s Consolidated Balance Sheets as of January 31, 2026, and 2025.
Foreign currency contracts designated as cash flow hedges
Autodesk uses foreign currency contracts to reduce the exchange rate impact on a portion of the net revenue or operating expense of certain anticipated transactions. These currency collars and forward contracts are designated and documented as cash flow hedges. The effectiveness of the cash flow hedge contracts is assessed quantitatively using regression at inception and thereafter. To receive cash flow hedge accounting treatment, all hedging relationships are formally documented at the inception of the hedge relationship and the hedges are expected to be highly effective in offsetting changes to future cash flows on hedged transactions. The notional amounts of these contracts are presented net settled and were $2.06 billion at January 31, 2026, and $1.52 billion at January 31, 2025. Outstanding contracts are recognized as either assets or liabilities on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets at fair value. The gains and losses on these hedges are included in “Accumulated other
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comprehensive loss” and are reclassified into earnings at the time the forecasted revenue or expense is recognized. The majority of the net loss of $17 million remaining in “Accumulated other comprehensive loss” as of January 31, 2026, is expected to be recognized into earnings within the next 24 months. Derivative contracts and related gain (loss) are presented within “Net cash provided by operating activities” in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Cash Flow.
In the event the underlying forecasted transaction does not occur, or it becomes probable that it will not occur, Autodesk reclassifies and discloses the gain or loss on the related cash flow hedge from “Accumulated other comprehensive loss” to “Interest and other income, net
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
Autodesk uses foreign currency contracts that are not designated as hedging instruments to reduce the exchange rate risk associated primarily with foreign currency denominated receivables, payables, and cash. The notional amounts of these foreign currency contracts are presented net settled and were $858 million at January 31, 2026, and $1.14 billion at January 31, 2025.
11. Restructuring, other exit costs, and facility reductions
During the fourth fiscal quarter ended January 31, 2026, Autodesk initiated a restructuring plan (“January 2026 Plan”) that represents the culmination of Autodesk’s sales and marketing optimization program. The January 2026 Plan also reallocates resources in certain other functions to accelerate Autodesk’s strategic priorities. The January 2026 Plan includes a reduction in force that will result in the aggregate termination of approximately 7 % of the Company’s workforce, or approximately 1,000 employees, and facility reductions. Total pre-tax restructuring charges are estimated to be approximately $135 million to $160 million (inclusive of $100 million accrued as of January 31, 2026). Autodesk expects to complete the January 2026 Plan by the end of its fourth quarter of fiscal 2027 (ending January 31, 2027).
During fiscal 2026, Autodesk initiated a restructuring plan (“2026 Plan”) to support Autodesk's initiatives to optimize its go-to-market organization and, at the same time, to reallocate resources to Autodesk’s strategic priorities of investments in cloud, platform and artificial intelligence. With this restructuring plan, Autodesk is realigning roles to maximize talent investments and to distribute critical expertise globally. The 2026 Plan is substantially complete.
The following table sets forth the restructuring and other exit costs liability as of January 31, 2026:
| Balances, January 31, 2025 | Additions (3) | Payments | Balances, January 31, 2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Employee terminations costs (1) | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Employee terminations costs (1) | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other exit costs (2) | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | ||||||||||||||||||
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(1) Recorded in the Consolidated Balance Sheets under “Accrued compensation."
(2) Recorded in the Consolidated Balance Sheets under “Accounts payable."
(3) Recorded in the Consolidated Statements of Operations under “”.
During the fiscal year ended January 31, 2026, Autodesk recorded $12 million in lease-related assets impairments and $7 million in impairment charges to computer equipment, software, furniture, and leasehold improvements for facility reductions related to the 2026 Plan. These costs are included in “Restructuring, other exit costs, and facility reductions” on the Company's Consolidated Statements of Operations.
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12. Commitments and Contingencies
Purchase Commitments
In the normal course of business, Autodesk enters into various purchase commitments for goods or services. These purchase commitments primarily result from contracts entered into for the acquisition of cloud services, marketing, and commitments related to our investment agreements with limited liability partnership funds.
Total non-cancellable purchase commitments as of January 31, 2026, were as follows:
| 2027 | $ | ||||
| 2028 | |||||
| 2029 | |||||
| 2030 | |||||
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| 2032-2034 | |||||
| Total | $ | ||||
Autodesk has certain royalty commitments associated with the sale and licensing of certain products. Royalty expense is generally based on a fixed rate over a specified period, dollar amount per unit sold or a percentage of the underlying revenue. Royalty expense, which was recorded under cost of subscription and maintenance revenue and cost of other revenue on Autodesk’s Consolidated Statements of Operations, was $21 million in fiscal 2026, $23 million in fiscal 2025, and $21 million in fiscal 2024.
Guarantees and Indemnifications
In the normal course of business, Autodesk provides indemnifications of varying scopes, including limited product warranties and indemnification of customers against claims of intellectual property infringement made by third parties arising from the use of its products or services. Autodesk accrues for known indemnification issues if a loss is probable and can be reasonably estimated. Historically, costs related to these indemnifications have not been significant, and because potential future costs are highly variable, Autodesk is unable to estimate the maximum potential impact of these indemnifications on its future results of operations.
In connection with the purchase, sale, or license of assets or businesses with third parties, Autodesk has entered into or assumed customary indemnification agreements related to the assets or businesses purchased, sold, or licensed. Historically, costs related to these indemnifications have not been significant, and because potential future costs are highly variable, Autodesk is unable to estimate the maximum potential impact of these indemnifications on its future results of operations.
As permitted under Delaware law, Autodesk has agreements whereby it indemnifies its officers and directors for certain events or occurrences while the officer or director is, or was, serving at Autodesk’s request in such capacity. The maximum potential amount of future payments Autodesk could be required to make under these indemnification agreements is unlimited; however, Autodesk has directors’ and officers’ liability insurance coverage that is intended to reduce its financial exposure and may enable Autodesk to recover a portion of any future amounts paid. Autodesk believes the estimated fair value of these indemnification agreements in excess of applicable insurance coverage is minimal.
Legal Proceedings
Autodesk is involved in a variety of claims, suits, inquiries, investigations, and proceedings in the normal course of business including claims of alleged infringement of intellectual property rights, commercial, employment, tax, prosecution of unauthorized use, business practices, and other matters. Autodesk routinely reviews the status of each significant matter and assesses its potential financial exposure. If the potential loss from any matter is considered probable and the amount can be reasonably estimated, Autodesk records a liability for the estimated loss. Because of inherent uncertainties related to these legal matters, Autodesk bases its loss accruals on the best information available at the time. As additional information becomes available, Autodesk reassesses its potential liability and may revise its estimates. In the Company’s opinion, resolution of pending matters is not expected to have a material adverse impact on its consolidated results of operations, cash flows, or its financial position. Given the unpredictable nature of legal proceedings, there is a reasonable possibility that an unfavorable resolution of one or more such proceedings could in the future materially affect the Company’s results of operations, cash flows, or financial position in a particular period, however, based on the information known by the Company as of the date of
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this filing and the rules and regulations applicable to the preparation of the Company’s financial statements, any such amount is either immaterial or it is not possible to provide an estimated amount of any such potential loss.
In early March 2024, the Audit Committee of Autodesk’s Board of Directors commenced an internal investigation with the assistance of outside counsel and advisors regarding the Company’s free cash flow and non-GAAP operating margin practices (the “Internal Investigation”). On March 8, 2024, the Company voluntarily contacted the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to inform it of the Internal Investigation. On April 3, 2024, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California (“USAO”) contacted the Company regarding the Internal Investigation. The Company cooperated with the SEC and USAO, including by providing certain documents and information. On August 19, 2025, the SEC notified the Company that it was closing its matter. On August 21, 2025, the USAO notified the Company that it was closing its matter as well.
On April 24, 2024, Michael Barkasi filed a purported federal securities class action complaint in the Northern District of California against the Company, our Chief Executive Officer, Andrew Anagnost, and our former Chief Financial Officer, Deborah L. Clifford. The complaint, which was filed shortly after the Company’s announcement of the Internal Investigation, generally alleged that the defendants made false and misleading statements in violation of Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder. On July 10, 2024, the Court appointed a lead plaintiff in the action, and an amended complaint was filed on September 16, 2024. The action purported to be brought on behalf of those who purchased or otherwise acquired the Company’s securities between February 23, 2023 and April 16, 2024, and sought unspecified damages and other relief. On November 25, 2024, defendants filed a motion to dismiss the complaint. On July 18, 2025, the Court granted defendants’ motion to dismiss with leave to amend.
On August 8, 2025, plaintiffs filed an amended complaint, which purported to assert claims under Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Exchange Act, and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder. Defendants’ motion to dismiss the amended complaint was filed on August 29, 2025. On January 26, 2026, the Court granted defendants’ motion to dismiss the amended compliant with prejudice. On February 12, 2026, the Court entered judgment. Plaintiffs have thirty days from entry of judgment to file a notice of appeal. At this stage, the Company cannot reasonably estimate the amount of any possible financial loss that could result from this matter.
13. Stock Repurchase Program
Autodesk has stock repurchase programs that are used to offset dilution from the issuance of stock under the Company’s employee stock plans and for such other purposes as may be in the interests of Autodesk and its stockholders, which has the effect of returning excess cash generated from the Company’s business to stockholders. Autodesk repurchased and retired 5 million shares in fiscal 2026 at an average repurchase price of $290.38 per share, 3 million shares in fiscal 2025 at an average repurchase price of $278.86 per share, and 4 million shares in fiscal 2024 at an average repurchase price of $201.54 per share.
At January 31, 2026, $2.48 billion and $5 billion remained available for repurchase under the November 2022 and November 2024 repurchase programs approved by the Board of Directors, respectively. The share repurchase programs do not have an expiration date and the pace and timing of repurchases will depend on factors such as cash generation from operations, available surplus, the volume of employee stock plan activity, remaining shares available in the authorized pool, cash requirements for acquisitions, cash requirements to retire outstanding debt, economic and market conditions, stock price, and legal and regulatory requirements.
14. Interest and Other Income (Expense), net
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| Loss on strategic investments | ( | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||
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15. Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of taxes, consisted of the following:
| Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Derivative Instruments | Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Available for Sale Securities | Defined Benefit Pension Components | Foreign Currency Translation Adjustments | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balances, January 31, 2024 | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications | ( | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pre-tax (gain) loss reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income | ( | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Balances, January 31, 2026 | $ | ( | $ | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||
16. Net Income Per Share
Basic net income per share is computed using the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted net income per share is computed using the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period and potentially dilutive common shares, including the effect of restricted stock units, performance share awards, and stock options using the treasury stock method. The following table sets forth the computation of the numerators and denominators used in the basic and diluted net income per share amounts:
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17. Segments
The CODM reviews financial information presented on a consolidated basis for purposes of allocating resources, evaluating financial performance, and making operating decisions of Autodesk. Consolidated net income is indicative of financial performance and is monitored by the CODM. The CODM considers budget to actual comparisons of total net revenue and consolidated net income on a regular basis when assessing the operating results and making resource decisions to improve profitability. The CODM also uses the budget to actual comparisons of total net revenue and consolidated net income to make decisions aligned with Autodesk’s strategic initiatives and go-to market strategies and capital allocation priorities.
The following table presents information about Autodesk’s reported segment total net revenue, segment profit, and significant segment expenses:
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| Interest and other (income) expense, net | ( | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||
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| Consolidated net income | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
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(1)Significant expense categories and amounts align with the segment-level information that is regularly provided to the CODM.
(2)The amounts of new transaction model and stock-based compensation are excluded from this line and presented separately within this table.
(3)New transaction model costs include sales incentives to solution providers, transaction fees, and internal operating costs.
The following table presents information about Autodesk’s other segment disclosures:
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Information regarding Autodesk's long-lived assets by geographic area were as follows:
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18. Retirement Benefit Plans
Pretax Savings Plan
Autodesk has a 401(k) plan that covers nearly all U.S. employees. Eligible employees may contribute up to 75 % of their pretax salary, subject to limitations mandated by the Internal Revenue Service. Autodesk makes voluntary cash contributions and matches a portion of employee contributions in cash. Autodesk’s contributions were $26 million in fiscal 2026, $27 million in fiscal 2025, and $26 million in fiscal 2024. Autodesk does not allow participants to invest in Autodesk common stock through the 401(k) plan.
Defined Benefit Pension Plans
Autodesk provides certain defined benefit pension plans to employees located in countries outside of the United States, primarily the United Kingdom, Switzerland, and Japan. The Company deposits funds for specific plans, consistent with the requirements of local law, with insurance companies or third-party trustees, or into government-managed accounts, and accrues for the unfunded portion of the obligation, where material.
The projected benefit obligation was $85 million and $78 million as of January 31, 2026, and January 31, 2025, respectively. The accumulated benefit obligation was $75 million and $70 million as of January 31, 2026, and January 31, 2025, respectively. The related fair value of plan assets was $84 million and $74 million as of January 31, 2026, and January 31, 2025, respectively. Our defined pension plan assets are measured at fair value and consist primarily of insurance contracts categorized as level 2 in the fair value hierarchy and an investment fund valued using net asset value. The insurance contracts represent the immediate cash surrender value of assets managed by qualified insurance companies. The assets held in the investment fund are invested in a diversified growth fund actively managed by a third party.
Autodesk recognized an aggregate pension liability for the funded status of $10 million and $9 million in “Long-term other liabilities” on the Consolidated Balance Sheet as of January 31, 2026, and January 31, 2025, respectively. Our total net periodic pension plan cost was $3 million, $3 million and $2 million for fiscal years 2026, 2025, and 2024, respectively.
Our expected funding for the plans during fiscal 2027 is approximately $5 million.
Estimated Future Benefit Payments
Estimated benefit payments over the next 10 fiscal years are as follows:
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Defined Contribution Plans
Autodesk also provides defined contribution plans in certain foreign countries where required by statute. Autodesk’s funding policy for foreign defined contribution plans is consistent with the local requirements in each country. Autodesk’s contributions to these plans were $50 million in fiscal 2026, $47 million in fiscal 2025, and $43 million in fiscal 2024.
Cash Balance Plans
Autodesk provides a cash balance plan that ensures the risks of disability, death, and longevity, in which the vested pension capital is reinvested and provides a 100% capital and interest guarantee. The weighted-average guaranteed interest crediting rate for cash balance plans was 1 %, 1 %, and 1 % for mandatory retirement savings and 0.5 %, 0.5 %, and 0.3 % for supplementary retirement savings for fiscal 2026, 2025, and 2024, respectively.
Other Plans
In addition, Autodesk offers a non-qualified deferred compensation plan to certain key employees whereby they may defer a portion (or all) of their annual compensation until retirement or a different date specified by the employee in accordance with terms of the plan. See Note 7, “Balance Sheet Components,” for further discussion.
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Stockholders and the Board of Directors of Autodesk, Inc.
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Autodesk, Inc. (the Company) as of January 31, 2026 and 2025, the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended January 31, 2026, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company at January 31, 2026 and 2025, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended January 31, 2026, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of January 31, 2026, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 framework), and our report dated March 3, 2026, expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Critical Audit Matter
The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current period audit of the financial statements that was communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relates to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective or complex judgments. The communication of the critical audit matter does not alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matter below, providing a separate opinion on the critical audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it relates.
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| Revenue Recognition | |||||
| Description of the Matter | As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company enters into contracts with its customers that may include promises to transfer term-based product subscriptions, cloud service offerings, and support services. Revenue is recognized when control of the Company's offerings is transferred to its customers, in an amount that reflects the consideration expected in exchange for the products and services. Auditing the Company’s revenue recognition was challenging and complex due to the effort required to analyze the accounting treatment for the Company’s various product and service offerings in accordance with ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. This involved assessing the impact of terms and conditions in contracts with customers to determine whether products and services are considered distinct performance obligations and the related timing of revenue recognition. | ||||
| How We Addressed the Matter in Our Audit | We obtained an understanding, evaluated the design, and tested the operating effectiveness of internal controls over the Company's identification and evaluation of distinct performance obligations and the determination of the timing of revenue recognition. Among other procedures, to evaluate management’s identification and evaluation of the distinct performance obligations and timing of revenue recognition, we read executed contracts for a sample of sales transactions to understand the contract, identify the promised products and services in the contract, and identify the distinct performance obligations and related timing of revenue recognition. | ||||
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
We have served as the Company's auditor since 1983.
San Francisco, California
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Stockholders and the Board of Directors of Autodesk, Inc.
Opinion on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
We have audited Autodesk, Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting as of January 31, 2026, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 framework) (the COSO criteria). In our opinion, Autodesk, Inc. (the Company) maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of January 31, 2026, based on the COSO criteria.
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of January 31, 2026 and 2025, the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended January 31, 2026, and the related notes, and our report dated March 3, 2026, expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.
Basis for Opinion
The Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects.
Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Definition and Limitations of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
San Francisco, California
March 3, 2026
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ITEM 9.CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
None.
ITEM 9A.CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
EVALUATION OF DISCLOSURE CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
We maintain “disclosure controls and procedures,” as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Our disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our Exchange Act reports is (i) recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), and (ii) accumulated and communicated to Autodesk management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. We conducted an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Based upon this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective as of January 31, 2026.
MANAGEMENT'S REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended). Our management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of January 31, 2026. In making this assessment, our management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”) in the 2013 Internal Control—Integrated Framework. Our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal control over financial reporting will necessarily prevent all errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within Autodesk have been detected.
Our management has concluded that, as of January 31, 2026, our internal control over financial reporting was effective to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Our independent registered public accounting firm, Ernst & Young LLP, has issued an audit report on our internal control over financial reporting, which is included in Part II, Item 8 herein.
CHANGES IN INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING
There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) during the three months ended January 31, 2026, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
ITEM 9B.OTHER INFORMATION
SECURITIES TRADING PLANS OF DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
During our fiscal quarter ended January 31, 2026, no officers or directors, as defined in Rule 16a-1(f), adopted terminated
ITEM 9C. DISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS
Not Applicable.
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PART III
Certain information required by Part III is omitted from this Annual Report because we intend to file a definitive proxy statement pursuant to Regulation 14A for our Annual Meeting of Stockholders not later than 120 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this Annual Report (the “Proxy Statement”) and certain information included therein is incorporated herein by reference. Only those sections of the Proxy Statement that specifically address the items set forth herein are incorporated by reference.
ITEM 10.DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
The information required by this Item is incorporated herein by reference to the sections entitled “Proposal One: Election of Directors,” “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management,” “Governance and our Board of Directors,” and “Corporate Governance Guidelines” in our Proxy Statement.
INFORMATION ABOUT OUR EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
The following sets forth certain information as of March 3, 2026, regarding our executive officers.
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| Andrew Anagnost | 61 | President and Chief Executive Officer | |||||||||
| Janesh Moorjani | 53 | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |||||||||
| Steve M. Blum | 61 | Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer | |||||||||
| Ruth Ann Keene | 57 | Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary | |||||||||
| Rebecca Pearce | 48 | Executive Vice President, Chief People Officer | |||||||||
Andrew Anagnost joined Autodesk in September 1997 and has served as President and Chief Executive Officer since June 2017. He also served as Interim Chief Financial Officer from January 2021 to March 2021. Dr. Anagnost served as Co-CEO from February 2017 to June 2017, Chief Marketing Officer from December 2016 to June 2017 and as the Company’s Senior Vice President, Business Strategy & Marketing, from March 2012 to June 2017. From December 2009 to March 2012, Dr. Anagnost was Vice President, Product Suites and Web Services of the Company. Prior to this position, Dr. Anagnost served as Vice President of CAD/CAE products for the manufacturing division of the Company from March 2007 to December 2009. Previously, Dr. Anagnost held other senior management positions at the Company. Prior to joining the Company, Dr. Anagnost held various engineering, sales, marketing and product management positions at Lockheed Aeronautical Systems Company and EXA Corporation. He also served as an NRC post-doctoral fellow at NASA Ames Research Center.
Janesh Moorjani joined Autodesk as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in December 2024. Mr. Moorjani previously served as Chief Financial Officer of Elastic NV (“Elastic”), a software company for search-powered solutions, since August 2017 and assumed the additional responsibilities of Chief Operations Officer in May 2022. Prior to joining Elastic, Mr. Moorjani served in various executive and senior leadership, finance and sales positions at Infoblox, VMware, Cisco, PTC, and Goldman Sachs. Mr. Moorjani holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Mumbai and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Steven M. Blum joined Autodesk in January 2003 and has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer since November 1, 2022. He previously served as Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer from December 2020 through January 2022 and as Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer from August 2020 to December 2020. Mr. Blum served as Executive Vice President, Worldwide Field Operations from December 2020 to November 2021 and as Senior Vice President, Worldwide Field Operations from September 2017 to December 2020. Mr. Blum served as Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Services from February 2011 to September 2017. From January 2003 to February 2011, he served as Senior Vice President of Americas Sales. Prior to this position, Blum was Executive Vice President of Sales and Account Management for Parago, Inc. Blum also held positions at Mentor Graphics, most recently serving as Vice President of America's sales. Before joining Mentor Graphics, he held engineering and sales positions at NCR Corporation and Advanced Micro Devices.
Ruth Ann Keene joined Autodesk in January 2022 and has served as Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary since May 2022. Ms. Keene previously served as Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary of Unity Technologies (“Unity”) from September 2016 to January 2022. Prior
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to joining Unity, Ms. Keene served as Vice President, Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of Autodesk from 2012 to 2016, and had served in various legal positions at Autodesk since August 2005. Before joining Autodesk, Ms. Keene was a technology transactions attorney at Morrison & Foerster, LLP.
Rebecca Pearce joined Autodesk in October 2015 and has served as Executive Vice President, Chief People Officer since January 2022. Ms. Pearce previously served as Vice President, People & Places from June 2020 to December 2021 and as Senior HR Director - Digital Platforms and Corporate Functions from September 2018 through May 2020. Ms. Pearce served as HR Director Global Territory Sales from February 2018 to September 2018 and as Asia Pacific and Japan HR Director from October 2015 through January 2018. Prior to joining Autodesk, Ms. Pearce was the HR Director Global Operations, R&D and Engineering for Dyson Limited from December 2011 to September 2015. Ms. Pearce also previously held leadership positions at Microsoft Corporation, including most recently as the Asia Pacific HR Leader for Microsoft Consumer and Online.
There is no family relationship among any of our directors or executive officers.
ITEM 11.EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
The information required by this Item is incorporated herein by reference to the sections entitled “Governance and our Board of Directors” and “Executive Compensation” in our Proxy Statement.
ITEM 12.SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
The information required by this Item is incorporated herein by reference to the sections entitled “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” and “Executive Compensation—Equity Compensation Plan Information” in our Proxy Statement.
ITEM 13.CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE
The information required by this Item is incorporated herein by reference to the sections entitled “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions” and “Governance and our Board of Directors —Independence of the Board” in our Proxy Statement.
ITEM 14.PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES
The information required by this Item is incorporated herein by reference to the sections entitled “Proposal Two—Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm” in our Proxy Statement.
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PART IV
ITEM 15.EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
(a) The following documents are filed as part of this Report:
1.Financial Statements: The information concerning Autodesk’s financial statements, and the Report of Ernst & Young LLP , Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PCAOB ID: 42 ), San Francisco, California , required by this Item is incorporated by reference herein to the section of this Report in Part II, Item 8, entitled “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.”
2.Financial Statement Schedule: The Financial Statement Schedules have been omitted because they are not applicable or are not required or are not present in material amounts or the information required to be set forth herein is included in the Consolidated Financial Statements or Notes thereto.
3.Exhibits: See Item 15(b) below. We have filed, or incorporated into this Report by reference, the exhibits listed on the accompanying Index to Exhibits immediately prior to the signature page of this Form 10-K.
(b) Exhibits:
We have filed, or incorporated into this Report by reference, the exhibits listed on the accompanying Index to Exhibits immediately prior to the signature page of this Form 10-K.
(c) Financial Statement Schedules: See Item 15(a), above.
ITEM 16FORM 10-K SUMMARY
None.
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Index to Exhibits
| Exhibit | Filed | Incorporated by Reference | ||||||||||||||||||
| Number | Description | Herewith | Form | SEC File No. | Exhibit | Filing Date | ||||||||||||||
| 3.1 | Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant | 8-K | 000-14338 | 3.1 | 7/18/2024 | |||||||||||||||
| 3.2 | Amended and Restated Bylaws of Registrant | 8-K | 000-14338 | 3.2 | 7/18/2024 | |||||||||||||||
| 4.1 | Indenture dated December 13, 2012, by and between the Registrant and U.S. Bank National Association | 8-K | 000-14338 | 4.1 | 12/13/2012 | |||||||||||||||
| 4.2 | First Supplemental Indenture (including Form of Notes) dated December 13, 2012, by and between the Registrant and U.S. Bank National Association | 8-K | 000-14338 | 4.2 | 12/13/2012 | |||||||||||||||
| 4.3 | Third Supplemental Indenture (including Form of Notes) dated June 8, 2017, by and between the Registrant and U.S. Bank National Association | 8-K | 000-14338 | 4.1 | 6/8/2017 | |||||||||||||||
| 4.4 | Fourth Supplemental Indenture (including Form of Notes) dated January 14, 2020, by and between the Registrant and U.S. National Bank Association | 8-K | 000-14338 | 4.1 | 1/14/2020 | |||||||||||||||
| 4.5 | Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated October 7, 2021, by and between Registrant and U.S. Bank National Association, including Form of Note for Autodesk, Inc.’s 2.400% Notes due 2031 | 8-K | 000-14338 | 4.1 | 10/7/2021 | |||||||||||||||
| 4.6 | Sixth Supplemental Indenture, dated June 6, 2025, by and between Autodesk, Inc. and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, including Form of Note for Autodesk, Inc.’s 5.300% Notes due 2035 | 8-K | 000-14338 | 4.1 | 06/06/2025 | |||||||||||||||
| 4.7 | Description of Registrant's Capital Stock | 10-K | 000-14338 | 4.6 | 3/19/2020 | |||||||||||||||
| 10.1* | Description of Registrant's Performance Stock Unit Program | 8-K | 000-14338 | 4/15/2020 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10.2* | Registrant's 2012 Employee Stock Plan, as amended and restated effective as of June 12, 2018 | 10-Q | 000-14338 | 10.2 | 8/30/2018 | |||||||||||||||
| 10.3* | Registrant's 2012 Employee Stock Plan Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement, as amended and restated | 10-Q | 000-14338 | 10.2 | 8/30/2016 | |||||||||||||||
| 10.4* | Registrant's 2012 Employee Stock Plan Form of Severance Restricted Stock Unit Agreement, as amended and restated | 10-Q | 000-14338 | 10.3 | 8/30/2016 | |||||||||||||||
| 10.5* | Registrant's 2012 Employee Stock Plan Form of Stock Option Agreement | 8-K | 000-14338 | 10.2 | 3/13/2012 | |||||||||||||||
| 10.6* | Registrant's 2012 Employee Stock Plan Form of Stock Option Agreement (non-U.S. Employees) | 8-K | 000-14338 | 10.4 | 3/13/2012 | |||||||||||||||
| 10.7* | PlanGrid, Inc. 2012 Equity Incentive Plan | S-8 | 333-228934 | 99.1 | 12/21/2018 | |||||||||||||||
| 10.8* | Amended and Restated BuildingConnected, Inc. 2013 Stock Plan | S-8 | 333-229346 | 99.1 | 1/24/2019 | |||||||||||||||
| 10.9* | Registrant's 2012 Outside Directors' Stock Plan, as amended and restated | 10-K | 000-14338 | 10.18 | 3/21/2017 | |||||||||||||||
| 10.10* | Registrant's 2012 Outside Directors' Stock Plan Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement | 8-K | 000-14338 | 10.5 | 3/13/2012 | |||||||||||||||
| 10.11* | Registrant's 2012 Outside Directors' Stock Plan Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement | 10-Q | 000-14338 | 10.1 | 6/4/2019 | |||||||||||||||
| 10.12* | Registrant’s Executive Incentive Plan, as amended and restated | 10-K | 000-14338 | 10.23 | 3/23/2016 | |||||||||||||||
| 10.13* | Registrant’s 2005 Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended and restated, effective as of January 1, 2010 | 10-Q | 000-14338 | 10.1 | 12/8/2009 | |||||||||||||||
| 10.14* | Executive Change in Control Program, as amended and restated | 8-K | 000-14338 | 10.1 | 4/27/2022 | |||||||||||||||
| 10.15* | Form of Indemnification Agreement executed by the Registrant and each of its officers and directors | 10-K | 000-14338 | 10.8 | 3/31/2005 | |||||||||||||||
| 10.16 | Form of Qualified Retirement Agreement under the Registrant Amended and Restated Severance Plan and Summary Plan Description dated March 25, 2021 | 10-Q | 000-14338 | 10.1 | 9/1/2021 | |||||||||||||||
| 10.17.1* | Employment Agreement, dated as of June 19, 2017, by and between the Registrant and Andrew Anagnost | 8-K | 000-14338 | 10.1 | 6/19/2017 | |||||||||||||||
| 10.17.2 | First Amendment to Andrew Anagnost Employment Agreement, dated as of April 27, 2022, by and between the Registrant and Andrew Anagnost | 8-K | 000-14338 | 10.2 | 4/27/2022 | |||||||||||||||
| 10.19* | Registrant Amended and Restated Severance Plan and Summary Plan Description dated September 24, 2025 | X | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10.20* | Registrant's 2012 Employee Stock Plan Form of Retirement Restricted Stock Unit Agreement, as amended and restated | 10-K | 000-14338 | 10.21 | 3/19/2021 | |||||||||||||||
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| Exhibit | Filed | Incorporated by Reference | ||||||||||||||||||
| Number | Description | Herewith | Form | SEC File No. | Exhibit | Filing Date | ||||||||||||||
| 10.21 | Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated November 21, 2022 | 10-Q | 000-14338 | 10.1 | 12/16/22 | |||||||||||||||
| 10.22 | Autodesk, Inc. 2022 Equity Incentive Plan As Amended and Restated | 8-K | 000-14338 | 10.1 | 06/20/2025 | |||||||||||||||
| 10.23 | Autodesk, Inc. 2022 Equity Incentive Plan Form of Global RSU Agreement | 10-Q | 000-14338 | 10.1 | 05/29/2025 | |||||||||||||||
| 10.24 | Autodesk, Inc. 2022 Director Compensation Policy | 8-K | 000-14338 | 99.1 | 08/23/2022 | |||||||||||||||
| 10.25 | Autodesk, Inc. 2022 Equity Incentive Plan Form of Director RSU Agreement | 8-K | 000-14338 | 99.2 | 08/23/2022 | |||||||||||||||
| 10.26 | Registrant’s 1998 Employee Qualified Stock Purchase Plan, as amended and restated effective as of December 14, 2022, its Forms of Subscription Agreement and International Sub-Plan | 10-K | 000-14338 | 10.26 | 03/14/2023 | |||||||||||||||
| 10.27 | Janesh Moorjani Offer Letter dated November 18, 2024 | 10-K | 000-14338 | 10.27 | 03/06/2025 | |||||||||||||||
| 10.30** | Agreement, dated April 23, 2025, between the Company, Starboard Value and Opportunity Master Fund Ltd and the entities and natural person listed on the signature pages attached thereto. | 8-K | 000-14338 | 10.1 | 04/24/2025 | |||||||||||||||
| 10.31 | Credit Agreement, dated May 8, 2025, by and among Autodesk, Inc., the lenders party thereto, and Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent. | 10-Q | 000-14338 | 10.1 | 05/29/2025 | |||||||||||||||
| 19.1 | 10-K | 000-14338 | 19.1 | 06/10/2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| 21.1 | List of Subsidiaries | X | ||||||||||||||||||
| 23.1 | Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (Ernst & Young LLP) (filed herewith) | X | ||||||||||||||||||
| 24.1 | Power of Attorney (contained in the signature page to this Annual Report on Form 10-K) | X | ||||||||||||||||||
| 31.1 | Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 | X | ||||||||||||||||||
| 31.2 | Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 | X | ||||||||||||||||||
| 32.1† | Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | X | ||||||||||||||||||
| 97.1 | Autodesk, Inc. Clawback Policy | 10-K | 000-14338 | 97.1 | 06/10/2024 | |||||||||||||||
| 101.INS †† | XBRL Instance Document | |||||||||||||||||||
| 101.SCH †† | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema | |||||||||||||||||||
| 101.CAL †† | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase | |||||||||||||||||||
| 101.DEF †† | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase | |||||||||||||||||||
| 101.LAB †† | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase | |||||||||||||||||||
| 101.PRE †† | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase | |||||||||||||||||||
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101) | |||||||||||||||||||
____________________
* Denotes a management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.
** Exhibits omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. The Company will furnish a copy of any omitted exhibit to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request. The Company may request confidential treatment pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Exchange Act for any exhibits so furnished.
† The certifications attached as Exhibit 32.1 that accompany this Annual Report on Form 10-K are not deemed filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and are not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of Autodesk, Inc. under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, whether made before or after the date of this Form 10-K, irrespective of any general incorporation language contained in such filing.
†† The financial information contained in these XBRL documents is unaudited.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| AUTODESK, INC. | |||||||||||
| By: | /s/ ANDREW ANAGNOST | ||||||||||
| Andrew Anagnost | |||||||||||
| President and Chief Executive Officer | |||||||||||
| Dated: | March 3, 2026 | ||||||||||
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Andrew Anagnost and Janesh Moorjani each as his or her attorney-in-fact, each with the power of substitution, for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this Report on Form 10-K, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this Report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities as of March 3, 2026.
| Signature | Title | |||||||
| /s/ ANDREW ANAGNOST | President and Chief Executive Officer, Director (Principal Executive Officer) | |||||||
| Andrew Anagnost | ||||||||
| /s/ JANESH MOORJANI | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) | |||||||
Janesh Moorjani | ||||||||
| /s/ STACY J. SMITH | Director (Non-executive Chairman of the Board) | |||||||
| Stacy J. Smith | ||||||||
| /s/ KAREN BLASING | Director | |||||||
| Karen Blasing | ||||||||
| /s/ JOHN T. CAHILL | Director | |||||||
| John T. Cahill | ||||||||
| /s/ JEFF EPSTEIN | Director | |||||||
| Jeff Epstein | ||||||||
| /s/ AYANNA HOWARD | Director | |||||||
| Ayanna Howard | ||||||||
| /s/ BLAKE J. IRVING | Director | |||||||
| Blake J. Irving | ||||||||
| /s/ RAM R. KRISHNAN | Director | |||||||
| Ram R. Krishnan | ||||||||
| /s/ STEPHEN D. MILLIGAN | Director | |||||||
| Stephen D. Milligan | ||||||||
| /s/ RAMI RAHIM | Director | |||||||
| Rami Rahim | ||||||||
| /s/ A. CHRISTINE SIMONS | Director | |||||||
A. Christine Simons | ||||||||
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How did Autodesk (ADSK) perform financially in fiscal 2026?
Autodesk delivered solid fiscal 2026 growth, with net revenue of $7.21 billion, up 18% year over year. Net income reached $1.12 billion and operating margin was 22%. Non‑GAAP operating margin improved to 38%, highlighting stronger profitability alongside the company’s subscription‑led expansion.
What portion of Autodesk (ADSK) revenue is recurring and subscription-based?
Autodesk’s business is highly recurring, with 97% of net revenue coming from recurring sources in fiscal 2026. Subscription revenue was $6.74 billion, and recurring revenue totaled $7.02 billion, reflecting the company’s continued transition to term-based subscriptions and cloud services across key product families.
How strong is Autodesk’s (ADSK) future revenue visibility?
Future revenue visibility is robust, with deferred revenue of $4.69 billion and remaining performance obligations of $8.30 billion at January 31, 2026. Current RPO was $5.48 billion, up 23% year over year, indicating a substantial backlog of contracted but not yet recognized revenue.
How did Autodesk (ADSK) generate and use cash in fiscal 2026?
Autodesk produced $2.45 billion of operating cash flow in fiscal 2026, up from $1.61 billion. The company ended the year with $2.97 billion in cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities, and repurchased 5 million shares for $1.40 billion under its stock buyback programs.
Which Autodesk (ADSK) product areas drove revenue growth in fiscal 2026?
Growth was broad-based. AECO revenue reached $3.58 billion, up 22%, helped by AEC Collections and Autodesk Construction Cloud. AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT generated $1.79 billion, up 14%, while Manufacturing revenue rose 16% to $1.38 billion, led by collections, Fusion, and Inventor.
How is Autodesk (ADSK) shifting its sales channels between direct and indirect?
Autodesk is increasingly selling directly. In fiscal 2026, direct sales produced $4.56 billion of revenue, up 78% year over year, and represented about 63% of total net revenue. Indirect channel revenue declined to $2.65 billion as the new transaction model and online store scaled.
What restructuring actions affected Autodesk (ADSK) results in fiscal 2026?
Autodesk recorded $216 million in restructuring, other exit costs, and facility reductions in fiscal 2026. These charges relate to optimizing the go‑to‑market organization and reallocating resources toward cloud, platform, and artificial intelligence initiatives, with management expecting lower restructuring costs in fiscal 2027.
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