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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
February 26, 2026
Autodesk, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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| Delaware | | 000-14338 | | 94-2819853 |
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation) | | (Commission File Number) | | (IRS Employer
Identification No.) |
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One Market Street, Ste. 400 | | |
| San Francisco, | California | 94105 |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | | (Zip Code) |
(415) 507-5000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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| Title of each class | | Trading Symbol(s) | | Name of each exchange on which registered |
| Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share | | ADSK | | The Nasdaq Global Select Market |
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Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
On February 26, 2026, Autodesk, Inc. (“Autodesk” or the “Company”) issued a press release reporting financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended January 31, 2026. The press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
The exhibit shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
Key Performance Metrics
In order to help better understand Autodesk’s financial performance, Autodesk uses several key performance metrics including billings, recurring revenue, net revenue retention rate (“NR3”), and subscriptions. 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. Autodesk uses these metrics to monitor the strength of its recurring business. Autodesk believes these metrics are useful to investors because they can help in monitoring the long-term health of Autodesk’s business. Autodesk’s 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, Autodesk financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
To supplement Autodesk’s condensed consolidated financial statements presented on a GAAP basis, the press release furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 provides investors with certain non-GAAP measures, including but not limited to historical and future non-GAAP operating margin, non-GAAP income from operations, non-GAAP free cash flow, and non-GAAP diluted net income per share. For Autodesk’s internal budgeting and resource allocation process and as a means to evaluate period-to-period comparisons, Autodesk uses non-GAAP measures to supplement its condensed consolidated financial statements presented on a GAAP basis. These non-GAAP measures do not include certain items that may have a material impact upon Autodesk’s reported financial results. Autodesk uses non-GAAP measures in making operating decisions because Autodesk believes those measures provide meaningful supplemental information for management regarding the Company's earning potential and performance by excluding certain expenses and charges that may not be indicative of the Company’s core business operating results. For the reasons set forth below, Autodesk believes that 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 Autodesk’s institutional investors and the analyst community to help them analyze the health of the Company's business. This allows investors and others to better understand and evaluate Autodesk’s 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 its core business. Autodesk also uses some of these measures for purposes of determining company-wide incentive compensation.
As described above, Autodesk may exclude the following items, as applicable, from its non-GAAP measures:
Stock-based compensation expenses. Autodesk excludes stock-based compensation expenses from its 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, Autodesk believes that excluding stock-based compensation expenses allows investors to make meaningful comparisons between its recurring core business operating results and those of other companies.
Amortization of developed technologies and purchased intangibles. Autodesk incurs amortization of acquisition-related developed technology 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 the timing and size of Autodesk's 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 Autodesk's 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 Autodesk's business strategies based on current economic conditions. In connection with these restructuring actions or other exit actions, Autodesk recognizes costs related to termination benefits for former employees whose positions were eliminated, the reduction of facilities, and cancellation of certain contracts. Autodesk excludes these charges because these expenses are not reflective of ongoing business and operating results. Autodesk believes it is useful for investors to understand the effects of these items on its total operating expenses.
Lease-related asset impairments and other charges. These charges are associated with the optimization of Autodesk's facilities costs related to leases that Autodesk vacated as a result of Autodesk's one-time move to a more hybrid remote workforce. In connection with these facility leases, Autodesk recognizes costs related to the impairment or abandonment of operating lease right-of-use assets, computer equipment, furniture, and leasehold improvements, and other costs. Autodesk excludes these charges because these expenses are not reflective of ongoing business and operating results. Autodesk believes it is useful for investors to understand the effects of these items on Autodesk's total operating expenses.
Acquisition-related costs. Autodesk excludes 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 dependent on factors that may be outside of Autodesk's control and unrelated to the continuing operations of the acquired business or Autodesk. 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. Autodesk believes excluding acquisition-related costs facilitates the comparison of its financial results to the Autodesk's historical operating results and to other companies in its industry.
Loss (gain) on strategic investments and dispositions. Autodesk excludes gains and losses related to its strategic investments and dispositions of strategic investments, purchased intangibles, and businesses from its non-GAAP measures primarily because management finds it useful to exclude these variable gains and losses on these investments and dispositions in assessing Autodesk's 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. Autodesk believes excluding these items is useful to investors because these excluded items do not correlate to the underlying performance of its 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.
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 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. Autodesk compensates 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. Autodesk urges investors to review the reconciliation of its non-GAAP financial measures to the comparable GAAP financial measures included in Exhibit 99.1 and not to rely on any single financial measure to evaluate its business.
Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosures.
On February 26, 2026, Autodesk posted supplemental investor materials on its investors.autodesk.com website. Autodesk uses its investors.autodesk.com website as a means of disclosing material non-public information, announcing upcoming investor conferences and for complying with its disclosure obligations under Regulation FD. Accordingly, investors should monitor Autodesk’s investor relations website in addition to following Autodesk’s press releases, SEC filings and public conference calls and webcasts.
The information in this current report on Form 8-K and the exhibit attached hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
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| Exhibit No. | Description |
| 99.1 | Earnings press release dated as of February 26, 2026 |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
Caution Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that are based upon current expectations or beliefs, as well as assumptions about future events. Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not historical facts and can generally be identified by terms such as “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potentially,” or “will” or similar expressions and the negatives of those terms. These statements include, but are not limited to, the statements above regarding the timing and expectations regarding the Company’s restructuring plan, statements relating to the Company’s investment in strategic priorities, as well as all statements that are not historical facts. Actual results could differ materially from those expressed in or implied by the forward-looking statements due to a number of risks and uncertainties, including risks affecting the timing and amount of restructuring charges and payments, and the risks and uncertainties described in the Company’s SEC reports, including under the heading “Risk Factors” in its most recent annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, which are available at www.sec.gov. The forward-looking statements contained herein speak only as of the date of this report. Except as required by law, the Company does not undertake any obligation to update or revise its forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this report.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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| | AUTODESK, INC. |
| | /s/ JANESH MOORJANI |
| | Janesh Moorjani |
| | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) |
Date: February 26, 2026
AUTODESK, INC. ANNOUNCES FISCAL 2026 FOURTH QUARTER AND FULL-YEAR RESULTS
- Fourth quarter revenue grew 19 percent year-over-year as reported and on a constant currency basis, to $1.96 billion
SAN FRANCISCO, FEBRUARY 26, 2026-- Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of fiscal 2026.
“Building agentic AI for the real world requires specialized data, context, and expertise. Scaling and monetizing it requires a platform and next-generation business models and go-to-market," said Andrew Anagnost, CEO of Autodesk. "Few companies have all these advantages. Autodesk does. It is not a coincidence. We have been preparing for, and working towards, the cloud and AI for more than a decade. Autodesk is building the future and the path to it. Our best days and greatest opportunities lie ahead.”
“We delivered another strong quarter, highlighted by outperformance in AECO, particularly in construction and emerging markets. EBA and product subscription billings, linearity of billings during the quarter, and up-front revenue all exceeded expectations,” said Janesh Moorjani, Autodesk CFO. “Our fiscal 2027 guidance assumes that the underlying momentum of the business will remain strong and we have then incorporated prudence to reflect temporary risk to billings and revenue as we operationalize our sales optimization plan."
Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2026
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| (In millions, except percentages and per share amounts) | Q4 FY26 | | | YoY Change |
| Billings | $ | 2,804 | | | | 33 | % |
| Revenue | $ | 1,957 | | | | 19 | % |
| GAAP Operating Margin | 22 | % | | | — |
| Non-GAAP Operating Margin | 38 | % | | | 1 ppt |
| GAAP EPS | $ | 1.48 | | | | $ | 0.08 | |
| Non-GAAP EPS | $ | 2.85 | | | | $ | 0.56 | |
| Cash flow from operating activities | $ | 989 | | | | 43 | % |
| Free cash flow | $ | 972 | | | | 43 | % |
See GAAP to Non-GAAP reconciliation at the end of this document.
Net Revenue by Product Type | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q4 FY26 | | | YoY Change | | YoY Change in Constant Currency |
| (In millions, except percentages) | | % | | % |
| Design | $ | 1,609 | | | | 19 | % | | 19 | % |
| Make | 218 | | | | 24 | % | | 23 | % |
| Other | 130 | | | | 21 | % | | 19 | % |
| Total Net Revenue | $ | 1,957 | | | | 19 | % | | 19 | % |
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Net Revenue by Geographic Area | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q4 FY26 | | | YoY Change | | YoY Change in Constant Currency |
| (In millions, except percentages) | | % | | % |
| Americas | $ | 847 | | | | 16 | % | | 16 | % |
| EMEA | 777 | | | | 25 | % | | 23 | % |
| APAC | 333 | | | | 16 | % | | 18 | % |
| Total Net Revenue | $ | 1,957 | | | | 19 | % | | 19 | % |
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").
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| Q4 FY26 | | | YoY Change | | YoY Change in Constant Currency |
| (In millions, except percentages) | | % | | % |
| AECO | $ | 975 | | | | 22 | % | | 22 | % |
| AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT | 478 | | | | 17 | % | | 17 | % |
| MFG | 381 | | | | 20 | % | | 20 | % |
| M&E | 90 | | | | 7 | % | | 8 | % |
| Other | 33 | | | | 14 | % | | 11 | % |
| Total Net Revenue | $ | 1,957 | | | | 19 | % | | 19 | % |
Remaining Performance Obligations
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| (In millions, except percentages) | Q4 FY26 | | | YoY Change |
| Deferred Revenue | $ | 4,693 | | | | 14 | % |
| Unbilled deferred revenue | 3,607 | | | | 28 | % |
| Remaining performance obligations | 8,300 | | | | 20 | % |
| Current RPO | 5,479 | | | | 23 | % |
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Fiscal 2026 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (In millions, except percentages and per share amounts) | FY26 | | | YoY Change |
| Billings | $ | 7,771 | | | | 30 | % |
| Revenue | $ | 7,206 | | | | 18 | % |
| GAAP Operating Margin | 22 | % | | | — |
| Non-GAAP Operating Margin | 38 | % | | | 2 ppt |
| GAAP EPS | $ | 5.23 | | | | $ | 0.11 | |
| Non-GAAP EPS | $ | 10.43 | | | | $ | 1.96 | |
| Cash flow from operating activities | $ | 2,452 | | | | 53 | % |
| Free cash flow | $ | 2,409 | | | | 54 | % |
See GAAP to Non-GAAP reconciliation at the end of this document.
Net Revenue by Product Type | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| FY26 | | | YoY Change | | YoY Change in Constant Currency |
| (In millions, except percentages) | | % | | % |
| Design | $ | 5,980 | | | | 17 | % | | 18 | % |
| Make | 796 | | | | 22 | % | | 22 | % |
| Other | 430 | | | | 15 | % | | 14 | % |
| Total Net Revenue | $ | 7,206 | | | | 18 | % | | 18 | % |
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Net Revenue by Geographic Area | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| FY26 | | | YoY Change | | YoY Change in Constant Currency |
| (In millions, except percentages) | | % | | % |
| Americas | $ | 3,178 | | | | 17 | % | | 17 | % |
| EMEA | 2,794 | | | | 21 | % | | 21 | % |
| APAC | 1,234 | | | | 11 | % | | 14 | % |
| Total Net Revenue | $ | 7,206 | | | | 18 | % | | 18 | % |
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").
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| FY26 | | | YoY Change | | YoY Change in Constant Currency |
| (In millions, except percentages) | | % | | % |
| AECO | $ | 3,583 | | | | 22 | % | | 22 | % |
| AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT | 1,787 | | | | 14 | % | | 14 | % |
| MFG | 1,379 | | | | 16 | % | | 17 | % |
| M&E | 332 | | | | 5 | % | | 6 | % |
| Other | 125 | | | | 6 | % | | 6 | % |
| Total Net Revenue | $ | 7,206 | | | | 18 | % | | 18 | % |
All growth rates are compared to the fourth quarter and full year of fiscal 2025, respectively, unless otherwise noted.
Business Outlook
The following are forward-looking statements based on current expectations and assumptions, and involve risks and uncertainties, some of which are set forth below under "Safe Harbor Statement." Autodesk's business outlook for the first quarter and full-year fiscal 2027 takes into consideration the current economic environment and foreign exchange currency rate environment. A reconciliation between the first quarter and full-year fiscal 2027 GAAP and non-GAAP estimates is provided below or in the tables later in this document.
First Quarter Fiscal 2027
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| Q1 FY27 Guidance Metrics | | Q1 FY27
(ending April 30, 2026) |
| Revenue (in millions) | | $1,885 - $1,900 |
| EPS GAAP | | $1.68 - $1.83 |
| EPS non-GAAP | | $2.82 - $2.86 |
Full-Year Fiscal 2027
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| FY27 Guidance Metrics | | FY27
(ending January 31, 2027) |
| Billings (in millions) (1) | | $8,480 - $8,580 |
| Revenue (in millions) (1) | | $8,100 - $8,170 |
| GAAP operating margin | | 26% - 28% |
| Non-GAAP operating margin | | 38.5% - 39% |
| EPS GAAP | | $7.76 - $8.39 |
| EPS non-GAAP | | $12.29 - $12.56 |
| Free cash flow (in millions) (2) | | $2,700 - $2,800 |
____________________(1) See supplemental materials available on our investor relations website for growth rates excluding currency movements and the new transaction model.
(2) Free cash flow is cash flow from operating activities less approximately $50 million of capital expenditures.
Earnings Conference Call and Webcast
Autodesk will host its fourth quarter conference call today at 5 p.m. ET. The live broadcast can be accessed at autodesk.com/investor. A transcript of the opening commentary will also be available following the conference call.
A replay of the broadcast will be available at 7 p.m. ET at autodesk.com/investor. This replay will be maintained on Autodesk's website for at least 12 months.
Investor Presentation Details
An investor presentation, Excel financials and other supplemental materials providing additional information can be found at autodesk.com/investor.
Contacts
Investors:
Simon Mays-Smith
415-746-0137
simon.mays-smith@autodesk.com
Press:
Renée Francis
628-888-4599
renee.francis@autodesk.com
Key Performance Metrics
To help better understand our financial performance, we use several key performance metrics including billings, recurring revenue, net revenue retention rate ("NR3") and subscriptions. These metrics are key performance metrics and should be viewed independently of revenue and deferred revenue. 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.
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.
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.
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including quotations from management, statements in the paragraphs under “Business Outlook” above, statements about our utilization of and strategy regarding artificial intelligence, statements about our new transaction model and sales and marketing optimization, statements about the momentum of our business, statements about our short-term and long-term goals, statements regarding our strategies, market and product positions, performance and results, and all statements that are not historical facts. There are a significant number of factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from statements made in this press release, including: our strategy to develop and introduce new products and services and to move to platforms and capabilities, exposing us to risks such as limited customer acceptance (both new and existing customers), costs related to product defects, and large expenditures; global economic and political conditions, including changes in monetary and fiscal policy, foreign exchange headwinds, recessionary fears, supply chain disruptions, resulting inflationary pressures and hiring conditions; geopolitical tension and armed conflicts, economic and regulatory uncertainty including tariffs and trade wars, and extreme weather events; costs and challenges associated with strategic acquisitions and investments; our ability to successfully implement and expand our transaction model and our sales and marketing optimization; dependency on international revenue and operations, exposing us to significant international regulatory, economic, intellectual property, collections, currency exchange rate, taxation, political, and other risks, including risks related to the war against Ukraine launched by Russia and our exit from Russia and the current conflict between Israel and Hamas; inability to predict subscription renewal rates and their impact on our future revenue and operating results; existing and increased competition and rapidly evolving technological changes; fluctuation of our financial results, key metrics and other operating metrics; our transition from up front to annual billings for multi-year contracts; 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, including our new transaction model for Flex; net revenue, billings, earnings, cash flow, or new or existing subscriptions shortfalls; social and ethical issues relating to the use of artificial intelligence in our offerings as well as market reaction to disruption from artificial intelligence; our ability to maintain security levels and service performance meeting the expectations of our customers, and the resources and costs required to avoid unanticipated downtime and prevent, detect and remediate performance degradation and security breaches; security incidents or other 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; increasing regulatory focus on privacy 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; and our investment portfolio consisting of a variety of investment vehicles that are subject to interest rate trends, market volatility, and other economic factors. Our estimates as to tax rate are based on current expectations and our interpretations of existing tax law and could be affected by a variety of factors, including but not limited to the projected geographic mix of earnings, changing interpretations of current tax law, further guidance, and additional tax legislation. Adjustments for the impact of the New Transaction Model are based on management’s estimate giving effect to current period results or projections as if under the prior model.
Further information on potential factors that could affect the financial results of Autodesk are included in Autodesk's Form 10-K and subsequent Forms 10-Q, which are on file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission. Autodesk disclaims any obligation to update the forward-looking statements provided to reflect events that occur or circumstances that exist after the date on which they were made.
About Autodesk
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| Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations | | | | |
| (In millions, except per share data) | | | | | | | |
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| | Three Months Ended January 31, | | Fiscal Year Ended January 31, |
| | 2026 | | 2025 | | 2026 | | 2025 |
| (Unaudited) |
| Net revenue: | | | | | | | |
| Subscription | $ | 1,819 | | | $ | 1,522 | | | $ | 6,743 | | | $ | 5,717 | |
| Maintenance | 8 | | | 10 | | | 33 | | | 41 | |
| Total subscription and maintenance revenue | 1,827 | | | 1,532 | | | 6,776 | | | 5,758 | |
| Other | 130 | | | 107 | | | 430 | | | 373 | |
| Total net revenue | 1,957 | | | 1,639 | | | 7,206 | | | 6,131 | |
| Cost of revenue: | | | | | | | |
| Cost of subscription and maintenance revenue | 120 | | | 108 | | | 463 | | | 413 | |
| Cost of other revenue | 22 | | | 23 | | | 90 | | | 80 | |
| Amortization of developed technologies | 24 | | | 23 | | | 97 | | | 85 | |
| Total cost of revenue | 166 | | | 154 | | | 650 | | | 578 | |
| Gross profit | 1,791 | | | 1,485 | | | 6,556 | | | 5,553 | |
| Operating expenses: | | | | | | | |
| Marketing and sales | 636 | | | 526 | | | 2,373 | | | 2,000 | |
| Research and development | 420 | | | 393 | | | 1,643 | | | 1,485 | |
| General and administrative | 191 | | | 173 | | | 693 | | | 650 | |
| Amortization of purchased intangibles | 13 | | | 12 | | | 53 | | | 49 | |
| Restructuring, other exit costs, and facility reductions | 100 | | | 15 | | | 216 | | | 15 | |
| Total operating expenses | 1,360 | | | 1,119 | | | 4,978 | | | 4,199 | |
| Income from operations | 431 | | | 366 | | | 1,578 | | | 1,354 | |
| Interest and other income, net | 14 | | | 6 | | | 25 | | | 30 | |
| Income before income taxes | 445 | | | 372 | | | 1,603 | | | 1,384 | |
| Provision for income taxes | (129) | | | (69) | | | (479) | | | (272) | |
| Net income | $ | 316 | | | $ | 303 | | | $ | 1,124 | | | $ | 1,112 | |
| Basic net income per share | $ | 1.49 | | | $ | 1.42 | | | $ | 5.28 | | | $ | 5.17 | |
| Diluted net income per share | $ | 1.48 | | | $ | 1.40 | | | $ | 5.23 | | | $ | 5.12 | |
| Weighted average shares used in computing basic net income per share | 212 | | | 214 | | | 213 | | | 215 | |
| Weighted average shares used in computing diluted net income per share | 214 | | | 217 | | | 215 | | | 217 | |
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| Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets | | | |
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| January 31, 2026 | | January 31, 2025 |
| (Unaudited) |
| ASSETS | | | |
| Current assets: | | | |
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 2,249 | | | $ | 1,599 | |
| Marketable securities | 348 | | | 287 | |
| Accounts receivable, net | 1,439 | | | 1,008 | |
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 906 | | | 588 | |
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| Total current assets | 4,942 | | | 3,482 | |
| Long-term marketable securities | 376 | | | 267 | |
| Computer equipment, software, furniture and leasehold improvements, net | 121 | | | 117 | |
| Operating lease right-of-use assets | 157 | | | 169 | |
| Intangible assets, net | 467 | | | 574 | |
| Goodwill | 4,295 | | | 4,242 | |
| Deferred income taxes, net | 842 | | | 1,205 | |
| Long-term other assets | 1,267 | | | 777 | |
| Total assets | $ | 12,467 | | | $ | 10,833 | |
| LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY | | | |
| Current liabilities: | | | |
| Accounts payable | $ | 422 | | | $ | 242 | |
| Accrued compensation | 659 | | | 506 | |
| Accrued income taxes | 54 | | | 62 | |
| Deferred revenue | 4,406 | | | 3,787 | |
| Operating lease liabilities | 52 | | | 58 | |
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| Current portion of long-term notes payable, net | — | | | 300 | |
| Other accrued liabilities | 215 | | | 196 | |
| Total current liabilities | 5,808 | | | 5,151 | |
| Long-term deferred revenue | 287 | | | 341 | |
| Long-term operating lease liabilities | 199 | | | 214 | |
| Long-term income taxes payable | 181 | | | 200 | |
| Long-term deferred income taxes | 40 | | | 32 | |
| Long-term notes payable, net | 2,483 | | | 1,987 | |
| Long-term other liabilities | 424 | | | 287 | |
| Stockholders’ equity: | | | |
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| Common stock and additional paid-in capital | 4,709 | | | 4,239 | |
| Accumulated other comprehensive loss | (232) | | | (285) | |
| Accumulated deficit | (1,432) | | | (1,333) | |
| Total stockholders’ equity | 3,045 | | | 2,621 | |
| Total liabilities and stockholders' equity | $ | 12,467 | | | $ | 10,833 | |
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| Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows | | | |
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| | Fiscal Year Ended January 31, |
| | 2026 | | 2025 |
| (Unaudited) |
| Operating activities: | | | |
| Net income | $ | 1,124 | | | $ | 1,112 | |
| Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: | | | |
| Depreciation, amortization and accretion | 195 | | | 180 | |
| Stock-based compensation expense | 788 | | | 683 | |
| Amortization of costs to obtain a contract with a customer | 536 | | | 212 | |
| Deferred income taxes | 301 | | | (121) | |
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| Restructuring-related asset impairments | 19 | | | 15 | |
| Other operating activities | (10) | | | (16) | |
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of business combinations: | | | |
| Accounts receivable | (431) | | | (132) | |
| Prepaid expenses and other assets | (1,051) | | | (488) | |
| Accounts payable and other liabilities | 455 | | | 238 | |
| Deferred revenue | 555 | | | (134) | |
| Accrued income taxes | (29) | | | 58 | |
| Net cash provided by operating activities | 2,452 | | | 1,607 | |
| Investing activities: | | | |
| Purchases of marketable securities | (945) | | | (815) | |
| Sales of marketable securities | 318 | | | 223 | |
| Maturities of marketable securities | 467 | | | 638 | |
| Purchases of intangible assets | (33) | | | (62) | |
| Business combinations, net of cash acquired | — | | | (825) | |
| Capital expenditures | (43) | | | (40) | |
| Purchases of strategic investments (1) | (216) | | | (22) | |
| Other investing activities | 1 | | | — | |
| Net cash used in investing activities | (451) | | | (903) | |
| Financing activities: | | | |
| Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net of issuance costs | 137 | | | 121 | |
| Taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards | (289) | | | (256) | |
| Repurchase and retirement of common stock | (1,402) | | | (852) | |
| Proceeds from debt, net of discount | 499 | | | — | |
| Repayment of debt | (300) | | | — | |
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| Other financing activities | (6) | | | — | |
| Net cash used in financing activities | (1,361) | | | (987) | |
| Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents | 10 | | | (10) | |
| Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents | 650 | | | (293) | |
| Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the period | 1,599 | | | 1,892 | |
| Cash and cash equivalents at end of the period | $ | 2,249 | | | $ | 1,599 | |
____________________(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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| Reconciliation of GAAP financial measures to non-GAAP financial measures |
| (In millions, except per share data) | | | | |
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| To supplement our condensed consolidated financial statements presented on a GAAP basis, we provide investors with certain non-GAAP measures including non-GAAP operating margin, non-GAAP income from operations, non-GAAP diluted net income per share, and free cash flow. For our internal budgeting and resource allocation process and as a means to evaluate period-to-period comparisons, we use non-GAAP measures to supplement our condensed 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 future reported financial results. We 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 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 help them 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 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 in this presentation, and not to rely on any single financial measure to evaluate our business. |
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| Stock-based compensation expense | 9 | % | | 11 | % | | 11 | % | | 11 | % |
| Amortization of purchased intangibles and developed technologies | 2 | % | | 2 | % | | 2 | % | | 2 | % |
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| Restructuring, other exit costs, and facility reductions | 5 | % | | 1 | % | | 3 | % | | — | % |
| Non-GAAP operating margin (1) | 38 | % | | 37 | % | | 38 | % | | 36 | % |
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| GAAP income from operations | $ | 431 | | | $ | 366 | | | $ | 1,578 | | | $ | 1,354 | |
| Stock-based compensation expense | 181 | | | 186 | | | 788 | | | 686 | |
| Amortization of purchased intangibles and developed technologies | 34 | | | 33 | | | 139 | | | 129 | |
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| Acquisition-related costs | 4 | | | 8 | | | 16 | | | 47 | |
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| Restructuring, other exit costs, and facility reductions | 100 | | | 15 | | | 216 | | | 15 | |
| Non-GAAP income from operations | $ | 750 | | | $ | 608 | | | $ | 2,737 | | | $ | 2,231 | |
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| GAAP diluted net income per share | $ | 1.48 | | | $ | 1.40 | | | $ | 5.23 | | | $ | 5.12 | |
| Stock-based compensation expense | 0.85 | | | 0.85 | | | 3.67 | | | 3.15 | |
| Amortization of purchased intangibles and developed technologies | 0.15 | | | 0.16 | | | 0.65 | | | 0.60 | |
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| Acquisition-related costs | 0.02 | | | 0.04 | | | 0.07 | | | 0.22 | |
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| Restructuring, other exit costs, and facility reductions | 0.46 | | | 0.07 | | | 1.00 | | | 0.07 | |
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| Loss (gain) on strategic investments and dispositions, net | (0.04) | | | — | | | 0.04 | | | 0.05 | |
| Income tax adjustments | (0.07) | | | (0.23) | | | (0.23) | | | (0.74) | |
| Non-GAAP diluted net income per share | $ | 2.85 | | | $ | 2.29 | | | $ | 10.43 | | | $ | 8.47 | |
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| Net cash provided by operating activities | $ | 989 | | | $ | 692 | | | $ | 2,452 | | | $ | 1,607 | |
| Capital expenditures | (17) | | | (14) | | | (43) | | | (40) | |
| Free cash flow | $ | 972 | | | $ | 678 | | | $ | 2,409 | | | $ | 1,567 | |
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(1) Totals may not sum due to rounding.
The following table shows Autodesk's GAAP business outlook reconciled to non-GAAP business outlook included in this release.
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| GAAP to non-GAAP diluted EPS reconciliation | | Q1 FY27
(ending April 30, 2026) |
| GAAP EPS | | $1.68 - $1.83 |
| Stock-based compensation expense | | 0.85 - 0.80 |
| Amortization of purchased intangibles and developed technologies | | 0.17 - 0.14 |
| Acquisition-related costs | | 0.01 |
| Restructuring, other exit costs, and facility reductions | | 0.14 - 0.08 |
| Income tax effect of non-GAAP adjustments | | (0.03) - 0.0 |
| Non-GAAP EPS | | $2.82 - $2.86 |
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| GAAP to non-GAAP operating margin reconciliation | | FY27
(ending January 31, 2027) |
| GAAP operating margin | | 26% – 28% |
| Stock-based compensation expense | | 10% - 9% |
| Amortization of purchased intangibles and developed technologies | | 2% |
| Restructuring, other exit costs, and facility reductions | | 1% - 0% |
Non-GAAP operating margin (1) | | 38.5% – 39% |
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| GAAP to non-GAAP diluted EPS reconciliation | | FY27
(ending January 31, 2027) |
| GAAP EPS | | $7.76 - $8.39 |
| Stock-based compensation expense | | 3.73 – 3.47 |
| Amortization of purchased intangibles and developed technologies | | 0.69 - 0.59 |
| Acquisition-related costs | | 0.12 |
| Restructuring, other exit costs, and facility reductions | | 0.28 - 0.17 |
| Income tax effect of non-GAAP adjustments | | (0.29) - (0.18) |
| Non-GAAP EPS | | $12.29 - $12.56 |
