Autodesk Valuation

Is AUD undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of AUD when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: AUD (€287.8) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€293.24)

Significantly Below Fair Value: AUD is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for AUD?

Key metric: As AUD is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for AUD. This is calculated by dividing AUD's market cap by their current earnings.
What is AUD's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio60x
EarningsUS$1.09b
Market CapUS$65.50b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does AUD's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for AUD vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average54.7x
SAP SAP
101.3x41.4%€278.1b
NEM Nemetschek
62.1x18.5%€10.6b
TMV TeamViewer
13.1x10.7%€1.5b
AOF ATOSS Software
42.4x7.7%€1.9b
AUD Autodesk
60x14.3%€65.5b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: AUD is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (60x) compared to the peer average (54.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does AUD's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Software Industry?

7 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
AUD 60.0xIndustry Avg. 26.0xNo. of Companies18PE020406080100+
7 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: AUD is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (60x) compared to the European Software industry average (25.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is AUD's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

AUD PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio60x
Fair PE Ratio38.8x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: AUD is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (60x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (38.8x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst AUD forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€287.80
€311.18
+8.1%
9.1%€361.61€261.69n/a29
Dec ’25€276.90
€302.61
+9.3%
10.0%€355.31€232.14n/a27
Nov ’25€260.55
€273.25
+4.9%
8.4%€312.97€225.52n/a26
Oct ’25€248.00
€261.72
+5.5%
7.6%€290.78€219.20n/a25
Sep ’25€242.80
€260.05
+7.1%
9.3%€294.06€203.58n/a24
Aug ’25€224.90
€249.35
+10.9%
8.9%€285.70€207.36n/a23
Jul ’25€229.85
€251.19
+9.3%
9.1%€288.73€209.57n/a23
Jun ’25€181.34
€258.08
+42.3%
8.1%€287.03€212.96n/a24
May ’25€202.65
€262.54
+29.6%
8.7%€292.61€210.31n/a25
Apr ’25€240.85
€262.54
+9.0%
8.7%€292.61€210.31n/a25
Mar ’25€257.55
€261.02
+1.3%
10.1%€295.30€212.24n/a23
Feb ’25€234.25
€227.83
-2.7%
10.1%€262.86€166.01n/a24
Jan ’25€220.45
€217.58
-1.3%
8.6%€260.60€164.59n/a25
Dec ’24€199.48
€214.04
+7.3%
6.8%€238.39€165.04€276.9025
Nov ’24€185.40
€223.71
+20.7%
9.0%€255.64€168.53€260.5525
Oct ’24€196.42
€223.71
+13.9%
9.0%€255.64€168.53€248.0025
Sep ’24€205.90
€219.31
+6.5%
9.0%€249.94€164.77€242.8024
Aug ’24€191.04
€208.04
+8.9%
8.8%€238.21€157.31€224.9024
Jul ’24€189.64
€210.41
+11.0%
8.7%€242.24€159.97€229.8524
Jun ’24€188.54
€214.98
+14.0%
8.8%€247.96€163.75€181.3424
May ’24€172.00
€213.44
+24.1%
10.7%€272.25€158.81€202.6525
Apr ’24€184.86
€220.27
+19.2%
11.1%€282.15€164.59€240.8525
Mar ’24€187.26
€219.41
+17.2%
11.2%€281.37€164.13€257.5525
Feb ’24€195.20
€214.58
+9.9%
12.2%€302.09€167.31€234.2524
Jan ’24€175.36
€216.63
+23.5%
12.3%€306.67€169.85€220.4523
Dec ’23€192.68
€220.76
+14.6%
12.3%€312.20€172.91€199.4822

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/17 08:06
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/17 00:00
Earnings2024/10/31
Annual Earnings2024/01/31

Data Sources

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Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Autodesk, Inc. is covered by 65 analysts. 29 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Louis Edmond LardenoisArete Research Services LLP
Joseph BonnerArgus Research Company
Joseph VruwinkBaird