Autodesk Inc (NASDAQ: ADSK) is -4.13% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $195.32 and a high of $326.62 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The ADSK stock was last observed hovering at around $278.64 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 4.72%.
Currently trading at $283.36, the stock is 5.73% and 7.09% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.27 million and changing 1.69% at the moment leaves the stock 2.13% off its SMA200. ADSK registered 31.68% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -1.12%.
The stock witnessed a 16.31% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -8.99%, and is 3.32% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 1.87% over the week and 2.96% over the month.
Autodesk Inc (ADSK) has around 15300 employees, a market worth around $60.36B and $6.11B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 55.30 and Fwd P/E is 26.02. Profit margin for the company is 18.19%. Distance from 52-week low is 45.07% and -13.24% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (23.06%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 12.31% this year
The shares outstanding are 214.00M, and float is at 212.43M with Short Float at 1.37%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 19.92 million shares valued at $4.93 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 9.2207 of the ADSK Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 19.44 million shares valued at $4.81 billion to account for 9.0002 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 9.52 million shares representing 4.4072 and valued at over $2.36 billion, while LOOMIS SAYLES & CO L P holds 2.8682 of the shares totaling 6.2 million with a market value of $1.53 billion.
Autodesk Inc (ADSK) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Hope Stephen W., the company’s SVP & Chief Accounting Officer. SEC filings show that Hope Stephen W. sold 57 shares of the company’s common stock on Apr 01 ’25 at a price of $261.18 per share for a total of $14887.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 3003.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 28 ’25, Hope Stephen W. (SVP & Chief Accounting Officer) disposed off 2,452 shares at an average price of $267.29 for $0.66 million. The insider now directly holds 3,003 shares of Autodesk Inc (ADSK).
