Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, design and engineering software maker Autodesk (NASDAQ: ADSK ) has earned a respected four-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Autodesk and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Autodesk facts
Headquarters (founded) | San Rafael, Calif. (1982) |
Market Cap | $8.9 billion |
Industry | Application software |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $2.3 billion |
Management | CEO Carl Bass |
Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) | 14.2% |
Cash/Debt | $2.0 billion / $745.6 million |
Competitors | Adobe Systems |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 93% of the 834 members who have rated Autodesk believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just yesterday, one of those bulls, Magicflight, succinctly summed up the Autodesk bull case for our community: "Decades of [computer-aided design] experience and customer support. Relatively little-talked about innovator in 3-D printing industry. Reasonable P/E compared to [3D Systems] and [Stratasys]."
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