Autodesk, Inc. cash flow statement
In fiscal 2026, Autodesk, Inc.'s operations generated $2.45bn of cash; it spent $43.0m on capital projects, leaving free cash flow of $2.41bn. It returned $1.40bn through buybacks.
Cash flow statement
| Fiscal year | 2010Jan 2010 | 2011Jan 2011 | 2012Jan 2012 | 2013Jan 2013 | 2014Jan 2014 | 2015Jan 2015 | 2016Jan 2016 | 2017Jan 2017 | 2018Jan 2018 | 2019Jan 2019 | 2020Jan 2020 | 2021Jan 2021 | 2022Jan 2022 | 2023Jan 2023 | 2024Jan 2024 | 2025Jan 2025 | 2026Jan 2026 | LTMJul 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash from operations | 247 | 541 | 574 | 559 | 564 | 709 | 414 | 170 | 1 | 377 | 1,415 | 1,437 | 1,531 | 2,071 | 1,313 | 1,607 | 2,452 | 2,896 |
| Depreciation and amortisation | 112 | 105 | 116 | 128 | 129 | 146 | 146 | 139 | 108 | 95 | 127 | 124 | 148 | 150 | 139 | 180 | 195 | 201 |
| Stock-based pay | 94 | 81 | 109 | 156 | 132 | 166 | 197 | 222 | 261 | 250 | 362 | 398 | 555 | 657 | 703 | 683 | 788 | 706 |
| Capital spending | 39 | 28 | 63 | 56 | 64 | 76 | 72 | 76 | 51 | 67 | 53 | 91 | 56 | 40 | 31 | 40 | 43 | 57 |
| Free cash flow | 208 | 513 | 511 | 503 | 499 | 633 | 342 | 94 | −50 | 310 | 1,362 | 1,346 | 1,475 | 2,031 | 1,282 | 1,567 | 2,409 | 2,839 |
| Free cash flow after stock pay | 114 | 432 | 402 | 346 | 367 | 468 | 144 | −128 | −311 | 61 | 1,000 | 948 | 920 | 1,374 | 579 | 884 | 1,621 | 2,133 |
| Dividends paid | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Share buybacks | 63 | 280 | 327 | 431 | 424 | 372 | 458 | 622 | 699 | 294 | 443 | 552 | 1,079 | 1,101 | 795 | 852 | 1,402 | 1,591 |
| Shares issued | 70 | 121 | 176 | 220 | 313 | 175 | 111 | 120 | 94 | 91 | 94 | 114 | 114 | 124 | 130 | 121 | 137 | 138 |
| Quarter | 2025 Q3Oct 2024 | 2025 Q4Jan 2025 | 2026 Q1Apr 2025 | 2026 Q2Jul 2025 | 2026 Q3Oct 2025 | 2026 Q4Jan 2026 | 2027 Q1Apr 2026 | 2027 Q2Jul 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash from operations | 209 | 692 | 564 | 460 | 439 | 989 | 893 | 575 |
| Depreciation and amortisation | 48 | 46 | 48 | 47 | 50 | 50 | 51 | 50 |
| Stock-based pay | 181 | 186 | 230 | 191 | 186 | 181 | 155 | 184 |
| Capital spending | 10 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 17 | 14 |
| Free cash flow | 199 | 678 | 556 | 451 | 430 | 972 | 876 | 561 |
| Free cash flow after stock pay | 18 | 492 | 326 | 260 | 244 | 791 | 721 | 377 |
| Shares issued | 50 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 62 | 0 | 76 | 0 |
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