By Spencer Maxfield

Autodesk Company Review

Products

•AutoCAD

•Inventor

•Revit

•Vault

Financial Information

•Stock price - $42.28 (as of 11-19-13)

•Market cap – $9.43 billion

•Revenue - $2.29 billion

•Profit margin – 9.67%

Financial Information

A Brief History• Founded in 1982 in

Mill Valley, California by John Walker

• AutoCAD V1 released in December 1982

• Began to acquire other companies in the mid 1990’s and expand product line

What’s Hot

The Autodesk 360 suite of products

The Secret Sauce

•Investment in the next generation of engineers

•Apps geared towards inspiring creativity

•Free software for students

Media and Entertainment• Began acquiring

digital media creation companies in 1999

• Resulted in lesser known Entertainment Creation Suite

• Used for 3D visual design in Avatar and Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood

Competition

•Specializes in 3D design software

•SolidWorks competes directly with AutoCAD

•Equivalent revenue but higher profit margin

Outlook

•Positive Outlook

•Stock value continually increasing

•Plenty of money to work with

•Need to be careful not to lose sight of flagship products

Questions?