Design Software Giant’s Investigation Ends on a High Note

  • Autodesk’s preliminary first-quarter financials beat Wall Street estimates
  • No restatement or adjustment of past financial results after internal investigation
  • Autodesk stock up 9.1% to $18.41, best performer in S&P 500 on Monday
  • Oppenheimer analyst Ken Wong rates Autodesk stock at Outperform with a $275 price target
  • Stifel analyst Adam Borg rates Autodesk stock at Buy with a $290 price target

Autodesk, the design-software company, has seen its stock soar after announcing that there will be no restatement or adjustment of past financial results following an internal investigation into accounting issues. The probe, which led to the delay of its 10-K for the fiscal year ended Jan. 31, is now over. Autodesk’s preliminary first-quarter financials also beat Wall Street estimates, with adjusted earnings of $1.87 a share on revenue of $1.42 billion. Analysts had expected earnings of $1.74 a share on revenue of $1.39 billion. Both Oppenheimer and Stifel analysts have rated Autodesk stock as Outperform and Buy, respectively, with price targets at $275 and $290.

Factuality Level: 8
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Public Companies: Autodesk (ADSK)
Key People: Andrew Anagnost (CEO), Ken Wong (Analyst), Adam Borg (Analyst)

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