ADSK vs. ADBE, INTU, MSTR, SNPS, CDNS, WDAY, FICO, ANSS, TYL, and SSNC
Should you be buying Autodesk stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Autodesk include Adobe (ADBE), Intuit (INTU), MicroStrategy (MSTR), Synopsys (SNPS), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), Workday (WDAY), Fair Isaac (FICO), ANSYS (ANSS), Tyler Technologies (TYL), and SS&C Technologies (SSNC). These companies are all part of the "application software" industry.
Autodesk vs.
Autodesk (NASDAQ:ADSK) and Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Adobe received 431 more outperform votes than Autodesk when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.71% of users gave Adobe an outperform vote while only 69.37% of users gave Autodesk an outperform vote.
90.2% of Autodesk shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.8% of Adobe shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Autodesk shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Adobe shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Adobe had 75 more articles in the media than Autodesk. MarketBeat recorded 130 mentions for Adobe and 55 mentions for Autodesk. Adobe's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Autodesk's score of 0.70 indicating that Adobe is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Adobe has higher revenue and earnings than Autodesk. Adobe is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Autodesk, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Autodesk currently has a consensus target price of $336.29, indicating a potential upside of 25.83%. Adobe has a consensus target price of $538.80, indicating a potential upside of 39.13%. Given Adobe's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Adobe is more favorable than Autodesk.
Adobe has a net margin of 25.85% compared to Autodesk's net margin of 18.30%. Autodesk's return on equity of 53.87% beat Adobe's return on equity.
Autodesk has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Adobe has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Adobe beats Autodesk on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ADSK) was last updated on 3/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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