ADSK vs. CRM, INTU, ADBE, MSTR, CDNS, SNPS, WDAY, FICO, ANSS, and TYL
Should you be buying Autodesk stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Autodesk include Salesforce (CRM), Intuit (INTU), Adobe (ADBE), Strategy (MSTR), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), Synopsys (SNPS), Workday (WDAY), Fair Isaac (FICO), ANSYS (ANSS), and Tyler Technologies (TYL). These companies are all part of the "application software" industry.
Autodesk vs.
Autodesk (NASDAQ:ADSK) and Salesforce (NYSE:CRM) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and institutional ownership.
Autodesk has a net margin of 18.30% compared to Salesforce's net margin of 15.96%. Autodesk's return on equity of 53.87% beat Salesforce's return on equity.
In the previous week, Salesforce had 57 more articles in the media than Autodesk. MarketBeat recorded 77 mentions for Salesforce and 20 mentions for Autodesk. Autodesk's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Salesforce's score of 0.99 indicating that Autodesk is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Salesforce has higher revenue and earnings than Autodesk. Salesforce is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Autodesk, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
90.2% of Autodesk shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.4% of Salesforce shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Autodesk shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Salesforce shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Autodesk has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Salesforce has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Autodesk presently has a consensus target price of $337.45, indicating a potential upside of 13.54%. Salesforce has a consensus target price of $346.34, indicating a potential upside of 27.16%. Given Salesforce's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Salesforce is more favorable than Autodesk.
Salesforce received 1995 more outperform votes than Autodesk when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 82.10% of users gave Salesforce an outperform vote while only 69.48% of users gave Autodesk an outperform vote.
Summary
Salesforce beats Autodesk on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ADSK) was last updated on 6/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
