Autodesk (ADSK) Competitors

Autodesk (NASDAQ:ADSK) and Intuit (NASDAQ:INTU) 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 community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and dividends.

Is ADSK or INTU more profitable?

Autodesk has a net margin of 18.30% compared to Intuit's net margin of 17.59%. Autodesk's return on equity of 53.87% beat Intuit's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Autodesk	18.30%	53.87%	12.31%
Intuit	17.59%	18.25%	10.42%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in ADSK or INTU?

90.2% of Autodesk shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of Intuit shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Autodesk shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Intuit shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate ADSK or INTU?

Autodesk presently has a consensus target price of $321.32, suggesting a potential upside of 8.59%. Intuit has a consensus target price of $719.06, suggesting a potential upside of 7.18%. Given Autodesk's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Autodesk is more favorable than Intuit.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Autodesk	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.65
Intuit	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	17 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82

Does the media prefer ADSK or INTU?

In the previous week, Intuit had 14 more articles in the media than Autodesk. MarketBeat recorded 50 mentions for Intuit and 36 mentions for Autodesk. Autodesk's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Intuit's score of 1.16 indicating that Autodesk is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Autodesk	26 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Intuit	34 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ADSK or INTU?

Autodesk received 155 more outperform votes than Intuit when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.45% of users gave Autodesk an outperform vote while only 68.76% of users gave Intuit an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Autodesk	Outperform Votes 1273 69.45%	Underperform Votes 560 30.55%
Intuit	Outperform Votes 1118 68.76%	Underperform Votes 508 31.24%

Which has better earnings and valuation, ADSK or INTU?

Intuit has higher revenue and earnings than Autodesk. Autodesk is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Intuit, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Autodesk	$6.13B	10.33	$906M	$5.13	57.68
Intuit	$17.17B	10.92	$2.96B	$10.72	62.58

Which has more risk and volatility, ADSK or INTU?

Autodesk has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intuit has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Intuit beats Autodesk on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.