Earnings Release
Autodesk, Inc.'s latest earnings press release, filed Aug 27, 2026, scored line by line for tone, guidance and what changed since the prior release.
The lines that matter most
Ranked by how material, how strongly worded and how new each sentence is.
- 1
“We have increased our fiscal 27 billings and revenue growth guidance to reflect higher underlying growth expectations, as well as the incremental contribution from MaintainX.
Guidance raisedNew this quarter - 2
We’ve narrowed our fiscal 27 free cash flow expectations reflecting stronger underlying expectations offset by the operating and net financing costs for MaintainX and including approximately $45 million of transaction expenses related to the MaintainX acquisition.”
Guidance loweredNew this quarter - 3
Our fiscal 27 non-GAAP margin guidance is unchanged, reflecting higher underlying margins from operating leverage and benefits from our go-to-market optimization, offset by margin dilution from the MaintainX acquisition.
Guidance reaffirmedNew this quarter - 4
- Second quarter revenue grew 16 percent year over year as reported, 14 percent on a constant currency basis, to $2.05 billion
- 5
(Gains) losses on strategic investments and dispositions, net(0.20)
Negative tone - 6
GAAP EPS$1.57 - $1.87
New this quarter - 7
Revenue (in millions)$2,125 - $2,140
New this quarter - 8
Non-GAAP EPS$3.04 - $3.09
New this quarter
Release by release
Tone and guidance for the last 2 earnings releases.
- Aug 27, 2026Guidance raised56.2+3.3
- May 28, 2026Guidance raised52.9
Bar length: tone on a 47–67 scale.
The release, annotated
How this is scored
- Source: the press release Autodesk, Inc. filed with the SEC as Exhibit 99 to Form 8-K (Item 2.02). Financial statements and boilerplate are set aside.
- Tone: a financial sentiment model scores each sentence 0 to 100; the release score weights sentences by how material they are.
- Materiality and guidance: a classifier judges whether each sentence is specific information, and what the release does to the outlook.
- New this quarter: wording that does not appear in the prior release.
- Hedging: uncertainty words (may, could, approximately, headwinds and similar) per 100 words of narrative.
These scores describe the release's language. They are not a forecast or a recommendation. Read the original filing
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