Benzinga | Aug 24, 2020 11:01AM EDT

Autodesk Earnings Preview

On Tuesday, August 25, Autodesk (NASDAQ:ADSK) will release its latest earnings report. Benzinga's report can help you figure out the ins and outs of the earnings release.

Earnings and Revenue

Autodesk EPS is expected to be around $0.9, according to sell-side analysts. Sales will likely be near $899.25 million. In the same quarter last year, Autodesk reported earnings per share of $0.65 on sales of $796.80 million. If the company were to report in-line earnings when it publishes results Tuesday, quarterly profit would be up 38.46%. The company's reported EPS has stacked up against analyst estimates in the past like this:

Quarter Q1 2020 Q4 2020 Q3 2019 Q2 2019EPS Estimate 0.81 0.80 0.73 0.61EPS Actual 0.85 0.92 0.78 0.65Revenue Estimate 879.24 M 890.17 M 826.56 M 787.29 MRevenue Actual 885.70 M 899.30 M 842.70 M 796.80 M

Stock Performance

Over the last 52-week period, shares are up 68.4%. Given that these returns are generally positive, long-term shareholders are probably happy going into this earnings release.

Don't be surprised to see the stock move on comments made during its conference call. Autodesk is scheduled to hold the call at 17:00:00 ET and can be accessed here: https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/oc4aaxwf