AUTODESK, INC. (ADSK) FY2026 Annual Statement of Cash Flows

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Statement of Cash Flows

2025-02-01 to 2026-01-31

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AUTODESK, INC. cash flow reconciliation, Feb 1, 2025 through Jan 31, 2026One connected Sankey reconciles operating, investing and financing net cash flows through a shared cash pool, from beginning cash to ending cash. Ribbons flow left to right on one dollar scale. Activity totals are dark gray; beginning and ending cash are blue. Cash basis for beginning and ending balances and net cash change: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash. Intermediate calculation bars are lighter gray. Net income is green for profit and red for loss. Identified asset purchases, sales and maturities are blue in either cash direction. Orange marks positive customer-advance and deferred-revenue changes that add to operating cash in the reconciliation. These are net changes, not gross customer receipts. Negative changes are neutral reconciliation adjustments; they do not by themselves identify cash payments. Purple identifies capital transactions such as borrowing, repayments, share issuance and dividends. Free cash flow is a separate comparison, not an added cash flow. Read chart description and values below for full signed amounts, including zero items.Net income → Net cash from operating activities: $1,124,000,000.00Stock-based compensation expense → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $788,000,000.00Deferred revenue → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $555,000,000.00Amortization of costs to obtain a contract with a customer → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $536,000,000.00Accounts payable and other liabilities → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $455,000,000.00Deferred income taxes → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $301,000,000.00Depreciation, amortization, and accretion → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $195,000,000.00Restructuring, other exit costs, and facility reductions → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $19,000,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Net cash from operating activities: $1,328,000,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Prepaid expenses and other assets: $1,051,000,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Accounts receivable: $431,000,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Accrued income taxes: $29,000,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Other operating activities: $10,000,000.00Maturities of marketable securities → investing reconciliation: $467,000,000.00Sales of marketable securities → investing reconciliation: $318,000,000.00Other investing activities → investing reconciliation: $1,000,000.00investing reconciliation → Purchases of marketable securities: $945,000,000.00investing reconciliation → Purchases of strategic investments: $216,000,000.00investing reconciliation → Capital expenditures: $43,000,000.00investing reconciliation → Purchases of intangible assets: $33,000,000.00Net cash used in financing activities → financing reconciliation: $1,361,000,000.00Proceeds from debt, net of discount → financing reconciliation: $499,000,000.00Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net of issuance costs → financing reconciliation: $137,000,000.00financing reconciliation → Repurchase and retirement of common stock: $1,402,000,000.00financing reconciliation → Repayments of debt: $300,000,000.00financing reconciliation → Taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards: $289,000,000.00financing reconciliation → Other financing activities: $6,000,000.00Net cash used in investing activities → investing reconciliation: $451,000,000.00Exchange-rate effect → Cash sources and uses: $10,000,000.00Beginning cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash → Cash sources and uses: $1,599,000,000.00Net cash from operating activities → Cash sources and uses: $2,452,000,000.00Cash sources and uses → Ending cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash: $2,249,000,000.00Cash sources and uses → Net cash used in investing activities: $451,000,000.00Cash sources and uses → Net cash used in financing activities: $1,361,000,000.00Lease-related asset impairments: $0.00Deferred revenue: $555,000,000.00Deferred revenue+$555.00 MStock-based compensation expense: $788,000,000.00Stock-based compensation+$788.00 MNet income: $1,124,000,000.00Net income+$1.12 BDepreciation, amortization, and accretion: $195,000,000.00Depreciation & amortization+$195.00 MPrepaid expenses and other assets: -$1,051,000,000.00Prepaid & other assets−$1.05 BAccrued income taxes: -$29,000,000.00Accrued taxes−$29.00 MOther operating activities: -$10,000,000.00Other operating, net−$10.00 MAccounts receivable: -$431,000,000.00Accounts receivable−$431.00 MAccounts payable and other liabilities: $455,000,000.00Payables & accrued liabilities+$455.00 MDeferred income taxes: $301,000,000.00Deferred tax balances+$301.00 MAmortization of costs to obtain a contract with a customer: $536,000,000.00Contract cost amortization+$536.00 MRestructuring, other exit costs, and facility reductions: $19,000,000.00Other restructuring costs+$19.00 MNet cash from operating activities: $2,452,000,000.00Operating cash+$2.45 BOperating adjustments reconciliation: $2,849,000,000.00Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net of issuance costs: $137,000,000.00Common stock issued+$137.00 MTaxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards: -$289,000,000.00Stock-award tax withholding−$289.00 MRepurchase and retirement of common stock: -$1,402,000,000.00Common stock repurchases−$1.40 BProceeds from debt, net of discount: $499,000,000.00Long-term debt issued+$499.00 MRepayments of debt: -$300,000,000.00Credit line repayments−$300.00 MOther financing activities: -$6,000,000.00Other financing, net−$6.00 MNet cash used in financing activities: -$1,361,000,000.00. Cash required to fund net payments.Financing cash−$1.36 Bfinancing reconciliation: $1,997,000,000.00Purchases of marketable securities: -$945,000,000.00Marketable securities purchases−$945.00 MSales of marketable securities: $318,000,000.00Marketable securities proceeds+$318.00 MMaturities of marketable securities: $467,000,000.00AFS securities maturities+$467.00 MPurchases of intangible assets: -$33,000,000.00Intangible asset purchases−$33.00 MBusiness combinations, net of cash acquired: $0.00Capital expenditures: -$43,000,000.00PP&E purchases−$43.00 MPurchases of strategic investments: -$216,000,000.00Strategic investment purchases−$216.00 MOther investing activities: $1,000,000.00Other investing, net+$1.00 MNet cash used in investing activities: -$451,000,000.00. Cash required to fund net payments.Investing cash−$451.00 Minvesting reconciliation: $1,237,000,000.00Cash sources and uses: $4,061,000,000.00Beginning cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash: $1,599,000,000.00Beginning cash$1.60 BEnding cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash: $2,249,000,000.00Ending cash$2.25 BExchange-rate effect: $10,000,000.00FX effect+$10.00 MCASH RECONCILIATIONOperatingflowsInvestingflowsFinancingflowsFree cash flow$2.41 BOperating cash − cash spent on PP&ECash flow / Net income2.18×Operating cash flow ÷ net incomeNet cash change+$650.00 MEnding cash − beginning cash
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AUTODESK, INC. cash flow reconciliation, Feb 1, 2025 through Jan 31, 2026

Cash flows for Feb 1, 2025 through Jan 31, 2026. Cash basis: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash. Beginning cash: Jan 31, 2025. Ending cash: Jan 31, 2026. Beginning and ending cash are dated balances. Positive cash flows add cash; negative cash flows reduce it.

Beginning cash on Jan 31, 2025
1,599,000,000 US dollars. Beginning cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
Operating activities
2,452,000,000 US dollars. Net cash provided.
Net income
1,124,000,000 US dollars
Lease-related asset impairments
0 US dollars
Deferred revenue
555,000,000 US dollars
Stock-based compensation expense
788,000,000 US dollars
Depreciation, amortization, and accretion
195,000,000 US dollars
Prepaid expenses and other assets
negative 1,051,000,000 US dollars
Accrued income taxes
negative 29,000,000 US dollars
Other operating activities
negative 10,000,000 US dollars
Accounts receivable
negative 431,000,000 US dollars
Accounts payable and other liabilities
455,000,000 US dollars
Deferred income taxes
301,000,000 US dollars
Amortization of costs to obtain a contract with a customer
536,000,000 US dollars
Restructuring, other exit costs, and facility reductions
19,000,000 US dollars
Investing activities
negative 451,000,000 US dollars. Net cash used.
Purchases of marketable securities
negative 945,000,000 US dollars
Sales of marketable securities
318,000,000 US dollars
Maturities of marketable securities
467,000,000 US dollars
Purchases of intangible assets
negative 33,000,000 US dollars
Business combinations, net of cash acquired
0 US dollars
Capital expenditures
negative 43,000,000 US dollars
Purchases of strategic investments
negative 216,000,000 US dollars
Other investing activities
1,000,000 US dollars
Financing activities
negative 1,361,000,000 US dollars. Net cash used.
Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net of issuance costs
137,000,000 US dollars
Taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards
negative 289,000,000 US dollars
Repurchase and retirement of common stock
negative 1,402,000,000 US dollars
Proceeds from debt, net of discount
499,000,000 US dollars
Repayments of debt
negative 300,000,000 US dollars
Other financing activities
negative 6,000,000 US dollars
Operating adjustment reconciliation
2,849,000,000 US dollars. Intermediate calculation joining the operating reconciliation branches. Its gross amount includes any portion of net income routed through this junction. It is not an additional cash source or use.
financing gross reconciliation
1,997,000,000 US dollars. Gross amount at the activity's junction before offsetting its receipts and deductions. It is not an additional cash source or use.
investing gross reconciliation
1,237,000,000 US dollars. Gross amount at the activity's junction before offsetting its receipts and deductions. It is not an additional cash source or use.
Exchange-rate effect
10,000,000 US dollars
Ending cash on Jan 31, 2026
2,249,000,000 US dollars. Ending cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
Cash sources and uses
4,061,000,000 US dollars. Opening cash plus net sources, equal to net uses plus ending cash.
Net cash change
650,000,000 US dollars. Ending cash minus beginning cash.
Cash flow / Net income
2.18×. Operating cash flow divided by reconciliation net income for the same period. Black from 0.90× through 1.10×; green above 1.10×; red below 0.90×. Color uses the unrounded ratio.
Operating cash flow
2,452,000,000 US dollars. Operating cash flow used in the free cash flow calculation.
Cash purchases of property, plant and equipment
43,000,000 US dollars. These cash purchases are already included in investing activities above.
Free cash flow
2,409,000,000 US dollars. A supplemental measure; finance-lease payments are excluded from this definition.

Chart connections

  • Beginning cash plus operating, investing and financing cash flows plus the exchange-rate effect equals ending cash. Negative amounts reduce cash.
  • Financing contributions meet at a reconciliation junction before connecting to the net cash total.
  • Investing contributions meet at a reconciliation junction before connecting to the net cash total.
  • Operating reconciliation adjustments are not all independent cash receipts.
  • Net income enters operating cash directly in the reconciliation. The adjustment junction contributes the remaining $1.33B after reconciling the other positive and negative adjustments. These connections depict an accounting reconciliation, not traced cash receipts.
  • Each activity has one net cash bar connected to the shared cash pool. Positive activity totals enter the pool; negative activity totals leave the pool to fund that activity's net payments. The central pool does not assign a particular funding source to a particular payment.
  • The intermediate calculation bars include both sides of the displayed activity breakdowns; they are not additional cash flows.
  • Operating cash flow minus cash purchases of property, plant and equipment equals free cash flow: 2,452,000,000 US dollars minus 43,000,000 US dollars equals 2,409,000,000 US dollars.
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