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Andrew Lange
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End of Perpetual Suites Boosts Autodesk’s 2Q; Transition Remains On Track; Shares Mildly Overvalued

Autodesk reported a good second quarter, with better-than-expected revenue growth and continued momentum for its business-model transition to subscriptions and flexible licensing. The revenue outperformance was largely attributable to the firm ending the sale of new perpetual licenses for suites during the quarter, which led to strong last-chance buying from customers. Despite the one-off aspect of the revenue outperformance, the underlying business remains healthy, and we continue to expect a s...
Underlying
Autodesk Inc.

Autodesk is a design software and services company. The company is engaged in 3D design, engineering and entertainment software and services. The company's product offerings include: AutoCAD, which is a customizable and extensible CAD application for design, drafting, detailing, and visualization; AutoCAD Civil 3D, which provides surveying, design, analysis, and documentation solution for civil engineering; CAM Solutions, which is a computer-aided manufacturing software that provides solutions for computer numeric control machining, inspection, and modeling for manufacturing; and Inventor, which provides tools for 3D mechanical design, simulation, analysis, tooling, visualization, and documentation.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Andrew Lange

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