Published on 19 Mar 2024 on Simply Wall St. via Yahoo Finance
Those who invested in Autodesk (NASDAQ:ADSK) five years ago are up 65%
If you buy and hold a stock for many years, you'd hope to be making a profit. But more than that, you probably want to see it rise more than the market average. But Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK) has fallen short of that second goal, with a share price rise of 65% over five years, which is below the market return. Some buyers are laughing, though, with an increase of 27% in the last year.
Let's take a look at the underlying fundamentals over the longer term, and see if they've been consistent with shareholders returns.