Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK)

Decades of CAD experience and customer support. Relatively little-talked about innovator in 3-D printing industry. Reasonable P/E compared to DDD and SSYS.

Autodesk has been increasly involved in 3D printing software
Along with its other products will result in outperforming the market

ADSK will eventually be a major 3d printer.

Part of the 3D sector play in programming and software applicationst

This pick is a bet on everything to do with 3-D printing, and involved the following tickers: xone, ddd, ssys, onvo, adsk, dasty. The first 3 are small cap pure play 3D printer makers; onvo is trying to make a bio-3d-printer, and the last two companies make CAD software, necessary to make a design to feed into a 3-D printer.

3-D printing revolution.

Besides basically having a monopoly in the movie visual effects and 3D game modelling industries, Autodesk in well positioned to profit from the next big thing, 3D printing.

The company also works hard on maintaining its dominance: Since they give most of their software away for free to students, most people in the relevant industries have experience with their software.

turning to cloud & Mobile devices
goal of leading industry in transitioning to the cloud
margin increased 16% margin 90% year change
17.07 % yr. change 17.07%

MF stock of the day.

good key statistics and a must own product for engineers

As a professional user of Autodesk software (AutoCAD, Revit Architecture, and 3DS Max), I can honestly say that Autodesk has the most advanced professional software for the AEC industry. Revit in particular is light years ahead of any other BIM technology, and pushing the entire industry in a more efficient direction. I regularly communicate with Autodesk Revit support and they are very responsive to the needs of the practitioner. Their subscription costs are high, but as with any technology, it costs to be on the cutting edge, and we are quickly coming into a world where software is becoming much more $$ than hardware, so it really is to be expected.

ADSK has wide moat with enduring customer stickiness. To deem a company lisk Adobe as main compettitor is a mistake. Architects and engineers will perpetually use AutoCAD and BIM as standard applications for the construction industry. Although emerging market growth is compelling, boot leg is a hurdle to cross as Asian do not value intellectual properties.

renewal rates are at record levels and mulit-year subscriptions are up. ADSK's customers are seeing value, and so am I.

Here's the buy rec:
http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2011/08/24/rising-star-buy-autodesk.aspx

Leader in CAD industry; consistently profitable; no debt. way oversold on a good report!

to high pe its worth the half

I use Autodesk products everyday and know that they are charging more every year to do so. Autodesk became the software of choice years ago because it could be copied for free - An office with 20 architects used a single license. Today, that same office of 20 will have 20-40 licenses (half for AutoCad, the other half for Revit). There is better software available, but it's Autodesk products that everyone is familiar with. When the construction industry rebounds, and architects/engineers are hiring - Autodesk profits will go through the roof.

A few lean years left, but I'm betting real money on this one.

ADSK should outperform both up or down as they have a 2. 2 beta co-efficent

As long as industry and manufacturing exists, there will always be a need for this company's products.