ADSK — what changed in the latest 10-Q
A section-by-section comparison of ADSK's newest periodic SEC filing (10-K/10-Q) against the prior same-form filing: paragraphs added and removed per section, with verbatim excerpts. Purely a deterministic text diff — no similarity scores, no directional read, not investment advice.
Comparing 10-Q · 2026-08-28 vs the prior 10-Q · 2026-05-29
| Section | Outcome | Added | Removed | Minor | Unchanged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MD&A | Text added/removed | +52 | −35 | ~37 | 54 |
| Market risk (Item 3) | Text added/removed | 0 | 0 | ~3 | 2 |
| Controls & procedures | Text added/removed | 0 | 0 | ~1 | 2 |
| Legal proceedings | Text added/removed | +2 | −4 | 0 | 0 |
| Risk factors | Text added/removed | +20 | −20 | ~18 | 178 |
| Other information | Text added/removed | +2 | −1 | ~1 | 2 |
Counts are paragraphs; added/removed means text added or removed vs the prior filing — no direction or judgement implied.
Representative excerpts
Up to 5 excerpts of about 300 characters per section, quoted verbatim from the two SEC filings.
MD&A
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-08-28
Our strategy is to drive customer workflow convergence by delivering a trusted design and make platform that connects people through automation, data, and insights to help them achieve better outcomes for their businesses and the world. To drive the execution of our strategy, we are focused on enabl…
We develop and operate a trusted platform designed to support critical customer workflows and digital transformation across the industries we serve. The platform provides granular, interoperable, and accessible data through shared and
centralized capabilities that support the functionality, performance, usability, security, and scalability of our offerings. These shared capabilities include Autodesk AI, reflecting more than a decade of investment in AI technologies used to augment, automate, and analyze customer workflows.
Our products are built on an application-programming-interfaces (“API”)-based architecture that enables third-party developers and partners to build complementary and industry-specific applications. Autodesk Platform Services (“APS”) provides technology, infrastructure, and services that support con…
Our acquisition of MaintainX, Inc. (“MaintainX”) expands our relationship with manufacturing, and architecture, engineering, and construction customers into asset operations and maintenance management. We expect MaintainX to further extend our operations capabilities by providing a cloud-based platf…
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-05-29
Our strategy is to drive customer workflow convergence by delivering a trusted design and make platform that connects people through automation, data, and insights to help them achieve better outcomes for their businesses and the world. To drive the execution of our strategy, we are focused on the f…
We develop and operate a trusted platform designed to support critical customer workflows and digital transformation across the industries we serve. The platform provides granular, interoperable, and accessible data through shared and centralized capabilities that support the functionality, performa…
Our products are built on an application programming interfaces (“API”)-based architecture that enables third-party developers and partners to build complementary and industry-specific applications. Autodesk Platform Services (“APS”) provides technology, infrastructure, and services that support con…
construction management tools into Autodesk Forma, we’re delivering a full lifecycle platform for our customers that creates a deeper connection from design to construction to operations.
•Recurring revenue as a percentage of net revenue was 97% for both the three months ended April 30, 2026 and 2025.
Legal proceedings
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-08-28
For information regarding certain current legal proceedings, refer to “Legal Proceedings” in Note 14, “Commitments and Contingencies,” to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, which is incorporated herein by reference. In addition to the lega…
On June 7, 2024, a purported stockholder derivative complaint was filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, naming our directors at the time of the complaint and our Chief Strategy Officer as defendants and our company as a nominal defendant. The complaint ge…
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-05-29
We are involved in a variety of claims, suits, investigations, inquiries, and proceedings in the normal course of business activities including claims of alleged infringement of intellectual property rights, commercial, employment, tax, prosecution of unauthorized use, business practices, and other …
In early March 2024, the Audit Committee of Autodesk’s Board of Directors commenced an internal investigation with the assistance of outside counsel and advisors regarding the Company’s free cash flow and non-GAAP operating margin practices (the “Internal Investigation”).
On April 24, 2024, Michael Barkasi filed a purported federal securities class action complaint in the Northern District of California against Autodesk, our Chief Executive Officer, Andrew Anagnost, and our former Chief Financial Officer, Deborah L. Clifford. The complaint, which was filed shortly af…
In addition, on June 7, 2024, a purported stockholder derivative complaint was filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, naming our directors at the time of the complaint and our Chief Strategy Officer as defendants and our company as a nominal defendant. The…
Risk factors
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-08-28
Our executive management team must continuously act quickly and with vision, given the rapidly changing customer expectations and technology advancements inherent in the software industry, the extensive and complex efforts required to
create useful and widely accepted products, and the rapid evolution of cloud computing, mobile devices, new computing platforms, and other technologies, such as consumer products. Although we have articulated a strategy that we believe will fulfill these challenges, if we fail to execute properly on…
War, geopolitical conflicts, and any related political or economic responses and counter-responses or otherwise by various global actors or the general effect on the global economy, could also affect our business. Any of these events could harm our business, results of operations, and financial cond…
•the inability to integrate completed acquisitions or combinations in an efficient and timely manner;
U.S. trading partners, with certain items excepted, under authorities provided under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, following a determination by the U.S. Trade Representative that these trading partners have insufficiently implemented or enforced forced labor laws. The United States also rece…
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-05-29
Our executive management team must continuously act quickly and with vision, given the rapidly changing customer expectations and technology advancements inherent in the software industry, the extensive and complex efforts required to create useful and widely accepted products, and the rapid evoluti…
We cannot guarantee that the acquisition of MaintainX, Inc. will be consummated within the expected time period, or at all, and if consummated, that our assumptions regarding the acquisition will be correct.
On May 28, 2026, we entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire MaintainX, Inc. Completion of the acquisition is subject to certain conditions contained in the merger agreement and we cannot guarantee that the acquisition of MaintainX, Inc. will be consummated within the expected time peri…
initiatives proves incorrect, or our attempts to improve efficiency are not successful, our actual results may vary materially from those anticipated, and our financial results will be negatively impacted.
We partner with certain independent firms and contractors to perform some of our product development activities. We believe our partnering strategy allows us to achieve efficiencies in developing new products and maintaining and enhancing existing product offerings. This strategy creates a dependenc…
Other information
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-08-28
On May 29, 2026, Andrew Anagnost, our President and Chief Executive Officer terminated his pre-existing Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement adopted on August 29, 2025 providing for the sale from time to time of an aggregate of up to 93,097 shares of our common stock.
On June 23, 2026, Mr. Anagnost, adopted a new Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement providing for the sale from time to time of an aggregate of up to 66,394 shares of our common stock. The trading arrangement is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense in Rule 10b5-1(c). The duration of the trading arr…
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-05-29
On March 26, 2026, Steve Blum, our Chief Operating Officer, adopted a new Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement providing for the sale from time to time of an aggregate of up to 19,894 shares of our common stock. The trading arrangement is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense in Rule 10b5-1(c). The…
How to read Risk Factors (Item 1A) in a 10-Q
A 10-Q risk-factor section usually takes one of three forms; this page classifies it as one of:
- Pointer — the filer states there have been no material changes and points back to the annual 10-K risk factors; there is no own risk text to compare this quarter.
- Partial update — the filer carves out specific updated risks ("except as set forth below"); the excerpts show exactly what is new this quarter.
- Restated in full — the quarter carries the complete risk-factor text. When the prior quarter was only a pointer there is no prior full text to diff against, so the page flags the section as restated instead.
This describes the filing structure only — it is never a judgement on whether risk went up or down.
Source: text-level diff of the two SEC EDGAR filings · deterministic (no AI-generated content) · for reference only · not investment advice