ADSK vs ALB Stock Comparison

Scores Breakdown

Metric	ADSK	ALB
📈 Growth	26/30	27/30
💰 Profitability	18/20	15/20
🏦 Financial Health	17/20	18/20
💵 Valuation	12/20	14/20
⚠️ Risk (lower is better)	5/10	7/10
Overall Score	78/100	77/100

Side-by-Side Summaries

ADSK Analysis	ALB Analysis
📈 Growth & Financial Trajectory Over the 8 quarters, Autodesk's revenue rose from about $1.64B (Q3 2025) to about $2.05B (Q2 2027), a ~25% increase. Net income fluctuated but moved higher through 2027, with latest quarters posting around $492M of net income, marking improved earnings despite quarterly volatility. The trend shows stable top-line growth with meaningful earnings momentum into 2027. 💰 Margins & Cash Flow Gross Margin remains robust in the ~86–92% range across quarters. Operating leverage is favorable, with operating income around $430–$599M on revenues near $1.9–$2.0B in 2027. Net cash flow from operating activities strengthened to about $575M in Q2 2027, with total net cash flow approaching $1.43B in that quarter, signaling strong cash generation. 🛡️ Balance Sheet & Liquidity Balance sheet shows solid asset base (~$11–13B) and equity of roughly $2.6–3.2B; long-term debt around $2.3–2.5B. Current liabilities are higher, but liquidity remains ample given solid operating cash flow and persistent profitability. In recent quarters, more favorable cash flow trends support resilience and optionality for capital deployment. ⚠️ Key Drivers & Risks Drivers: Robust software subscription demand; broad enterprise design adoption; potential upside from AI-enabled workflows. Risks: Valuation sensitivity to growth persistence; potential margin compression if mix shifts or if demand softens; macro budget cyclicality impacting enterprise software spend.	📈 Growth & Financial Trajectory Across eight quarters, ALBEMARLE shows modest revenue growth from about $1.43B in 2024-Q2 to $1.74B in 2026-Q2, a gain of ~22%. Net income evolved from a loss of about -$176.6M to a positive $499.2M in 2026-Q2, with a mid-2025 dip, then a clear recovery into 2026. 💰 Margins & Cash Flow Gross margin expanded from a negative figure in 2024-Q2 to roughly 35% in 2025-Q1 and remained around the high 30% into 2026. Operating leverage benefited from higher margin production in later quarters. Net cash flow from operating activities, continuing, stayed strong, with $709.997M in 2026-Q2 and positive quarterly cash generation overall. Free cash flow was primarily consumed by investing activities, which were negative but the company still reported a positive overall cash flow in 2026-Q2. 🛡️ Balance Sheet & Liquidity Total assets of about $15.9B and equity of ~$10.5B support a solid balance sheet. Current assets of roughly $3.9B and current liabilities of $1.89B yield a healthy current ratio around 2.1x. Long-term debt remains moderate at about $1.88B, keeping balance-sheet risk contained. ⚠️ Key Drivers & Risks Drivers: Lithium/alloy battery demand; EV and energy-storage deployment Risks: commodity-price cyclicality; execution/valuation sensitivity to macro conditions

ADSK Analysis

ALB Analysis

📈 Growth & Financial Trajectory

Over the 8 quarters, Autodesk's revenue rose from about $1.64B (Q3 2025) to about $2.05B (Q2 2027), a ~25% increase. Net income fluctuated but moved higher through 2027, with latest quarters posting around $492M of net income, marking improved earnings despite quarterly volatility. The trend shows stable top-line growth with meaningful earnings momentum into 2027.

💰 Margins & Cash Flow

Gross Margin remains robust in the ~86–92% range across quarters.
Operating leverage is favorable, with operating income around $430–$599M on revenues near $1.9–$2.0B in 2027.
Net cash flow from operating activities strengthened to about $575M in Q2 2027, with total net cash flow approaching $1.43B in that quarter, signaling strong cash generation.

🛡️ Balance Sheet & Liquidity

Balance sheet shows solid asset base (~$11–13B) and equity of roughly $2.6–3.2B; long-term debt around $2.3–2.5B. Current liabilities are higher, but liquidity remains ample given solid operating cash flow and persistent profitability. In recent quarters, more favorable cash flow trends support resilience and optionality for capital deployment.

⚠️ Key Drivers & Risks

Drivers: Robust software subscription demand; broad enterprise design adoption; potential upside from AI-enabled workflows.
Risks: Valuation sensitivity to growth persistence; potential margin compression if mix shifts or if demand softens; macro budget cyclicality impacting enterprise software spend.

📈 Growth & Financial Trajectory

Across eight quarters, ALBEMARLE shows modest revenue growth from about $1.43B in 2024-Q2 to $1.74B in 2026-Q2, a gain of ~22%. Net income evolved from a loss of about -$176.6M to a positive $499.2M in 2026-Q2, with a mid-2025 dip, then a clear recovery into 2026.

💰 Margins & Cash Flow

Gross margin expanded from a negative figure in 2024-Q2 to roughly 35% in 2025-Q1 and remained around the high 30% into 2026. Operating leverage benefited from higher margin production in later quarters. Net cash flow from operating activities, continuing, stayed strong, with $709.997M in 2026-Q2 and positive quarterly cash generation overall. Free cash flow was primarily consumed by investing activities, which were negative but the company still reported a positive overall cash flow in 2026-Q2.

🛡️ Balance Sheet & Liquidity

Total assets of about $15.9B and equity of ~$10.5B support a solid balance sheet. Current assets of roughly $3.9B and current liabilities of $1.89B yield a healthy current ratio around 2.1x. Long-term debt remains moderate at about $1.88B, keeping balance-sheet risk contained.

⚠️ Key Drivers & Risks

Drivers: Lithium/alloy battery demand; EV and energy-storage deployment
Risks: commodity-price cyclicality; execution/valuation sensitivity to macro conditions

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