Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Autodesk Inc shares valued at $298,025 were sold by Howard Ayanna on Sep 29 ’25. At $325.00 per share, Howard Ayanna sold 917 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 3,476 shares worth approximately $1.03 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, AYANNA M HOWARD purchased 917 shares, netting a total of over 298,025 in proceeds.
Before that, Blum Steven M had sold 22,420 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $7,258,476, the EVP, Chief Operating Officer traded Autodesk Inc shares for $323.75 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 22,420 shares, worth approximately $3.89 million.
As published in a research note from HSBC Securities on October 01, 2025, Autodesk Inc [ADSK] has been rated up from a Hold to a Buy and the price target has been revised to $343. Analysts at Loop Capital started covering the stock with ‘”a Hold”‘ outlook in a report released in late July. As of July 07, 2025, DA Davidson has increased its “Neutral” rating to a “Buy” for ADSK. Earlier on June 27, 2025, Berenberg upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Buy” for ADSK stock which previously was a “a Hold”.
Analyzing ADSK Stock Performance
On last trading session, Autodesk Inc [NASDAQ: ADSK] plunged -4.50% to $297.08. The stock’s lowest price that day was $296.02, but it reached a high of $307.0 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -3.59%. Over the course of the year, Autodesk Inc shares have jumped approximately 3.86%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $329.09 on 09/08/25 and a 52-week low of $232.67 on 04/07/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Autodesk Inc (ADSK)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 293.07, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 289.05. In the upper region, resistance lies at 304.05. The next price resistance is at 311.01. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 36.59 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Autodesk Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Autodesk Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-10-15 dropping by -0.16 million shares to 3.22 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-09-15 was 3.37 million shares. A decline of -4.87% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.28 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 2.28.
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In terms of Autodesk Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 375 in the next 12 months, up nearly 20.55% from the previous closing price of $311.08. Analysts anticipate Autodesk Inc stock to reach 385 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 305. In spite of this, 19 analysts ranked Autodesk Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On May 23, 2025, BMO Capital Markets assigned a price target of “a Market perform” to the stock and reiterated coverage with a $333.
