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Equity Compensation (Tables)
 12 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2026
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]  
Schedule of Restricted Stock Activity
A summary of restricted stock activity for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2026, was as follows:
Unreleased Restricted Stock Units (in thousands)Weighted average grant date fair value per share
Unvested restricted stock at January 31, 2025
5,188 $229.09 
Granted2,860 265.58 
Vested(3,048)225.56 
Canceled/Forfeited (529)236.92 
Performance Adjustment (1)
6 275.23 
Unvested restricted stock at January 31, 2026
4,477 $255.39 
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(1)Based on Autodesk’s financial results and relative total stockholder return for the fiscal 2025 performance period. The performance stock units were attained at rates ranging from 95% to 108% of the target award.
Schedule of Stock-Based Compensation Expense
The following table summarizes stock-based compensation expense for fiscal 2026, 2025, and 2024, as follows:
 Fiscal Year Ended January 31,
 202620252024
Cost of subscription and maintenance revenue$42 $37 $37 
Cost of other revenue16 13 14 
Marketing and sales284 244 258 
Research and development339 304 308 
General and administrative107 88 86 
Stock-based compensation expense related to stock awards and Employee Qualified Stock Purchase Plan ("ESPP") purchases
$788 $686 $703 
Schedule of Assumptions to Estimate Fair Value of Stock-Based Awards Autodesk uses the following assumptions to estimate the fair value of stock-based awards:
Fiscal Year EndedFiscal Year EndedFiscal Year Ended
January 31, 2026January 31, 2025January 31, 2024
Performance Stock UnitESPPPerformance Stock UnitESPPPerformance Stock UnitESPP
Range of expected volatilities
29.7 - 33.4%
28.3 - 29.6%
29.4 - 31.4%
28.7 - 34.5%
40.9 - 42.5%
29.4 - 42.4%
Range of expected lives (in years)
N/A
0.5 - 2.0
N/A
0.5 - 2.0
N/A
0.5 - 2.0
Expected dividends—%—%—%—%—%—%
Range of risk-free interest rates
3.8 - 4.1%
3.6 - 4.3%
 5.2%
3.6 - 5.4%
4.3 - 4.7%
4.3 - 5.5%
Schedule of Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Activity
A summary of the ESPP activity for the fiscal years ended January 31, 2026, 2025, and 2024 was as follows:
Fiscal year ended January 31,
202620252024
Issued shares (in thousands)623 732 791 
Average price of issued shares$219.42 $165.89 $163.91 
Weighted average grant date fair value of awards granted under the ESPP$85.48 $78.93 $68.70 
Schedule of Equity Compensation Plan Information
The following table summarizes the number of outstanding options and awards granted to employees and directors, as well as the number of securities remaining available for future issuance under these plans as of January 31, 2026:
(a)(b)(c)
Plan categoryNumber of securities to be issued upon exercise or vesting of outstanding options and awards (in millions)Weighted-average exercise price of outstanding optionsNumber of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column (a)) (in millions) (1)
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders4 $22.19 27 
Total4 $22.19 27 
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(1)Included in this amount are 3 million securities available for future issuance under Autodesk’s ESPP.