Intuit
Intuit's revenue rose 13.9% to $21.4 billion in fiscal 2026. Its operating margin was 27.4%, up from 26.1% a year earlier. Free cash flow was $8.7 billion, up 41.5%. It paid out $6.8 billion in dividends and buybacks, 78% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 2.1%.
Operating margin is operating income as a share of revenue. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending. Return on capital is after-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash. Market cap is the last closing share price times the latest diluted share count, so it is approximate. P/E is the last close divided by diluted earnings per share over the last four quarters, or the latest fiscal year where the quarters aren't available; there is none when the company made a loss.
What Intuit does
Intuit sells tax, accounting, money-management and marketing software to consumers, small and mid-sized businesses and accountants. It says it serves approximately 93 million customers. Its main brands are TurboTax for tax returns, QuickBooks for bookkeeping, payroll and payments, Credit Karma for credit scores and personal finance, and Mailchimp for email marketing.
It reports two segments. Global Business Solutions, the larger one, sells QuickBooks, payroll, payment processing, business loans and Mailchimp to small and mid-sized businesses and the accountants who serve them. Consumer sells TurboTax, Credit Karma and professional tax software for accountants in the U.S. and Canada. TurboTax sales are concentrated between November and April, so revenue is higher in the second and third fiscal quarters. International revenue was approximately 8% of total net revenue in each of the last three fiscal years.
Intuit says its strategy is to combine AI with human tax and bookkeeping experts so the software does more of the work for customers. It also offers money products, such as early access to tax refunds and loans, through bank partners.
Its biggest risks, as it describes them
- Strong competition that may hurt its results, and the need to keep adapting to fast technology change.
- Security breaches, fraud and outages that could harm customers' trust and its business.
- Uncertainty over how AI is developed and used in its products, which could harm its business and reputation.
- Sharp seasonality in its tax business, which makes quarterly results swing.
- Credit losses and other risks from lending money to small businesses and consumers.
Charts show fiscal years, from the 10-K filings.
Revenue and margins
Net income and earnings per share
From fiscal 2017 to 2026, earnings per share grew 17.8% a year and net income 18.6% a year, as new shares raised the share count by 6% and diluted each share's earnings.
Returns on capital
Cash flow
Payouts and share count
Valuation
Two ways to value Intuit yourself, both starting from its filings: a discounted cash flow model and the price-to-earnings method.
Discounted cash flow (DCF)
A discounted cash flow (DCF) model values a business as the cash it may generate in future, discounted back to today. The starting figures come from Intuit's 10-K and the assumptions are yours: start from one of three example scenarios, then change any figure to see what it implies for a share, and how that compares with the last share price.
Value per share on three example scenarios, from Intuit's fiscal 2026 free cash flow of $8.7B, net cash of −$469M at July 31, 2026 and 277 million diluted shares, from its filings. The scenarios are fitted to Intuit: the base scenario's growth in years 1 to 5 is its revenue growth over the last 3 years, 14.3% a year; the cautious and optimistic ones are lower and higher, and growth in years 6 to 10 is halfway to the long-run rate. The base scenario's discount rate is 9% for a business of moderate risk (Application Software); the cautious and optimistic ones use a point more and a point less. Select one to load it into the calculator. These are the model's arithmetic on those assumptions, not a forecast or a price target.
- Last close, October 26, 2026
- $339.89
- Value on these assumptions, against the last close
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- Cash flows in years 1 to 10, valued today
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- Everything after year 10, valued today
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- Plus net cash
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- Share of value from after year 10
How the value changes with two assumptions
Price-to-earnings (P/E) method
Another common way to value a company is to multiply its earnings per share by a price-to-earnings (P/E) multiple: the number of years of today's earnings an investor pays for a share. A higher multiple usually means investors expect earnings to grow. Choose a multiple, for example from similar companies, to see the value it gives.
Value per share on three example scenarios, from Intuit's earnings per share of $16.46 (in fiscal 2026). Each grows earnings for a year at the cash flow scenarios' rates and applies a multiple to next year's earnings: 22.6×, the middle of Intuit's own P/E today, its peers' median and its sector's median (its peers' median) for the base scenario, 20% less and more for the cautious and optimistic ones. The price is brought back a year at 10%, 9% and 8%. Select one to load it into the calculator. These are the model's arithmetic on those assumptions, not a forecast or a price target.
- Last close, October 26, 2026
- $339.89
- Value at this multiple, against the last close
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- Intuit's P/E at the last close
- 20.6×
| Company | Last close | Earnings per share | P/E today |
|---|---|---|---|
| WorkdayWDAY | $208.50 | $4.94 | 42.2× |
| SalesforceCRM | $247.61 | $10.97 | 22.6× |
| IntuitINTU | $339.89 | $16.46 | 20.6× |
| AdobeADBE | $258.62 | $17.91 | 14.4× |
Balance sheet
| Fiscal year end | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | 3.3 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 7.2 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 6.9 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 7.7 |
| Net debt (negative means net cash) | 3.6 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 0.5 |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 1.1x | 0.7x | 0.5x | 0.2x | 0.1x |
| Debt to equity | 0.4x | 0.3x | 0.3x | 0.3x | 0.4x |
| Interest coverage | 31.7x | 12.7x | 15.0x | 19.9x | 23.0x |
| Current ratio | 1.4x | 1.5x | 1.3x | 1.4x | 1.5x |
| Quick ratio | 1.4x | 1.5x | 1.3x | 1.4x | 1.5x |
Insider trades
Over the 12 months between October 27, 2025 and October 26, 2026, 1 insider bought $541,672 of Intuit shares on the open market, and 5 insiders sold $357.7 million, $356.7 million of it under trading plans set up in advance.
| Date | Insider | Trade | Shares | Price | Value | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2026 | Richard L DalzellDirector | Sold plan | 285 | $325.36 | $92,728 | Form 4 |
| Aug 27, 2026 | Lauren D HotzSVP, Chief Accounting Officer | Sold | 907 | $346.54 | $314,295 | Form 4 |
| Jun 23, 2026 | Richard L DalzellDirector | Sold plan | 284 | $262.32 | $74,499 | Form 4 |
| Jun 16, 2026 | Richard L DalzellDirector | Sold plan | 284 | $282.20 | $80,145 | Form 4 |
| Jun 11, 2026 | Richard L DalzellDirector | Sold plan | 338 | $279.86 | $94,593 | Form 4 |
| Jun 10, 2026 | Richard L DalzellDirector | Sold plan | 333 | $287.50 | $95,738 | Form 4 |
| Jun 9, 2026 | Richard L DalzellDirector | Sold plan | 333 | $297.65 | $99,117 | Form 4 |
| May 26, 2026 | Vasant M PrabhuDirector | Bought | 500 | $309.72 | $154,860 | Form 4 |
| May 22, 2026 | Vasant M PrabhuDirector | Bought | 1,250 | $309.45 | $386,812 | Form 4 |
| Mar 12, 2026 | Richard L DalzellDirector | Sold plan | 333 | $440.40 | $146,653 | Form 4 |
| Mar 11, 2026 | Richard L DalzellDirector | Sold plan | 333 | $458.10 | $152,547 | Form 4 |
| Mar 10, 2026 | Richard L DalzellDirector | Sold plan | 333 | $474.01 | $157,845 | Form 4 |
Piotroski F-score
The F-score counts how many of nine simple tests of profitability, funding and efficiency a company passed in a year (Piotroski, 2000). The more tests passed, the stronger the year: 8 or 9 is strong, 0 to 2 weak. Companies that report no gross profit are scored on the other eight.
| Test | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Cash from operations is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Return on assets rose | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Debt fell relative to assets | Pass | Pass | Fail |
| Current ratio rose | Fail | Pass | Pass |
| Share count didn't rise | Fail | Pass | Pass |
| Gross margin rose | — | — | — |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | Pass | Fail | Fail |
| F-score | 6 of 8 | 7 of 8 | 6 of 8 |
| Accruals ratio | −6.4% | −6.8% | −11.6% |
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| Intuit | FY26 | 13.9% | 27.4% | 40.4% | 22.0% | 0.1x | 6 | |
| Adobe | FY25 | 10.5% | 36.6% | 41.5% | 65.8% | −0.0x | 7 | Compare |
| SAP SE | FY25 | 7.7% | 26.1% | 22.9% | 15.5% | −0.2x | 7 | Compare |
| Salesforce | FY26 | 9.6% | 20.1% | 34.7% | 10.8% | 0.6x | 7 | Compare |
| Workday | FY26 | 13.1% | 7.5% | 29.1% | 10.6% | −2.6x | 7 | Compare |
10 years of figures
| Fiscal year | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | 5.2 | 6.0 | 6.8 | 7.7 | 9.6 | 12.7 | 14.4 | 16.3 | 18.8 | 21.4 |
| Revenue growth | 10.7% | 15.9% | 12.6% | 13.2% | 25.4% | 32.1% | 12.9% | 13.3% | 15.6% | 13.9% |
| Gross profit | 5.1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Research and development | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.4 |
| Operating income | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 5.9 |
| Net income | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 4.6 |
| Diluted EPS (US$) | 3.78 | 5.09 | 5.89 | 6.92 | 7.56 | 7.28 | 8.42 | 10.43 | 13.67 | 16.46 |
| Diluted shares (millions) | 261 | 261 | 264 | 264 | 273 | 284 | 283 | 284 | 283 | 277 |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | 1.6 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 6.2 | 8.8 |
| Capital expenditure | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Free cash flow | 1.5 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 6.1 | 8.7 |
| Dividends paid | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| Share buybacks | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 5.4 |
| Acquisitions | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 5.7 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Stock-based compensation | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.1 |
| Balance sheet at fiscal year end | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | 0.8 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 7.0 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 7.2 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 6.9 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 7.7 |
| Total assets | 4.1 | 5.1 | 6.3 | 10.9 | 15.5 | 27.7 | 27.8 | 32.1 | 37.0 | 36.8 |
| Total liabilities | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 11.3 | 10.5 | 13.7 | 17.2 | 17.8 |
| Shareholders' equity | 1.7 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 5.1 | 9.9 | 16.4 | 17.3 | 18.4 | 19.7 | 19.0 |
| Margins and ratios | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | 97.7% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operating margin | 27.3% | 25.9% | 27.3% | 28.3% | 25.9% | 20.2% | 21.9% | 22.3% | 26.1% | 27.4% |
| Net margin | 19.0% | 22.1% | 22.9% | 23.8% | 21.4% | 16.2% | 16.6% | 18.2% | 20.6% | 21.3% |
| Free cash flow margin | 28.8% | 34.4% | 33.1% | 30.7% | 33.2% | 29.3% | 33.7% | 28.8% | 32.5% | 40.4% |
| Return on capital | 88.9% | 93.0% | 106.5% | — | 49.6% | 14.9% | 12.6% | 15.1% | 19.0% | 22.0% |
| Return on equity | 61.7% | 58.9% | 47.4% | 41.2% | 27.5% | 15.7% | 14.1% | 16.6% | 20.3% | 23.6% |
| Return on assets | 23.7% | 28.9% | 27.3% | 21.2% | 15.6% | 9.6% | 8.6% | 9.9% | 11.2% | 12.4% |
| Net debt to EBITDA | −0.2x | −0.7x | −1.1x | −2.1x | −0.7x | 1.1x | 0.7x | 0.5x | 0.2x | 0.1x |