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INTUIT INC.

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Business Summary

Intuit is a global financial technology platform that serves approximately 93 million consumers, small and mid-market businesses, and accountants worldwide . The company operates in markets characterized by rapid technological change, shifting customer needs, and frequent new product introductions, with advances in AI accelerating the pace of change . The industry is intensely competitive, with competition based on brand recognition, product quality, price, and innovation .

Intuit faces intense competition from a variety of organizations, including business software providers, tax and accounting practice management software providers, tax preparation and filing service providers, accounting and consulting firms, companies providing money services and personal finance tools, financial institutions, credit bureaus, and platform companies and providers of general-purpose AI technologies . The company believes its most important competitive strengths are its innovation and technology capabilities, functionality and breadth of solutions, ease of use, security, integration of offerings, brand recognition, quality of support, value, and cost .

Intuit generates revenue through two reportable segments: Global Business Solutions and Consumer . The Global Business Solutions segment serves small and mid-market businesses and accountants, offering financial management, human capital management, money solutions, and marketing automation . The Consumer segment primarily serves consumers and professional accountants with TurboTax, Credit Karma, and ProTax offerings . The company's strategy is to be an AI-driven expert platform that brings together data, AI, and human experts into a single system of intelligence .

The Global Business Solutions segment includes QuickBooks, Intuit Enterprise Suite, Intuit Accountant Suite, and Mailchimp . QuickBooks Online helps simplify accounting and tax compliance, with AI embedded to automate routine bookkeeping and surface actionable insights . Intuit Enterprise Suite provides mid-market businesses with a configurable, AI-powered solution including multi-entity and multi-dimensional financial management . Mailchimp offers email and other marketing solutions for small and mid-market businesses . The segment also includes payment processing solutions, QuickBooks Checking, Bill Pay, Capital offerings, QuickBooks Workforce, and QuickBooks Desktop Software .

The Consumer segment includes TurboTax, Credit Karma, and ProTax . TurboTax offers do-it-yourself and assisted income tax preparation products and services in the U.S. and Canada . Credit Karma provides personalized recommendations for credit card, home, auto, and personal loan, and insurance products, along with access to credit scores and reports, credit and identity monitoring, and credit building tools . ProTax offerings include Lacerte, ProSeries, and ProConnect Tax Online in the U.S., and ProFile and ProTax Online in Canada .

In fiscal 2026, Intuit scaled a transformative set of AI agents and launched an expansion of its AI-driven expert platform . The company also announced a restructuring plan in May 2026 to simplify its organizational structure . Intuit continues to invest in research and development, focusing on enhancing existing products with done-for-you experiences and AI capabilities .

In fiscal 2026, total net revenue was $23.486 billion , compared to $21.484 billion in fiscal 2025. Net income was $4.298 billion , and diluted EPS was $1.52 . The company generated significant cash from operations .

Business Outlook

Intuit expects to continue investing significant resources in product development, marketing, and sales capabilities, including products and services incorporating artificial intelligence . The company expects total service revenue as a percentage of total revenue to grow over the long term .

A key growth vector is the expansion of the AI-driven expert platform, with a focus on delivering done-for-you experiences through AI agents and AI-enabled human experts . The company is investing in its proprietary Generative AI Operating System (GenOS) to rapidly deliver a new class of intelligent, autonomous financial solutions . Another growth vector is accelerating money benefits, becoming the all-in-one platform for customers to manage critical workflows, decisions, and money .

Intuit is focused on fueling success for mid-market businesses, offering a better experience, better price, and lower total cost of ownership through QuickBooks Online Advanced, Intuit Enterprise Suite, and its ecosystem of connected services . The company also plans to expand its global offerings and continue to innovate in response to market changes .

Intuit expects to continue making substantial investments in research and development, focusing on enhancing existing products and services with done-for-you experiences, financial recommendations, personalization, and ease of use enabled by AI . The company also expects to continue investing in its information technology infrastructure and privacy and security capabilities .

Intuit expects to generate significant cash from operations and will return excess cash to stockholders through repurchases of common stock and the payment of cash dividends . The company has a stock repurchase program with no expiration date .

The company faces headwinds from intense competition, including from free and low-cost offerings, particularly in tax, accounting, payments, and personal finance . There is also the risk of government-funded tax preparation services, which could have material adverse revenue implications . Macroeconomic conditions, including recession, inflation, and rising interest rates, could negatively affect the business .

Risk Factors

Intuit faces intense competitive pressures, including from free and low-cost offerings, which could diminish revenue and profitability . The consumer tax business faces significant competition from the public sector, with the risk of government-funded tax software that could cause loss of customers and revenue . The company's operations process a significant volume and dollar value of transactions daily, and errors or fraud could harm the business . Intuit provides access to capital to small and mid-market businesses and consumers, exposing it to credit risk and potential financial harm . The company has incurred indebtedness, and its credit facilities restrict the ability of subsidiaries to incur debt and require compliance with financial ratios .

Management Priorities

Management's message emphasizes the company's transformation from a tax and accounting platform to an AI-driven expert platform, with a mission to power prosperity around the world . The strategic priorities are to deliver done-for-you experiences, accelerate money benefits, and fuel success for mid-market businesses . Management believes the company's scale of proprietary data, domain-specific AI platform capabilities, and large network of AI-enabled human experts provide a significant competitive advantage .

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  57. [57] Item 8, Note 3 — Cash and Cash Equivalents
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Analysis on 9/9/2026