(Adds forecast, share price; Compares with estimates)
May 24 (Reuters) - Autodesk Inc forecast second-quarter profit on Thursday below Wall Street expectations, sending the AutoCAD software maker's shares down nearly 4 percent in extended trading.
The company's forecast overshadowed a beat on both first quarter revenue and profit.
Autodesk forecast second-quarter adjusted profit between 13 cents and 16 cents per share. Analysts on average were expecting a profit of 18 cents per share, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
The company which competes with Adobe Systems Inc , Ansys Inc and Dassault Systemes SA for design software customers is shifting to a subscription-based business model to generate a more sustainable revenue stream.
Autodesk's subscription revenue more than doubled to $350.4 million in the reported quarter, above estimates of $328.9 million.
Net loss narrowed to $82.4 million, or 38 cents per share, in the first quarter ended April 30, from $129.6 million, or 59 cents per share, a year earlier.
Excluding items, the company earned 6 cents per share, above estimates of 3 cents.
Total revenue rose 15.3 percent to $559.9 million, beating estimates of $558.4 million. (Reporting by Munsif Vengattil in Bengaluru; Editing by Shounak Dasgupta)