Services-Prepackaged Software · SIC 7372

ADOBE INC.

ADBE

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Latest revenue

$6.40B

as of 2026-02-27

Latest net income

$1.89B

as of 2026-02-27

Net margin

29.5%

as of 2026-02-27

Price · 5Y

-13.5% / yr 27.3 pts / yr vs S&P 500 51.5% total
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$244.76
0.27%
Market cap
$98.93B
Enterprise value
$98.83B
P/E (trailing)
13.9×
Forward P/E
P/B
8.65×
Dividend yield
0.0%
52-wk high
$421.48
52-wk low
$224.13
Beta
Shares out
404.2M

5-year trend

What this company does

AI

Adobe makes the software that creative professionals, marketers, and businesses use to design, edit, and manage digital content, including Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, and the Experience Cloud marketing suite. Subscriptions to its Creative Cloud, Document Cloud, and Experience Cloud platforms generate nearly all revenue, totaling $6.2 billion of $6.4 billion in the latest quarter. Revenue grew 12% year-over-year as Adobe pushes generative AI features like Firefly into its core products while aggressively buying back stock, repurchasing $2.5 billion in shares this quarter alone.

Generated from ADBE's filing dated 2026-01-15

Key risks

AI
  • Aggressive buybacks outpacing FCF: $2.5B repurchased in Q1 vs $2.96B operating cash flow, shrinking equity to $11.4B from $14.1B YoY.
  • Rising cost structure compressing leverage: S&M up 14% and G&A up 26% YoY, outpacing 12% revenue growth and signaling AI competitive spend.
  • Tax rate jumped to 22.0% from 17.0% YoY, cutting ~$110M from net income; effective rate volatility could pressure future EPS.

Generated from ADBE's filing dated 2026-01-15

Profitability

Gross margin

89.3%

0.3%

Operating margin

36.6%

16.8%

Net margin

30.0%

16.0%

Return on equity

61.3%

55.6%

Return on assets

24.2%

31.4%

Leverage

Debt / equity

1.54×

34.5%

Long-term debt / equity

0.53×

82.5%

Debt / assets

60.6%

13.6%

Earnings tracker

QuarterRevenueYoYNet incomeYoYNet margin

Q1 2026

2026-02-27

$6.40B+12.0%$1.89B+4.3%29.5%

Q4 2025

2025-11-28

$6.19B+10.5%$1.86B+10.3%30.0%

Q3 2025

2025-08-29

$5.99B+10.7%$1.77B+5.2%29.6%

Q2 2025

2025-05-30

$5.87B+10.6%$1.69B+7.5%28.8%

Q1 2025

2025-02-28

$5.71B+10.3%$1.81B+192.1%31.7%

Q4 2024

2024-11-29

$5.61B$1.68B30.0%

Q3 2024

2024-08-30

$5.41B+10.6%$1.68B+20.0%31.1%

Q2 2024

2024-05-31

$5.31B+10.2%$1.57B+21.5%29.6%

Year-over-year change vs the same fiscal quarter one year prior. Revenue + net income sourced from SEC 10-Q / 10-K filings — no analyst-consensus dependency.

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Insider activity

Insider buying

$0

Insider selling

$19.3M

Net activity

−$19.3M

Distinct insiders

3

Open-market trades over the last 365 days.

Recent transactions

DateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-04-30

Jillian Forusz

SVP & CAO

Sale755$246.25$185.9K
2026-04-28

Shantanu Narayen

Chair and CEO

Sale51,422$243.19$12.5M
2026-04-28

Shantanu Narayen

Chair and CEO

Sale13,237$243.89$3.2M
2026-04-28

Shantanu Narayen

Chair and CEO

Sale10,341$244.78$2.5M
2026-04-20

Daniel Durn

EVP & CFO

Sale1,336$248.02$331.4K

Source: SEC Form 4 filings. Officers, directors, and 10%+ owners must disclose share transactions within two business days. RSU grants and tax-withholding rows are excluded by default — compensation activity is not a trading signal.

Who owns ADBE

Institutional value

$26.14B

Total shares held

110.5M

Distinct holders

720

As of

2026-03-31

Filers with $100M+ AUM disclose holdings 45 days after quarter end.

Top institutional holders

#ManagerSharesValueQoQ changeAction
1VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC26.7M$6.49BNew
2VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC10.0M$2.42BNew
3Invesco Ltd.5.6M$1.35BNew
4Bank of New York Mellon Corp5.2M$1.27BNew
5PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/4.7M$1.15BNew
6DEUTSCHE BANK AG\3.4M$826.7MNew
7Legal & General Group Plc3.2M$765.8MNew
8VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO2.4M$575.7MNew
9UBS Group AG2.2M$525.7MNew
10DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP1.9M$452.0MNew
11HSBC HOLDINGS PLC1.7M$420.1MNew
12BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS1.6M$384.7MNew
13Nuveen, LLC1.4M$342.8MNew
14Swiss National Bank1.2M$298.6MNew
15National Pension Service1.2M$281.8MNew
16California Public Employees Retirement System1.1M$266.8MNew
17Russell Investments Group, Ltd.1.1M$263.3MNew
18DIAMOND HILL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC1.1M$260.5MNew
19Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc.1.1M$260.1MNew
20Cantillon Capital Management LLC1.0M$247.9MNew

Source: SEC Form 13F-HR. Positions aggregated across sub-managers within each firm. Options (puts/calls) excluded — common stock only.

Top questions investors are asking

AI
  1. 1

    Subscription revenue grew 13% but S&M expense jumped 14% and G&A 26%; where is the operating leverage from Firefly and GenStudio monetization?

  2. 2

    With $6.2B debt now partially current and only $6.9B cash/investments after $2.5B quarterly buybacks, will you slow repurchases or refinance at higher rates?

  3. 3

    Deferred revenue rose just $370M sequentially despite price increases; what does current RPO and net-new ARR say about Creative Cloud seat saturation?

Refreshed when ADBE files a new report · last from 2026-01-15