Adobe (ADBE) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Adobe Inc. is an American multinational computer software company specializing in digital media and marketing solutions. The company offers a wide range of products and services designed for creative professionals, enterprises and consumers, delivered primarily through its subscription-based Creative Cloud, Document Cloud and Experience Cloud platforms. Adobe’s software enables users to design, edit and manage digital content across various formats including images, videos, documents and web experiences.

In the creative space, Adobe is best known for flagship applications such as Photoshop for image editing, Illustrator for vector graphics, InDesign for page layout, Premiere Pro for video editing and After Effects for motion graphics. The Document Cloud portfolio includes Acrobat DC for PDF creation and editing, as well as Adobe Sign for electronic signatures. Adobe Experience Cloud provides analytics, advertising, marketing automation and commerce tools to help organizations optimize customer experiences and engage audiences.

Founded in December 1982 by John Warnock and Charles Geschke, Adobe gained prominence with its PostScript page description language, which revolutionized desktop publishing. Over the decades, the company has expanded its offerings through strategic acquisitions—most notably Macromedia in 2005—and transitioned to a cloud-centric subscription model beginning in 2013. Adobe maintains a global presence, serving customers in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and other regions through regional offices and data centers.

Headquartered in San Jose, California, Adobe is led by President and Chief Executive Officer Shantanu Narayen, who has overseen the company’s shift toward recurring-revenue services and cloud innovation. Its senior leadership team includes executives responsible for product development, sales, marketing and global operations, all working to advance digital creativity and customer experience solutions worldwide.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $347.80 to $355.60
• 50-Day Range: $333.65 to $372.87
• 52-Week Range: $330.04 to $557.90
• Volume: 6.13 million shs
• Average Volume: 5.32 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $149.86 billion
• P/E Ratio: 22.01
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $433.41
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Adobe Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Adobe scored higher than 96% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 46th out of 653 stocks in the computer and technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Adobe has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.48, and is based on 14 buy ratings, 9 hold ratings, and 3 sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Adobe has a consensus price target of $433.41, representing about 22.7% upside from its current price of $353.27.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Adobe has been the subject of 16 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 13.69%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Adobe are expected to grow by 13.69% in the coming year, from $16.65 to $18.93 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Adobe is 22.01, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 281.41.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Adobe is 22.01, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Computer and Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 457.32.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Adobe has a PEG Ratio of 1.62. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Adobe has a P/B Ratio of 12.73. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.35% of the float of Adobe has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Adobe has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.5, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Adobe has recently decreased by 0.70%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Adobe does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Adobe does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 3.2 / 5
• Environmental Score: -0.55

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.35% of the float of Adobe has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Adobe has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.5, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Adobe has recently decreased by 0.70%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.17

News Sentiment

Adobe has a news sentiment score of 1.17. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.76 average news sentiment score of Computer and Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 92 news articles for Adobe this week, compared to 47 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

271 people have searched for ADBE on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 144% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

82 people have added Adobe to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 128% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Adobe insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 0.16% of the stock of Adobe is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

81.79% of the stock of Adobe is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

ADBE Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have ADBE shares performed this year?

Adobe's stock was trading at $444.68 at the start of the year. Since then, ADBE stock has decreased by 20.6% and is now trading at $353.27.

How were Adobe's earnings last quarter?

Adobe Inc. (NASDAQ:ADBE) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, September, 11th. The software company reported $5.31 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $5.18 by $0.13. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 10.7% compared to the same quarter last year.
Read the conference call transcript.

How will Adobe's stock buyback program work?

Adobe's board approved a stock buyback plan on Thursday, March 14th 2024, which allows the company to repurchase $25,000,000,000 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This means that the company could purchase up to 10.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are generally a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Does Adobe have any subsidiaries?

Adobe subsidiaries include ContentCal, Frame.io, Workfront, Oculus Medium, Allegorithmic, Marketo, Adobe Commerce, and others.

Who are Adobe's major shareholders?

Adobe's top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (9.67%), State Street Corp (4.78%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.61%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.48%). Insiders that own company stock include John E Warnock, John E Warnock, Shantanu Narayen, Anil Chakravarthy, Amy Banse, Daniel Durn, Scott Belsky, Dana Rao, David Wadhwani, David A Ricks, Mark S Garfield and Jillian Forusz.
View institutional ownership trends.

How do I buy shares of Adobe?

Shares of ADBE stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Adobe own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Adobe investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Broadcom (AVGO), ServiceNow (NOW), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), UnitedHealth Group (UNH) and Salesforce (CRM).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 9/11/2025
• Today: 9/24/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 11/30/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 12/10/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Computer and Technology
• Industry: COMP - SOFTWARE
• Sub-Industry: Application Software
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:ADBE
• CIK: 796343
• Web: www.adobe.com
• Phone: (408) 536-6000
• Fax: 408-537-6000
• Employees: 30,709
• Year Founded: 1982

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Adobe: $433.41
• High Price Target: $590.00
• Low Price Target: $280.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +23.3%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.48
• Research Coverage: 27 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $16.05
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 21.90
• Forward P/E Ratio: 21.11
• P/E Growth: 1.63
• Net Income: $5.56 billion
• Net Margins: 30.01%
• Pretax Margin: 36.50%
• Return on Equity: 57.54%
• Return on Assets: 24.79%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.53
• Current Ratio: 1.02
• Quick Ratio: 0.99

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $21.51 billion
• Price / Sales: 6.93
• Cash Flow: $16.57 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 21.22
• Book Value: $27.75 per share
• Price / Book: 12.67

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 424,200,000
• Free Float: 423,521,000
• Market Cap: $149.13 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.48