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Adell Harriman & Carpenter Inc. Reduces Holdings in Adobe Inc. (NASDAQ:ADBE)

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Adell Harriman & Carpenter Inc. lowered its holdings in Adobe Inc. (NASDAQ:ADBE - Free Report) by 12.3% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 5,935 shares of the software company's stock after selling 830 shares during the quarter. Adell Harriman & Carpenter Inc.'s holdings in Adobe were worth $2,276,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in ADBE. Copia Wealth Management bought a new stake in Adobe in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $28,000. SWAN Capital LLC bought a new position in shares of Adobe in the 4th quarter valued at about $28,000. Barnes Dennig Private Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Adobe in the 1st quarter valued at about $26,000. Summit Securities Group LLC bought a new position in Adobe during the fourth quarter worth about $31,000. Finally, Bernard Wealth Management Corp. bought a new position in Adobe during the fourth quarter worth about $36,000. Institutional investors own 81.79% of the company's stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts have issued reports on the stock. Mizuho cut their price objective on shares of Adobe from $575.00 to $530.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research report on Friday, June 13th. Wells Fargo & Company restated an "overweight" rating and set a $470.00 price objective (up from $430.00) on shares of Adobe in a research report on Friday, June 13th. Redburn Atlantic downgraded shares of Adobe from a "hold" rating to a "strong sell" rating and cut their price objective for the stock from $420.00 to $280.00 in a research report on Wednesday, July 2nd. Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated an "outperform" rating and issued a $480.00 price target on shares of Adobe in a research report on Thursday, June 5th. Finally, Summit Redstone set a $410.00 price target on shares of Adobe in a research report on Wednesday, March 19th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have assigned a hold rating, seventeen have given a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $480.08.

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Adobe Stock Down 0.6%

Shares of NASDAQ ADBE traded down $2.38 during trading on Monday, hitting $376.93. 3,494,184 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 3,433,269. The business's fifty day moving average is $396.09 and its 200 day moving average is $407.83. Adobe Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $332.01 and a fifty-two week high of $587.75. The firm has a market capitalization of $159.89 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.12, a P/E/G ratio of 1.80 and a beta of 1.51. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.54, a quick ratio of 0.99 and a current ratio of 0.99.

Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, June 12th. The software company reported $5.06 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $4.97 by $0.09. Adobe had a net margin of 30.39% and a return on equity of 53.68%. The company had revenue of $5.87 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.80 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $4.48 EPS. The firm's revenue was up 10.6% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities research analysts predict that Adobe Inc. will post 16.65 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Adobe Company Profile

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Adobe Inc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a diversified software company worldwide. It operates through three segments: Digital Media, Digital Experience, and Publishing and Advertising. The Digital Media segment offers products, services, and solutions that enable individuals, teams, and enterprises to create, publish, and promote content; and Document Cloud, a unified cloud-based document services platform.

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