Adobe (ADBE) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Adobe Inc., founded in 1982 by John Warnock and Charles Geschke and headquartered in San Jose, California, is a global software company that develops tools and services for creative professionals, marketers and enterprises. Under the leadership of CEO Shantanu Narayen, who has led the company since 2007, Adobe has evolved from a provider of desktop publishing tools into a cloud-centric provider of digital media and digital experience solutions.

The company’s core offerings are organized around digital media and digital experience. Adobe Creative Cloud delivers a suite of applications for creative work, including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro, After Effects and Lightroom, together with cloud-based collaboration and asset management. Adobe Document Cloud encompasses Acrobat and Adobe Sign, enabling PDF creation, editing and electronic signature workflows. Adobe Experience Cloud provides marketing, analytics, advertising and commerce capabilities designed for enterprise customers to manage customer journeys and personalized experiences across channels.

Adobe serves a broad global customer base that includes individual creators, small and medium-sized businesses, large enterprises and public-sector organizations across the Americas, EMEA and APAC. The company shifted from traditional software licensing to subscription-based cloud services in the 2010s, a strategic move that emphasized recurring revenue, continuous product updates and greater integration across its product portfolio. Adobe has also expanded through acquisitions—most notably Macromedia and Omniture—to broaden its capabilities in web technologies and digital marketing, reinforcing its position in both creative and enterprise software markets.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $248.28 to $254.40
• 50-Day Range: $225.35 to $283.62
• 52-Week Range: $224.13 to $422.95
• Volume: 2.42 million shs
• Average Volume: 5.68 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $100.93 billion
• P/E Ratio: 14.54
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $338.15
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Adobe Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Adobe scored higher than 95% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 49th out of 624 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 2.19, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 9 buy ratings, 16 hold ratings, and 5 sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Adobe has a consensus price target of $338.15, representing about 34.8% upside from its current price of $250.79.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Adobe has been the subject of 22 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 14.21%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Adobe are expected to grow by 14.21% in the coming year, from $19.14 to $21.86 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Adobe is 14.60, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.37.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Adobe is 14.60, 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 73.25.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Adobe has a PEG Ratio of 0.99. PEG Ratios around 1 indicate that a company is correctly valued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Adobe has a P/B Ratio of 9.03. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.65% 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 3.16, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Adobe has recently increased by 20.84%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

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.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.92

News Sentiment

Adobe has a news sentiment score of 0.92. 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 0.60 average news sentiment score of Computer and Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 75 news articles for Adobe this week, compared to 14 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

136 people have searched for ADBE on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 23% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

63 people have added Adobe to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 200% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.4 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Adobe insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $18,782,773.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.20% 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 $349.99 at the beginning of 2026. Since then, ADBE shares have decreased by 28.3% and is now trading at $250.7850.

How were Adobe's earnings last quarter?

Adobe Inc. (NASDAQ:ADBE) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, March, 12th. The software company reported $6.06 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $5.87 by $0.19. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 12.0% compared to the same quarter last year.
Read the conference call transcript.

How will Adobe's stock buyback program work?

Adobe's board initiated a share repurchase program on Tuesday, April 21st 2026, which permits the company to repurchase $25,000,000,000 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This means that the company could repurchase up to 24.9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Does Adobe have any subsidiaries?

Adobe subsidiaries include these companies: ContentCal, Frame.io, Workfront, Oculus Medium, Allegorithmic, Marketo, Adobe Commerce, and more.

Who are Adobe's major shareholders?

Adobe's top institutional shareholders include Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.29%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.29%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. (0.26%) and State of Michigan Retirement System (0.20%). Insiders that own company stock include John E Warnock, John E Warnock, Shantanu Narayen, Daniel Durn, Anil Chakravarthy, Amy Banse, Scott Belsky, Dana Rao, David Wadhwani, David A Ricks, Jillian Forusz and Mark S Garfield.
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: 3/12/2026
• Today: 5/06/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 6/11/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 11/30/2026

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: 31,360
• Year Founded: 1982

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Adobe: $338.15
• High Price Target: $475.00
• Low Price Target: $220.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +35.3%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.19
• Research Coverage: 31 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $17.17
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 14.58
• Forward P/E Ratio: 13.06
• P/E Growth: 0.99
• Net Income: $7.13 billion
• Net Margins: 29.48%
• Pretax Margin: 36.70%
• Return on Equity: 64.48%
• Return on Assets: 25.71%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.47
• Current Ratio: 0.91
• Quick Ratio: 0.91

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $23.77 billion
• Price / Sales: 4.25
• Cash Flow: $19.19 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 13.02
• Book Value: $27.77 per share
• Price / Book: 9.00

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 404,200,000
• Free Float: 403,392,000
• Market Cap: $101.01 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.42