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ADBE vs. AMZN, GOOG, GOOGL, META, MSFT, NVDA, TSLA, CRM, FDX, and LEN

Should you be buying Adobe stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Adobe include Amazon.com (AMZN), Alphabet (GOOG), Alphabet (GOOGL), Meta Platforms (META), Microsoft (MSFT), NVIDIA (NVDA), Tesla (TSLA), Salesforce (CRM), FedEx (FDX), and Lennar (LEN).

Adobe vs. Its Competitors

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE) are related large-cap companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and valuation.

Amazon.com has higher revenue and earnings than Adobe. Adobe is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amazon.com, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Amazon.com$637.96B3.57$59.25B$6.1434.98
Adobe$21.51B6.86$5.56B$15.6322.25

Amazon.com has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Adobe has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Adobe has a net margin of 30.39% compared to Amazon.com's net margin of 10.54%. Adobe's return on equity of 53.68% beat Amazon.com's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Amazon.com10.54% 24.90% 11.44%
Adobe 30.39%53.68%24.17%

Amazon.com currently has a consensus price target of $262.45, indicating a potential upside of 22.21%. Adobe has a consensus price target of $473.88, indicating a potential upside of 36.25%. Given Adobe's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Adobe is more favorable than Amazon.com.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Amazon.com
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
46 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.02
Adobe
2 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63

In the previous week, Amazon.com had 315 more articles in the media than Adobe. MarketBeat recorded 380 mentions for Amazon.com and 65 mentions for Adobe. Adobe's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Amazon.com's score of 0.96 indicating that Adobe is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Amazon.com
205 Very Positive mention(s)
71 Positive mention(s)
46 Neutral mention(s)
23 Negative mention(s)
5 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Adobe
50 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

72.2% of Amazon.com shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.8% of Adobe shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.7% of Amazon.com shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Adobe shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Adobe beats Amazon.com on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ADBE and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ADBE vs. The Competition

MetricAdobeCOMP IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$151.73B$172.65B$29.21B$9.52B
Dividend YieldN/A1.30%3.08%4.08%
P/E Ratio22.2538.1648.0923.80
Price / Sales6.869.811,544.9966.64
Price / Cash20.8529.1138.0757.96
Price / Book12.8910.347.415.55
Net Income$5.56B$3.72B$782.10M$259.03M
7 Day Performance-6.19%-3.52%-3.65%-4.59%
1 Month Performance-8.10%-0.15%-0.11%4.46%
1 Year Performance-33.90%35.39%52,642.35%18.03%

Adobe Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ADBE
Adobe
4.8153 of 5 stars
$347.80
-2.8%
$473.88
+36.3%
-36.3%$151.73B$21.51B22.2530,709Trending News
AMZN
Amazon.com
4.7674 of 5 stars
$231.35
-0.6%
$255.21
+10.3%
+16.7%$2.45T$650.31B37.641,556,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
GOOG
Alphabet
4.9393 of 5 stars
$196.47
+1.6%
$215.19
+9.5%
+10.1%$2.38T$350.02B20.90190,200Trending News
Dividend Announcement
GOOGL
Alphabet
4.5429 of 5 stars
$195.72
+1.6%
$211.39
+8.0%
+10.8%$2.37T$350.02B20.81183,323Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
META
Meta Platforms
4.1804 of 5 stars
$703.89
-1.9%
$754.07
+7.1%
+50.7%$1.77T$164.50B27.4374,067Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
MSFT
Microsoft
4.9431 of 5 stars
$512.29
0.0%
$555.86
+8.5%
+25.7%$3.81T$270.01B39.57228,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
NVDA
NVIDIA
4.6029 of 5 stars
$175.83
-0.5%
$181.22
+3.1%
+59.1%$4.29T$148.52B56.6936,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Gap Down
TSLA
Tesla
4.2579 of 5 stars
$321.67
-1.2%
$303.31
-5.7%
+39.6%$1.04T$92.72B185.93125,665Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
CRM
Salesforce
4.8832 of 5 stars
$267.98
-0.8%
$348.16
+29.9%
-0.9%$256.07B$38.59B41.9276,453Trending News
Insider Trade
FDX
FedEx
4.8922 of 5 stars
$234.56
-3.2%
$283.25
+20.8%
-27.1%$55.30B$87.93B13.89440,000News Coverage
Positive News
LEN
Lennar
4.5638 of 5 stars
$115.79
-0.3%
$128.85
+11.3%
-34.2%$29.98B$35.37B9.5713,265News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:ADBE) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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