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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 stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, Amazon.com had 115 more articles in the media than Adobe. MarketBeat recorded 240 mentions for Amazon.com and 125 mentions for Adobe. Amazon.com's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Adobe's score of 0.75 indicating that Amazon.com is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Amazon.com
170 Very Positive mention(s)
28 Positive mention(s)
28 Neutral mention(s)
10 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Adobe
64 Very Positive mention(s)
9 Positive mention(s)
27 Neutral mention(s)
13 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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$637.96B3.84$59.25B$6.5635.05
Adobe$21.51B6.91$5.56B$15.6322.43

72.2% of Amazon.com shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.8% of Adobe shares are held by institutional investors. 9.7% of Amazon.com shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Adobe shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Amazon.com has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Adobe has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Amazon.com presently has a consensus target price of $262.87, suggesting a potential upside of 14.32%. Adobe has a consensus target price of $444.89, suggesting a potential upside of 26.91%. 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)
2 Hold rating(s)
46 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Adobe
3 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57

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% 23.84% 11.14%
Adobe 30.39%53.68%24.17%

Summary

Amazon.com and Adobe tied by winning 8 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$148.54B$176.92B$31.33B$10.07B
Dividend YieldN/A1.25%3.18%4.62%
P/E Ratio22.4339.31441.3826.20
Price / Sales6.917.031,825.9291.87
Price / Cash20.4127.2836.4459.91
Price / Book10.949.557.256.28
Net Income$5.56B$4.39B$807.55M$270.85M
7 Day Performance0.45%1.72%3.22%3.58%
1 Month Performance3.58%5.10%5.26%6.67%
1 Year Performance-40.24%10.31%24,265.94%27.73%

Adobe Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ADBE
Adobe
4.8128 of 5 stars
$350.55
+0.1%
$444.89
+26.9%
-39.6%$148.54B$21.51B22.4330,709Trending News
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
AMZN
Amazon.com
4.8394 of 5 stars
$238.36
+1.1%
$262.87
+10.3%
+24.6%$2.55T$637.96B36.401,556,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
GOOG
Alphabet
4.6201 of 5 stars
$239.61
+2.3%
$227.56
-5.0%
+58.3%$2.90T$350.02B25.57190,200Trending News
Short Interest ↓
GOOGL
Alphabet
3.8106 of 5 stars
$239.46
+2.3%
$221.44
-7.5%
+59.0%$2.90T$350.02B25.55183,323Trending News
META
Meta Platforms
4.3656 of 5 stars
$765.78
+1.8%
$822.41
+7.4%
+46.7%$1.92T$178.80B27.7074,067Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Insider Trade
MSFT
Microsoft
4.9679 of 5 stars
$498.43
+0.0%
$612.54
+22.9%
+18.4%$3.70T$281.72B36.54228,000Trending News
NVDA
NVIDIA
4.9497 of 5 stars
$170.48
+1.3%
$207.42
+21.7%
+51.5%$4.13T$130.50B48.4736,000Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
TSLA
Tesla
4.2164 of 5 stars
$346.52
+0.0%
$303.00
-12.6%
+61.7%$1.12T$97.69B200.55125,665Trending News
Insider Trade
CRM
Salesforce
4.97 of 5 stars
$252.29
+0.0%
$332.58
+31.8%
-1.3%$240.05B$37.90B36.6576,453Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
FDX
FedEx
4.7164 of 5 stars
$225.42
+0.2%
$282.75
+25.4%
-19.6%$53.19B$87.93B13.35440,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
LEN
Lennar
4.4906 of 5 stars
$137.23
-3.6%
$130.77
-4.7%
-21.3%$35.50B$35.44B11.3413,265Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:ADBE) was last updated on 9/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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