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

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%

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

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$637.96B3.83$59.25B$6.5634.88
Adobe$21.51B7.14$5.56B$15.6323.17

In the previous week, Amazon.com had 160 more articles in the media than Adobe. MarketBeat recorded 246 mentions for Amazon.com and 86 mentions for Adobe. Amazon.com's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Adobe's score of 0.99 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
162 Very Positive mention(s)
45 Positive mention(s)
24 Neutral mention(s)
10 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Adobe
57 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
19 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Amazon.com presently has a consensus target price of $262.87, indicating a potential upside of 14.87%. Adobe has a consensus target price of $467.58, indicating a potential upside of 29.13%. 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

Amazon.com has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Adobe has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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$149.93B$171.52B$29.31B$9.59B
Dividend YieldN/A1.28%3.09%4.09%
P/E Ratio23.1737.9651.0321.92
Price / Sales7.1410.441,263.98121.31
Price / Cash20.6027.6735.2058.48
Price / Book11.3010.989.586.61
Net Income$5.56B$4.36B$805.43M$265.56M
7 Day Performance2.04%0.97%1.58%1.98%
1 Month Performance-2.89%0.10%-0.11%1.33%
1 Year Performance-35.04%20.28%24,107.89%21.15%

Adobe Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ADBE
Adobe
4.8613 of 5 stars
$362.09
+2.5%
$467.58
+29.1%
-37.5%$149.93B$21.51B23.1730,709Trending News
Analyst Revision
AMZN
Amazon.com
4.635 of 5 stars
$227.55
-1.7%
$262.87
+15.5%
+23.2%$2.43T$637.96B34.691,556,000Trending News
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GOOG
Alphabet
4.6822 of 5 stars
$202.21
-1.0%
$215.19
+6.4%
+19.7%$2.45T$371.40B21.56190,200Trending News
Insider Trade
GOOGL
Alphabet
3.9874 of 5 stars
$201.23
-1.1%
$211.53
+5.1%
+20.4%$2.44T$371.40B21.46183,323Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
META
Meta Platforms
4.2419 of 5 stars
$751.35
-2.1%
$822.41
+9.5%
+38.1%$1.88T$178.80B27.1774,067Trending News
Analyst Downgrade
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
MSFT
Microsoft
4.9177 of 5 stars
$509.30
-1.5%
$612.54
+20.3%
+18.9%$3.78T$281.72B37.32228,000Trending News
Analyst Revision
NVDA
NVIDIA
4.5818 of 5 stars
$175.95
-3.3%
$189.28
+7.6%
+36.2%$4.30T$130.50B56.7936,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
TSLA
Tesla
4.3842 of 5 stars
$330.33
-1.4%
$303.31
-8.2%
+43.4%$1.06T$97.69B190.67125,665Trending News
CRM
Salesforce
4.9721 of 5 stars
$245.72
+0.7%
$342.89
+39.5%
-5.8%$235.20B$37.90B38.5076,453Trending News
Insider Trade
FDX
FedEx
4.7604 of 5 stars
$232.18
+2.0%
$283.13
+21.9%
-22.8%$54.87B$87.93B13.78440,000Positive News
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LEN
Lennar
4.4292 of 5 stars
$134.30
+2.2%
$128.85
-4.1%
-27.9%$34.89B$35.44B11.1413,265News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:ADBE) was last updated on 8/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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