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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 analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation and earnings.

Adobe has a net margin of 30.39% compared to Amazon.com's net margin of 10.14%. 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.com10.14% 24.14% 10.90%
Adobe 30.39%53.68%24.17%

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$637.96B3.74$59.25B$6.1436.65
Adobe$21.51B7.17$5.56B$15.6323.25

Amazon.com has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Adobe has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Amazon.com currently has a consensus target price of $249.42, suggesting a potential upside of 10.84%. Adobe has a consensus target price of $473.88, suggesting a potential upside of 30.42%. Given Adobe's higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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)
45 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Adobe
2 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63

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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Amazon.com had 230 more articles in the media than Adobe. MarketBeat recorded 310 mentions for Amazon.com and 80 mentions for Adobe. Adobe's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Amazon.com's score of 0.88 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
162 Very Positive mention(s)
67 Positive mention(s)
41 Neutral mention(s)
21 Negative mention(s)
4 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Adobe
62 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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$154.13B$162.66B$27.68B$9.11B
Dividend YieldN/A1.31%3.13%4.01%
P/E Ratio23.2536.8436.8820.26
Price / Sales7.1717.441,881.3199.74
Price / Cash21.1827.9037.5557.67
Price / Book13.469.717.285.49
Net Income$5.56B$3.58B$767.99M$250.45M
7 Day Performance-4.27%-1.87%-0.25%4.79%
1 Month Performance-12.17%6.87%4.04%7.68%
1 Year Performance-35.01%44.37%52,050.66%16.44%

Adobe Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ADBE
Adobe
4.9169 of 5 stars
$363.35
-2.2%
$473.88
+30.4%
-34.8%$154.13B$21.51B23.2530,709Trending News
AMZN
Amazon.com
4.5034 of 5 stars
$219.76
-1.7%
$246.41
+12.1%
+15.4%$2.33T$637.96B35.791,556,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
GOOG
Alphabet
4.8869 of 5 stars
$174.92
-1.5%
$206.38
+18.0%
-3.2%$2.12T$350.02B19.50190,200Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
GOOGL
Alphabet
4.2047 of 5 stars
$173.95
-1.6%
$200.13
+15.0%
-2.9%$2.11T$350.02B19.39183,323Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
META
Meta Platforms
3.5648 of 5 stars
$718.62
+0.0%
$724.98
+0.9%
+39.9%$1.81T$164.50B28.0374,067Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
MSFT
Microsoft
4.616 of 5 stars
$495.97
-0.4%
$524.71
+5.8%
+10.7%$3.69T$245.12B38.33228,000Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
NVDA
NVIDIA
4.391 of 5 stars
$159.70
+0.9%
$176.47
+10.5%
+29.5%$3.90T$130.50B51.5236,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
TSLA
Tesla
4.7161 of 5 stars
$297.11
+1.1%
$301.13
+1.4%
+30.1%$956.98B$97.69B163.25125,665Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
CRM
Salesforce
4.9334 of 5 stars
$273.27
+1.3%
$349.08
+27.7%
+2.8%$261.25B$37.90B42.7776,453Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
FDX
FedEx
4.8697 of 5 stars
$239.38
+1.8%
$282.46
+18.0%
-21.2%$57.36B$87.93B14.18430,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
LEN
Lennar
4.7506 of 5 stars
$110.57
+1.2%
$128.85
+16.5%
-26.8%$29.17B$35.44B9.1513,265Trending News
Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:ADBE) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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