Adobe (ADBE) Stock Forecast & Price Target

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Adobe - Analysts' Recommendations and Stock Price Forecast (2026)

Consensus Rating

Hold

Based on 33 Analyst Ratings

Sell
5

Hold
21

Buy
7

Based on 33 Wall Street analysts who have issued ratings for Adobe in the last 12 months, the stock has a consensus rating of "Hold." Out of the 33 analysts, 5 have given a sell rating, 21 have given a hold rating, and 7 have given a buy rating for ADBE.

Consensus Price Target

$270.96
-1.58% Downside

According to the 33 analysts' twelve-month price targets for Adobe, the average price target is $270.96. The highest price target for ADBE is $440.00, while the lowest price target for ADBE is $190.00. The average price target represents a forecasted downside of -1.58% from the current price of $275.30.

MarketBeat calculates consensus analyst ratings for stocks using the most recent rating from each Wall Street analyst that has rated a stock within the last twelve months. Each analyst's rating is normalized to a standardized rating score of 1 (sell), 2 (hold), 3 (buy) or 4 (strong buy). Analyst consensus ratings scores are calculated using the mean average of the number of normalized sell, hold, buy and strong buy ratings from Wall Street analysts. Each stock's consensus analyst rating is derived from its calculated consensus ratings score (0 to .5 = Strong Sell, .5 to 1 = Sell, 1 to 1.5 = Reduce, 1.5 to 2.5 = Hold, 2.5 to 3.0 = Moderate Buy, 3.0 to 3.5 = Buy, >3.5 = Strong Buy). MarketBeat's consensus price targets are a mean average of the most recent available price targets set by each analyst that has set a price target for the stock in the last twelve months. MarketBeat's consensus ratings and consensus price targets may differ from those calculated by other firms due to differences in methodology and available data.

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ADBE Analyst Ratings Over Time

Type	Current Forecast 8/24/25 to 8/24/26	1 Month Ago 7/25/25 to 7/25/26	3 Months Ago 5/26/25 to 5/26/26	1 Year Ago 8/24/24 to 8/24/25
Strong Buy	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)
Buy	7 Buy rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)
Hold	21 Hold rating(s)	21 Hold rating(s)	17 Hold rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)
Sell	5 Sell rating(s)	6 Sell rating(s)	5 Sell rating(s)	2 Sell rating(s)
Consensus Price Target	$270.96	$271.30	$338.15	$475.08
Forecasted Upside	-1.58% Downside	20.52% Upside	40.61% Upside	31.20% Upside
Consensus Rating	Hold	Hold	Hold	Moderate Buy

ADBE Analyst Recommendations By Month

The chart below shows how a company's ratings by analysts have changed over time. Each bar represents the previous year of ratings for that month. Within each bar, the sell ratings are shown in red, the hold ratings are shown in yellow, the buy ratings are shown in green, and the strong buy ratings are shown in dark green.

ADBE Price Targets by Month

The chart below shows how a company's share price and consensus price target have changed over time. The dark blue line represents the company's actual price. The lighter blue line represents the stock's consensus price target. The even lighter blue range in the background of the two lines represents the low price target and the high price target for each stock.

Adobe Stock vs. The Competition

Type	Adobe	Technology Companies	Broader Market
Consensus Rating Score	2.06	2.23	2.53
Consensus Rating	Hold	Hold	Moderate Buy
Predicted Upside	-1.58% Downside	386.17% Upside	12.34% Upside
News Sentiment Rating	Positive News See Recent ADBE News	Positive News	Positive News

Recent Analyst Forecasts and Stock Ratings

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Date	Brokerage	Analyst	Action	Rating	Price Target	Report Date Upside/Downside
8/19/2026	Bank of America 4 of 5 stars	Tal Liani 2 of 5 stars	Boost Target	Underperform	$190.00 ➝ $220.00	-19.16%
8/17/2026	Weiss Ratings 5 of 5 stars		Downgrade	Sell (D+) ➝ Sell (D)
7/21/2026	UBS Group 4 of 5 stars	Karl Keirstead 3 of 5 stars	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Equal Weight
7/21/2026	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Keith Weiss Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Equal Weight ➝ Underweight	$365.00 ➝ $240.00	+2.24%
7/20/2026	CLSA Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Bhavtosh Vajpayee Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Outperform	$300.00	+26.45%
7/2/2026	HSBC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Stephen Bersey Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Buy	$282.00 ➝ $308.00	+45.99%
6/29/2026	Phillip Securities Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Downgrade	Strong-Buy ➝ Hold
6/12/2026	The Goldman Sachs Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Gabriela Borges Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Sell	$220.00 ➝ $190.00	-12.94%
6/12/2026	Sanford C. Bernstein Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Mark Moerdler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Outperform	$447.00 ➝ $379.00	+73.67%
6/12/2026	Wolfe Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Alex Zukin Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Peer Perform
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6/12/2026	Oppenheimer Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Market Perform
6/12/2026	KeyCorp Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Jackson Ader Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Underweight	$235.00 ➝ $195.00	-10.65%
6/12/2026	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Michael Turrin Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Overweight	$330.00 ➝ $250.00	+14.55%
6/12/2026	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Saket Kalia Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Equal Weight	$275.00 ➝ $250.00	+14.55%
6/12/2026	Evercore Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Set Target	Outperform ➝ In-Line	$225.00	+3.10%
6/12/2026	Jefferies Financial Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Brent Thill Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Hold	$290.00 ➝ $230.00	+5.39%
6/12/2026	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Tyler Radke Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Market Perform
6/12/2026	Stifel Nicolaus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Parker Lane Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Hold	$350.00 ➝ $200.00	-8.36%
6/12/2026	Freedom Capital Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Downgrade	Strong-Buy ➝ Hold
6/12/2026	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Arti Vula Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Overweight	$420.00 ➝ $340.00	+66.77%
6/12/2026	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Keith Bachman Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Market Perform	$285.00 ➝ $230.00	+14.43%
6/12/2026	DA Davidson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Gil Luria Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Buy	$300.00 ➝ $250.00	+14.55%
6/12/2026	Citizens Jmp Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Patrick Walravens Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Market Perform
6/12/2026	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Billy Fitzsimmons Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Neutral	$280.00 ➝ $240.00	+9.97%
6/12/2026	Robert W. Baird Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Rob Oliver Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Neutral	$270.00 ➝ $230.00	+5.39%
6/12/2026	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Gregg Moskowitz Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Neutral	$270.00 ➝ $245.00	+12.26%
6/8/2026	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Matthew Swanson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Outperform	$350.00 ➝ $285.00	+15.89%
6/8/2026	TD Cowen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Derrick Wood Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Hold	$310.00 ➝ $285.00	+15.04%
5/19/2026	Dbs Bank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Downgrade	Moderate Buy ➝ Hold
4/17/2026	Summit Redstone Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Set Target		$350.00	+39.27%
4/13/2026	BTIG Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Nick Altmann Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Neutral
3/26/2026	William Blair Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Arjun Bhatia Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Market Perform
3/16/2026	Argus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Joseph Bonner Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Hold
3/13/2026	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Hold
9/1/2025	Rothschild & Co Redburn Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Omar Sheikh Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Target		$280.00	-21.50%
8/11/2025	Melius Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Downgrade	Hold ➝ Sell	$310.00	-7.45%
1/15/2025	BNP Paribas Exane Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Stefan Slowinski Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Underperform ➝ Neutral	$425.00	+2.98%

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Should I Buy Adobe Stock? ADBE Pros and Cons Explained

These pros and cons were generated based on recent news and financial data from MarketBeat in order to provide readers with the fastest and most accurate insights. They were last updated on Tuesday, August 18, 2026. Please send any questions or comments about these Adobe pros and cons to contact@marketbeat.com.

Adobe
Bull Case

Here are some ways that investors could benefit from investing in Adobe:

Adobe recently reported strong quarterly earnings, exceeding expectations with earnings per share (EPS) of $5.96, which is a significant increase from the previous year's $5.06 EPS. This demonstrates the company's robust financial performance and growth potential.
The company has shown a year-over-year revenue growth of 12.7%, indicating a strong demand for its products and services, which could lead to continued profitability.
Adobe's return on equity stands at an impressive 65.11%, suggesting that the company is effective at generating profits from its equity, which is a positive sign for investors looking for efficient management.
With a current stock price around $720, the recent share repurchase plan of $25 billion indicates that the board believes the stock is undervalued, which could lead to price appreciation as shares are bought back from the market.
Analysts forecast an EPS of 19.81 for the current year, suggesting strong future earnings potential, which could attract more investors looking for growth opportunities.

Adobe
Bear Case

Investors should be bearish about investing in Adobe for these reasons:

Despite strong earnings, the stock price has shown volatility, which could pose risks for investors who prefer stable investments.
Insider trading activity has been mixed, with a director purchasing shares while a chief accounting officer sold a portion of their holdings, which may raise concerns about internal confidence in the company's future.
The high return on equity, while impressive, may also indicate that the company is heavily reliant on debt, which could be a risk factor in economic downturns.
Adobe's significant investment in share buybacks, while a sign of confidence, could also mean less capital is being allocated towards innovation and new product development, which is crucial in the tech industry.
Market analysts have varying opinions on the stock's future performance, which could lead to uncertainty for potential investors.

ADBE Forecast - Frequently Asked Questions

According to the research reports of 33 Wall Street equities research analysts, the average twelve-month stock price forecast for Adobe is $270.96, with a high forecast of $440.00 and a low forecast of $190.00.

33 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Adobe in the last year. There are currently 5 sell ratings, 21 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" ADBE shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in ADBE, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.

According to analysts, Adobe's stock has a predicted downside of -1.58% based on their 12-month stock forecasts.

Over the previous 90 days, Adobe's stock had 6 downgrades and 3 upgrades by analysts.

Adobe has been rated by research analysts at Bank of America, Barclays, BMO Capital Markets, Citigroup, Citizens Jmp, CLSA, DA Davidson, Evercore, Freedom Capital, HSBC, Jefferies Financial Group, JPMorgan Chase & Co., KeyCorp, Mizuho, Morgan Stanley, Oppenheimer, Phillip Securities, Piper Sandler, Robert W. Baird, Royal Bank Of Canada, Sanford C. Bernstein, Stifel Nicolaus, TD Cowen, The Goldman Sachs Group, UBS Group, Weiss Ratings, Wells Fargo & Company, and Wolfe Research in the past 90 days.

Analysts like Adobe less than other "technology" companies. The consensus rating score for Adobe is 2.06 while the average consensus rating score for "technology" companies is 2.23. Learn more on how ADBE compares to other companies.

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Adobe (ADBE) Stock Forecast & Price Target

Adobe - Analysts' Recommendations and Stock Price Forecast (2026)

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Adobe (ADBE) Stock Forecast & Price Target

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Adobe Stock vs. The Competition

Recent Analyst Forecasts and Stock Ratings

Should I Buy Adobe Stock? ADBE Pros and Cons Explained

Adobe Bull Case

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