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Adobe Inc.

ADBE

Technology · 242.47 +4.0% today

You’ve read what changed. Here’s whether the market is confirming it.

Isolated · not yet confirmedMarket checked 1 Oct, 15:00 GMT-4

Market read

No connected market move is active around Adobe Inc..

No new filing conclusion is available. 0 of 0 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 11 directly disclosed connections are confirming.

P/E14.9xlatest annual facts
Revenue YoY+10.5%2025-11-28
Operating margin36.6%+5.3 pts YoY
Company+4.0% todayVolume comparison unavailable
Market groupNo active group readNo durable group available
Disclosed network0 of 8 confirmingNo filing-linked name is confirming now
What would change this read
  • Hosting and data-center costs were the largest listed contributor to the year-to-date increase in subscription cost.
  • Adobe’s effective tax rate increased by approximately five percentage points over the comparable nine-month period.

Invalidation: The isolated read changes if ADBE's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.

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Research brief

The story so far

Technology · Software - Application

No new filing conclusion is available. 0 of 0 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 11 directly disclosed connections are confirming.

Evidence that supports

No thresholded supportive filing evidence is available yet.

Evidence that challenges

No thresholded adverse filing evidence is available yet.

What would clarify the read
  • Hosting and data-center costs were the largest listed contributor to the year-to-date increase in subscription cost.
  • Adobe’s effective tax rate increased by approximately five percentage points over the comparable nine-month period.

Company research

Understand the business, not just the ticker

As of Oct 1, 2026
Business model and earnings drivers

Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.

Key research questions
  • Which operating variable is changing?
  • Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
  • What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
Annual periods9
Price observations615
Usable filing statements94
Verified relationships8
Evidence supporting the case
  • Latest annual revenue changed +10.5% year over year.
  • Operating margin changed +5.3 percentage points in the latest annual period.
  • Net margin changed +4.1 percentage points in the latest annual period.
  • Data center and AI demand has repeated favorable evidence across 6 filings.
  • Product pipeline and R&D has repeated favorable evidence across 4 filings.
  • Credit and interest rates has repeated favorable evidence across 3 filings.
Evidence challenging the case

No qualifying adverse evidence was identified; that is not proof there is no downside.

Questions before a position
  • P/E is 62% below the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
  • EV/sales is 20% below the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Longer-term price context

Price as of Sep 30, 2026

239.98
6m-1.3%12m-33.2%24m-53.7%
Annual trajectory

Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.

PeriodRevenueYoYDiluted EPSShare change
2021-12-03$15.8B+22.7%$10.02-0.9%
2022-12-02$17.6B+11.5%$10.10-2.1%
2023-12-01$19.4B+10.2%$11.82-2.5%
2024-11-29$21.5B+10.8%$12.36-2.0%
2025-11-28$23.8B+10.5%$16.70-5.0%

What management says matters

Persistent and emerging business drivers

Data center and AI demandmixed · 6 filings
“Research and development expenses increased during the three and nine months ended August 28, 2026 as compared to the three and nine months ended August 29, 2025 primarily due to increases in compensation costs and, to a lesser extent, hosting services and da…”
10-Q · Sep 22, 2026 ↗
Product pipeline and R&Dpositive · 4 filings
“Research and development expenses increased during the three and nine months ended August 28, 2026 as compared to the three and nine months ended August 29, 2025 primarily due to increases in compensation costs and, to a lesser extent, hosting services and da…”
10-Q · Sep 22, 2026 ↗
Capital investment and capacitymixed · 3 filings
“Cash Flows from Investing Activities Net cash used for investing activities of $1.91 billion for the nine months ended August 28, 2026 was primarily due to our acquisition of Semrush in the second quarter of fiscal 2026, ongoing capital expenditures and purch…”
10-Q · Sep 22, 2026 ↗
Credit and interest ratespositive · 3 filings
“Interest expense increased during fiscal 2025 as compared to fiscal 2024 primarily due to the senior notes issued in January 2025.”
10-K · Jan 15, 2026 ↗

Valuation discipline

Descriptive valuation snapshot

Price/sales 4.3× · EV/sales 4.3×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.

Scenario scaffold

Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.

Price action

How the market is pricing the story

242.47+4.0% today

Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 1 Oct, 15:30 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.

Developments

No sourced recent-development timeline yet

Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for ADBE. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.

Business and financial condition

Reported financial figures are not available yet

Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.

Filing analysis

No comparable filing assessment is available yet

Jodie has not yet found a suitable current-versus-prior filing comparison for ADBE. This does not mean the latest filing was neutral or immaterial.

Business ecosystem

The relationships behind ADBE

Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.

Depended on by

DBXDropbox, Inc.competitorMay 8, 2026 ▾

“Certain features of our platform compete in the cloud storage market with products offered by Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, Google, and Adobe and in the content collaboration market with products offered by Microsoft, Atlassian, Slack (now part of Salesforce) and…”

Filing peers

Companies whose filings use similar operating language.

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What is moving around it

Live connections

ADBE is currently a Early Follower in the organic co-movement group Unknown Theme. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 1 filing-linked name are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.

This group is retained as the last observed read for ADBE; it is not active in the latest market snapshot.

Context history

Theme membership history

No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.