Also trades as ADBE.NE.
ADBE
Strong BuyUnloved QualityAI neutralAdobe Inc. · Technology · United States · $102.7B cap · $1.2B/day traded
$258.62 -2.0% · close 26 Oct · scored 27 Oct
StockRank down 1.8 since 24 Oct: Value down 3.
Unloved Quality: Strong and cheap; the market has not turned yet.
Report expected 9 Dec: the next-year EPS estimate has been little changed over the last 14 weeks.
As of 27 Oct 2026, MoatMap's StockRank for Adobe Inc. (ADBE) is 86/100, ranked against 24,000+ stocks in 35 markets (Quality 80, Value 58, Momentum 47, each scored against its sector).
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Adobe owns the leading creative and document software franchises, with high margins, strong free cash flow and large buybacks, and the shares now trade at a much lower multiple than in the past. The central debate is whether generative AI tools erode demand for seat-based creative subscriptions faster than Adobe can charge for its own AI features. That question is unresolved, and share momentum remains weak.
ABOUT ADOBE INC.
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Adobe Inc. provides industry-leading creative software and digital marketing solutions, including Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, and its Experience Cloud platform. Its competitive moat includes industry-standard software products with high switching costs, a sticky subscription-based business model, and continuous innovation in digital content creation and management. Adobe is a global leader in creative and digital experience software, essential for professionals worldwide.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY (USD)
| Year | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | CAGR | TTM | 2026E | 2027E | Fwd CAGR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 17.6B | 19.4B | 21.5B | 23.8B | 10.5% | 26.0B | 26.6B | 29.0B | 10.5% |
| EPS | 10.13 | 11.87 | 12.43 | 16.73 | 18.2% | 17.91 | 19.56 | 21.98 | 14.6% |
| Shares | 462.0M | 455.0M | 441.0M | 413.0M | -10.6% | 389.2M | — | — | — |
| Debt | 4.6B | 4.1B | 6.1B | 6.6B | 12.8% | 6.8B | — | — | — |
| Equity | 14.1B | 16.5B | 14.1B | 11.6B | -6.1% | — | — | — | — |
| Op CF | 7.8B | 7.3B | 8.1B | 10.0B | 8.6% | 10.8B | — | — | — |
| Inv CF | -570.0M | 776.0M | 149.0M | -1.2B | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fin CF | -6.8B | -5.2B | -7.7B | -11.1B | — | — | — | — | — |
No new 52-week low for 17 weeks, 36% above that low, but not back above a rising 50-day average.
Swung more than 50% of stocks we rank over the past year (42% a year).
How this is worked out
StockRank judges the business. The price check reads only the chart: it is the price side of the Momentum score, in words.
The rules: Still falling is a new 52-week low in the last two weeks, at least 25% below the high. Finding a floor is no new low since. Turning up is 20 or more trading days without a new low, at least 10% off it, and back above a rising 50-day average. In an uptrend is above the 200-day average and within 15% of the high.
In 2,112 US drawdowns since 2001, buying while the price was still falling was followed by a further 20% drop 42% of the time. Waiting for a turn like this one cut that to 33%, at about 7% higher prices and with no better returns. Part of that cut is simply not buying: 13% of falls never turned, and waiting kept those out. Among turns that were bought, 38% still fell another 20%, and 33% of turns were followed by a new low within six months. The benefit was largest in crashes such as 2008 and 2020.
What it measures: day-to-day price moves over the past year, as a yearly figure, ranked against every stock we cover. Very calm under 20% a year, Calm 20 to 30%, Average 30 to 40%, Bumpy 40 to 55%, Very bumpy above that.
What we found: across about 13,500 stocks in 34 markets (2002 to 2025), past swings were a good guide to the next year's, and bumpier stocks fell further. How much further changed too much between eras to put a number on it.
Calm is not safe: a calm stock can still slide steadily.
Rules fixed before any data was fetched. Describes the chart, not a recommendation.
SCORE BREAKDOWN
FUNDAMENTALS
SECTOR PEERS
Closest peers in Technology, ranked by industry match, size, and score similarity. Cross-listings of ADBE are excluded.
| Ticker | Company | Mkt Cap | StockRank | Signal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADBE | Adobe Inc.(you) | $102.7B | 86 | Strong Buy |
| ADP | Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | $120.5B | 83 | Strong Buy |
| WDAY | Workday, Inc. | $50.6B | 85 | Strong Buy |
| CRM | Salesforce, Inc. | $204.6B | 89 | Strong Buy |
| SAP.DE | SAP SE | $277.3B | 87 | Strong Buy |
| UBER | Uber Technologies, Inc. | $136.2B | 71 | Buy |
| PAYX | Paychex, Inc. | $42.0B | 82 | Strong Buy |
| CSU.TO | Constellation Software Inc. | $51.4B | 78 | Buy |
| INTU | Intuit Inc. | $91.8B | 66 | Buy |
| ADSK | Autodesk, Inc. | $52.7B | 77 | Buy |
Peer medians: ROE 8.2% · P/E 26.9x · Gross margin 33.1%
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