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2. Company Fundamentals

2.1 Competitiveness

Metric Value
Operating Margins 38.76%
Profit Margins 29.48%
Return on Equity 58.77%
Return on Assets 18.91%
Free Float 0.4B
Short Int % Utilisation 5.16%

2.2 Growth

Metric Value
Revenue Growth 12.0%
Free Cash Flow 9.32B
EBITDA 9.89 (Ratio)
Enterprise Value 94.1B
EV/Revenue 3.85
EV/EBITDA 9.89

Revenue growth of 12.0% indicates steady, moderate expansion.

2.3 Management

Role Metric
Consensus Rating N/A

2.4 Return

Metric Value
Expected Return (Ann.)* -19.95%
Risk / Std Dev (Ann.)* 38.85%
1-Year Price Return* -25.60%

Latest Market Data (as of 2026-08-14, US Eastern time):

Metric Value
Last Price $264.02
52-Week Range $190.12 – $370.86
Observation Count 251 trading days

The return and risk statistics use daily adjusted closes from the retrieved one-year series and annualise daily moments using 252 trading days. The last price is the latest regular-market price reported for the stated date. Source: Yahoo Finance market data.

DuPont Model Analysis

The DuPont model decomposes return on equity (ROE) into three operating and capital-structure drivers:

ROE = Net Margin × Asset Turnover × Equity Multiplier

The comparison uses the latest two comparable annual periods available for the issuer, with reported statement amounts shown in US$. Revenue and net income are income-statement flows; total assets and shareholders’ equity are year-end balance-sheet figures. This is a simplified year-end-balance DuPont comparison rather than an average-balance ROE calculation.

DuPont component Calculation FY2025 FY2024
Revenue Reported revenue $23.77B $21.50B
Net income Reported net income $7.13B $5.56B
Total assets Year-end reported balance $29.50B $30.23B
Shareholders’ equity Year-end reported balance $11.62B $14.11B
Net margin Net income ÷ revenue 30.00% 25.85%
Asset turnover Revenue ÷ total assets 0.8058x 0.7114x
Equity multiplier Total assets ÷ shareholders’ equity 2.5377x 2.1432x
ROE Net margin × asset turnover × equity multiplier 61.34% 39.42%

Source: Yahoo Finance annual statements. Values are based on the two latest comparable annual periods returned by the source; fiscal period labels use the statement period-end year.

2.5 FCFF DCF Valuation

Valuation basis: This research model follows a five-year, unlevered FCFF DCF. It starts from reported annual operating inputs, forecasts revenue and operating cash conversion under an explicit mechanical policy, discounts FCFF at WACC, applies a Gordon-growth terminal value, and bridges enterprise value to an indicative common-equity value per share. It is an analytical estimate rather than a recommendation or personalised target price.

Step 1 — Forecast Operating Profit and NOPAT

Reported operating input Value
Revenue $23.77B
Prior annual revenue $21.50B
EBIT $9.00B
Tax rate 18.00%
NOPAT = EBIT × (1 − tax rate) $7.38B
Forecast start-growth basis 10.53%
Forecast policy latest reported annual revenue growth, bounded to -10.00% / 15.00%

Step 2 — Calculate FCFF

Current FCFF building block Value
NOPAT $7.38B
Add: depreciation & amortisation $818.00M
Less: capital expenditure -$179.00M
Less/(add): working-capital cash-flow movement $605.00M
Current unlevered FCFF $8.62B

Explicit FCFF forecast

Forecast year Revenue growth NOPAT D&A Capex Change in NWC FCFF Present value
1 10.53% $8.15B $904.12M -$197.84M $668.69M $9.53B $9.01B
2 8.52% $8.85B $981.16M -$406.32M $725.67M $10.15B $8.58B
3 6.51% $9.43B $1.05B -$636.88M $772.94M $10.61B $8.01B
4 4.51% $9.85B $1.09B -$878.87M $807.78M $10.87B $7.34B
5 2.50% $10.10B $1.12B -$1.12B $827.97M $10.92B $6.60B

Step 3 — Determine the Discount Rate (WACC)

WACC input Value
Risk-free rate 4.71%
Equity risk premium assumption 5.50%
Beta 1.40
Cost of equity 12.40%
Pre-tax cost of debt 4.14%
WACC 11.86%
WACC validation within standard range

Step 4 — Estimate Terminal Value

Terminal-value input Value
Perpetuity growth rate 2.50%
Terminal value $119.59B
Implied terminal EV / EBITDA 8.90x
Terminal value as % of enterprise value 63.32%

Step 5 — Discount Cash Flows to Enterprise Value

Enterprise-value component Value
Present value of explicit FCFF $39.54B
Present value of terminal value $68.27B
Indicated enterprise value $107.81B
Discounting convention mid-year for explicit FCFF; terminal value discounted at year-end five

Step 6 — Convert Enterprise Value to Equity Value

Equity bridge Value
Indicated enterprise value $107.81B
Less: gross interest-bearing debt $6.65B
Add: cash and equivalents $6.59B
Add: affiliate investments $0.00
Less: minority interests $0.00
Indicated common equity value $107.76B

Step 7 — Calculate Indicative Value Per Share

Per-share output Value
Shares used 427,000,000.00
Share-count basis reported diluted weighted-average shares
Current market price $266.33
DCF indicative value per share $252.36
Indicative value vs. market price -5.24%

Model Integrity Checks

Check Result
Perpetuity growth is below the risk-free rate pass
Perpetuity growth is below WACC pass
WACC is within the configured operating-company range pass
Terminal-year FCFF is positive pass
Terminal capex converges to D&A pass
Terminal-value concentration within review band
Implied price differs from spot by more than 30% within review band

2.6 Investor-Style Research Screen

Educational screen Result
Buffett-inspired cash-quality checks 4/4 evidenced checks
Lynch-inspired balance-and-growth checks 4/4 evidenced checks

Data lineage: Yahoo Finance public market and reported-statement data; retrieval timestamp: 2026-08-18 17:20:42.809355 UTC; latest reported fiscal period: 2025-11-30 00:00:00. Default assumptions: five-year forecast, mid-year discounting for explicit FCFF, a maximum 2.50% perpetuity-growth rate below both WACC and the risk-free rate, historical operating-ratio persistence, and capex convergence to D&A by year five. No sell-side consensus or management guidance is substituted for reported inputs. This is research and analysis only, not personalized financial advice.

2.7 Quantitative Factor Diagnostics

Model basis: Daily issuer USD excess returns are regressed in-sample using ordinary least squares on matching regional Fama–French factors. FF3 estimates market, size, and value loadings; FF5 adds profitability and investment. Coefficients are descriptive historical exposures, not predictions.

Estimation input Value
Regional factor set US
Factor-return currency USD
Issuer-return basis USD adjusted total return
Estimation window 2025-08-19 to 2026-06-30
Aligned daily observations 217
Minimum observation requirement 120
Currency conversion for HK listings not required

Fama–French Three-Factor and Five-Factor Results

Diagnostic FF3 FF5
Annualised alpha -43.19% -35.49%
Adjusted R² 0.05 0.07
Annualised residual volatility 35.42% 34.84%
Factor loading (t-statistic) FF3 FF5
Market excess return (Mkt-RF) 0.23 (1.10) 0.51 (2.18)
Size (SMB) 0.30 (1.06) 0.21 (0.71)
Value (HML) -0.61 (-2.51) -1.01 (-3.43)
Profitability (RMW) NM 0.37 (1.47)
Investment (CMA) NM 0.80 (1.85)

Definitions: Mkt-RF is the market return less the risk-free rate; SMB is small minus big; HML is high minus low book-to-market; RMW is robust minus weak profitability; CMA is conservative minus aggressive investment. Factor returns are sourced from the Kenneth R. French Data Library; issuer adjusted-return history is sourced from Yahoo Finance. For Hong Kong listings, adjusted HKD prices are converted into USD with daily USD/HKD closes before return calculation to match the USD regional factor basis. This is an in-sample historical regression; coefficients and t-statistics do not establish causation or predict future returns. This is research and analysis only, not personalized financial advice.

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