Adobe Inc.
ADBE Technology Software Application
Adobe Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended November 2025) was $23.8 billion, up 10.5% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to August 2026, revenue grew 12.9%, EPS grew 10.8%, free cash flow grew 14.7% and total debt rose 2.63%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100; revenue growth for ten consecutive years; insiders bought in the last twelve months.
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Adobe Inc. (ADBE) Return on invested capital
Adobe Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 31 August 2026 was 46.4%, down 2.0 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (48.4%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 11.5% (fiscal 2015) to 48.4% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Software Application industry median of 0.00% and above the Technology sector median of 0.00%.
Return on invested capital, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Return on invested capital | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 48.4% | 12.86 |
| FY2024 | 35.6% | 2.00 |
| FY2023 | 33.6% | 2.02 |
| FY2022 | 31.5% | 4.11 |
| FY2021 | 27.4% | 4.36 |
| FY2020 | 23.1% | 3.60 |
| FY2019 | 19.5% | 2.17 |
| FY2018 | 17.3% | (12.67) |
| FY2017 | 30.0% | 9.48 |
| FY2016 | 20.5% | 9.02 |
Against its own ten years
Return on invested capital against peers
| Company | Return on invested capital |
|---|---|
| ADP Automatic Data Processing, Inc. compare | 53.4% |
| ADBE Adobe Inc. | 46.4% |
| INTU Intuit Inc. compare | 20.2% |
| CDNS Cadence Design Systems, Inc. compare | 14.0% |
| UBER Uber Technologies, Inc. compare | 12.0% |
| NOW ServiceNow, Inc. compare | 6.83% |
| DDOG Datadog, Inc. compare | 2.78% |
| SNOW Snowflake Inc. compare | −37.0% |
| MSTR Strategy Inc compare | −64.7% |
| Software Application industry median | 0.00% |
| Technology sector median | 0.00% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Return on invested capital is
Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.
TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)
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