Q1 Earnings Estimate for Adobe Issued By Griffin Securities

Adobe Inc. (NASDAQ:ADBE) – Investment analysts at Griffin Securities issued their Q1 2026 earnings estimates for Adobe in a research note issued on Thursday, December 12th. Griffin Securities analyst J. Vleeschhouwer anticipates that the software company will post earnings per share of $4.46 for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Adobe’s current full-year earnings is $16.73 per share. Griffin Securities also issued estimates for Adobe’s Q2 2026 earnings at $4.66 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $4.87 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $18.97 EPS.

Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, December 11th. The software company reported $4.81 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.67 by $0.14. The business had revenue of $5.61 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.54 billion. Adobe had a net margin of 25.85% and a return on equity of 45.22%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 11.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $3.52 earnings per share.

A number of other analysts have also recently commented on the stock. Sanford C. Bernstein cut their price target on shares of Adobe from $644.00 to $587.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, December 12th. DA Davidson cut their price target on shares of Adobe from $685.00 to $625.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, December 12th. Stifel Nicolaus cut their target price on shares of Adobe from $650.00 to $600.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, December 12th. JMP Securities restated a “market perform” rating on shares of Adobe in a research note on Thursday, December 12th. Finally, StockNews.com upgraded shares of Adobe from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, September 13th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have issued a hold rating, eighteen have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Adobe has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $584.88.

Adobe Stock Performance

Shares of ADBE stock opened at $461.53 on Monday. The stock has a market cap of $203.17 billion, a P/E ratio of 37.22, a P/E/G ratio of 2.51 and a beta of 1.29. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28, a current ratio of 1.11 and a quick ratio of 1.11. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $504.64 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $523.70. Adobe has a one year low of $433.97 and a one year high of $638.25.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Adobe

Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Public Sector Pension Investment Board boosted its position in Adobe by 12.2% during the 3rd quarter. Public Sector Pension Investment Board now owns 19,322 shares of the software company’s stock worth $10,005,000 after buying an additional 2,100 shares during the period. GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its position in Adobe by 28.0% during the 3rd quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 6,458 shares of the software company’s stock worth $3,344,000 after buying an additional 1,412 shares during the period. Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. boosted its position in Adobe by 201.0% during the 3rd quarter. Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. now owns 117,383 shares of the software company’s stock worth $60,779,000 after buying an additional 78,384 shares during the period. Morse Asset Management Inc boosted its position in Adobe by 33.0% during the 3rd quarter. Morse Asset Management Inc now owns 8,519 shares of the software company’s stock worth $4,411,000 after buying an additional 2,113 shares during the period. Finally, Hantz Financial Services Inc. boosted its position in Adobe by 13.8% during the 3rd quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 78,682 shares of the software company’s stock worth $40,740,000 after buying an additional 9,519 shares during the period. 81.79% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling at Adobe

In related news, EVP Scott Belsky sold 481 shares of Adobe stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, October 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $483.42, for a total transaction of $232,525.02. Following the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 18,128 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $8,763,437.76. The trade was a 2.58 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director Amy Banse sold 606 shares of Adobe stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $550.00, for a total transaction of $333,300.00. Following the sale, the director now directly owns 32,929 shares in the company, valued at $18,110,950. This trade represents a 1.81 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 28,293 shares of company stock valued at $14,719,309 in the last ninety days. 0.15% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

About Adobe

Adobe Inc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a diversified software company worldwide. It operates through three segments: Digital Media, Digital Experience, and Publishing and Advertising. The Digital Media segment offers products, services, and solutions that enable individuals, teams, and enterprises to create, publish, and promote content; and Document Cloud, a unified cloud-based document services platform.