What Adobe (ADBE) Investors Need to Know

Shares of Large-cap technology company Adobe moved -3.9 this evening, and are now trading at $542.21 per share. On the other hand, the average analyst target price for the stock is $577.67.

Adobe Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a diversified software company worldwide.

Potential Adobe Investors Should Analyze the Following:

  • Adobe has moved 47.0% over the last year.

  • The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 2.55. A number between 0 and 1 could mean that the market is undervaluing Adobe's estimated growth potential

  • Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 16.66

Understanding Adobe's Operating Margins

Date Reported Total Revenue ($ k) Operating Expenses ($ k) Operating Margins (%) YoY Growth (%)
2023-01-17 17,606,000 -9,343,000 35 -5.41
2022-01-21 15,785,000 -8,118,000 37 12.12
2021-01-15 12,868,000 -6,909,000 33 17.86
2020-01-21 11,171,000 -6,230,000 28 -9.68
2019-01-25 9,030,000 -4,995,000 31 3.33
2018-01-22 7,301,505 -4,122,919 30

Adobe's operating margins have averaged 32.3% over the last 6 years, which is significantly higher than the Software industry average of 21.81%. The firm's margins exhibit a relatively stable growth trend of 2.4%.

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