What does the company do?
Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe) is a diversified software companies. The Company offers a line of creative, business and mobile software and services used by creative professionals, knowledge workers, consumers, original equipment manufacturer (OEM) partners, developers and enterprises for creating, managing, delivering and engaging with content and experiences across multiple operating systems, devices and media. It distributes its products through a network of distributors, value-added resellers (VARs), systems integrators, independent software vendors (ISVs) and OEMs, direct to end users and through its own Website at www.adobe.com. It also licenses its technology to hardware manufacturers, software developers and service providers, and offer integrated software solutions to businesses of all sizes. Adobe has operations in the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Asia. In September 2008, it acquired YaWah ApS, a dynamic imaging software provider based in Denmark.
How much does the company sell and earn?
Investors need to know how much stuff or services a company sells, and how much of that total it keeps as income (or profit) to grow its business or return to shareholders. The more of each, the better. In general, look for companies that sell and earn more than peers.
- Adobe Sys one-year sales: 3.10 Bil.
Difference from the average for the Application Software group: -90.78% - Adobe Sys one-year income: 664.47 Mil.
Difference from the average for the Application Software group: -91.79%| Sales & Income (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
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| Sales | 3.10 Bil | 33.65 Bil | | Income | 664.47 Mil | 8.09 Bil |
How fast is the company growing?
- Adobe Sys one-year sales growth: -17.90%.
Difference from the average for the Application Software group: -9.90 pct. pts. - Adobe Sys one-year income growth: -33.10%.
Difference from the average for the Application Software group: -32.00 pct. pts.| Sales & Income Growth (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
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| Sales Growth | -17.90% | -8.00% | | Income Growth | -33.10% | -1.10% |
How profitable is the company?
Investors prefer companies that increase profit margins -- the percentage of sales that they keep -- every year. This is accomplished either by lowering expenses or raising prices. Look for companies that consistently find ways to squeeze more profits out of sales than their peers.
- Adobe Sys one-year net profit margin: 21.4%
Difference from the company's 5-year average net profit margin: -3.0 pct. pts.
Difference from the average for the Application Software group: 0.2 pct. pts.
| Net profit margins (%) |
|---|
| Company | 21.4% | | Company 5-Yr Avg. | 24.4% | | Industry | 21.2% |
How is the company's financial health?
The debt/equity ratio shows how much a firm has borrowed as a percentage of its stock equity. The lower, the better.
- Adobe Sys debt/equity ratio: 0.07.
Difference from the average for the Application Software group: -73.08%.
| | Company | Industry |
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| Debt/equity ratio | 0.07 | 0.26 |
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