For the quarter ended May 2025, Adobe Systems (ADBE) reported revenue of $5.87 billion, up 10.6% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $5.06, compared to $4.48 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $5.79 billion, representing a surprise of +1.50%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +2.02%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $4.96.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Adobe performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Business Unit - Digital Media - Total Digital Media ARR (Annual): $18.09 billion versus $18 billion estimated by four analysts on average.
- Revenue- Digital Media: $4.35 billion versus the seven-analyst average estimate of $4.27 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +11.3%.
- Revenue- Publishing and Advertising: $70 million compared to the $66.41 million average estimate based on seven analysts. The reported number represents a change of -5.4% year over year.
- Revenue- Digital Experience: $1.46 billion compared to the $1.44 billion average estimate based on seven analysts. The reported number represents a change of +10% year over year.
- Revenue- Services and other: $144 million versus $145.74 million estimated by six analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -0.7% change.
- Revenue- Subscription: $5.64 billion versus the five-analyst average estimate of $5.55 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +11.5%.
- Revenue- Products: $88 million compared to the $102.79 million average estimate based on five analysts. The reported number represents a change of -15.4% year over year.
- Revenue- Subscription Revenue- Digital Experience: $1.33 billion versus $1.32 billion estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +10.5% change.
- Revenue- Subscription Revenue- Digital Media: $4.28 billion compared to the $4.18 billion average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of +11.8% year over year.
- Revenue- Subscription Revenue- Publishing and Advertising: $27 million versus $28.81 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -3.6% change.
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Shares of Adobe have returned -7.5% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +5.1% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), indicating that it could outperform the broader market in the near term.
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