Adobe stock analysis. ADBE stock.
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Adobe has been one of the market’s best stocks since its IPO back in 1986.
Right now, the company has a market cap of 195 billion dollars. With 5.7 billion of cash and investments and 3.6 billion of long term debt the enterprise value is 193 billion.
Revenue over the last 12 months is 18 billion, net income is 4.7 billion and free cash flow is 7.3 billion. So the company is valued at 11 times revenue, 41 times earnings and 26 times free cash flow.
This is an expensive valuation and that’s because Adobe is a consistent performer. The company has grown revenues every year since 2012 and it operates with incredible gross margins of 88%.
Part of Adobe’s success has been a seamless transition to subscription products which now make up 93% of total revenues.
Adobe’s long list of products including Photoshop, Illustrator, Fresco, Premiere Pro, Acrobat and more are all tied to the booming creator economy and these products are perfectly suited to the subscription model.
However, Adobe came under pressure last year following its planned acquisition of Figma for 20 billion dollars. Investors felt the price paid for Figma was way too high. Others said it showed how much competition Adobe is facing.
Upstarts like Figma and Canva and AI tools like MLRunway and Midjourney can do the same things as many Adobe products and in some cases do them better.
However, since that collapse the stock has rebounded and Adobe has announced its own contribution to the AI race.
In a company presentation last week, Adobe unveiled generative tools for Photoshop that wowed users with the ability to quickly enhance and expand images through AI.
This has caused a real buzz and no doubt more AI tools are on the way for all of Adobe’s other products.
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Adobe has been one of the market’s best stocks since its IPO back in 1986.
Right now, the company has a market cap of 195 billion dollars. With 5.7 billion of cash and investments and 3.6 billion of long term debt the enterprise value is 193 billion.
Revenue over the last 12 months is 18 billion, net income is 4.7 billion and free cash flow is 7.3 billion. So the company is valued at 11 times revenue, 41 times earnings and 26 times free cash flow.
This is an expensive valuation and that’s because Adobe is a consistent performer. The company has grown revenues every year since 2012 and it operates with incredible gross margins of 88%.
Part of Adobe’s success has been a seamless transition to subscription products which now make up 93% of total revenues.
Adobe’s long list of products including Photoshop, Illustrator, Fresco, Premiere Pro, Acrobat and more are all tied to the booming creator economy and these products are perfectly suited to the subscription model.
However, Adobe came under pressure last year following its planned acquisition of Figma for 20 billion dollars. Investors felt the price paid for Figma was way too high. Others said it showed how much competition Adobe is facing.
Upstarts like Figma and Canva and AI tools like MLRunway and Midjourney can do the same things as many Adobe products and in some cases do them better.
However, since that collapse the stock has rebounded and Adobe has announced its own contribution to the AI race.
In a company presentation last week, Adobe unveiled generative tools for Photoshop that wowed users with the ability to quickly enhance and expand images through AI.
This has caused a real buzz and no doubt more AI tools are on the way for all of Adobe’s other products.
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00:00 Adobe has been one of the markets best stocks since its IPO back in 1986. Right now the company
00:06 has a market cap of $195 billion, with $5.7 billion of cash and investments and $3.6 billion
00:14 of long term debt, the enterprise value is $193 billion. Revenue over the last 12 months is $18
00:20 billion, net income is $4.7 billion and free cash flow is $7.3 billion. So the company is valued at
00:28 11 times revenue, 41 times earnings and 26 times free cash flow. This is an expensive valuation
00:35 and that's because Adobe is a consistent performer. The company has grown revenues every year since
00:41 2012 and it operates with incredible gross margins of 88%. Part of Adobe's success has been a seamless
00:48 transition to subscription products which now make up 93% of total revenues. Adobe's long list
00:55 of products including Photoshop, Illustrator, Fresco, Premiere Pro, Acrobat and more are all
01:01 tied to the booming creator economy and these products are perfectly suited to the subscription
01:06 model. However, Adobe came under pressure last year following its planned acquisition of Figma
01:12 for $20 billion. Investors felt the price paid for Figma was way too high. Others said that it
01:18 showed how much competition Adobe is facing. Upstarts like Figma and Canva and AI tools like ML
01:25 Runway and Mid Journey can do the same things as many Adobe products and in some cases do them
01:30 better. However, since that collapse the stock has rebounded and Adobe has announced its own
01:36 contribution to the AI race. In a company presentation last week, Adobe unveiled generative
01:42 tools for Photoshop that wowed users with the ability to quickly enhance and expand images
01:48 through AI. This has caused a real buzz and no doubt more AI tools are on the way for all of
01:53 Adobe's other products. A major question for investors is whether users are going to stay
01:58 with existing leaders like Adobe or whether they will gradually migrate to alternatives over time.
02:04 While Adobe faces the problem of competition, smaller upstarts must deal with Adobe's scale.
02:10 There's no doubt Adobe is a quality company with first rate operating margins and strong
02:15 management. Even if AI based competitors cannot destroy Adobe completely, they could surely put
02:21 some pressure on Adobe's pricing. At the current $200 billion valuation which is 11 times revenue,
02:29 the stock is expensive. But because of Adobe's position in the creator economy and its long
02:34 history of outperformance, I'm going to give the stock a cautious bullish rating. But these are my
02:40 personal opinions not financial advice and I've got no position in Adobe's stock.