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Adobe Raises FY25 Digital Media ARR Growth, Total Revenue, and EPS Targets

Company Reports Record Revenue and RPO Surpasses $20 Billion, Accelerating to 13 Percent Year-Over-Year Growth

Adobe (Nasdaq:ADBE) today reported financial results for its third quarter fiscal year 2025 ended Aug. 29, 2025.

“Adobe is the leader in the AI creative applications category with AI-influenced ARR surpassing $5 billion and AI-first ARR already exceeding our $250 million year-end target,” said Shantanu Narayen, chair and CEO, Adobe. “Given our customer strategy, AI product innovation and strong go-to-market execution, we’re pleased to once again raise our FY25 total revenue and EPS targets.”

“Adobe delivered record Q3 revenue, with strength in subscription revenue across both Digital Media and Digital Experience segments,” said Dan Durn, executive vice president and CFO, Adobe. “We’re raising our FY25 total revenue and EPS targets as we execute against our growth strategy to deliver category leading and AI-infused solutions to meet the diverse needs of our customers.”

Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2025 Financial Highlights

  • Adobe achieved record revenue of $5.99 billion in its third quarter of fiscal year 2025, which represents 11 percent year-over-year growth, or 10 percent in constant currency. Diluted earnings per share was $4.18 on a GAAP basis and $5.31 on a non-GAAP basis.
  • GAAP operating income in the third quarter was $2.17 billion and non-GAAP operating income was $2.77 billion. GAAP net income was $1.77 billion and non-GAAP net income was $2.25 billion.
  • Cash flows from operations were $2.20 billion.
  • Exiting the quarter, Remaining Performance Obligations (“RPO”) were $20.44 billion, and Current Remaining Performance Obligations (“cRPO”) were 67 percent.
  • Adobe repurchased approximately 8.0 million shares during the quarter.

Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2025 Business Segment Highlights

  • Digital Media segment revenue was $4.46 billion, which represents 12 percent year-over-year growth, or 11 percent in constant currency. Digital Media Annualized Recurring Revenue (“ARR”) exiting the quarter was $18.59 billion, representing 11.7 percent year-over-year growth.
  • Digital Experience segment revenue was $1.48 billion, representing 9 percent year-over-year growth as reported and in constant currency. Digital Experience subscription revenue was $1.37 billion, representing 11 percent year-over-year growth as reported and in constant currency.

Customer Group Supplemental Disclosure

  • Business Professionals and Consumers Group subscription revenue was $1.65 billion, which represents 15 percent year-over-year growth, or 14 percent in constant currency.
  • Creative and Marketing Professionals Group subscription revenue was $4.12 billion, which represents 11 percent year-over-year growth, or 10 percent in constant currency.

Financial Targets

The following table summarizes Adobe’s fourth quarter fiscal year 2025 targets, which assumes current macroeconomic conditions1:

Total revenue

$6.075 billion to $6.125 billion

Digital Media segment revenue

$4.53 billion to $4.56 billion

Digital Experience segment revenue

$1.495 billion to $1.515 billion

Digital Experience subscription revenue

$1.395 billion to $1.410 billion

Earnings per share

GAAP: $4.27 to $4.32

Non-GAAP: $5.35 to $5.40

1 Targets assume non-GAAP operating margin of ~45.5 percent, non-GAAP tax rate of ~18.5 percent and diluted share count of ~418 million for fourth quarter fiscal year 2025.

The following updated table summarizes Adobe’s fiscal year 2025 targets, which assumes current macroeconomic conditions2:

Total revenue

$23.65 billion to $23.70 billion

Digital Media segment revenue

$17.56 billion to $17.59 billion

Digital Media ending ARR growth

11.3% year over year

Digital Experience segment revenue

$5.84 billion to $5.86 billion

Digital Experience subscription revenue

$5.39 billion to $5.41 billion

Earnings per share

GAAP: $16.53 to $16.58

Non-GAAP: $20.80 to $20.85

2 Targets assume non-GAAP operating margin of ~46 percent, non-GAAP tax rate of ~18.5 percent and diluted share count of ~427 million for fiscal year 2025.

Adobe to Host Conference Call

Adobe will webcast its third quarter fiscal year 2025 earnings conference call today at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time from its investor relations website: http://www.adobe.com/ADBE. Earnings documents, including Adobe management’s prepared conference call remarks with slides and an investor datasheet are posted to Adobe’s Investor Relations Website in advance of the conference call for reference.

Forward-Looking Statements, Non-GAAP and Other Disclosures

In addition to historical information, this press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of applicable securities laws, including statements related to our business, strategy, artificial intelligence (“AI”) and innovation momentum; our market and AI opportunity and future growth; market and AI trends; current macroeconomic conditions; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; strategic investments; customer success and groups; and our financial targets and assumptions related thereto, including revenue, operating margin, operating efficiencies, annualized recurring revenue, tax rate, earnings per share and share count. Each of the forward-looking statements we make in this press release involves risks, uncertainties and assumptions based on information available to us as of the date of this press release. Such risks and uncertainties, many of which relate to matters beyond our control, could cause actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to: failure to innovate effectively and meet customer needs; issues relating to development and use of AI; failure to compete effectively; damage to our reputation or brands; failure to realize the anticipated benefits of investments or acquisitions; service interruptions or failures in information technology systems by us or third parties; security incidents; failure to effectively develop, manage and maintain critical third-party business relationships; risks associated with being a multinational corporation and adverse macroeconomic conditions; complex sales cycles; failure to recruit and retain key personnel; litigation, regulatory inquiries and intellectual property infringement claims; changes in, and compliance with, global laws and regulations, including those related to information security and privacy; failure to protect our intellectual property; changes in tax regulations; complex government procurement processes; risks related to fluctuations in or the timing of revenue recognition from our subscription offerings; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; impairment charges; our existing and future debt obligations; catastrophic events; and fluctuations in our stock price. Further information on these and other factors are discussed in the section titled “Risk Factors” in Adobe’s most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K and Adobe's most recently filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. The risks described in this press release and in Adobe’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission should be carefully reviewed.

Undue reliance should not be placed on forward-looking financial information set forth in this press release, which reflects estimates based on information available at this time. These amounts could differ from actual reported amounts stated in Adobe’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for our fiscal quarter ended Aug. 29, 2025, which Adobe expects to file in Sept. 2025. Adobe assumes no obligation to, and does not currently intend to, update these forward-looking statements.

A reconciliation between GAAP and non-GAAP earnings results and financial targets and a statement regarding use of non-GAAP financial information are provided at the end of this press release and on Adobe’s investor relations website. Definitions of our non-GAAP financial measures are provided in the Current Report on Form 8-K relating to this press release.

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income

(In millions, except per share data; unaudited)

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 

August 29, 2025

 

August 30, 2024

 

August 29, 2025

 

August 30, 2024

Revenue:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subscription

$

5,791

 

 

$

5,180

 

 

$

16,915

 

 

$

15,156

 

Product

 

68

 

 

 

82

 

 

 

251

 

 

 

305

 

Services and other

 

129

 

 

 

146

 

 

 

409

 

 

 

438

 

Total revenue

 

5,988

 

 

 

5,408

 

 

 

17,575

 

 

 

15,899

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of revenue:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subscription

 

510

 

 

 

413

 

 

 

1,505

 

 

 

1,324

 

Product

 

5

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

17

 

 

 

19

 

Services and other

 

127

 

 

 

135

 

 

 

380

 

 

 

399

 

Total cost of revenue

 

642

 

 

 

554

 

 

 

1,902

 

 

 

1,742

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross profit

 

5,346

 

 

 

4,854

 

 

 

15,673

 

 

 

14,157

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research and development

 

1,088

 

 

 

1,022

 

 

 

3,196

 

 

 

2,945

 

Sales and marketing

 

1,639

 

 

 

1,431

 

 

 

4,760

 

 

 

4,228

 

General and administrative

 

408

 

 

 

366

 

 

 

1,152

 

 

 

1,073

 

Acquisition termination fee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,000

 

Amortization of intangibles

 

38

 

 

 

43

 

 

 

120

 

 

 

127

 

Total operating expenses

 

3,173

 

 

 

2,862

 

 

 

9,228

 

 

 

9,373

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating income

 

2,173

 

 

 

1,992

 

 

 

6,445

 

 

 

4,784

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-operating income (expense):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense

 

(67

)

 

 

(51

)

 

 

(197

)

 

 

(119

)

Investment gains (losses), net

 

23

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

31

 

 

 

34

 

Other income (expense), net

 

58

 

 

 

89

 

 

 

191

 

 

 

241

 

Total non-operating income (expense), net

 

14

 

 

 

50

 

 

 

25

 

 

 

156

 

Income before income taxes

 

2,187

 

 

 

2,042

 

 

 

6,470

 

 

 

4,940

 

Provision for income taxes

 

415

 

 

 

358

 

 

 

1,196

 

 

 

1,063

 

Net income

$

1,772

 

 

$

1,684

 

 

$

5,274

 

 

$

3,877

 

Basic net income per share

$

4.18

 

 

$

3.78

 

 

$

12.28

 

 

$

8.63

 

Shares used to compute basic net income per share

 

423

 

 

 

445

 

 

 

429

 

 

 

449

 

Diluted net income per share

$

4.18

 

 

$

3.76

 

 

$

12.26

 

 

$

8.58

 

Shares used to compute diluted net income per share

 

424

 

 

 

448

 

 

 

430

 

 

 

452

 

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In millions; unaudited)

 

 

August 29, 2025

 

November 29, 2024

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

$

4,982

 

 

$

7,613

 

Short-term investments

 

958

 

 

 

273

 

Trade receivables, net of allowances for doubtful accounts of $14 for both periods

 

2,093

 

 

 

2,072

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

1,379

 

 

 

1,274

 

Total current assets

 

9,412

 

 

 

11,232

 

 

 

 

 

Property and equipment, net

 

1,908

 

 

 

1,936

 

Operating lease right-of-use assets, net

 

307

 

 

 

281

 

Goodwill

 

12,862

 

 

 

12,788

 

Other intangibles, net

 

555

 

 

 

782

 

Deferred income taxes

 

2,092

 

 

 

1,657

 

Other assets

 

1,618

 

 

 

1,554

 

Total assets

$

28,754

 

 

$

30,230

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

Trade payables

$

337

 

 

$

361

 

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

 

2,289

 

 

 

2,336

 

Debt

 

 

 

 

1,499

 

Deferred revenue

 

6,385

 

 

 

6,131

 

Income taxes payable

 

154

 

 

 

119

 

Operating lease liabilities

 

74

 

 

 

75

 

Total current liabilities

 

9,239

 

 

 

10,521

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term liabilities:

 

 

 

Debt

 

6,200

 

 

 

4,129

 

Deferred revenue

 

149

 

 

 

128

 

Income taxes payable

 

502

 

 

 

548

 

Operating lease liabilities

 

362

 

 

 

353

 

Other liabilities

 

532

 

 

 

446

 

Total liabilities

 

16,984

 

 

 

16,125

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders’ equity:

 

 

 

Preferred stock

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock

 

 

 

 

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

14,968

 

 

 

13,419

 

Retained earnings

 

43,516

 

 

 

38,470

 

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

 

(341

)

 

 

(201

)

Treasury stock, at cost

 

(46,373

)

 

 

(37,583

)

Total stockholders’ equity

 

11,770

 

 

 

14,105

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

$

28,754

 

 

$

30,230

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(In millions; unaudited)

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

August 29, 2025

 

August 30, 2024

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

Net income

$

1,772

 

 

$

1,684

 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

Depreciation, amortization and accretion

 

208

 

 

 

213

 

Stock-based compensation

 

497

 

 

 

474

 

Other non-cash adjustments

 

(101

)

 

 

(91

)

Changes in deferred revenue

 

200

 

 

 

220

 

Changes in other operating assets and liabilities

 

(378

)

 

 

(479

)

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

2,198

 

 

 

2,021

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

Purchases, sales and maturities of short-term investments, net

 

(169

)

 

 

86

 

Purchases of property and equipment

 

(72

)

 

 

(57

)

Purchases and sales of long-term investments, intangibles and other assets, net

 

(21

)

 

 

(76

)

Acquisitions, net of cash acquired

 

(17

)

 

 

 

Net cash used for investing activities

 

(279

)

 

 

(47

)

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

 

Repurchases of common stock

 

(2,057

)

 

 

(2,500

)

Proceeds from treasury stock re-issuances, net of taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards

 

142

 

 

 

96

 

Other financing activities, net

 

39

 

 

 

(49

)

Net cash used for financing activities

 

(1,876

)

 

 

(2,453

)

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

 

8

 

 

 

12

 

Net change in cash and cash equivalents

 

51

 

 

 

(467

)

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

 

4,931

 

 

 

7,660

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

$

4,982

 

 

$

7,193

 

Non-GAAP Results

The following table shows Adobe’s GAAP results reconciled to non-GAAP results included in this release.

(In millions, except per share data)

Three Months Ended

 

August 29,

2025

 

August 30,

2024

 

May 30,

2025

Operating income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GAAP operating income

$

2,173

 

 

$

1,992

 

 

$

2,109

 

Stock-based and deferred compensation expense

 

521

 

 

 

485

 

 

 

482

 

Amortization of intangibles

 

79

 

 

 

83

 

 

 

83

 

Loss contingency (reversal)

 

 

 

 

(45

)

 

 

 

Non-GAAP operating income

$

2,773

 

 

$

2,515

 

 

$

2,674

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GAAP net income

$

1,772

 

 

$

1,684

 

 

$

1,691

 

Stock-based and deferred compensation expense

 

521

 

 

 

485

 

 

 

482

 

Amortization of intangibles

 

79

 

 

 

83

 

 

 

83

 

Loss contingency (reversal)

 

 

 

 

(45

)

 

 

 

Investment (gains) losses, net

 

(23

)

 

 

(12

)

 

 

(2

)

Income tax adjustments

 

(97

)

 

 

(115

)

 

 

(83

)

Non-GAAP net income

$

2,252

 

 

$

2,080

 

 

$

2,171

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diluted net income per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GAAP diluted net income per share

$

4.18

 

 

$

3.76

 

 

$

3.94

 

Stock-based and deferred compensation expense

 

1.23

 

 

 

1.08

 

 

 

1.12

 

Amortization of intangibles

 

0.19

 

 

 

0.19

 

 

 

0.19

 

Loss contingency (reversal)

 

 

 

 

(0.10

)

 

 

 

Investment (gains) losses, net

 

(0.05

)

 

 

(0.03

)

 

 

 

Income tax adjustments

 

(0.24

)

 

 

(0.25

)

 

 

(0.19

)

Non-GAAP diluted net income per share

$

5.31

 

 

$

4.65

 

 

$

5.06

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares used to compute diluted net income per share

 

424

 

 

 

448

 

 

 

429

 

The following table shows Adobe’s third quarter fiscal year 2025 GAAP tax rate reconciled to the non-GAAP tax rate included in this release.

 

Third Quarter

Fiscal 2025

Effective income tax rate:

 

 

 

GAAP effective income tax rate

 

19.0

%

Income tax adjustments

 

1.5

 

Stock-based and deferred compensation expense

 

(1.8

Amortization of intangibles

 

(0.3

Investment gains (losses), net

 

0.1

 

Non-GAAP effective income tax rate (*)

 

18.5

%

(*)

Represents Adobe’s fixed long-term non-GAAP tax rate based on projections and currently available information through fiscal 2025

Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Targets and Assumptions

The following tables show Adobe's fourth quarter fiscal year 2025 financial targets and assumptions reconciled to non-GAAP financial targets and assumptions included in this release.

(Shares in millions)

Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2025

 

Low

 

High

Diluted net income per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GAAP diluted net income per share

$

4.27

 

 

$

4.32

 

Stock-based and deferred compensation expense

 

1.22

 

 

 

1.22

 

Amortization of intangibles

 

0.14

 

 

 

0.14

 

Income tax adjustments

 

(0.28

)

 

 

(0.28

)

Non-GAAP diluted net income per share

$

5.35

 

 

$

5.40

 

 

 

 

 

Shares used to compute diluted net income per share

418

 

 

418

 

 

Fourth Quarter

Fiscal 2025

Operating margin:

 

 

 

GAAP operating margin

 

36.0

%

Stock-based and deferred compensation expense

 

8.5

 

Amortization of intangibles

 

1.0

 

Non-GAAP operating margin

 

45.5

%

 

Fourth Quarter

Fiscal 2025

Effective income tax rate:

 

 

 

GAAP effective income tax rate

 

18.0

%

Stock-based and deferred compensation expense

 

(2.2

)

Amortization of intangibles

 

(0.3

)

Income tax adjustments

 

3.0

 

Non-GAAP effective income tax rate (*)

 

18.5

%

(*)

Represents Adobe’s fixed long-term non-GAAP tax rate based on projections and currently available information through fiscal 2025

Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Targets and Assumptions (continued)

The following tables show Adobe's updated annual fiscal year 2025 financial targets and assumptions reconciled to non-GAAP financial targets and assumptions included in this release.

(Shares in millions)

Fiscal Year 2025

 

Low

 

High

Diluted net income per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GAAP diluted net income per share

$

16.53

 

 

$

16.58

 

Stock-based and deferred compensation expense

 

4.55

 

 

 

4.55

 

Amortization of intangibles

 

0.72

 

 

 

0.72

 

Income tax adjustments

 

(1.00

)

 

 

(1.00

)

Non-GAAP diluted net income per share

$

20.80

 

 

$

20.85

 

 

 

 

 

Shares used to compute diluted net income per share

427

 

 

427

 

 

Fiscal Year 2025

Operating margin:

 

 

 

GAAP operating margin

 

36.0

%

Stock-based and deferred compensation expense

 

8.7

 

Amortization of intangibles

 

1.3

 

Non-GAAP operating margin

 

46.0

%

 

Fiscal Year 2025

Effective income tax rate:

 

 

 

GAAP effective income tax rate

 

18.4

%

Stock-based and deferred compensation expense

 

(2.1

)

Amortization of intangibles

 

(0.3

)

Income tax adjustments

 

2.5

 

Non-GAAP effective income tax rate (*)

 

18.5

%

(*)

Represents Adobe’s fixed long-term non-GAAP tax rate based on projections and currently available information through fiscal 2025

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information

Adobe continues to provide all information required in accordance with GAAP, but believes evaluating its ongoing operating results may not be as useful if an investor is limited to reviewing only GAAP financial measures. Adobe uses non-GAAP financial information to evaluate its ongoing operations and for internal planning and forecasting purposes. Adobe's management does not itself, nor does it suggest that investors should, consider such non-GAAP financial measures in isolation from, or as a substitute for, financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP. Adobe presents such non-GAAP financial measures in reporting its financial results to provide investors with an additional tool to evaluate Adobe's operating results. Adobe believes these non-GAAP financial measures are useful because they allow for greater transparency with respect to key metrics used by management in its financial and operational decision-making. This allows institutional investors, the analyst community and others to better understand and evaluate Adobe’s operating results and future prospects in the same manner as management.

Adobe's management believes it is useful for itself and investors to review, as applicable, both GAAP information as well as non-GAAP measures, which may exclude items such as stock-based and deferred compensation expenses, amortization of intangibles, investment gains and losses, income tax adjustments and other items that are not considered part of Adobe’s ongoing operations, and the income tax effect of the non-GAAP pre-tax adjustments from the provision for income taxes. Adobe uses these non-GAAP measures in order to assess the performance of Adobe's business and for planning and forecasting in subsequent periods. Whenever such a non-GAAP measure is used, Adobe provides a reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measure to the most closely applicable GAAP financial measure. Investors are encouraged to review the related GAAP financial measures and the reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable GAAP financial measure as detailed above.

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