Adobe Inc.

DB:ADB Stock Report

Market Cap: €125.0b

Adobe Valuation

Is ADB undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of ADB when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: ADB (€286.05) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€486.48)

Significantly Below Fair Value: ADB is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for ADB?

Key metric: As ADB is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for ADB. This is calculated by dividing ADB's market cap by their current earnings.
What is ADB's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio19.6x
EarningsUS$7.13b
Market CapUS$146.51b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does ADB's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for ADB vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average32.7x
SAP SAP
33.2x12.82%€235.1b
NEM Nemetschek
51.1x17.56%€10.4b
AOF ATOSS Software
38.5x11.25%€1.8b
TMV TeamViewer
8x10.76%€930.8m
ADB Adobe
19.6x7.09%€146.5b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: ADB is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19.6x) compared to the peer average (32.7x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does ADB's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Software Industry?

9 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
ADB 19.6xIndustry Avg. 26.7xNo. of Companies21PE020406080100+
9 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: ADB is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19.6x) compared to the European Software industry average (26.9x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is ADB's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

ADB PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio19.6x
Fair PE Ratio33.2x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: ADB is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (33.2x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst ADB forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€286.05
€367.70
+28.54%
18.45%€516.19€230.36n/a36
Dec ’26€280.00
€387.65
+38.45%
18.46%€521.15€232.58n/a34
Nov ’26€293.10
€392.76
+34.00%
17.85%€524.84€242.90n/a35
Oct ’26€295.15
€389.51
+31.97%
17.72%€518.85€240.13n/a35
Sep ’26€305.10
€407.58
+33.59%
16.75%€516.49€239.04n/a34
Aug ’26€304.00
€420.91
+38.46%
15.39%€529.86€245.22n/a35
Jul ’26€328.25
€421.53
+28.42%
11.46%€516.85€324.63n/a35
Jun ’26€364.95
€429.31
+17.64%
14.05%€554.21€334.29n/a34
May ’26€325.85
€428.28
+31.43%
14.00%€551.44€332.61n/a34
Apr ’26€351.70
€482.03
+37.06%
13.20%€591.55€376.19n/a35
Mar ’26€419.60
€540.31
+28.77%
12.20%€630.63€401.31n/a36
Feb ’26€422.05
€557.92
+32.19%
11.13%€642.25€413.57n/a35
Jan ’26€428.45
€565.43
+31.97%
10.29%€675.43€410.08€298.4535
Dec ’25€488.00
€584.17
+19.71%
10.67%€671.30€419.23€280.0034
Nov ’25€443.75
€557.86
+25.71%
10.58%€642.20€401.06€293.1035
Oct ’25€457.30
€552.61
+20.84%
10.52%€633.88€404.87€295.1535
Sep ’25€517.00
€555.33
+7.41%
10.49%€643.02€413.37€305.1035
Aug ’25€503.20
€555.33
+10.36%
10.49%€643.02€413.37€304.0035
Jul ’25€520.10
€566.31
+8.88%
10.97%€653.80€420.30€328.2533
Jun ’25€403.15
€567.70
+40.82%
11.57%€657.95€411.22€364.9534
May ’25€440.80
€571.32
+29.61%
11.52%€658.88€411.80€325.8534
Apr ’25€467.90
€571.32
+22.10%
11.52%€658.88€411.80€351.7034
Mar ’25€527.00
€595.73
+13.04%
9.49%€695.99€428.73€419.6033
Feb ’25€575.00
€595.22
+3.52%
9.52%€696.22€428.87€422.0533
Jan ’25€539.60
€577.20
+6.97%
9.19%€665.62€421.10€428.4533
€369.87
Fair Value
22.7% undervalued intrinsic discount
36
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/01/02 05:14
End of Day Share Price 2026/01/02 00:00
Earnings2025/11/28
Annual Earnings2025/11/28

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Adobe Inc. is covered by 56 analysts. 35 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Joseph BonnerArgus Research Company
Robert OliverBaird
Saket KaliaBarclays