Adobe (ADBE) Debt-to-Equity

: 0.26 (As of Feb. 2024)

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Adobe's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $1,570 Mil. Adobe's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $2,516 Mil. Adobe's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $15,460 Mil. Adobe's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 0.26.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for Adobe's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

ADBE' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.21 Med: 0.28 Max: 0.45
Current: 0.26

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Adobe was 0.45. The lowest was 0.21. And the median was 0.28.

ADBE's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
54.12% of 2221 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 0.21 vs ADBE: 0.26

Adobe Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Adobe's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Adobe Annual Data

Trend

Nov14

Nov15

Nov16

Nov17

Nov18

Nov19

Nov20

Nov21

Nov22

Nov23

Debt-to-Equity

0.39

0.36

0.32

0.33

0.25

Adobe Quarterly Data
	May19	Aug19	Nov19	Feb20	May20	Aug20	Nov20	Feb21	May21	Aug21	Nov21	Feb22	May22	Aug22	Nov22	Feb23	May23	Aug23	Nov23	Feb24
Debt-to-Equity																0.29	0.28	0.26	0.25	0.26

Competitive Comparison

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Adobe's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Adobe Debt-to-Equity Distribution

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Adobe's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Adobe's Debt-to-Equity falls into.

Adobe Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Adobe's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Nov. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(73	+	4007)	/	16518
	=	0.25

Adobe's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(1570	+	2516)	/	15460
	=	0.26

Adobe (NAS:ADBE) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.

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Adobe (ADBE) Business Description

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Address

345 Park Avenue, San Jose, CA, USA, 95110-2704

Website

https://www.adobe.com

Adobe provides content creation, document management, and digital marketing and advertising software and services to creative professionals and marketers for creating, managing, delivering, measuring, optimizing and engaging with compelling content multiple operating systems, devices and media. The company operates with three segments: digital media content creation, digital experience for marketing solutions, and publishing for legacy products (less than 5% of revenue).

Executives

Mark S. Garfield	officer: VP, CAO & Corp. Controller	345 PARK AVENUE, SAN JOSE CA 95110-2704
Amy Banse	director	345 PARK AVENUE, SAN JOSE CA 95110
David Wadhwani	officer: SVP & GM, Digital Media	ADOBE INC., 345 PARK AVE, SAN JOSE CA 95110
Shantanu Narayen	director, officer: President and CEO	345 PARK AVENUE, SAN JOSE CA 95110
Daniel Durn	officer: EVP and CFO	C/O APPLIED MATERIALS, INC., 3050 BOWERS AVENUE, P.O. BOX 58039, SANTA CLARA CA 95052-8039
Scott Belsky	officer: EVP, Chief Product Officer	345 PARK AVENUE, SAN JOSE CA 95110
Cristiano R Amon	director	5775 MOREHOUSE DRIVE, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
John E Warnock	director, other: Co-Chairman of the Board	C/O ADOBE SYSTEMS INC, 345 PARK AVENUE P O BOX 2704, SAN JOSE CA 95110-2704
Dana Rao	officer: EVP, Gen. Counsel & Secretary	345 PARK AVE, SAN JOSE CA 95110
Ann Lewnes	officer: SVP, Chief Marketing Officer	345 PARK AVENUE, SAN JOSE CA 95110
David A Ricks	director	LILLY CORPORATE CENTER, INDIANAPOLIS IN 46285
M. Brett Biggs	director	702 SW 8TH STREET, BENTONVILLE AR 72716
Laura Desmond	director	345 PARK AVENUE, SAN JOSE CA 95110
Spencer Adam Neumann	director	SIERRA INCOME CORPORATION, 375 PARK AVE., SUITE 3304, NEW YORK NY 10152
Gloria Chen	officer: EVP, Strategy & Growth	345 PARK AVENUE, SAN JOSE CA 95110