ADBE vs SSYS vs CRCT Stock Comparison

Adobe, Stratasys and Cricut Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
ADBE Adobe Inc.
$263.82 +9.6% 1M -25.5% 1Y
Market cap
$102.20B
P/E
14.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$25.97B
Div. yield
–
Creative Software Technology
6 wins
SSYS Stratasys Ltd.
$6.80 -15.3% 1M -42.3% 1Y
Market cap
$568.36M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$547.27M
Div. yield
–
3D Printing Industrials
CRCT Cricut, Inc.
$6.25 +6.1% 1M +18.8% 1Y
Market cap
$1.33B
P/E
15.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$689.79M
Div. yield
–
Consumer Electronics Consumer Discretionary
3 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Adobe leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Adobe 6, Cricut 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionADBESSYSCRCTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $102.20B $568.36M $1.33B ADBE
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 14.0x -12.4x 15.2x ADBE
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 10.5x 68.0x 17.4x ADBE
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +12.0% -3.1% -3.1% ADBE
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 28.0% -8.4% 12.7% ADBE
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 54.5% — — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.4x — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -25.5% -42.3% +18.8% CRCT
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -16.3%/yr -24.7%/yr -24.8%/yr ADBE
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 42.0% 47.7% 41.8% CRCT
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 65/100 38/100 72/100 CRCT

Percentile Scorecard

ADBESSYSCRCT

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisADBESSYSCRCT
Valuation 59 #13 of 30 36 #130 of 203 66 #15 of 42
Growth 19 #22 of 27 23 #146 of 188 37 #27 of 42
Profitability 100 #1 of 26 14 #161 of 187 100 #1 of 40
Financial Health 61 #13 of 32 80 #46 of 222 91 #5 of 44
Shareholder Returns 88 #3 of 17 – 67 #10 of 28
Overall 65 38 72
  • ADBE ranked among 33 companies in Workplace Software
  • SSYS ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • CRCT ranked among 45 companies in Household Durables

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodADBESSYSCRCTSPY
1 month +9.6%-15.3%+6.1% -1.0%
3 months +17.2%-15.3%+40.1% +2.9%
6 months +7.5%-21.1%+40.4% +6.4%
Year to date -24.6%-21.7%+26.3% +11.4%
1 year -25.5%-42.3%+18.8% +13.1%
3 years -51.1%-41.3%-26.5% +79.4%
3 years, per year -21.2%-16.3%-9.7% +21.5%
5 years -59.0%-75.7%-76.0% +67.7%
5 years, per year -16.3%-24.7%-24.8% +10.9%
10 years +142.0%-65.9%— +255.2%
10 years, per year +9.2%-10.2%— +13.5%

Risk

MeasureADBESSYSCRCTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 42.0%47.7%41.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 43.9%46.7%41.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.252.190.58 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.61-0.890.45 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -71.9%-83.4%-87.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -26.7%-43.3%-6.7% -2.5%
52-week high $359.91$11.99$6.70 $779.14
52-week low $193.41$6.80$3.74 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleADBESSYSCRCT
P/E now vs peer median 14.3xmedian 32.3x -12.1xmedian 25.9x 14.9xmedian 15.0x
P/S now vs peer median 4.0xmedian 2.4x 1.1xmedian 1.9x 1.9xmedian 0.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 9.9xmedian 11.5x -11.2xmedian 13.7x 7.8xmedian 9.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 9.7xmedian 14.2x -25.2xmedian 21.1x 8.9xmedian 12.1x
P/B now vs peer median 8.8xmedian 2.7x 0.7xmedian 2.3x 3.6xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.78median 0.77 -27.80median 1.19 0.63median 0.64

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsADBESSYSCRCT
Revenue $25.97B $547.27M $689.79M
Gross profit $23.18B $221.15M $399.65M
Operating income $9.27B -$83.46M $106.89M
Net income $7.28B -$115.18M $87.68M
Free cash flow $10.59B -$23.24M $147.65M
R&D $4.69B $77.20M $67.56M
EPS (diluted) $18.42 $-0.56 $0.42
Cash & equivalents $4.36B $92.53M $266.91M
Total debt $1.60B – –
Shares (diluted) 395.50M 82.30M 211.06M
Enterprise value $77.45B -$381.46M $307.13M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricADBESSYSCRCT
P/E 14.3x -12.1x 14.9x
P/FCF 9.7x -25.2x 8.9x
P/Operating cash flow 9.5x -127.8x 7.3x
P/S 4.0x 1.1x 1.9x
P/B 8.8x 0.7x 3.6x
P/Tangible book 9.5x 0.8x 3.6x
EV/EBITDA 9.9x -11.2x 7.8x
EV/EBIT 10.7x -4.5x 9.6x
EV/Revenue 3.8x 0.7x 1.5x
EV/FCF 9.4x -16.1x 6.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 9.2x -81.4x 5.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.78 -27.80 0.63

Growth

14 metrics
MetricADBESSYSCRCT
Revenue growth (1Y) 12.0% -3.1% -3.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 11.2% -4.6% -5.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 12.2% -12.3% 7.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 11.8% -6.6% 6.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) 10.3% -30.0% 27.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 13.1% -9.0% 22.4%
Net income growth (1Y) 4.7% -17.1% 22.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 12.5% -37.3% 21.9%
EPS growth (1Y) 12.3% 59.7% 24.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 18.2% 0.4% 23.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 10.4% -172.1% -33.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 10.4% 61.1% -12.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 10.3% -116.2% -41.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 11.6% 36.4% -14.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricADBESSYSCRCT
Gross margin 89.3% 40.4% 57.9%
EBITDA margin 38.6% -6.1% 19.0%
Operating margin 35.7% -15.3% 15.5%
Pretax margin 35.7% -13.1% 16.9%
Net margin 28.0% -8.4% 12.7%
FCF margin 40.8% -4.2% 21.4%
Operating cash flow margin 41.6% -0.8% 26.1%
Return on equity 62.6% -14.0% 24.1%
Return on assets 24.3% -10.9% 15.5%
Return on invested capital 54.5% – –
Return on capital employed 51.3% -9.3% 29.4%
Asset turnover 0.9x 0.5x 1.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.5x 0.0x 2.1x
Stock comp / revenue 8.0% 4.3% 3.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricADBESSYSCRCT
Debt / assets 5.3% – –
Debt / equity 0.1x – –
Net debt / EBITDA -0.4x – –
Debt / FCF 0.2x – –
Liabilities / assets 60.8% 22.0% 37.1%
Equity / assets 39.2% 78.0% 62.9%
Interest coverage 35.7x – 188.5x
Current ratio 0.8x 3.5x 2.5x
Quick ratio 0.7x 2.3x 1.8x
Cash ratio 0.5x 1.3x 1.4x
Altman Z-score 7.54 -1.05 6.10

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricADBESSYSCRCT
Dividend yield – – 3.2%
Net buyback yield 8.8% – 2.1%
Shareholder yield 8.8% – 5.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusADBESSYSCRCT
Forward P/E 10.5xFY2026 68.0xFY2026 17.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $25.10FY2026 $0.10FY2026 $0.36FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +19.9%FY2026 -33.3%FY2026 +2.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +5.7% +100.0% -30.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $24.94BFY2026 $582.47MFY2026 $663.76MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +4.9%FY2026 +5.7%FY2026 -6.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +21.2% +6.8% +11.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersADBESSYSCRCT
Held by institutions 82.5% 50.8% 14.3%
Institutions holding 1,982 150 153
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.7% +7.3% +5.1%
Institutions buying 838 79 86
Institutions selling 928 29 43
Buyers to sellers 0.90 2.72 2.00

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

ADBESSYSCRCT
ADBE 1.00 -0.01 0.23
SSYS -0.01 1.00 0.24
CRCT 0.23 0.24 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ADBE, SSYS and CRCT?

Adobe (ADBE) is the largest by market capitalisation: Adobe (ADBE) $102.20B, Stratasys (SSYS) $568.36M, Cricut (CRCT) $1.33B.

Which stock is cheaper, ADBE, SSYS and CRCT?

Adobe (ADBE) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Adobe (ADBE) 14.0x, Stratasys (SSYS) -12.4x, Cricut (CRCT) 15.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, Adobe (ADBE) is cheapest (Adobe (ADBE) 10.5x, Stratasys (SSYS) 68.0x, Cricut (CRCT) 17.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Adobe (ADBE) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Adobe (ADBE) +12.0%, Stratasys (SSYS) -3.1%, Cricut (CRCT) -3.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Adobe (ADBE) has the highest net margin (Adobe (ADBE) 28.0%, Stratasys (SSYS) -8.4%, Cricut (CRCT) 12.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Cricut (CRCT) returned the most: Adobe (ADBE) -25.5%, Stratasys (SSYS) -42.3%, Cricut (CRCT) +18.8%. Over five years, Adobe (ADBE) compounded fastest (Adobe (ADBE) -16.3%/yr, Stratasys (SSYS) -24.7%/yr, Cricut (CRCT) -24.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Cricut (CRCT) has been the steadiest (Adobe (ADBE) 42.0%, Stratasys (SSYS) 47.7%, Cricut (CRCT) 41.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ADBE, SSYS and CRCT?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Adobe (ADBE) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.