Growth Metrics

Adobe (ADBE) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026)

Adobe (ADBE) reported Free Cash Flow of $2.9 billion for Q1 2026, up 18.93% year-over-year from $2.5 billion in Q1 2025, and down 6.56% on a QoQ basis from $3.1 billion in Q4 2025.

Adobe (ADBE) has 18 years of Free Cash Flow data on file, last reported at $2.9 billion in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Free Cash Flow rose 18.93% year-over-year to $2.9 billion in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was $10.3 billion (up 12.24% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $9.9 billion, up 25.14% from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow declined to $2.9 billion in Q1 2026 per ADBE's latest filing, from $3.1 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Free Cash Flow topped out at $3.1 billion in Q4 2025 and bottomed at $1.1 billion in Q1 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Free Cash Flow is $2.0 billion (2024), against an average of $2.1 billion.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Free Cash Flow slumped 30.62%; it then soared 116.01% in 2025.
  • Tracing ADBE's Free Cash Flow over 5 years: stood at $2.2 billion in 2022, then tumbled by 30.62% to $1.6 billion in 2023, then surged by 85.35% to $2.9 billion in 2024, then grew by 8.81% to $3.1 billion in 2025, then dropped by 6.56% to $2.9 billion in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest ADBE Free Cash Flow figures stand at $2.9 billion (Q1 2026), $3.1 billion (Q4 2025), and $2.1 billion (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Free Cash Flow (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 253.17 Bn 235.20 Bn 8.16 Bn 4.11 Bn
2 Salesforce 171.07 Bn 161.50 Bn 8.69 Bn 5.32 Bn
3 Uber Technologies 147.39 Bn 146.35 Bn 11.88 Bn 2.29 Bn
4 Shopify 134.25 Bn 128.50 Bn 1.55 Bn 476.00 Mn
5 ServiceNow 105.72 Bn 100.54 Bn 2.83 Bn 1.57 Bn
6 Cadence Design Systems 101.64 Bn 100.23 Bn 1.26 Bn 306.96 Mn
7 Adobe 100.35 Bn 93.46 Bn 5.73 Bn 2.92 Bn
8 Automatic Data Processing 90.91 Bn 87.68 Bn 2.87 Bn 2.19 Bn
9 Intuit 88.30 Bn 81.52 Bn 6.77 Bn 5.24 Bn
10 Datadog 78.54 Bn 73.78 Bn 797.20 Mn 323.26 Mn

Historic Data

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Feb 27, 2026 2.92 Bn
Feb 27, 2026 2.92 Bn
Nov 28, 2025 3.13 Bn
Nov 28, 2025 3.13 Bn
Aug 29, 2025 2.13 Bn
Aug 29, 2025 2.13 Bn
May 30, 2025 2.14 Bn
May 30, 2025 2.14 Bn
Feb 28, 2025 2.46 Bn
Feb 28, 2025 2.46 Bn
Nov 29, 2024 2.87 Bn
Nov 29, 2024 2.87 Bn
Aug 30, 2024 1.96 Bn
Aug 30, 2024 1.96 Bn
May 31, 2024 1.90 Bn
May 31, 2024 1.90 Bn
Mar 1, 2024 1.14 Bn
Mar 1, 2024 1.14 Bn
Dec 1, 2023 1.55 Bn
Dec 1, 2023 1.55 Bn
Sep 1, 2023 1.78 Bn
Sep 1, 2023 1.78 Bn
Jun 2, 2023 2.02 Bn
Jun 2, 2023 2.02 Bn
Mar 3, 2023 1.59 Bn
Mar 3, 2023 1.59 Bn
Dec 2, 2022 2.23 Bn
Dec 2, 2022 2.23 Bn
Sep 2, 2022 1.58 Bn
Sep 2, 2022 1.58 Bn
Jun 3, 2022 1.91 Bn
Jun 3, 2022 1.91 Bn
Mar 4, 2022 1.67 Bn
Mar 4, 2022 1.67 Bn
Dec 3, 2021 1.97 Bn
Dec 3, 2021 1.97 Bn
Sep 3, 2021 1.31 Bn
Sep 3, 2021 1.31 Bn
Jun 4, 2021 1.89 Bn
Jun 4, 2021 1.89 Bn
Mar 5, 2021 1.71 Bn
Mar 5, 2021 1.71 Bn
Nov 27, 2020 1.68 Bn
Nov 27, 2020 1.68 Bn
Aug 28, 2020 1.31 Bn
Aug 28, 2020 1.31 Bn
May 29, 2020 1.09 Bn
May 29, 2020 1.09 Bn
Feb 28, 2020 1.23 Bn
Feb 28, 2020 1.23 Bn
Nov 29, 2019 1.28 Bn
Nov 29, 2019 1.28 Bn
Aug 30, 2019 833.00 Mn
Aug 30, 2019 833.00 Mn
May 31, 2019 964.00 Mn
May 31, 2019 964.00 Mn
Mar 1, 2019 948.00 Mn
Mar 1, 2019 948.00 Mn
Nov 30, 2018 1.04 Bn
Nov 30, 2018 1.04 Bn
Aug 31, 2018 891.75 Mn
Aug 31, 2018 891.75 Mn
Jun 1, 2018 931.09 Mn
Jun 1, 2018 931.09 Mn
Mar 2, 2018 894.46 Mn
Mar 2, 2018 894.46 Mn
Dec 1, 2017 795.54 Mn
Dec 1, 2017 795.54 Mn
Sep 1, 2017 650.20 Mn
Sep 1, 2017 650.20 Mn
Jun 2, 2017 589.53 Mn
Jun 2, 2017 589.53 Mn
Mar 3, 2017 699.47 Mn
Mar 3, 2017 699.47 Mn
Dec 2, 2016 646.97 Mn
Dec 2, 2016 646.97 Mn
Sep 2, 2016 462.67 Mn
Sep 2, 2016 462.67 Mn
Jun 3, 2016 434.96 Mn
Jun 3, 2016 434.96 Mn
Mar 4, 2016 451.33 Mn
Mar 4, 2016 451.33 Mn
Nov 27, 2015 389.84 Mn
Nov 27, 2015 389.84 Mn
Aug 28, 2015 311.50 Mn
Aug 28, 2015 311.50 Mn
May 29, 2015 435.75 Mn
May 29, 2015 435.75 Mn
Feb 27, 2015 147.47 Mn
Feb 27, 2015 147.47 Mn
Nov 28, 2014 362.98 Mn
Nov 28, 2014 362.98 Mn
Aug 29, 2014 213.55 Mn
Aug 29, 2014 213.55 Mn
May 30, 2014 340.34 Mn
May 30, 2014 340.34 Mn
Feb 28, 2014 222.28 Mn
Feb 28, 2014 222.28 Mn
Nov 29, 2013 279.86 Mn
Nov 29, 2013 279.86 Mn
Aug 30, 2013 168.73 Mn
Aug 30, 2013 168.73 Mn
May 31, 2013 252.90 Mn
May 31, 2013 252.90 Mn
Mar 1, 2013 261.84 Mn
Mar 1, 2013 261.84 Mn
Nov 30, 2012 391.87 Mn
Nov 30, 2012 391.87 Mn
Aug 31, 2012 185.91 Mn
Aug 31, 2012 185.91 Mn
Jun 1, 2012 387.45 Mn
Jun 1, 2012 387.45 Mn
Mar 2, 2012 263.28 Mn
Mar 2, 2012 263.28 Mn
Dec 2, 2011 421.86 Mn
Dec 2, 2011 421.86 Mn
Sep 2, 2011 259.65 Mn
Sep 2, 2011 259.65 Mn
Jun 3, 2011 351.83 Mn
Jun 3, 2011 351.83 Mn
Mar 4, 2011 299.68 Mn
Mar 4, 2011 299.68 Mn
Dec 3, 2010 255.19 Mn
Dec 3, 2010 255.19 Mn
Sep 3, 2010 252.38 Mn
Sep 3, 2010 252.38 Mn
Jun 4, 2010 201.46 Mn
Jun 4, 2010 201.46 Mn
Mar 5, 2010 234.31 Mn
Mar 5, 2010 234.31 Mn
Nov 27, 2009 218.91 Mn
Nov 27, 2009 218.91 Mn
Aug 28, 2009 178.25 Mn
Aug 28, 2009 178.25 Mn
May 29, 2009 251.22 Mn
May 29, 2009 251.22 Mn
Feb 27, 2009 349.83 Mn
Feb 27, 2009 349.83 Mn