Adobe (ADBE) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026)
Adobe's Free Cash Flow came in at $2.44 billion for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Aug 28, 2026), up 14.7% from $2.13 billion a year earlier and up 15.7% from the prior quarter.
Adobe (ADBE) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Aug 28, 2026, Adobe reported Free Cash Flow of $10.59 billion, up 10.3% year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Nov 28, 2025), it came in at $9.85 billion, up 25.1% from FY2024.
- Free Cash Flow carries a five-year compound annual growth rate of 13.2% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by fiscal year, Free Cash Flow was $7.87 billion in FY2024 (+13.4%), $6.94 billion in FY2023 (-6.1%), $7.4 billion in FY2022 (+7.5%) and $6.88 billion in FY2021 (+29.7%).
- The five-year range for quarterly Free Cash Flow is $1.14 billion (fiscal Q1 2024) to $3.13 billion (fiscal Q4 2025).
- Year-over-year, Free Cash Flow increased in seven of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 32.9%.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Free Cash Flow over five years came in fiscal Q1 2025 (growth of 116.0%), and the weakest in fiscal Q4 2023 (a decline of 30.6%).
- Business Quant data shows ADBE's Free Cash Flow at $2.11 billion (Q2 2026), $2.92 billion (Q1 2026) and $3.13 billion (Q4 2025) in the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | FCF (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adobe | 99.39 Bn | 74.64 Bn | 6.00 Bn | 2.44 Bn |
| 2 | Atlassian | 56.40 Bn | 49.68 Bn | 1.53 Bn | 474.69 Mn |
| 3 | Autodesk | 51.55 Bn | 39.59 Bn | 1.87 Bn | 561.00 Mn |
| 4 | Twilio | 41.87 Bn | 31.94 Bn | 725.87 Mn | 369.32 Mn |
| 5 | Zoom Communications | 28.87 Bn | -1.92 Bn | 985.50 Mn | - |
| 6 | Figma | 12.14 Bn | 5.65 Bn | 309.61 Mn | - |
| 7 | Dropbox | 8.22 Bn | 3.86 Bn | 506.50 Mn | 235.20 Mn |
| 8 | Nice | 7.17 Bn | 5.64 Bn | 995.81 Mn | 319.12 Mn |
| 9 | RingCentral | 6.72 Bn | 6.21 Bn | 472.31 Mn | 195.84 Mn |
| 10 | Open Text | 6.42 Bn | 1.85 Bn | 1.01 Bn | 121.97 Mn |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2026 | 2.44 Bn |
| May 29, 2026 | 2.11 Bn |
| Feb 27, 2026 | 2.92 Bn |
| Nov 28, 2025 | 3.13 Bn |
| Aug 29, 2025 | 2.13 Bn |
| May 30, 2025 | 2.14 Bn |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 2.46 Bn |
| Nov 29, 2024 | 2.87 Bn |
| Aug 30, 2024 | 1.96 Bn |
| May 31, 2024 | 1.90 Bn |
| Mar 1, 2024 | 1.14 Bn |
| Dec 1, 2023 | 1.55 Bn |
| Sep 1, 2023 | 1.78 Bn |
| Jun 2, 2023 | 2.02 Bn |
| Mar 3, 2023 | 1.59 Bn |
| Dec 2, 2022 | 2.23 Bn |
| Sep 2, 2022 | 1.58 Bn |
| Jun 3, 2022 | 1.91 Bn |
| Mar 4, 2022 | 1.67 Bn |
| Dec 3, 2021 | 1.97 Bn |
Adobe Free Cash Flow API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=free-cash-flow&ticker=ADBE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "free-cash-flow", "ticker": "ADBE", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()
const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=free-cash-flow&ticker=ADBE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();