Adobe (ADBE) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026)
Adobe (ADBE) reported Gross Margin of 89.62% for Q1 2026, up 51.0% year-over-year from 59.35% in Q1 2025, and little changed on a QoQ basis from 89.52% in Q4 2025.
Adobe (ADBE) has 18 years of Gross Margin data on file, last reported at 89.62% in Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Gross Margin rose 51.0% year-over-year to 89.62% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was 89.4% (up 24.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 89.27%, up 23.0% from the prior year.
- Gross Margin was little changed at 89.62% in Q1 2026 per ADBE's latest filing, from 89.52% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Gross Margin topped out at 94.74% in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 72.61% in Q4 2022.
- The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 89.14% (2025), against an average of 89.18%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Gross Margin plunged 1506 bps; it then surged 1484 bps in 2023.
- Tracing ADBE's Gross Margin over 5 years: stood at 72.61% in 2022, then climbed by 20 bps to 87.44% in 2023, then gained by 2 bps to 89.01% in 2024, then gained by 1 bps to 89.52% in 2025, then increased by 0 bps to 89.62% in 2026.
- Per Business Quant, the three latest ADBE Gross Margin figures stand at 89.62% (Q1 2026), 89.52% (Q4 2025), and 89.28% (Q3 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Gross Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sap Se | 253.17 Bn | 235.20 Bn | 8.16 Bn | 72.98% |
| 2 | Salesforce | 171.07 Bn | 161.50 Bn | 8.69 Bn | 77.61% |
| 3 | Uber Technologies | 151.10 Bn | 150.06 Bn | 11.88 Bn | 89.96% |
| 4 | Shopify | 134.25 Bn | 128.50 Bn | 1.55 Bn | 48.77% |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 105.72 Bn | 100.54 Bn | 2.83 Bn | 75.07% |
| 6 | Cadence Design Systems | 101.64 Bn | 100.23 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 85.65% |
| 7 | Adobe | 100.35 Bn | 93.46 Bn | 5.73 Bn | 89.62% |
| 8 | Automatic Data Processing | 90.91 Bn | 87.68 Bn | 2.87 Bn | 48.28% |
| 9 | Intuit | 88.30 Bn | 81.52 Bn | 6.77 Bn | 79.05% |
| 10 | Datadog | 78.54 Bn | 73.78 Bn | 797.20 Mn | 79.21% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Feb 27, 2026 | 89.62% |
| Nov 28, 2025 | 89.52% |
| Aug 29, 2025 | 89.28% |
| May 30, 2025 | 89.14% |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 89.11% |
| Nov 29, 2024 | 89.01% |
| Aug 30, 2024 | 89.76% |
| May 31, 2024 | 88.74% |
| Mar 1, 2024 | 88.61% |
| Dec 1, 2023 | 87.44% |
| Sep 1, 2023 | 88.14% |
| Jun 2, 2023 | 88.12% |
| Mar 3, 2023 | 93.46% |
| Dec 2, 2022 | 72.61% |
| Sep 2, 2022 | 94.16% |
| Jun 3, 2022 | 94.52% |
| Mar 4, 2022 | 94.74% |
| Dec 3, 2021 | 87.66% |
| Sep 3, 2021 | 88.13% |
| Jun 4, 2021 | 88.42% |
| Mar 5, 2021 | 88.55% |
| Nov 27, 2020 | 87.50% |
| Aug 28, 2020 | 86.76% |
| May 29, 2020 | 86.73% |
| Feb 28, 2020 | 85.38% |
| Nov 29, 2019 | 84.89% |
| Aug 30, 2019 | 85.32% |
| May 31, 2019 | 85.17% |
| Mar 1, 2019 | 84.74% |
| Nov 30, 2018 | 85.42% |
| Aug 31, 2018 | 87.10% |
| Jun 1, 2018 | 87.18% |
| Mar 2, 2018 | 87.55% |
| Dec 1, 2017 | 86.50% |
| Sep 1, 2017 | 85.72% |
| Jun 2, 2017 | 86.49% |
| Mar 3, 2017 | 85.89% |
| Dec 2, 2016 | 86.54% |
| Sep 2, 2016 | 86.15% |
| Jun 3, 2016 | 85.55% |
| Mar 4, 2016 | 85.65% |
| Nov 27, 2015 | 84.59% |
| Aug 28, 2015 | 84.32% |
| May 29, 2015 | 84.07% |
| Feb 27, 2015 | 84.96% |
| Nov 28, 2014 | 85.01% |
| Aug 29, 2014 | 84.31% |
| May 30, 2014 | 85.50% |
| Feb 28, 2014 | 85.15% |
| Nov 29, 2013 | 85.84% |
| Aug 30, 2013 | 85.22% |
| May 31, 2013 | 86.61% |
| Mar 1, 2013 | 84.45% |
| Nov 30, 2012 | 89.16% |
| Aug 31, 2012 | 88.93% |
| Jun 1, 2012 | 88.36% |
| Mar 2, 2012 | 89.64% |
| Dec 2, 2011 | 89.90% |
| Sep 2, 2011 | 89.67% |
| Jun 3, 2011 | 89.33% |
| Mar 4, 2011 | 89.53% |
| Dec 3, 2010 | 89.36% |
| Sep 3, 2010 | 89.99% |
| Jun 4, 2010 | 88.57% |
| Mar 5, 2010 | 89.59% |
| Nov 27, 2009 | 89.13% |
| Aug 28, 2009 | 90.67% |
| May 29, 2009 | 89.78% |
| Feb 27, 2009 | 90.16% |