Adobe (ADBE) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026)
Adobe (ADBE) posted Gross Margin of 88.71% for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Aug 28, 2026), down 0.57 percentage points from 89.28% a year earlier and down 0.48 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Adobe (ADBE) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Aug 28, 2026, Gross Margin at Adobe was 89.25%, up 0.12 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Nov 28, 2025), it came in at 89.27%, up 0.23 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Gross Margin has increased for three consecutive fiscal years, with a five-year change of +2.65 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior fiscal years, Adobe's Gross Margin was 89.04% in FY2024 (+1.16 pp), 87.87% in FY2023 (+0.17 pp), 87.70% in FY2022 (-0.48 pp) and 88.18% in FY2021 (+1.57 pp).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure stands as the lowest quarterly Gross Margin since fiscal Q1 2024.
- On a year-over-year basis, Gross Margin increased in six of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.31 percentage points.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Gross Margin in the past five years was fiscal Q3 2024, with a gain of 1.62 percentage points; the weakest was fiscal Q2 2022, with a drop of 0.71 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Gross Margin for the three prior fiscal quarters was 89.20% (Q2 2026), 89.62% (Q1 2026) and 89.52% (Q4 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Gross Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adobe | 99.39 Bn | 74.64 Bn | 6.00 Bn | 88.71% |
| 2 | Atlassian | 56.40 Bn | 49.68 Bn | 1.53 Bn | 86.50% |
| 3 | Autodesk | 51.55 Bn | 39.59 Bn | 1.87 Bn | 91.40% |
| 4 | Twilio | 41.87 Bn | 31.94 Bn | 725.87 Mn | 48.42% |
| 5 | Zoom Communications | 28.87 Bn | -1.92 Bn | 985.50 Mn | 77.16% |
| 6 | Figma | 12.14 Bn | 5.65 Bn | 309.61 Mn | 83.66% |
| 7 | Dropbox | 8.22 Bn | 3.86 Bn | 506.50 Mn | 80.21% |
| 8 | Nice | 7.17 Bn | 5.64 Bn | 995.81 Mn | 64.21% |
| 9 | RingCentral | 6.72 Bn | 6.21 Bn | 472.31 Mn | 71.89% |
| 10 | Open Text | 6.42 Bn | 1.85 Bn | 1.01 Bn | 74.98% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2026 | 88.71% |
| May 29, 2026 | 89.20% |
| 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 | 87.80% |
| Dec 2, 2022 | 87.45% |
| Sep 2, 2022 | 87.68% |
| Jun 3, 2022 | 87.71% |
| Mar 4, 2022 | 87.99% |
| Dec 3, 2021 | 87.66% |
Adobe Gross Margin API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=gross-margin&ticker=ADBE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "gross-margin", "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=gross-margin&ticker=ADBE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();