Adobe (ADBE) Long-Term Deferred Tax (2018 - 2026)
Adobe (ADBE) posted Long-Term Deferred Tax of $1.93 billion for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Aug 28, 2026), down 7.8% from $2.09 billion a year earlier and down 3.5% from the prior quarter.
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Adobe (ADBE) Long-Term Deferred Tax (2018 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2025 (ended Nov 28, 2025), Adobe's Long-Term Deferred Tax came in at $2.19 billion, up 31.9% from FY2024.
- Annual Long-Term Deferred Tax has increased for three consecutive fiscal years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 9.8% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior fiscal years, Adobe's Long-Term Deferred Tax was $1.66 billion in FY2024 (+39.1%), $1.19 billion in FY2023 (+53.3%), $777 million in FY2022 (-28.4%) and $1.09 billion in FY2021 (-20.8%).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure stands as the lowest quarterly Long-Term Deferred Tax since fiscal Q1 2025.
- On a year-over-year basis, Long-Term Deferred Tax increased in seven of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 24.2%.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Long-Term Deferred Tax in the past five years was fiscal Q1 2024, with growth of 58.6%; the weakest was fiscal Q3 2022, with a decline of 32.9%.
- According to Business Quant data, Long-Term Deferred Tax for the three prior fiscal quarters was $2 billion (Q2 2026), $2.14 billion (Q1 2026) and $2.19 billion (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adobe | 99.39 Bn | 74.64 Bn | 6.00 Bn |
| 2 | Atlassian | 56.40 Bn | 49.68 Bn | 1.53 Bn |
| 3 | Autodesk | 51.55 Bn | 39.59 Bn | 1.87 Bn |
| 4 | Twilio | 41.87 Bn | 31.94 Bn | 725.87 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 |
| 8 | Nice | 7.17 Bn | 5.64 Bn | 995.81 Mn |
| 9 | RingCentral | 6.72 Bn | 6.21 Bn | 472.31 Mn |
| 10 | Open Text | 6.42 Bn | 1.85 Bn | 1.01 Bn |
Historic Data
Download Data
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2026 | 1.93 Bn |
| May 29, 2026 | 2.00 Bn |
| Feb 27, 2026 | 2.14 Bn |
| Nov 28, 2025 | 2.19 Bn |
| Aug 29, 2025 | 2.09 Bn |
| May 30, 2025 | 1.98 Bn |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 1.82 Bn |
| Nov 29, 2024 | 1.66 Bn |
| Aug 30, 2024 | 1.55 Bn |
| May 31, 2024 | 1.44 Bn |
| Mar 1, 2024 | 1.31 Bn |
| Dec 1, 2023 | 1.19 Bn |
| Sep 1, 2023 | 1.07 Bn |
| Jun 2, 2023 | 964.00 Mn |
| Mar 3, 2023 | 826.00 Mn |
| Dec 2, 2022 | 777.00 Mn |
| Sep 2, 2022 | 799.00 Mn |
| Jun 3, 2022 | 882.00 Mn |
| Mar 4, 2022 | 950.00 Mn |
| Dec 3, 2021 | 1.09 Bn |
API Access
Adobe Long-Term Deferred Tax 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=long-term-deferred-tax&ticker=ADBE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "long-term-deferred-tax", "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=long-term-deferred-tax&ticker=ADBE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();