Growth Metrics

Adobe (ADBE) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Adobe (ADBE) reported Operating Expenses of $3.3 billion for Q1 2026, up 13.21% year-over-year from $2.9 billion in Q1 2025, and up 0.97% on a QoQ basis from $3.3 billion in Q4 2025.

Adobe (ADBE) has 18 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $3.3 billion in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Operating Expenses rose 13.21% year-over-year to $3.3 billion in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was $12.9 billion (up 10.72% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $12.5 billion, up 0.85% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses improved to $3.3 billion in Q1 2026 per ADBE's latest filing, from $3.3 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $3.7 billion in Q1 2024 and bottomed at $2.2 billion in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $2.8 billion (2024), against an average of $2.8 billion.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when Operating Expenses jumped 47.34%; it then slipped 20.52% in 2025.
  • Tracing ADBE's Operating Expenses over 5 years: stood at $2.5 billion in 2022, then gained by 8.93% to $2.7 billion in 2023, then climbed by 13.55% to $3.0 billion in 2024, then rose by 8.28% to $3.3 billion in 2025, then gained by 0.97% to $3.3 billion in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest ADBE Operating Expenses figures stand at $3.3 billion (Q1 2026), $3.3 billion (Q4 2025), and $3.2 billion (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 253.17 Bn 235.20 Bn 8.16 Bn -7.98 Bn
2 Salesforce 171.07 Bn 161.50 Bn 8.69 Bn 6.82 Bn
3 Uber Technologies 151.10 Bn 150.06 Bn 11.88 Bn 11.28 Bn
4 Shopify 134.25 Bn 128.50 Bn 1.55 Bn 1.16 Bn
5 ServiceNow 105.72 Bn 100.54 Bn 2.83 Bn 2.33 Bn
6 Cadence Design Systems 101.64 Bn 100.23 Bn 1.26 Bn 1.04 Bn
7 Adobe 100.35 Bn 93.46 Bn 5.73 Bn 3.32 Bn
8 Automatic Data Processing 90.91 Bn 87.68 Bn 2.87 Bn 4.23 Bn
9 Intuit 88.30 Bn 81.52 Bn 6.77 Bn 4.54 Bn
10 Datadog 78.54 Bn 73.78 Bn 797.20 Mn 789.87 Mn

Historic Data

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Feb 27, 2026 3.32 Bn
Nov 28, 2025 3.28 Bn
Aug 29, 2025 3.17 Bn
May 30, 2025 3.13 Bn
Feb 28, 2025 2.93 Bn
Nov 29, 2024 3.03 Bn
Aug 30, 2024 2.86 Bn
May 31, 2024 2.83 Bn
Mar 1, 2024 3.69 Bn
Dec 1, 2023 2.67 Bn
Sep 1, 2023 2.61 Bn
Jun 2, 2023 2.62 Bn
Mar 3, 2023 2.50 Bn
Dec 2, 2022 2.45 Bn
Sep 2, 2022 2.40 Bn
Jun 3, 2022 2.32 Bn
Mar 4, 2022 2.17 Bn
Dec 3, 2021 2.10 Bn
Sep 3, 2021 2.03 Bn
Jun 4, 2021 1.99 Bn
Mar 5, 2021 2.00 Bn
Nov 27, 2020 1.78 Bn
Aug 28, 2020 1.73 Bn
May 29, 2020 1.70 Bn
Feb 28, 2020 1.70 Bn
Nov 29, 2019 1.57 Bn
Aug 30, 2019 1.56 Bn
May 31, 2019 1.59 Bn
Mar 1, 2019 1.51 Bn
Nov 30, 2018 1.39 Bn
Aug 31, 2018 1.28 Bn
Jun 1, 2018 1.22 Bn
Mar 2, 2018 1.12 Bn
Dec 1, 2017 1.09 Bn
Sep 1, 2017 1.03 Bn
Jun 2, 2017 1.03 Bn
Mar 3, 2017 975.31 Mn
Dec 2, 2016 919.58 Mn
Sep 2, 2016 891.94 Mn
Jun 3, 2016 852.39 Mn
Mar 4, 2016 877.01 Mn
Nov 27, 2015 814.61 Mn
Aug 28, 2015 780.76 Mn
May 29, 2015 783.37 Mn
Feb 27, 2015 769.36 Mn
Nov 28, 2014 787.88 Mn
Aug 29, 2014 773.51 Mn
May 30, 2014 778.05 Mn
Feb 28, 2014 772.87 Mn
Nov 29, 2013 791.35 Mn
Aug 30, 2013 737.69 Mn
May 31, 2013 763.96 Mn
Mar 1, 2013 752.97 Mn
Nov 30, 2012 720.69 Mn
Aug 31, 2012 682.66 Mn
Jun 1, 2012 688.39 Mn
Mar 2, 2012 647.98 Mn
Dec 2, 2011 789.65 Mn
Sep 2, 2011 634.45 Mn
Jun 3, 2011 637.25 Mn
Mar 4, 2011 617.73 Mn
Dec 3, 2010 613.79 Mn
Sep 3, 2010 589.22 Mn
Jun 4, 2010 607.92 Mn
Mar 5, 2010 592.50 Mn
Nov 27, 2009 521.32 Mn
Aug 28, 2009 464.86 Mn
May 29, 2009 471.31 Mn
Feb 27, 2009 501.12 Mn