Adobe (ADBE) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)

Adobe (ADBE) reported Operating Margin of 37.79% for Q1 2026, down 6.0% year-over-year from 40.21% in Q1 2025, and up 3.53% quarter-over-quarter from 36.5% in Q4 2025.

Adobe (ADBE) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Adobe (ADBE) has 18 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 37.79% in Q1 2026.

  • Operating Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 37.79%, down 6.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was 36.65% (up 36.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 36.63%, up 528.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin advanced to 37.79% in Q1 2026 per ADBE's latest filing, from 36.5% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 39.92% in Q1 2022 and troughed at 17.5% in Q1 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 34.67% and a median of 35.95% in 2022 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2024 and 2025: Operating Margin plunged 1877 bps in 2024, then surged 2035 bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 27.61% in 2022, then gained by 25 bps to 34.53% in 2023, then gained by 1 bps to 34.91% in 2024, then increased by 5 bps to 36.5% in 2025, then increased by 4 bps to 37.79% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows ADBE's Operating Margin at 37.79% in Q1 2026, 36.5% in Q4 2025, and 36.29% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 238.14 Bn 220.17 Bn 8.16 Bn 28.69%
2 Full Truck Alliance 166.83 Bn 164.28 Bn - -
3 Uber Technologies 150.36 Bn 149.32 Bn 11.88 Bn 14.56%
4 Shopify 147.75 Bn 142.01 Bn 1.55 Bn 12.05%
5 Salesforce 140.39 Bn 128.55 Bn 8.56 Bn 21.08%
6 Cadence Design Systems 105.73 Bn 104.32 Bn 1.26 Bn 29.26%
7 ServiceNow 105.42 Bn 100.24 Bn 2.83 Bn 13.34%
8 Automatic Data Processing 89.57 Bn 86.34 Bn 2.87 Bn -22.99%
9 Adobe 85.05 Bn 78.16 Bn 5.90 Bn 33.82%
10 Snowflake 82.57 Bn 79.61 Bn 926.45 Mn -23.45%

Historic Data

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DateValue
May 29, 2026 33.82%
Feb 27, 2026 37.79%
Nov 28, 2025 36.50%
Aug 29, 2025 36.29%
May 30, 2025 35.91%
Feb 28, 2025 37.85%
Nov 29, 2024 34.91%
Aug 30, 2024 36.83%
May 31, 2024 35.51%
Mar 1, 2024 17.50%
Dec 1, 2023 34.53%
Sep 1, 2023 34.70%
Jun 2, 2023 33.72%
Mar 3, 2023 34.07%
Dec 2, 2022 27.61%
Sep 2, 2022 35.95%
Jun 3, 2022 37.57%
Mar 4, 2022 39.92%
Dec 3, 2021 36.52%
Sep 3, 2021 36.62%