Adobe (ADBE) Research & Development (2009 - 2026)

Adobe's (ADBE) quarterly Research & Development came in at $1.9 billion in Q2 2026, up 74.12% year-on-year from $1.1 billion in Q2 2025, and up 10.3% on a QoQ basis from $1.7 billion in Q1 2026.

Adobe (ADBE) Research & Development (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Adobe (ADBE) has 18 years of Research & Development data on file, last reported at $1.9 billion in Q2 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Research & Development rose 74.12% year-over-year to $1.9 billion in Q2 2026; TTM through May 2026 was $8.0 billion, a 75.67% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at $6.5 billion, up 64.5% from the prior year.
  • Research & Development for Q2 2026 stood at $1.9 billion, up from $1.7 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Research & Development for ADBE reached as high as $3.3 billion in Q4 2025 and fell as low as $701.0 million in Q1 2022.
  • Historically, Research & Development has averaged $1.3 billion across 5 years, with a median of $1.1 billion in 2025.
  • Across the five-year window, Research & Development soared 257.96% in 2023 and plunged 63.9% in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Research & Development stood at $773.0 million in 2022, then surged by 257.96% to $2.8 billion in 2023, then plunged by 63.9% to $999.0 million in 2024, then jumped by 229.53% to $3.3 billion in 2025, then tumbled by 42.77% to $1.9 billion in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Research & Development figures were $1.9 billion in Q2 2026, $1.7 billion in Q1 2026, and $3.3 billion in Q4 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) R&D (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 208.91 Bn 189.27 Bn 8.16 Bn -1.99 Bn
2 Full Truck Alliance 188.77 Bn 186.13 Bn - -37.02 Mn
3 Shopify 145.98 Bn 140.23 Bn 1.55 Bn 496.00 Mn
4 Uber Technologies 141.48 Bn 140.44 Bn 5.95 Bn 1.33 Bn
5 Salesforce 128.51 Bn 116.67 Bn 8.56 Bn 3.77 Bn
6 ServiceNow 98.38 Bn 93.20 Bn 2.82 Bn 1.37 Bn
7 Automatic Data Processing 97.56 Bn 94.34 Bn 2.87 Bn 253.90 Mn
8 Snowflake 91.55 Bn 88.59 Bn 926.45 Mn 588.95 Mn
9 Cadence Design Systems 89.91 Bn 88.50 Bn 1.41 Bn 508.44 Mn
10 Adobe 85.38 Bn 79.75 Bn 5.90 Bn 1.88 Bn

Historic Data

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May 29, 2026 1.88 Bn
Feb 27, 2026 1.71 Bn
Nov 28, 2025 3.29 Bn
Aug 29, 2025 1.09 Bn
May 30, 2025 1.08 Bn
Feb 28, 2025 1.03 Bn
Nov 29, 2024 999.00 Mn
Aug 30, 2024 1.43 Bn
May 31, 2024 1.45 Bn
Mar 1, 2024 1.35 Bn
Dec 1, 2023 2.77 Bn
Sep 1, 2023 881.00 Mn
Jun 2, 2023 876.00 Mn
Mar 3, 2023 827.00 Mn
Dec 2, 2022 773.00 Mn
Sep 2, 2022 1.27 Bn
Jun 3, 2022 738.00 Mn
Mar 4, 2022 701.00 Mn
Dec 3, 2021 -650.00 Mn
Sep 3, 2021 651.00 Mn