Growth Metrics

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

Adobe (ADBE) reported Research & Development of $1.1 billion for Q1 2026, up 8.19% year-over-year from $1.0 billion in Q1 2025, and up 1.09% on a QoQ basis from $1.1 billion in Q4 2025.

Adobe (ADBE) has 18 years of Research & Development data on file, last reported at $1.1 billion in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Research & Development rose 8.19% year-over-year to $1.1 billion in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was $4.4 billion (up 8.61% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $4.3 billion, up 8.87% from the prior year.
  • Research & Development rose to $1.1 billion in Q1 2026 per ADBE's latest filing, from $1.1 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Research & Development topped out at $1.1 billion in Q1 2026 and bottomed at $701.0 million in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Research & Development is $939.0 million (2024), against an average of $929.9 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Research & Development advanced 20.59%; it then rose 6.46% in 2025.
  • Tracing ADBE's Research & Development over 5 years: stood at $773.0 million in 2022, then gained by 15.01% to $889.0 million in 2023, then gained by 12.37% to $999.0 million in 2024, then increased by 9.91% to $1.1 billion in 2025, then increased by 1.09% to $1.1 billion in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest ADBE Research & Development figures stand at $1.1 billion (Q1 2026), $1.1 billion (Q4 2025), and $1.1 billion (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) R&D (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 253.17 Bn 235.20 Bn 8.16 Bn -1.99 Bn
2 Salesforce 171.07 Bn 161.50 Bn 8.69 Bn 1.62 Bn
3 Uber Technologies 151.10 Bn 150.06 Bn 11.88 Bn 951.00 Mn
4 Shopify 134.25 Bn 128.50 Bn 1.55 Bn 437.00 Mn
5 ServiceNow 105.72 Bn 100.54 Bn 2.83 Bn 823.00 Mn
6 Cadence Design Systems 101.64 Bn 100.23 Bn 1.26 Bn 508.44 Mn
7 Adobe 100.35 Bn 93.46 Bn 5.73 Bn 1.11 Bn
8 Automatic Data Processing 90.91 Bn 87.68 Bn 2.87 Bn 253.90 Mn
9 Intuit 88.30 Bn 81.52 Bn 6.77 Bn 840.00 Mn
10 Datadog 78.54 Bn 73.78 Bn 797.20 Mn 435.30 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Feb 27, 2026 1.11 Bn
Nov 28, 2025 1.10 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 1.02 Bn
May 31, 2024 984.00 Mn
Mar 1, 2024 939.00 Mn
Dec 1, 2023 889.00 Mn
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 775.00 Mn
Jun 3, 2022 738.00 Mn
Mar 4, 2022 701.00 Mn
Dec 3, 2021 657.00 Mn
Sep 3, 2021 651.00 Mn
Jun 4, 2021 612.00 Mn
Mar 5, 2021 620.00 Mn
Nov 27, 2020 558.00 Mn
Aug 28, 2020 566.00 Mn
May 29, 2020 532.00 Mn
Feb 28, 2020 532.00 Mn
Nov 29, 2019 500.00 Mn
Aug 30, 2019 490.00 Mn
May 31, 2019 476.00 Mn
Mar 1, 2019 465.00 Mn
Nov 30, 2018 416.15 Mn
Aug 31, 2018 398.96 Mn
Jun 1, 2018 374.13 Mn
Mar 2, 2018 348.77 Mn
Dec 1, 2017 324.03 Mn
Sep 1, 2017 315.56 Mn
Jun 2, 2017 299.40 Mn
Mar 3, 2017 285.08 Mn
Dec 2, 2016 257.85 Mn
Sep 2, 2016 248.45 Mn
Jun 3, 2016 232.48 Mn
Mar 4, 2016 237.20 Mn
Nov 27, 2015 220.51 Mn
Aug 28, 2015 218.66 Mn
May 29, 2015 208.05 Mn
Feb 27, 2015 215.51 Mn
Nov 28, 2014 213.69 Mn
Aug 29, 2014 212.05 Mn
May 30, 2014 209.09 Mn
Feb 28, 2014 209.53 Mn
Nov 29, 2013 205.20 Mn
Aug 30, 2013 208.70 Mn
May 31, 2013 203.10 Mn
Mar 1, 2013 209.64 Mn
Nov 30, 2012 195.05 Mn
Aug 31, 2012 189.15 Mn
Jun 1, 2012 180.90 Mn
Mar 2, 2012 177.73 Mn
Dec 2, 2011 195.40 Mn
Sep 2, 2011 181.04 Mn
Jun 3, 2011 183.21 Mn
Mar 4, 2011 178.40 Mn
Dec 3, 2010 170.38 Mn
Sep 3, 2010 168.30 Mn
Jun 4, 2010 167.32 Mn
Mar 5, 2010 174.34 Mn
Nov 27, 2009 137.85 Mn
Aug 28, 2009 138.90 Mn
May 29, 2009 138.47 Mn
Feb 27, 2009 149.92 Mn