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% quarter-over-quarter from $1.1 billion in Q4 2025.

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

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

  • Research & Development for Q1 2026 came in at $1.1 billion, up 8.19% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was $4.4 billion (up 8.61% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $4.3 billion, up 8.87% from the prior year.
  • Research & Development improved to $1.1 billion in Q1 2026 per ADBE's latest filing, from $1.1 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Research & Development peaked at $1.1 billion in Q1 2026 and troughed at $701.0 million in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $929.9 million and a median of $939.0 million in 2024 frame the typical range for Research & Development.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Research & Development grew 20.59% in 2022, then advanced 6.46% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Research & Development shows it stood at $773.0 million in 2022, then climbed by 15.01% to $889.0 million in 2023, then climbed by 12.37% to $999.0 million in 2024, then gained by 9.91% to $1.1 billion in 2025, then gained by 1.09% to $1.1 billion in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows ADBE's Research & Development at $1.1 billion in Q1 2026, $1.1 billion in Q4 2025, and $1.1 billion in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) R&D (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 238.14 Bn 220.17 Bn 8.16 Bn -1.99 Bn
2 Full Truck Alliance 166.83 Bn 164.28 Bn - -37.02 Mn
3 Uber Technologies 150.36 Bn 149.32 Bn 11.88 Bn 951.00 Mn
4 Shopify 147.75 Bn 142.01 Bn 1.55 Bn 437.00 Mn
5 Salesforce 140.39 Bn 128.55 Bn 8.56 Bn 1.63 Bn
6 Cadence Design Systems 105.73 Bn 104.32 Bn 1.26 Bn 508.44 Mn
7 ServiceNow 105.42 Bn 100.24 Bn 2.83 Bn 823.00 Mn
8 Automatic Data Processing 89.57 Bn 86.34 Bn 2.87 Bn 253.90 Mn
9 Adobe 85.05 Bn 78.16 Bn 5.90 Bn 1.20 Bn
10 Snowflake 82.57 Bn 79.61 Bn 926.45 Mn 534.94 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
May 29, 2026 1.20 Bn
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