Adobe (ADBE) Research & Development (2009 - 2025)

Adobe (ADBE) has 17 years of Research & Development data on file, last reported at $4.3 billion in FY2025.

• 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 climbed to $4.3 billion in FY2025 per ADBE's latest filing, from $3.9 billion in the prior year.
• Across five years, Research & Development topped out at $4.3 billion in FY2025 and bottomed at $2.5 billion in FY2021.
• The 5-year median for Research & Development is $3.5 billion (2023), against an average of $3.4 billion.
• The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Research & Development gained 17.6%; it then gained 8.87% in 2025.
• Tracing ADBE's Research & Development over 5 years: stood at $2.5 billion in 2021, then advanced by 17.6% to $3.0 billion in 2022, then rose by 16.27% to $3.5 billion in 2023, then advanced by 13.56% to $3.9 billion in 2024, then gained by 8.87% to $4.3 billion in 2025.
• Per Business Quant, the three latest ADBE Research & Development figures stand at $4.3 billion (FY2025), $3.9 billion (FY2024), and $3.5 billion (FY2023).

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