Adobe (ADBE) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2026)
Adobe's Retained Earnings came in at $50.59 billion for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Aug 28, 2026), up 16.3% from $43.52 billion a year earlier and up 3.7% from the prior quarter.
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Adobe (ADBE) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2025 (ended Nov 28, 2025), Adobe's Retained Earnings was $45.35 billion, up 17.9% from FY2024.
- Retained Earnings has increased in each of the last 11 fiscal years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 18.3% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by fiscal year, Retained Earnings was $38.47 billion in FY2024 (+15.4%), $33.35 billion in FY2023 (+17.8%), $28.32 billion in FY2022 (+18.5%) and $23.91 billion in FY2021 (+21.9%).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure represents the highest quarterly Retained Earnings in data going back to fiscal Q1 2009.
- Year-over-year, Retained Earnings has increased for 47 consecutive quarters, with growth averaging 17.4% over the last eight quarters.
- Across the past five years, year-over-year growth in Retained Earnings ran from 14.9% in fiscal Q1 2024 to 21.9% in fiscal Q4 2021.
- Business Quant data shows ADBE's Retained Earnings at $48.77 billion (Q2 2026), $47.17 billion (Q1 2026) and $45.35 billion (Q4 2025) in the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Retained Earnings (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adobe | 99.39 Bn | 74.64 Bn | 6.00 Bn | 50.59 Bn |
| 2 | Atlassian | 56.40 Bn | 49.68 Bn | 1.53 Bn | -6.11 Bn |
| 3 | Autodesk | 51.55 Bn | 39.59 Bn | 1.87 Bn | -1.23 Bn |
| 4 | Twilio | 41.87 Bn | 31.94 Bn | 725.87 Mn | -7.51 Bn |
| 5 | Zoom Communications | 28.87 Bn | -1.92 Bn | 985.50 Mn | 7.67 Bn |
| 6 | Figma | 12.14 Bn | 5.65 Bn | 309.61 Mn | -1.70 Bn |
| 7 | Dropbox | 8.22 Bn | 3.86 Bn | 506.50 Mn | -4.02 Bn |
| 8 | Nice | 7.17 Bn | 5.64 Bn | 995.81 Mn | - |
| 9 | RingCentral | 6.72 Bn | 6.21 Bn | 472.31 Mn | -1.66 Bn |
| 10 | Open Text | 6.42 Bn | 1.85 Bn | 1.01 Bn | 2.02 Bn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2026 | 50.59 Bn |
| May 29, 2026 | 48.77 Bn |
| Feb 27, 2026 | 47.17 Bn |
| Nov 28, 2025 | 45.35 Bn |
| Aug 29, 2025 | 43.52 Bn |
| May 30, 2025 | 41.74 Bn |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 40.19 Bn |
| Nov 29, 2024 | 38.47 Bn |
| Aug 30, 2024 | 36.91 Bn |
| May 31, 2024 | 35.23 Bn |
| Mar 1, 2024 | 33.81 Bn |
| Dec 1, 2023 | 33.35 Bn |
| Sep 1, 2023 | 32.01 Bn |
| Jun 2, 2023 | 30.61 Bn |
| Mar 3, 2023 | 29.44 Bn |
| Dec 2, 2022 | 28.32 Bn |
| Sep 2, 2022 | 27.16 Bn |
| Jun 3, 2022 | 26.02 Bn |
| Mar 4, 2022 | 24.96 Bn |
| Dec 3, 2021 | 23.91 Bn |
API Access
Adobe Retained Earnings API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=retained-earnings&ticker=ADBE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "retained-earnings", "ticker": "ADBE", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=retained-earnings&ticker=ADBE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();