Growth Metrics

Adobe (ADBE) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2026)

Adobe (ADBE) reported Retained Earnings of -$295.0 million for Q1 2026, down 100.73% year-over-year from $40.2 billion in Q1 2025, and down 20.41% on a QoQ basis from -$245.0 million in Q4 2025.

Adobe (ADBE) has 18 years of Retained Earnings data on file, last reported at -$295.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Retained Earnings fell 100.73% year-over-year to -$295.0 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was -$295.0 million (down 100.73% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at -$245.0 million, down 21.89% from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings retreated to -$295.0 million in Q1 2026 per ADBE's latest filing, from -$245.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Retained Earnings topped out at $43.5 billion in Q3 2025 and bottomed at -$333.0 million in Q2 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Retained Earnings is $25.0 billion (2022), against an average of $17.4 billion.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Retained Earnings soared 20831.3%; it then sank 101.01% in 2023.
  • Tracing ADBE's Retained Earnings over 5 years: stood at $28.3 billion in 2022, then slumped by 101.01% to -$285.0 million in 2023, then rose by 29.47% to -$201.0 million in 2024, then slipped by 21.89% to -$245.0 million in 2025, then declined by 20.41% to -$295.0 million in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest ADBE Retained Earnings figures stand at -$295.0 million (Q1 2026), -$245.0 million (Q4 2025), and $43.5 billion (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Retained Earnings (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 253.17 Bn 235.20 Bn 8.16 Bn 57.69 Bn
2 Salesforce 171.07 Bn 161.50 Bn 8.69 Bn 22.22 Bn
3 Uber Technologies 151.10 Bn 150.06 Bn 11.88 Bn -421.00 Mn
4 Shopify 134.25 Bn 128.50 Bn 1.55 Bn 2.28 Bn
5 ServiceNow 105.72 Bn 100.54 Bn 2.83 Bn 5.71 Bn
6 Cadence Design Systems 101.64 Bn 100.23 Bn 1.26 Bn -40.09 Mn
7 Adobe 100.35 Bn 93.46 Bn 5.73 Bn -295.00 Mn
8 Automatic Data Processing 90.91 Bn 87.68 Bn 2.87 Bn -853.10 Mn
9 Intuit 88.30 Bn 81.52 Bn 6.77 Bn 22.85 Bn
10 Datadog 78.54 Bn 73.78 Bn 797.20 Mn 190.36 Mn

Historic Data

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Feb 27, 2026 -295.00 Mn
Nov 28, 2025 -245.00 Mn
Aug 29, 2025 43.52 Bn
May 30, 2025 -333.00 Mn
Feb 28, 2025 40.19 Bn
Nov 29, 2024 -201.00 Mn
Aug 30, 2024 36.91 Bn
May 31, 2024 35.23 Bn
Mar 1, 2024 -277.00 Mn
Dec 1, 2023 -285.00 Mn
Sep 1, 2023 32.01 Bn
Jun 2, 2023 -297.00 Mn
Mar 3, 2023 29.44 Bn
Dec 2, 2022 28.32 Bn
Sep 2, 2022 27.16 Bn
Jun 3, 2022 -195.00 Mn
Mar 4, 2022 24.96 Bn
Dec 3, 2021 -137.00 Mn
Sep 3, 2021 -131.00 Mn
Jun 4, 2021 21.54 Bn
Mar 5, 2021 -141.00 Mn
Nov 27, 2020 -158.00 Mn
Aug 28, 2020 -153.00 Mn
May 29, 2020 16.43 Bn
Feb 28, 2020 -189.00 Mn
Nov 29, 2019 14.83 Bn
Aug 30, 2019 -193.95 Mn
May 31, 2019 -144.36 Mn
Mar 1, 2019 -150.43 Mn
Nov 30, 2018 -148.13 Mn
Aug 31, 2018 11.14 Bn
Jun 1, 2018 10.47 Bn
Mar 2, 2018 9.83 Bn
Dec 1, 2017 9.57 Bn
Sep 1, 2017 -98.63 Mn
Jun 2, 2017 -146.75 Mn
Mar 3, 2017 -185.41 Mn
Dec 2, 2016 8.11 Bn
Sep 2, 2016 7.71 Bn
Jun 3, 2016 7.44 Bn
Mar 4, 2016 7.22 Bn
Nov 27, 2015 7.25 Bn
Aug 28, 2015 7.05 Bn
May 29, 2015 6.88 Bn
Feb 27, 2015 -103.81 Mn
Nov 28, 2014 6.92 Bn
Aug 29, 2014 6.85 Bn
May 30, 2014 46.64 Mn
Feb 28, 2014 6.73 Bn
Nov 29, 2013 46.10 Mn
Aug 30, 2013 6.88 Bn
May 31, 2013 27.46 Mn
Mar 1, 2013 6.81 Bn
Nov 30, 2012 30.71 Mn
Aug 31, 2012 22.51 Mn
Jun 1, 2012 6.67 Bn
Mar 2, 2012 6.50 Bn
Dec 2, 2011 29.95 Mn
Sep 2, 2011 59.19 Mn
Jun 3, 2011 6.23 Bn
Mar 4, 2011 28.70 Mn
Dec 3, 2010 5.98 Bn
Sep 3, 2010 5.74 Bn
Jun 4, 2010 5.57 Bn
Mar 5, 2010 5.43 Bn
Nov 27, 2009 24.45 Mn
Aug 28, 2009 5.33 Bn
Feb 27, 2009 5.07 Bn