Adobe (ADBE) Selling, General & Administrative (2009 - 2026)
Adobe's Selling, General & Administrative came in at $488 million for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Aug 28, 2026), up 19.6% from $408 million a year earlier but down 10.6% from the prior quarter.
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Adobe (ADBE) Selling, General & Administrative (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Aug 28, 2026, Adobe reported Selling, General & Administrative of $1.92 billion, up 19.3% year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Nov 28, 2025), it was $1.57 billion, up 2.9% from FY2024.
- Selling, General & Administrative has increased in each of the last ten fiscal years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 10.2% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by fiscal year, Selling, General & Administrative was $1.53 billion in FY2024 (+8.2%), $1.41 billion in FY2023 (+15.9%), $1.22 billion in FY2022 (+12.4%) and $1.09 billion in FY2021 (+12.1%).
- The five-year range for quarterly Selling, General & Administrative is $269 million (fiscal Q1 2022) to $546 million (fiscal Q2 2026).
- Year-over-year, Selling, General & Administrative has increased for three consecutive quarters, with growth averaging 15.9% over the last eight quarters.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Selling, General & Administrative over five years came in fiscal Q2 2026 (growth of 44.8%), and the weakest in fiscal Q4 2025 (a decline of 7.7%).
- Business Quant data shows ADBE's Selling, General & Administrative at $546 million (Q2 2026), $463 million (Q1 2026) and $421 million (Q4 2025) in the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | SG&A (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adobe | 99.39 Bn | 74.64 Bn | 6.00 Bn | 488.00 Mn |
| 2 | Atlassian | 56.40 Bn | 49.68 Bn | 1.53 Bn | 168.19 Mn |
| 3 | Autodesk | 51.55 Bn | 39.59 Bn | 1.87 Bn | 179.00 Mn |
| 4 | Twilio | 41.87 Bn | 31.94 Bn | 725.87 Mn | 118.43 Mn |
| 5 | Zoom Communications | 28.87 Bn | -1.92 Bn | 985.50 Mn | 98.16 Mn |
| 6 | Figma | 12.14 Bn | 5.65 Bn | 309.61 Mn | 104.72 Mn |
| 7 | Dropbox | 8.22 Bn | 3.86 Bn | 506.50 Mn | 63.80 Mn |
| 8 | Nice | 7.17 Bn | 5.64 Bn | 995.81 Mn | 179.22 Mn |
| 9 | RingCentral | 6.72 Bn | 6.21 Bn | 472.31 Mn | 64.32 Mn |
| 10 | Open Text | 6.42 Bn | 1.85 Bn | 1.01 Bn | 112.03 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2026 | 488.00 Mn |
| May 29, 2026 | 546.00 Mn |
| Feb 27, 2026 | 463.00 Mn |
| Nov 28, 2025 | 421.00 Mn |
| Aug 29, 2025 | 408.00 Mn |
| May 30, 2025 | 377.00 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 367.00 Mn |
| Nov 29, 2024 | 456.00 Mn |
| Aug 30, 2024 | 366.00 Mn |
| May 31, 2024 | 355.00 Mn |
| Mar 1, 2024 | 352.00 Mn |
| Dec 1, 2023 | 372.00 Mn |
| Sep 1, 2023 | 353.00 Mn |
| Jun 2, 2023 | 357.00 Mn |
| Mar 3, 2023 | 331.00 Mn |
| Dec 2, 2022 | 340.00 Mn |
| Sep 2, 2022 | 319.00 Mn |
| Jun 3, 2022 | 291.00 Mn |
| Mar 4, 2022 | 269.00 Mn |
| Dec 3, 2021 | 274.00 Mn |
API Access
Adobe Selling, General & Administrative 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=selling-general-and-administrative&ticker=ADBE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "selling-general-and-administrative", "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=selling-general-and-administrative&ticker=ADBE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();