Growth Metrics

Adobe (ADBE) Share-based Compensation (2009 - 2026)

Adobe (ADBE) reported Share-based Compensation of $509.0 million for Q1 2026, up 7.16% year-over-year from $475.0 million in Q1 2025, and up 4.09% on a QoQ basis from $489.0 million in Q4 2025.

Adobe (ADBE) has 18 years of Share-based Compensation data on file, last reported at $509.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Share-based Compensation rose 7.16% year-over-year to $509.0 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was $2.0 billion (up 6.41% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $1.9 billion, up 5.95% from the prior year.
  • Share-based Compensation rose to $509.0 million in Q1 2026 per ADBE's latest filing, from $489.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Share-based Compensation topped out at $509.0 million in Q1 2026 and bottomed at $322.0 million in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Share-based Compensation is $442.0 million (2023), against an average of $437.8 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Share-based Compensation surged 44.24%; it then advanced 3.0% in 2025.
  • Tracing ADBE's Share-based Compensation over 5 years: stood at $388.0 million in 2022, then grew by 10.05% to $427.0 million in 2023, then increased by 3.28% to $441.0 million in 2024, then climbed by 10.88% to $489.0 million in 2025, then increased by 4.09% to $509.0 million in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest ADBE Share-based Compensation figures stand at $509.0 million (Q1 2026), $489.0 million (Q4 2025), and $497.0 million (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Share-based Compensation (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 253.17 Bn 235.20 Bn 8.16 Bn 333.66 Mn
2 Salesforce 171.07 Bn 161.50 Bn 8.69 Bn 1.08 Bn
3 Uber Technologies 151.10 Bn 150.06 Bn 11.88 Bn 473.00 Mn
4 Shopify 134.25 Bn 128.50 Bn 1.55 Bn 132.00 Mn
5 ServiceNow 105.72 Bn 100.54 Bn 2.83 Bn 547.00 Mn
6 Cadence Design Systems 101.64 Bn 100.23 Bn 1.26 Bn 138.18 Mn
7 Adobe 100.35 Bn 93.46 Bn 5.73 Bn 509.00 Mn
8 Automatic Data Processing 90.91 Bn 87.68 Bn 2.87 Bn 51.00 Mn
9 Intuit 88.30 Bn 81.52 Bn 6.77 Bn 485.00 Mn
10 Datadog 78.54 Bn 73.78 Bn 797.20 Mn 196.84 Mn

Historic Data

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Feb 27, 2026 509.00 Mn
Feb 27, 2026 509.00 Mn
Nov 28, 2025 489.00 Mn
Nov 28, 2025 489.00 Mn
Aug 29, 2025 497.00 Mn
Aug 29, 2025 497.00 Mn
May 30, 2025 481.00 Mn
May 30, 2025 481.00 Mn
Feb 28, 2025 475.00 Mn
Feb 28, 2025 475.00 Mn
Nov 29, 2024 441.00 Mn
Nov 29, 2024 441.00 Mn
Aug 30, 2024 474.00 Mn
Aug 30, 2024 474.00 Mn
May 31, 2024 467.00 Mn
May 31, 2024 467.00 Mn
Mar 1, 2024 451.00 Mn
Mar 1, 2024 451.00 Mn
Dec 1, 2023 427.00 Mn
Dec 1, 2023 427.00 Mn
Sep 1, 2023 442.00 Mn
Sep 1, 2023 442.00 Mn
Jun 2, 2023 433.00 Mn
Jun 2, 2023 433.00 Mn
Mar 3, 2023 416.00 Mn
Mar 3, 2023 416.00 Mn
Dec 2, 2022 388.00 Mn
Dec 2, 2022 388.00 Mn
Sep 2, 2022 378.00 Mn
Sep 2, 2022 378.00 Mn
Jun 3, 2022 352.00 Mn
Jun 3, 2022 352.00 Mn
Mar 4, 2022 322.00 Mn
Mar 4, 2022 322.00 Mn
Dec 3, 2021 269.00 Mn
Dec 3, 2021 269.00 Mn
Sep 3, 2021 280.00 Mn
Sep 3, 2021 280.00 Mn
Jun 4, 2021 260.00 Mn
Jun 4, 2021 260.00 Mn
Mar 5, 2021 260.00 Mn
Mar 5, 2021 260.00 Mn
Nov 27, 2020 233.00 Mn
Nov 27, 2020 233.00 Mn
Aug 28, 2020 232.00 Mn
Aug 28, 2020 232.00 Mn
May 29, 2020 227.00 Mn
May 29, 2020 227.00 Mn
Feb 28, 2020 217.00 Mn
Feb 28, 2020 217.00 Mn
Nov 29, 2019 203.00 Mn
Nov 29, 2019 203.00 Mn
Aug 30, 2019 196.00 Mn
Aug 30, 2019 196.00 Mn
May 31, 2019 204.00 Mn
May 31, 2019 204.00 Mn
Mar 1, 2019 185.00 Mn
Mar 1, 2019 185.00 Mn
Nov 30, 2018 170.06 Mn
Nov 30, 2018 170.06 Mn
Aug 31, 2018 159.04 Mn
Aug 31, 2018 159.04 Mn
Jun 1, 2018 145.38 Mn
Jun 1, 2018 145.38 Mn
Mar 2, 2018 135.53 Mn
Mar 2, 2018 135.53 Mn
Dec 1, 2017 119.74 Mn
Dec 1, 2017 119.74 Mn
Sep 1, 2017 120.37 Mn
Sep 1, 2017 120.37 Mn
Jun 2, 2017 116.05 Mn
Jun 2, 2017 116.05 Mn
Mar 3, 2017 98.31 Mn
Mar 3, 2017 98.31 Mn
Dec 2, 2016 86.92 Mn
Dec 2, 2016 86.92 Mn
Sep 2, 2016 84.50 Mn
Sep 2, 2016 84.50 Mn
Jun 3, 2016 85.57 Mn
Jun 3, 2016 85.57 Mn
Mar 4, 2016 92.31 Mn
Mar 4, 2016 92.31 Mn
Nov 27, 2015 81.02 Mn
Nov 27, 2015 81.02 Mn
Aug 28, 2015 85.98 Mn
Aug 28, 2015 85.98 Mn
May 29, 2015 84.65 Mn
May 29, 2015 84.65 Mn
Feb 27, 2015 84.21 Mn
Feb 27, 2015 84.21 Mn
Nov 28, 2014 84.89 Mn
Nov 28, 2014 84.89 Mn
Aug 29, 2014 83.01 Mn
Aug 29, 2014 83.01 Mn
May 30, 2014 83.01 Mn
May 30, 2014 83.01 Mn
Feb 28, 2014 82.79 Mn
Feb 28, 2014 82.79 Mn
Nov 29, 2013 84.90 Mn
Nov 29, 2013 84.90 Mn
Aug 30, 2013 81.02 Mn
Aug 30, 2013 81.02 Mn
May 31, 2013 78.87 Mn
May 31, 2013 78.87 Mn
Mar 1, 2013 84.20 Mn
Mar 1, 2013 84.20 Mn
Nov 30, 2012 75.85 Mn
Nov 30, 2012 75.85 Mn
Aug 31, 2012 79.67 Mn
Aug 31, 2012 79.67 Mn
Jun 1, 2012 71.40 Mn
Jun 1, 2012 71.40 Mn
Mar 2, 2012 71.58 Mn
Mar 2, 2012 71.58 Mn
Dec 2, 2011 75.13 Mn
Dec 2, 2011 75.13 Mn
Sep 2, 2011 65.12 Mn
Sep 2, 2011 65.12 Mn
Jun 3, 2011 74.86 Mn
Jun 3, 2011 74.86 Mn
Mar 4, 2011 70.99 Mn
Mar 4, 2011 70.99 Mn
Dec 3, 2010 56.84 Mn
Dec 3, 2010 56.84 Mn
Sep 3, 2010 49.67 Mn
Sep 3, 2010 49.67 Mn
Jun 4, 2010 60.10 Mn
Jun 4, 2010 60.10 Mn
Mar 5, 2010 64.48 Mn
Mar 5, 2010 64.48 Mn
Nov 27, 2009 41.35 Mn
Nov 27, 2009 41.35 Mn
Aug 28, 2009 39.65 Mn
Aug 28, 2009 39.65 Mn
May 29, 2009 40.96 Mn
May 29, 2009 40.96 Mn
Feb 27, 2009 45.62 Mn
Feb 27, 2009 45.62 Mn