Adobe (ADBE) Share-based Compensation (2009 - 2026)
Adobe (ADBE) posted Share-based Compensation of $539 million for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Aug 28, 2026), up 8.5% from $497 million a year earlier and up 0.9% from the prior quarter.
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Adobe (ADBE) Share-based Compensation (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Aug 28, 2026, Share-based Compensation at Adobe was $2.07 billion, up 9.3% year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Nov 28, 2025), it came in at $1.94 billion, up 5.9% from FY2024.
- Annual Share-based Compensation has increased for 16 consecutive fiscal years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 16.4% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior fiscal years, Adobe's Share-based Compensation was $1.83 billion in FY2024 (+6.7%), $1.72 billion in FY2023 (+19.3%), $1.44 billion in FY2022 (+34.7%) and $1.07 billion in FY2021 (+17.6%).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure stands as the highest quarterly Share-based Compensation in data going back to fiscal Q1 2009.
- On a year-over-year basis, Share-based Compensation has increased in each of the last 40 quarters, with growth averaging 6.7% over the last eight quarters.
- Across the past five years, year-over-year growth in Share-based Compensation ran from 3.0% in fiscal Q2 2025 to 44.2% in fiscal Q4 2022.
- According to Business Quant data, Share-based Compensation for the three prior fiscal quarters was $534 million (Q2 2026), $509 million (Q1 2026) and $489 million (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Stock Comp. (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adobe | 97.16 Bn | 72.41 Bn | 6.00 Bn | 539.00 Mn |
| 2 | Autodesk | 56.45 Bn | 44.48 Bn | 1.87 Bn | 184.00 Mn |
| 3 | Atlassian | 49.40 Bn | 42.68 Bn | 1.53 Bn | 394.48 Mn |
| 4 | Twilio | 33.00 Bn | 22.64 Bn | 760.53 Mn | 153.92 Mn |
| 5 | Zoom Communications | 26.85 Bn | -3.88 Bn | 985.50 Mn | 179.78 Mn |
| 6 | Figma | 11.88 Bn | 5.20 Bn | 314.44 Mn | 158.59 Mn |
| 7 | Dropbox | 7.93 Bn | 3.57 Bn | 506.50 Mn | 77.30 Mn |
| 8 | RingCentral | 6.58 Bn | 6.11 Bn | 494.30 Mn | 64.65 Mn |
| 9 | Open Text | 6.44 Bn | 1.87 Bn | 1.01 Bn | 21.85 Mn |
| 10 | Box | 6.04 Bn | 3.91 Bn | 253.97 Mn | 61.36 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2026 | 539.00 Mn |
| May 29, 2026 | 534.00 Mn |
| Feb 27, 2026 | 509.00 Mn |
| Nov 28, 2025 | 489.00 Mn |
| Aug 29, 2025 | 497.00 Mn |
| May 30, 2025 | 481.00 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 475.00 Mn |
| Nov 29, 2024 | 441.00 Mn |
| Aug 30, 2024 | 474.00 Mn |
| May 31, 2024 | 467.00 Mn |
| Mar 1, 2024 | 451.00 Mn |
| Dec 1, 2023 | 427.00 Mn |
| Sep 1, 2023 | 442.00 Mn |
| Jun 2, 2023 | 433.00 Mn |
| Mar 3, 2023 | 416.00 Mn |
| Dec 2, 2022 | 388.00 Mn |
| Sep 2, 2022 | 378.00 Mn |
| Jun 3, 2022 | 352.00 Mn |
| Mar 4, 2022 | 322.00 Mn |
| Dec 3, 2021 | 269.00 Mn |
API Access
Adobe Share-based Compensation 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=share-based-compensation&ticker=ADBE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "share-based-compensation", "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=share-based-compensation&ticker=ADBE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();