What is Griffin Securities’ Forecast for Adobe Q1 Earnings?

Adobe Inc. (NASDAQ:ADBE) – Research analysts at Griffin Securities issued their Q1 2026 earnings estimates for shares of Adobe in a research report issued on Thursday, December 12th. Griffin Securities analyst J. Vleeschhouwer anticipates that the software company will post earnings of $4.46 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Adobe’s current full-year earnings is $16.73 per share. Griffin Securities also issued estimates for Adobe’s Q2 2026 earnings at $4.66 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $4.87 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $18.97 EPS.

Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, December 11th. The software company reported $4.81 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.67 by $0.14. Adobe had a net margin of 25.85% and a return on equity of 45.22%. The company had revenue of $5.61 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.54 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $3.52 EPS. Adobe’s quarterly revenue was up 11.1% compared to the same quarter last year.

A number of other research firms also recently issued reports on ADBE. BMO Capital Markets dropped their target price on shares of Adobe from $600.00 to $570.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, December 12th. Oppenheimer dropped their target price on shares of Adobe from $625.00 to $600.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, December 12th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft dropped their target price on shares of Adobe from $650.00 to $600.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, December 12th. Bank of America decreased their price target on shares of Adobe from $640.00 to $605.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, December 12th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein decreased their price target on shares of Adobe from $644.00 to $587.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, December 12th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have assigned a hold rating, eighteen have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Adobe currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $584.88.

Adobe Stock Down 0.9 %

Adobe stock opened at $461.53 on Monday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.11, a current ratio of 1.11 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28. Adobe has a 12-month low of $433.97 and a 12-month high of $638.25. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $504.64 and its 200 day moving average is $523.70. The company has a market capitalization of $203.17 billion, a PE ratio of 37.22, a PEG ratio of 2.51 and a beta of 1.29.

Insider Buying and Selling at Adobe

In other news, EVP Scott Belsky sold 481 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, October 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $483.42, for a total value of $232,525.02. Following the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 18,128 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $8,763,437.76. This represents a 2.58 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CEO Shantanu Narayen sold 25,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, September 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $521.58, for a total transaction of $13,039,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 357,700 shares in the company, valued at approximately $186,569,166. The trade was a 6.53 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 28,293 shares of company stock valued at $14,719,309 over the last three months. 0.15% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of ADBE. 1ST Source Bank grew its position in Adobe by 0.7% during the third quarter. 1ST Source Bank now owns 2,889 shares of the software company’s stock valued at $1,496,000 after acquiring an additional 20 shares during the last quarter. DGS Capital Management LLC grew its position in Adobe by 1.8% during the third quarter. DGS Capital Management LLC now owns 2,436 shares of the software company’s stock valued at $1,261,000 after acquiring an additional 42 shares during the last quarter. Oddo BHF Asset Management Sas bought a new position in Adobe during the third quarter valued at approximately $14,622,000. Inspire Trust Co. N.A. grew its position in Adobe by 9.1% during the third quarter. Inspire Trust Co. N.A. now owns 5,714 shares of the software company’s stock valued at $2,959,000 after acquiring an additional 475 shares during the last quarter. Finally, American Trust bought a new position in Adobe during the third quarter valued at approximately $1,057,000. 81.79% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Adobe Company Profile

Adobe Inc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a diversified software company worldwide. It operates through three segments: Digital Media, Digital Experience, and Publishing and Advertising. The Digital Media segment offers products, services, and solutions that enable individuals, teams, and enterprises to create, publish, and promote content; and Document Cloud, a unified cloud-based document services platform.