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Adobe (ADBE) guidance and outlook

Adobe's 10-Q filed Sep 22, 2026 makes 15 forward-looking statements, 1 of them new and 0 no longer said since the filing before.

Guidance and outlook

Forward-looking statements, 10-Q filed Sep 22, 2026

• The massive opportunity and evolving role of creativity across roles and industries have driven Adobe’s growth over the past four decades and are expected to continue to drive our growth going forward as we evolve our solutions and routes to market to anticipate the growing needs of our customers.
• Our solutions targeted toward the Creative & Marketing Professionals customer group consist of our customer experience orchestration offerings as well as Creative Cloud flagship apps such as Photoshop, Lightroom, Illustrator and Premiere.
• Our solutions targeted toward the Business Professionals & Consumers customer group consist of Adobe Acrobat offerings and Adobe Express.
• Our success will be achieved through continued customer acquisition and retention by delivering valuable new features and technologies to customers with our latest releases, including generative AI capabilities to enhance creativity, productivity and marketing, and expanding availability of our offerings across an increasing number of surfaces.
• In preparing our condensed consolidated financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC, we make assumptions, judgments and estimates that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses, and related disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities.
• Our services and other revenue is comprised primarily of fees related to project-based consulting and training, as well as maintenance and support for certain on-premise licenses that are recognized at a point in time and our advertising offerings.
• We sell our project-based consulting contracts on a time-and-materials or fixed-fee basis.
• We will continue to focus on long-term opportunities available in our end markets and make significant investments in the development of our subscription and service offerings, apps and tools.
• updated · Our effective tax rate increased by approximately five percentage points for the nine months ended August 28, 2026, as compared to the nine months ended August 29, 2025, primarily due to a decrease in the net tax benefit from effects of non-U.S. operations, an increase in the net tax expense related to stock-based compensation in the current year, and an increase in the anticipated benefit from a foreign tax…
• The framework and guidance do not have a material impact on our effective rates for income taxes or cash taxes paid.
• We anticipate a reduction to our effective rates for cash taxes paid for fiscal 2026 and beyond.
• Our future effective tax rates may be materially affected by changes in the tax rates in jurisdictions where our income is earned, changes in jurisdictions in which our profits are determined to be earned and taxed, changes in the valuation of our deferred tax assets and liabilities, changes in or interpretation of tax rules and regulations in the jurisdictions in which we do business, or unexpected changes in…

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Our effective tax rate increased by approximately five percentage points for the nine months ended August 28, 2026, as compared to the nine months ended August 29, 2025, primarily due to a decrease in the net tax benefit from effects of non-U.S. operations, an increase in the net tax expense related to stock-based compensation in the current year, and an increase in the anticipated benefit from a foreign tax… We expect to finance the acquisition using cash on hand.

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Updated Nov 8, 2026. Read automatically from SEC filings and public data; errors are possible. Not investment advice.