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Adobe (ADBE) 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio : 2.40% (As of May. 2025)


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What is Adobe 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio?

Shares Outstanding (EOP) are shares that have been authorized, issued, and purchased by investors and are held by them.

3-Year Share Buyback Ratio measures the average annual proportion of a company's outstanding shares repurchased over the past three years. It is calculated as the annualized percentage change in shares outstanding from three years ago to the current year. A positive ratio may indicate share buybacks over the period, while a zero or negative ratio may reflect no repurchases or potential share issuance. Adobe's current 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was 2.40%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Adobe's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

ADBE' s 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -18.4   Med: 0.4   Max: 6.5
Current: 2.4

During the past 13 years, Adobe's highest 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was 6.50%. The lowest was -18.40%. And the median was 0.40%.

ADBE's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio is ranked better than
94.91% of 2081 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: -1.7 vs ADBE: 2.40

Competitive Comparison of Adobe's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio

For the Software - Application subindustry, Adobe's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Adobe's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Adobe's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Adobe's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio falls into.


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Adobe 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Calculation

This is the annualized percentage change in shares outstanding from three years ago to the current year. The annualized percentage change is calculated with expontential compound based on the latest four years of annual data on Shares Outstanding (EOP).

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Adobe (NAS:ADBE) 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Explanation

A negative number means the company might be issuing new shares. A positive number indicates that the company is buying back shares.

Be Aware

Investors usually like share buybacks. But as pointed by Warren Buffett, only if a company buys back shares at the prices below the stock's intrinsic value, it rewards remaining shareholders. If a company buys its overvalued stocks back, it destroys shareholder value.

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Adobe Business Description

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Address
345 Park Avenue, San Jose, CA, USA, 95110-2704
Website
https://www.adobe.com
Adobe provides content creation, document management, and digital marketing and advertising software and services to creative professionals and marketers for creating, managing, delivering, measuring, optimizing, and engaging with compelling content multiple operating systems, devices, and media. The company operates with three segments: digital media content creation, digital experience for marketing solutions, and publishing for legacy products (less than 5% of revenue).
Executives
Daniel Durn officer: EVP and CFO C/O APPLIED MATERIALS, INC., 3050 BOWERS AVENUE, P.O. BOX 58039, SANTA CLARA CA 95052-8039
David A Ricks director LILLY CORPORATE CENTER, INDIANAPOLIS IN 46285
Scott Belsky officer: EVP, Chief Product Officer 345 PARK AVENUE, SAN JOSE CA 95110
Amy Banse director 345 PARK AVENUE, SAN JOSE CA 95110
Shantanu Narayen director, officer: President and CEO 345 PARK AVENUE, SAN JOSE CA 95110
Mark S. Garfield officer: VP, CAO & Corp. Controller 345 PARK AVENUE, SAN JOSE CA 95110-2704
Dana Rao officer: EVP, Gen. Counsel & Secretary 345 PARK AVE, SAN JOSE CA 95110
Anil Chakravarthy officer: EVP & GM, Digital Experience C/O INFORMATICA CORPORATION, 2100 SEAPORT BOULEVARD, REDWOOD CITY CA 94063
David Wadhwani officer: SVP & GM, Digital Media ADOBE INC., 345 PARK AVE, SAN JOSE CA 95110
Cristiano R Amon director 5775 MOREHOUSE DRIVE, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
John E Warnock director, other: Co-Chairman of the Board C/O ADOBE SYSTEMS INC, 345 PARK AVENUE P O BOX 2704, SAN JOSE CA 95110-2704
Ann Lewnes officer: SVP, Chief Marketing Officer 345 PARK AVENUE, SAN JOSE CA 95110
M. Brett Biggs director 702 SW 8TH STREET, BENTONVILLE AR 72716
Laura Desmond director 345 PARK AVENUE, SAN JOSE CA 95110
Spencer Adam Neumann director SIERRA INCOME CORPORATION, 375 PARK AVE., SUITE 3304, NEW YORK NY 10152