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. Its flagship product is Creative Cloud, a subscription service that allows members to access its creative products. This segment serves content creators, students, workers, marketers, educators, enthusiasts, and communicators. The Digital Experience segment provides an integrated platform and set of applications and services that enable brands and businesses to create, manage, execute, measure, monetize, and optimize customer experiences from analytics to commerce. This segment serves marketers, advertisers, agencies, publishers, merchandisers, merchants, web analysts, data scientists, developers, and executives across the C-suite. The Publishing and Advertising segment offers products and services, such as e-learning solutions, technical document publishing, web conferencing, document and forms platform, web application development, and high-end printing, as well as Advertising Cloud offerings. It also provides consulting, technical support, and learning services. The company offers its products and services directly to enterprise customers through its sales force and local field offices, as well as to end users through app stores and through its website at adobe.com. It also distributes products and services through distributors, value-added resellers, systems integrators, software vendors and developers, retailers, and original equipment manufacturers. The company was formerly known as Adobe Systems Incorporated and changed its name to Adobe Inc. in October 2018. Adobe Inc. was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

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Adobe ADBE has been harnessing AI to power solutions like GenStudio and Firefly Services, which have gained strong adoption. Adobe’s tools, like Acrobat AI Assistant and Adobe Express, are attracting business professionals and creators. Its strategy of offering an AI-powered, comprehensive creative platform that extends from idea generation through creation to mass production and delivery is addressing the needs of Creative and Marketing Professionals.
The company’s latest Acrobat Studio, which unites Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Express and AI agents, is expected to help Adobe expand its footprint among business and creative professionals, as well as students. Acrobat Studio converts PDFs into a conversational knowledge hub that users, with the help of a customizable AI assistant, can delve into to gain insights, answers and recommendations. Adobe Express creation tools and templates, as well as Firefly-powered image and video generation tools, can then be used to create content from the gathered information.
Firefly is enhancing the capabilities of Creative Cloud desktop applications. The Firefly App is attracting users for AI-powered content ideation, creation and production, and its support for third-party models, including from Alphabet GOOGL division Google’s Imagen and Veo, Microsoft MSFT-backed OpenAI’s image generation and Black Forest Labs’ Flux, is a key catalyst.
Adobe’s AI book of business from AI-first products, including Acrobat AI assistant, Firefly App, and Services and GenStudio for Performance Marketing, is tracking ahead of the $250-million ending Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) target by the end of fiscal 2025.
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for third-quarter fiscal 2025 Digital Media revenues is pegged at $4.38 billion, suggesting 9.6% growth over the figure reported in the year-ago quarter. The consensus mark for Digital Experience revenues is pegged at $1.46 billion, indicating 8.1% growth over the figure reported in the year-ago quarter.
Adobe Faces Tough Competition in AI Domain
ADBE’s AI business is minuscule compared with Microsoft and Alphabet. Microsoft’s Intelligent Cloud revenues are benefiting from growth in Azure AI services and a rise in the AI Copilot business. AI assistants, including Microsoft 365 Copilot for commercial customers and the consumer Copilot in Windows, reached 100 million monthly active users in fourth-quarter fiscal 2025.
Alphabet’s focus on leveraging AI to drive growth is a key catalyst. AI is infused heavily across its offerings, including Search and Google Cloud. Alphabet is leveraging AI to boost search dominance with the launch of Gemini 2.5. Search revenues are driven by improving engagement with features like AI Overview, which now has 2 billion users per month and is available in more than 40 languages across 200 countries.
ADBE’s Share Price Performance, Valuation & Estimates
Adobe shares have dropped 18.8% year to date, underperforming the broader Zacks Computer and Technology sector’s return of 11.8%.
Adobe Stock’s Performance
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The ADBE stock is trading at a premium, as suggested by a Value Score of C.
In terms of 12-month forward price/earnings (P/E), Adobe shares are trading at a lower multiple of 16.02X compared with Microsoft’s 32.51X and Alphabet’s 19.48X, as shown in the charts below.
Valuation ADBE vs. MSFT
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Valuation ADBE vs. GOOGL
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The Zacks Consensus Estimate for fiscal 2025 earnings is pegged at $20.63 per share, unchanged over the past 30 days, suggesting 12% year-over-year growth.
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Adobe currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
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Adobe's AI-Powered Portfolio Gaining Traction: What's Ahead?

Key Points
Infrastructure software has benefited more from AI investor excitement than application software.
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Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) and Adobe (NASDAQ: ADBE) are down more than 20% year to date despite a 12% gain in the Nasdaq. Here's what's driving the sell-off in these artificial intelligence (AI) growth stocks, and if they could be worth buying now.
AI is challenging the SaaS business model
At its core, what makes AI so exciting is its ability to improve efficiency by allowing companies and individuals to do more with fewer resources. AI can expedite research, provide helpful tips for coding, and accelerate task completion across industries. Large language models (LLMs) created by companies like OpenAI, Microsoft, Alphabet, and Meta Platforms provide a new technological foundation for enterprise software companies.
Salesforce and Adobe became tech giants by carving out a niche in enterprise workflows and selling software as a service (SaaS) -- a model that depends on a growing number of users. Salesforce did it with customer relationship management (CRM) software for sales, services, marketing, analytics, and more. Adobe built its SaaS empire around Creative Cloud -- a portfolio of apps for videos, photos, graphic design, audio, and publishing.
Users doing more with less means enterprises may be able to reduce the number of software subscriptions -- posing a challenge to the SaaS model. And worse yet, if rival companies can replicate some of the tools that Salesforce and Adobe provided, then it could lead some clients to go with a competitor or cancel their subscriptions.
AI is an opportunity for SaaS companies, but it also levels the playing field and erodes the moats of established players. A legacy software giant like Adobe is now more vulnerable than ever to disruption by newer, smaller companies like Canva and Figma, which have their own growing list of AI offerings.
Salesforce could lose market share to Microsoft Dynamics 365, which integrates with the Office 365 software suite and provides CRM and enterprise resource planning services.
Similarly, Oracle's Cloud CX platform competes with Salesforce clouds. Oracle's combination of cloud and database software, along with its CX Platform, gives it a more complete offering than Salesforce.
The market isn't rewarding Salesforce and Adobe for their AI upgrades
So far, many of the beneficiaries of AI investor excitement have been the companies providing the hardware and equipment -- like Nvidia and Broadcom -- and the infrastructure companies that are building software, frameworks, databases, storage, networking, etc. In a figurative sense, these companies are constructing a nationwide highway network to cut commute times and boost commerce.
But you still need cars to drive on the highway, or else it is rendered useless. The advantage of companies like Microsoft and Oracle is that they are building the highway and selling cars. SaaS companies, by contrast, are like automakers going toe to toe in the highly competitive passenger vehicle market.
Still, the application software companies have an incredible opportunity to leverage AI into their existing solutions -- especially through agentic AI, where AI agents help accomplish tasks for the user. These agents act as sophisticated assistants that can speed up workflows.
Despite what their falling stock prices may suggest, Salesforce and Adobe aren't asleep at the wheel when it comes to AI.
Salesforce has a predictive, generative, and agentic AI tools under its Agentforce lineup. Einstein offers a complete suite of AI tools, with a version starting at $25 per month per user and going up to $500 per user per month, not including add-ons.
Adobe has a number of AI assistants, generative AI tools, and agentic AI that help users build, edit, and interact with media. For example, Adobe's AI assistants for Acrobat allow users to interact with documents to generate summaries, reports, emails, texts, and social posts. Adobe Firefly is a text-to-image generator. And Sensei can perform tasks like reframing video footage, filling images for consistency, and predicting trends for marketing content.
Salesforce and Adobe are innovating at an incredible pace -- it's just that their competitors are, too. As a result, Salesforce and Adobe have delivered lackluster growth, showcasing how AI developments haven't directly translated to their earnings.
In its latest quarter -- the first quarter of fiscal 2026 ended April 30 -- Salesforce issued full-year fiscal 2026 revenue guidance of just 8% to 9%, operating cash-flow growth of 10% to 11%, and an operating margin of 34%.
The midpoint of Adobe's updated full-year fiscal 2025 guidance (period ending Nov. 28) calls for just 9.5% year-over-year revenue growth and 11.8% non-GAAP (adjusted) earnings-per-share (EPS) growth.
Overall, their results aren't terrible -- but they are fairly unimpressive compared to the breakneck growth rates of companies that have done a better job converting AI spending into bottom-line results.
Salesforce and Adobe have fallen far enough
Salesforce and Adobe aren't the only application software stocks that are beaten down. Monday.com fell nearly 30% last week. Palo Alto Networks, Autodesk, Datadog, Workday, ServiceNow, and Atlassian are just some of the many application software companies that are down year to date.
When earnings are going up and a stock's price is going down, the valuation becomes more enticing. Sure enough, Salesforce sports a forward price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of just 21.5, and Adobe has a 17.3 forward P/E. Those are both lower than the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) forward P/E of 23.3.
Salesforce and Adobe have their challenges, but these are still great companies. So the fact that they are cheaper than the S&P 500 on a forward earnings basis is a good indicator that the sell-off has gone too far.
Still, buying either stock requires the conviction that the company can continue innovating and succeeding despite the onslaught of new competition. Investors approaching the application software industry should understand that valuations are low for good reasons.
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Adobe Systems (ADBE) ended the recent trading session at $361.03, demonstrating a +1.06% change from the preceding day's closing price. The stock's performance was ahead of the S&P 500's daily loss of 0.59%. Elsewhere, the Dow saw an upswing of 0.02%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq depreciated by 1.46%.
The stock of software maker has fallen by 2.84% in the past month, lagging the Computer and Technology sector's gain of 3.91% and the S&P 500's gain of 2.49%.
Analysts and investors alike will be keeping a close eye on the performance of Adobe Systems in its upcoming earnings disclosure. The company's earnings report is set to go public on September 11, 2025. The company is forecasted to report an EPS of $5.17, showcasing a 11.18% upward movement from the corresponding quarter of the prior year. At the same time, our most recent consensus estimate is projecting a revenue of $5.9 billion, reflecting a 9.01% rise from the equivalent quarter last year.
ADBE's full-year Zacks Consensus Estimates are calling for earnings of $20.63 per share and revenue of $23.55 billion. These results would represent year-over-year changes of +12% and +9.49%, respectively.
It's also important for investors to be aware of any recent modifications to analyst estimates for Adobe Systems. Recent revisions tend to reflect the latest near-term business trends. As such, positive estimate revisions reflect analyst optimism about the business and profitability.
Research indicates that these estimate revisions are directly correlated with near-term share price momentum. To benefit from this, we have developed the Zacks Rank, a proprietary model which takes these estimate changes into account and provides an actionable rating system.
The Zacks Rank system, spanning from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), boasts an impressive track record of outperformance, audited externally, with #1 ranked stocks yielding an average annual return of +25% since 1988. Over the past month, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate remained stagnant. Adobe Systems is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold).
Valuation is also important, so investors should note that Adobe Systems has a Forward P/E ratio of 17.31 right now. Its industry sports an average Forward P/E of 26.93, so one might conclude that Adobe Systems is trading at a discount comparatively.
Investors should also note that ADBE has a PEG ratio of 1.39 right now. This popular metric is similar to the widely-known P/E ratio, with the difference being that the PEG ratio also takes into account the company's expected earnings growth rate. ADBE's industry had an average PEG ratio of 2.05 as of yesterday's close.
The Computer - Software industry is part of the Computer and Technology sector. This industry, currently bearing a Zacks Industry Rank of 82, finds itself in the top 34% echelons of all 250+ industries.
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Adobe Systems (ADBE) Advances While Market Declines: Some Information for Investors

Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Kroger Co (Symbol: KR), where a total volume of 33,013 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 3.3 million underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 49% of KR's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 6.7 million shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $69 strike put option expiring August 22, 2025, with 14,096 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 1.4 million underlying shares of KR. Below is a chart showing KR's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $69 strike highlighted in orange:
Blackstone Inc (Symbol: BX) saw options trading volume of 17,093 contracts, representing approximately 1.7 million underlying shares or approximately 46.5% of BX's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 3.7 million shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $175 strike call option expiring August 22, 2025, with 3,298 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 329,800 underlying shares of BX. Below is a chart showing BX's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $175 strike highlighted in orange:
And Adobe Inc (Symbol: ADBE) saw options trading volume of 16,966 contracts, representing approximately 1.7 million underlying shares or approximately 46.4% of ADBE's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 3.7 million shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $370 strike call option expiring August 22, 2025, with 1,813 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 181,300 underlying shares of ADBE. Below is a chart showing ADBE's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $370 strike highlighted in orange:
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Noteworthy Tuesday Option Activity: KR, BX, ADBE

The following are the top rated Information Technology stocks according to Validea's Patient Investor model based on the published strategy of Warren Buffett. This strategy seeks out firms with long-term, predictable profitability and low debt that trade at reasonable valuations.
ASML HOLDING NV (ADR) (ASML) is a large-cap growth stock in the Semiconductors industry. The rating according to our strategy based on Warren Buffett is 100% based on the firm’s underlying fundamentals and the stock’s valuation. A score of 80% or above typically indicates that the strategy has some interest in the stock and a score above 90% typically indicates strong interest.
Company Description: ASML Holding N.V. is a holding company based in the Netherlands. The Company operates through its subsidiaries in the Netherlands, the United States, Italy, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Belgium, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia and Israel. The Company operates through one business segment which is engage in development, production, marketing, sales, upgrading and servicing of advanced semiconductor equipment systems, consisting of lithography, metrology and inspection systems. The Company offers TWINSCAN systems, equipped with lithography system with a mercury lamp as light source (i-line), Krypton Fluoride (KrF) and Argon Fluoride (ArF) light sources for processing wafers for manufacturing environments for which imaging at a small resolution is required. TWINSCAN systems also include immersion lithography systems (TWINSCAN immersion systems).
The following table summarizes whether the stock meets each of this strategy's tests. Not all criteria in the below table receive equal weighting or are independent, but the table provides a brief overview of the strong and weak points of the security in the context of the strategy's criteria.
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APPLE INC (AAPL) is a large-cap growth stock in the Communications Equipment industry. The rating according to our strategy based on Warren Buffett is 79% based on the firm’s underlying fundamentals and the stock’s valuation. A score of 80% or above typically indicates that the strategy has some interest in the stock and a score above 90% typically indicates strong interest.
Company Description: Apple Inc. designs, manufactures and markets smartphones, personal computers, tablets, wearables and accessories, and sells a variety of related services. Its product categories include iPhone, Mac, iPad, and Wearables, Home and Accessories. Its software platforms include iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, visionOS, and tvOS. Its services include advertising, AppleCare, cloud services, digital content and payment services. The Company operates various platforms, including the App Store, that allow customers to discover and download applications and digital content, such as books, music, video, games and podcasts. It also offers digital content through subscription-based services, including Apple Arcade, Apple Fitness+, Apple Music, Apple News+, and Apple TV+. Its products include iPhone 16 Pro, iPhone 16, iPhone 15, iPhone 14, iPhone SE, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, iMac, Mac mini, Mac Studio, Mac Pro, iPad Pro, iPad Air, AirPods, AirPods Pro, AirPods Max, Apple TV and Apple Vision Pro.
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CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES LTD (CHKP) is a large-cap growth stock in the Software & Programming industry. The rating according to our strategy based on Warren Buffett is 79% based on the firm’s underlying fundamentals and the stock’s valuation. A score of 80% or above typically indicates that the strategy has some interest in the stock and a score above 90% typically indicates strong interest.
Company Description: Check Point Software Technologies Ltd is an Israel-based company primarily engaged in the cybersecurity industry. The Company focuses on providing AI-powered, cloud-delivered security solutions to protect corporate enterprises and governments worldwide. Their key product is the Check Point Infinity Architecture, which is a comprehensive cybersecurity platform. The Platform aims to defend against fifth-generation cyber-attacks across various networks, endpoints, cloud environments, workloads, Internet of Things (IoT), and mobile devices. Apart of that, the Company offers a range of products and services designed to secure IT infrastructure. It integrates advanced threat prevention technologies, including firewall, intrusion prevention system (IPS), antivirus, anti-bot, and sandboxing capabilities.
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ADOBE INC (ADBE) is a large-cap growth stock in the Software & Programming industry. The rating according to our strategy based on Warren Buffett is 72% based on the firm’s underlying fundamentals and the stock’s valuation. A score of 80% or above typically indicates that the strategy has some interest in the stock and a score above 90% typically indicates strong interest.
Company Description: Adobe Inc. is a global technology company. The Company's products, services and solutions are used around the world to imagine, create, manage, deliver, measure, optimize and engage with content across surfaces and fuel digital experiences. Its segments include Digital Media, Digital Experience, and Publishing and Advertising. The Digital Media segment is centered around Adobe Creative Cloud and Adobe Document Cloud, which include Adobe Express, Adobe Firefly, Photoshop and other products, offering a variety of tools for creative professionals, communicators and other consumers. The Digital Experience segment provides an integrated platform and set of products, services and solutions through Adobe Experience Cloud. The Publishing and Advertising segment contains legacy products and services. In addition, its Adobe GenStudio solution allows businesses to simplify their content supply chain process with generative artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities and intelligent automation.
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CISCO SYSTEMS INC (CSCO) is a large-cap growth stock in the Communications Equipment industry. The rating according to our strategy based on Warren Buffett is 68% based on the firm’s underlying fundamentals and the stock’s valuation. A score of 80% or above typically indicates that the strategy has some interest in the stock and a score above 90% typically indicates strong interest.
Company Description: Cisco Systems, Inc. designs and sells a range of technologies that power the Internet. The Company is integrating its product portfolios across networking, security, collaboration, applications and cloud. The Company's segments include the Americas; Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), and Asia Pacific, Japan, and China (APJC). Its Networking product category represents its core networking technologies of switching, routing, wireless, fifth generation (5G), silicon, optics solutions and compute products. Its Security product category consists of its cloud and application security, industrial security, network security, and user and device security offerings. Its Collaboration product category consists of its meetings, collaboration devices, calling, contact center and platform as a service (CPaaS) offering. Its Observability product category consists of its full stack observability offerings.
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Detailed Analysis of CISCO SYSTEMS INC
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Validea's Top Information Technology Stocks Based On Warren Buffett - 8/18/2025

Investors in Adobe Inc (Symbol: ADBE) saw new options become available today, for the August 2026 expiration. One of the key inputs that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 368 days until expiration the newly available contracts represent a possible opportunity for sellers of puts or calls to achieve a higher premium than would be available for the contracts with a closer expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the ADBE options chain for the new August 2026 contracts and identified one put and one call contract of particular interest.
The put contract at the $350.00 strike price has a current bid of $39.30. If an investor was to sell-to-open that put contract, they are committing to purchase the stock at $350.00, but will also collect the premium, putting the cost basis of the shares at $310.70 (before broker commissions). To an investor already interested in purchasing shares of ADBE, that could represent an attractive alternative to paying $356.58/share today.
Because the $350.00 strike represents an approximate 2% discount to the current trading price of the stock (in other words it is out-of-the-money by that percentage), there is also the possibility that the put contract would expire worthless. The current analytical data (including greeks and implied greeks) suggest the current odds of that happening are 64%. Stock Options Channel will track those odds over time to see how they change, publishing a chart of those numbers on our website under the contract detail page for this contract. Should the contract expire worthless, the premium would represent a 11.23% return on the cash commitment, or 11.14% annualized — at Stock Options Channel we call this the YieldBoost.
Below is a chart showing the trailing twelve month trading history for Adobe Inc, and highlighting in green where the $350.00 strike is located relative to that history:
Turning to the calls side of the option chain, the call contract at the $390.00 strike price has a current bid of $42.85. If an investor was to purchase shares of ADBE stock at the current price level of $356.58/share, and then sell-to-open that call contract as a "covered call," they are committing to sell the stock at $390.00. Considering the call seller will also collect the premium, that would drive a total return (excluding dividends, if any) of 21.39% if the stock gets called away at the August 2026 expiration (before broker commissions). Of course, a lot of upside could potentially be left on the table if ADBE shares really soar, which is why looking at the trailing twelve month trading history for Adobe Inc, as well as studying the business fundamentals becomes important. Below is a chart showing ADBE's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $390.00 strike highlighted in red:
Considering the fact that the $390.00 strike represents an approximate 9% premium to the current trading price of the stock (in other words it is out-of-the-money by that percentage), there is also the possibility that the covered call contract would expire worthless, in which case the investor would keep both their shares of stock and the premium collected. The current analytical data (including greeks and implied greeks) suggest the current odds of that happening are 48%. On our website under the contract detail page for this contract, Stock Options Channel will track those odds over time to see how they change and publish a chart of those numbers (the trading history of the option contract will also be charted). Should the covered call contract expire worthless, the premium would represent a 12.02% boost of extra return to the investor, or 11.92% annualized, which we refer to as the YieldBoost.
The implied volatility in the put contract example is 36%, while the implied volatility in the call contract example is 35%.
Meanwhile, we calculate the actual trailing twelve month volatility (considering the last 249 trading day closing values as well as today's price of $356.58) to be 35%. For more put and call options contract ideas worth looking at, visit StockOptionsChannel.com.
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August 2026 Options Now Available For Adobe (ADBE)

Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the ProShares UltraPro S&P 500 (Symbol: UPRO) where we have detected an approximate $311.9 million dollar outflow -- that's a 6.4% decrease week over week (from 47,300,000 to 44,250,000). Among the largest underlying components of UPRO, in trading today Procter & Gamble Company (Symbol: PG) is off about 0.9%, GE Vernova Inc (Symbol: GEV) is up about 0.2%, and Adobe Inc (Symbol: ADBE) is lower by about 0.9%. For a complete list of holdings, visit the UPRO Holdings page » The chart below shows the one year price performance of UPRO, versus its 200 day moving average:
Looking at the chart above, UPRO's low point in its 52 week range is $45.88 per share, with $102.86 as the 52 week high point — that compares with a last trade of $101.71. Comparing the most recent share price to the 200 day moving average can also be a useful technical analysis technique -- learn more about the 200 day moving average ».
Exchange traded funds (ETFs) trade just like stocks, but instead of ''shares'' investors are actually buying and selling ''units''. These ''units'' can be traded back and forth just like stocks, but can also be created or destroyed to accommodate investor demand. Each week we monitor the week-over-week change in shares outstanding data, to keep a lookout for those ETFs experiencing notable inflows (many new units created) or outflows (many old units destroyed). Creation of new units will mean the underlying holdings of the ETF need to be purchased, while destruction of units involves selling underlying holdings, so large flows can also impact the individual components held within ETFs.
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Noteworthy ETF Outflows: UPRO, PG, GEV, ADBE

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Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) and NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA) have achieved a breakthrough with hardware-accelerated dynamic power analysis for billion-gate artificial intelligence (AI) designs, spanning billions of cycles, all completed in just a few hours with up to 97% accuracy. This advancement was made possible by combining the Cadence Palladium Z3 Enterprise Emulation Platform with the newly introduced Cadence Dynamic Power Analysis (DPA) App.
For semiconductor and system developers targeting AI, machine learning (ML) and GPU-accelerated applications, this represents a major advance, enabling unmatched power profiling capabilities and significantly speeding up time to market. Today’s advanced semiconductors and systems are so intricate that designers have difficulty accurately estimating their power consumption under real-world conditions.
Traditional power analysis tools cannot process more than a few hundred thousand cycles without becoming impractically slow. In collaboration with NVIDIA, Cadence has overcome this challenge using hardware-assisted power acceleration and parallel processing, achieving unprecedented accuracy across billions of cycles in early design stages.
The Palladium Z3 Platform’s DPA App allows accurate power consumption estimates in real-world workloads, helping designers verify functionality, power and performance before tapeout—when optimizations are still feasible. This is especially beneficial for AI, ML and GPU-accelerated applications, as early power modeling enhances energy efficiency and prevents delays caused by over- or under-designed chips. Integrated with Cadence’s analysis and implementation tools, Palladium DPA supports power estimation, reduction and signoff throughout the entire design cycle, aiding in the creation of the most efficient silicon and system designs.
CDNS Poised for Growth on Soaring AI & Hardware Demand
Broad-based demand for its solutions, especially the AI-driven portfolio, amid strong design activity, is a key catalyst. Secular trends like 5G, increasing use of hyperscale computing and autonomous driving are influencing design activity across semiconductor and systems companies. The focus on Generative AI, Agentic AI and Physical AI is leading to an exponential increase in computing demand and semiconductor innovation. This bodes well for Cadence.
To capitalize on this opportunity, it has been collaborating with several tech giants, including Qualcomm and NVIDIA, on their next-generation AI designs for both training and inference. Cadence is targeting new AI markets like Life Sciences through its OpenEye drug discovery software.
The company is also expanding partnerships with foundry partners such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, Intel and Arm Holdings. Moving forward, the company is likely to benefit from customers increasing their R&D spending on AI-driven automation. On the lastearnings call Cadence highlighted that its efforts to unify EDA, IP, 3D-IC, PCB and system analysis are helping to capitalize on the opportunities presented by the AI super cycle. Additionally, customer R&D investments, especially in AI, remain strong.
However, intensifying competition, headwinds pertaining to international exposure and a high level of goodwill and intangible assets are major concerns for Cadence.
How CDNS’ Peers are Placed in the Broader Software Space
PTC Inc. (PTC) is a software provider offering a range of cutting-edge digital technologies that collectively revolutionize the engineering, production and maintenance of tangible goods.
PTC is well-positioned to gain from its comprehensive product portfolio. The company’s solutions help industrial enterprises to enhance operational efficiency, accelerate product and service innovation and boost workforce productivity. Growing clout of the company’s major technology platforms, including its 3D modeling (CAD) offering Creo; lifecycle management (PLM) solution Windchill; data orchestration (IIoT) offering ThingWorx; and experience creation (AR) product Vuforia Studio, are expected to drive the top line.
However, it faces stiff competition in the CAD market from Cadence Design Systems, Autodesk, ANSYS and Synopsys, to mention a few. Considering the IIoT vertical, similar solutions from large established companies like Amazon, IBM, Oracle, SAP, Siemens AG and GE are likely to affect the adoption of PTC’s ThingWorx IoT platform. New entrants are likely to pressure prices or result in market share loss.
San Jose, CA-based Adobe Inc. (ADBE) is a leading technology company offering personalized digital experiences through the infusion of AI in its solutions.
Adobe continues to be the market leader in the Digital Media space. The company provides one of the best solutions in most categories of digital media design and publishing, including Internet and video. This indicates strong growth in the Creative Cloud and Document Cloud businesses. As advertising, entertainment and other content-creation markets are becoming increasingly digitalized, Adobe is well-positioned to benefit from this trend and should enjoy above-average long-term growth. Adobe entered the digital marketing space with the acquisition of Omniture. This is an area where corporate spending is on the rise.
However, Adobe is facing stiff competition in the AI and GenAI space from the likes of Microsoft -backed OpenAI, as well as a lack of monetization of its AI solutions.
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In the latest close session, Adobe Systems (ADBE) was up +1.44% at $338.44. The stock's change was more than the S&P 500's daily gain of 1.14%. Elsewhere, the Dow saw an upswing of 1.1%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq appreciated by 1.39%.
Shares of the software maker have depreciated by 9.08% over the course of the past month, underperforming the Computer and Technology sector's gain of 5.15%, and the S&P 500's gain of 2%.
Analysts and investors alike will be keeping a close eye on the performance of Adobe Systems in its upcoming earnings disclosure. The company's earnings per share (EPS) are projected to be $5.17, reflecting a 11.18% increase from the same quarter last year. Meanwhile, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenue is projecting net sales of $5.9 billion, up 9.01% from the year-ago period.
Looking at the full year, the Zacks Consensus Estimates suggest analysts are expecting earnings of $20.63 per share and revenue of $23.55 billion. These totals would mark changes of +12% and +9.49%, respectively, from last year.
Investors should also take note of any recent adjustments to analyst estimates for Adobe Systems. These recent revisions tend to reflect the evolving nature of short-term business trends. Therefore, positive revisions in estimates convey analysts' confidence in the business performance and profit potential.
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The Zacks Rank system, running from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), holds an admirable track record of superior performance, independently audited, with #1 stocks contributing an average annual return of +25% since 1988. Over the last 30 days, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has remained unchanged. Adobe Systems currently has a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy).
In terms of valuation, Adobe Systems is presently being traded at a Forward P/E ratio of 16.17. This expresses a discount compared to the average Forward P/E of 23.29 of its industry.
We can additionally observe that ADBE currently boasts a PEG ratio of 1.3. The PEG ratio is similar to the widely-used P/E ratio, but this metric also takes the company's expected earnings growth rate into account. As of the close of trade yesterday, the Computer - Software industry held an average PEG ratio of 2.02.
The Computer - Software industry is part of the Computer and Technology sector. This industry currently has a Zacks Industry Rank of 91, which puts it in the top 37% of all 250+ industries.
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