{"id":612239,"date":"2026-09-10T23:12:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T23:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/612239\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T23:12:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T23:12:15","slug":"adobe-posts-record-quarter-lifts-guidance-as-ai-push-pays-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/612239\/","title":{"rendered":"Adobe posts record quarter, lifts guidance as AI push pays off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/0d29dc27045006c7f5050e785cda3cc609d7084504707a6d27151485b15dd174\/lightyear_networkapi\/resizefit_w960%3Bquality_80%3Bformat_webp\/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fproactive_us_504%2Faa18f2091e4e4feabdaf26cec9c7b50a.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" alt=\"Adobe posts record quarter, lifts guidance as AI push pays off\" height=\"540\" width=\"960\" class=\"yf-1f8hkhu loader\"\/><\/a> Adobe posts record quarter, lifts guidance as AI push pays off Proactive uses images sourced from Shutterstock           <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/ADBE\" data-ylk=\"slk:Adobe%20Inc%20(NASDAQ%3AADBE);elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Adobe Inc (NASDAQ:ADBE)&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Adobe Inc (NASDAQ:ADBE)<\/a> reported record third-quarter results that beat Wall Street estimates and raised its full-year revenue and profit guidance, as the software company&#8217;s push into artificial intelligence tools continues to gain traction.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">The company posted third-quarter revenue of $6.8 billion, up 13% from a year earlier and ahead of analyst estimates of $6.69 billion. Adjusted earnings per share came in at $6.13, topping estimates of $6.09 and up 15% year-over-year.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Annual recurring revenue reached $27.5 billion, with AI-first ARR growth exceeding 150%.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">&#8220;Adobe delivered record Q3 results, reflecting the strength of our AI innovation, expanding customer reach and leadership across creativity, productivity and customer experience,&#8221; said Shantanu Narayen, CEO, Adobe.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">For the full fiscal year, Adobe now expects revenue of $26.58 billion to $26.63 billion, above the previous estimate of $26.51 billion, and earnings per share of $24.45 to $24.50, topping the $24.36 estimate. The company guided for ARR growth of 10.2% year-over-year.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">For the fourth quarter, Adobe forecast revenue of $6.80 billion to $6.85 billion, compared with estimates of $6.84 billion, and EPS of $6.30 to $6.35 against estimates of $6.32.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">&#8220;Adobe delivered double-digit revenue and EPS growth in Q3 and we&#8217;re raising full year revenue and EPS targets,&#8221; said Steve Day, senior vice president and interim CFO, Adobe.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">By segment, Customer Groups generated $6.6 billion in net revenue, up 14% year-over-year. Business Professionals &amp; Consumers revenue rose 16% to $1.9 billion, while Creative &amp; Marketing Professionals revenue grew 13% to $4.7 billion.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">The company also said it surpassed 1 billion monthly active users during the quarter.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">&#8220;Reaching a landmark of more than one billion monthly active users is a defining moment for Adobe, and I have confidence that Anil will build on this momentum to drive Adobe&#8217;s next chapter of growth and innovation in the AI era,&#8221; Narayen said.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Shares of Adobe rose around 1.3% afterhours.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Adobe posts record quarter, lifts guidance as AI push pays off Proactive uses images sourced from Shutterstock Adobe&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":612240,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[11379,345,108342,343,344,85,46,70479,125,69856],"class_list":["post-612239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-adobe","tag-ai","tag-annual-recurring-revenue","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-shantanu-narayen","tag-technology","tag-wall-street-estimates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=612239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/612240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=612239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=612239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=612239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}