Scott Belsky Sells 3,819 Shares of Adobe Inc. (NASDAQ:ADBE) Stock

Adobe Inc. (NASDAQ:ADBEGet Free Report) EVP Scott Belsky sold 3,819 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, January 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $430.24, for a total transaction of $1,643,086.56. Following the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 18,334 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $7,888,020.16. This represents a 17.24 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink.

Scott Belsky also recently made the following trade(s):

  • On Friday, January 24th, Scott Belsky sold 922 shares of Adobe stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $437.28, for a total value of $403,172.16.

Adobe Trading Down 0.3 %

Shares of ADBE stock opened at $441.68 on Thursday. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $465.79 and a 200-day simple moving average of $505.60. Adobe Inc. has a 1-year low of $403.75 and a 1-year high of $638.25. The company has a market cap of $192.26 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.62, a PEG ratio of 2.12 and a beta of 1.31. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29, a current ratio of 1.07 and a quick ratio of 1.07.

Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBEGet Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, December 11th. The software company reported $4.81 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $4.67 by $0.14. The business had revenue of $5.61 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.54 billion. Adobe had a net margin of 25.85% and a return on equity of 45.87%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 11.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $3.52 earnings per share. On average, equities research analysts expect that Adobe Inc. will post 16.65 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts recently weighed in on the company. Jefferies Financial Group decreased their price objective on Adobe from $700.00 to $650.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, December 12th. Piper Sandler lowered their price target on shares of Adobe from $635.00 to $600.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, December 12th. Oppenheimer cut their price objective on shares of Adobe from $625.00 to $600.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, December 12th. StockNews.com upgraded Adobe from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Tuesday. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada cut their price target on Adobe from $610.00 to $590.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, December 12th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have given a hold rating, sixteen have assigned a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Adobe has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $573.00.

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Institutional Trading of Adobe

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in ADBE. Piscataqua Savings Bank boosted its stake in Adobe by 226.7% during the 3rd quarter. Piscataqua Savings Bank now owns 49 shares of the software company’s stock worth $25,000 after purchasing an additional 34 shares during the last quarter. Legacy Investment Solutions LLC acquired a new position in Adobe during the third quarter worth about $26,000. Groupama Asset Managment grew its stake in Adobe by 28.8% during the 3rd quarter. Groupama Asset Managment now owns 51,482 shares of the software company’s stock valued at $27,000 after acquiring an additional 11,522 shares in the last quarter. MidAtlantic Capital Management Inc. acquired a new stake in Adobe in the 3rd quarter valued at about $30,000. Finally, True Wealth Design LLC lifted its stake in Adobe by 141.7% in the 3rd quarter. True Wealth Design LLC now owns 58 shares of the software company’s stock worth $30,000 after purchasing an additional 34 shares in the last quarter. 81.79% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Adobe Company Profile

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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.

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