Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE) Price Target Lowered to $575.00 at Mizuho

Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBEFree Report) had its price target decreased by Mizuho from $620.00 to $575.00 in a report issued on Thursday,Benzinga reports. Mizuho currently has an outperform rating on the software company’s stock.

ADBE has been the subject of a number of other reports. Barclays lowered their price objective on Adobe from $675.00 to $645.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, December 12th. Piper Sandler lowered their price objective on Adobe from $635.00 to $600.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, December 12th. UBS Group cut their price objective on shares of Adobe from $525.00 to $475.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, January 3rd. Oppenheimer cut their price objective on shares of Adobe from $560.00 to $530.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday. Finally, DA Davidson cut their price objective on shares of Adobe from $685.00 to $625.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, December 12th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have issued a hold rating, seventeen have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Adobe has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $540.60.

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Adobe Stock Performance

ADBE opened at $394.74 on Thursday. The company has a current ratio of 1.07, a quick ratio of 1.07 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29. The firm has a market capitalization of $171.87 billion, a PE ratio of 31.83, a P/E/G ratio of 2.15 and a beta of 1.37. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $437.03 and a two-hundred day moving average of $482.06. Adobe has a 12-month low of $374.50 and a 12-month high of $587.75.

Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBEGet Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, March 12th. The software company reported $5.08 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $4.97 by $0.11. The company had revenue of $5.71 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $5.66 billion. Adobe had a net margin of 25.85% and a return on equity of 45.87%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $4.48 EPS. On average, analysts anticipate that Adobe will post 16.65 EPS for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Adobe news, CAO Jillian Forusz sold 334 shares of Adobe stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, January 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $435.83, for a total transaction of $145,567.22. Following the transaction, the chief accounting officer now directly owns 2,685 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,170,203.55. The trade was a 11.06 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, Director David A. Ricks bought 2,250 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, January 28th. The shares were bought at an average cost of $443.98 per share, for a total transaction of $998,955.00. Following the completion of the acquisition, the director now directly owns 4,984 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,212,796.32. This trade represents a 82.30 % increase in their position. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. Insiders have sold 5,075 shares of company stock valued at $2,191,826 over the last 90 days. 0.16% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Lansforsakringar Fondforvaltning AB publ bought a new stake in Adobe in the 4th quarter valued at about $101,828,000. PKO Investment Management Joint Stock Co bought a new stake in Adobe in the 4th quarter valued at about $7,115,000. Northstar Financial Companies Inc. bought a new stake in Adobe in the 4th quarter valued at about $241,000. Centaurus Financial Inc. increased its position in Adobe by 34.8% in the 4th quarter. Centaurus Financial Inc. now owns 3,613 shares of the software company’s stock valued at $1,606,000 after buying an additional 932 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Lighthouse Financial LLC bought a new stake in Adobe in the 4th quarter valued at about $218,000. 81.79% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

About Adobe

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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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