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ADOBE SYSTEMS INC (NASD)
ADBE 32.28 0.43 (1.35%) Vol.  3,404,184 16:00 ET

Zacks Rank: 3 - Hold


Day Low - High 31.70 - 32.40
52wk Low - High 22.67 - 35.99
Avg Volume 4,043,100
Industry COMP-SOFTWARE
Market Cap 15.73 B
Div - Yield 0.00 - 0.00
PE (forward) 16.11
PEG Ratio 1.51
Current Year Est. 1.98
EPS Last Year 1.80
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Top Peers Ticker Zacks Rank
ADOBE SYSTEMS INC ADBE 3
CA INC CA 1
CONSTELLATN-TS T.CSU 1
MANHATTAN ASOC MANH 1
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BROKERAGE RECOMMENDATIONS
Current ABR 2.15
ABR (Last Week) 2.15
# of Recs in ABR 26
Average Target Price 32.20
Rank in Industry 63 out of 93
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ZACKS COMMENTARY FOR ADBE
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Dec 14, 2011
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NEWS
A Forward Look, the Year Ahead - Featured Research on Adobe SystemsIncorporated and Intuit Inc. - Story Title - Comtex
Feb 07, 2012
Investor Advisory: Adobe Announces Webcast of Investor Conference Participation - Story Title - Comtex
Feb 02, 2012
SolarWinds has the Highest Gross Margin in the Application Software Industry (SWI, MITK, ADBE) - February 02, 2012 - Story Title - Comtex
Feb 02, 2012
Adobe Systems Inc. (ADBE) President and CEO Shantanu Narayen sells 90,000 Shares - GuruFocus
Jan 31, 2012
Short-term Underperformance Detected in Shares of Fair Isaac in the Application Software Industry (FICO, VHC, ADBE, CDNS, INTU) - Story Title - Comtex
Jan 30, 2012
Adobe Is Well-Poised for Digital Media Age - Minyanville
Jan 27, 2012
Adobe Systems (ADBE) Showing Bullish Technicals With Resistance At $32.09 - Story Title - Comtex
Jan 27, 2012
Adobe Systems Inc. (ADBE) CTO, SVP Experience&Technology Kevin M Lynch sells 119,511 Shares - GuruFocus
Jan 27, 2012
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EARNINGS ESTIMATES
  This Quarter
02/2012
Next Quarter
05/2012
This Year
11/2012
Next Year
11/2013
Average Estimate 0.46 0.48 1.98 2.21
Number of Estimates 11 11 12 12
Low Estimates 0.45 0.44 1.94 2.12
High Estimate 0.47 0.53 2.01 2.35
Year Ago EPS 0.44 0.40 1.80 1.98
EPS Growth 3.72% 20.68% 9.86% 11.55%

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COMPANY DESCRIPTION
Adobe Systems Incorporated is a provider of graphic design, publishing, and imaging software for Web and print production. It offers a market-leading line of application software products for creating, distributing, and managing information of all types. The company license its industry-standard technologies to major hardware manufacturers, software developers, and service providers, and offer integrated software solutions to businesses of all sizes.

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FINANCIALS
EPS TTM 1.8
Sales 4216.26
Net Income 832.85
Price/Earnings 17.7
Price/Book 2.7
Price/Cash Flow 13.3
Price/Sales 3.73


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