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Bartosiak: Trading Adobe's (ADBE) Earnings with Options

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On Thursday, December 15th, Adobe (ADBE - Free Report) will release its fourth quarter earnings results after the bell. The company is a Zacks Rank 4 (Sell), and have a Value, Growth, and Momentum score of C.

Dave will look at Adobe’s past earnings, take a look at what is currently going on with the company, and give us his thoughts on their upcoming earnings announcement.

Furthermore, Dave will uncover some potential options trades for investors looking to make a play on Adobe ahead of earnings.

Adobe in Focus

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.

Adobe is expected to report earnings at $0.72 per share according to the Zacks Consensus Estimate. Last quarter they beat earnings expectations by 3.45% with their announcement at $0.60 per share. They have an average earnings surprise of -5.58%.

ADOBE SYSTEMS Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise

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Bottom Line

How should investors play Adobe ahead of their earnings report? For insights on the best options trades, then tune in at 1:30pm CST tomorrow to see David’s thoughts.

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