Adobe's Q4 Earnings Beat Cannot Offset Weak Q1, FY24 Total Revenue Forecast — Stock Sinks

Zinger Key Points
  • Adobe reports Q4 EPS of $4.27, beating $4.14, and revenue of $5.05 billion, beating $5.03 billion.
  • The company issues FY24 and Q1 total revenue forecasts below estimates.

Adobe Inc. ADBE shares are trading lower in Wednesday's after-hours session on the heels of the company's fourth-quarter earnings. Here's what you need to know.

What To Know: Adobe reported quarterly earnings of $4.27 per share which exceeded the Street's estimate of $4.14. The figure marks an 18.61% increase over earnings of $3.60 per share from the same period last year.

Revenue clocked in at $5.05 billion, surpassing the analyst consensus estimate of $5.03 billion, an 11.60% increase over sales of $4.53 billion from the same period last year.

Some of the highlights from Adobe's business segments included Creative revenue growing to $3.00 billion, a year-over-year increase of 12%, or 14% in constant currency.

Additionally, cash flows from operations were $1.60 billion for the fourth quarter.

Adobe issued its outlook for full-year 2024, with adjusted earnings per share anticipated to be between $17.60 and $18, versus the $18 estimate, and Total Revenue expected to be between $21.30 billion and $21.50 billion, versus the $21.73 billion estimate.

The company also provided first-quarter guidance, seeing adjusted earnings per share between $4.35 and $4.40, versus the $4.26 estimate, and Total Revenue between $5.1 billion and $5.15 billion, versus the $5.19 billion estimate.

The company also cautioned about the monetary costs or penalties of the situation with the FTC going forward.

"Adobe drove record revenue of $19.41 billion in FY23 and 17 percent year-over-year EPS growth, with strong momentum across Creative Cloud, Document Cloud and Experience Cloud," said Shantanu Narayen, chair and CEO, Adobe.

"Adobe's strategy, category leadership, ground-breaking innovation, exceptional talent and global customer base position us well for 2024 and beyond."

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ADBE Price Action: Shares of ADBE were down 5.15% at $592.10 in the after-hours session Wednesday at the time of publication, according to Benzinga Pro

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