$ADBE
ADOBE INC. Stock $adbe

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2019 Q4 Form 10-K Financial Statement

#000079634320000013 Filed on January 21, 2020

Income Statement

Concept	2019 Q4	2018 Q4	2018 Q3
Revenue	$2.992B	$2.465B	$2.291B
YoY Change	21.4%	22.83%	24.44%
Cost Of Revenue	$452.0M	$359.3M	$295.5M
YoY Change	25.8%	32.63%	12.39%
Gross Profit	$2.540B	$2.105B	$1.996B
YoY Change	20.64%	21.3%	26.45%
Gross Profit Margin	84.89%	85.42%	87.1%
Selling, General & Admin	$1.028B	$935.9M	$854.1M
YoY Change	9.79%	25.84%	22.46%
% of Gross Profit	40.45%	44.45%	42.8%
Research & Development	$499.8M	$416.0M	$399.0M
YoY Change	20.14%	28.4%	26.43%
% of Gross Profit	19.68%	19.76%	19.99%
Depreciation & Amortization	$295.6M	$106.7M	$86.90M
YoY Change	177.04%	31.4%	5.46%
% of Gross Profit	11.64%	5.07%	4.35%
Operating Expenses	$1.570B	$1.385B	$1.277B
YoY Change	13.37%	27.47%	23.68%
Operating Profit	$970.0M	$720.6M	$718.6M
YoY Change	34.62%	10.97%	31.69%
Interest Expense	-$8.800M	-$26.80M	$21.11M
YoY Change	-67.16%	83.56%	12.22%
% of Operating Profit	-0.91%	-3.72%	2.94%
Other Income/Expense, Net	-$4.000M	$5.400M	-$17.25M
YoY Change	-174.07%	-34.94%	301.58%
Pretax Income	$957.0M	$699.2M	$701.4M
YoY Change	36.87%	8.74%	29.55%
Income Tax	$102.3M	$15.00M	$35.07M
% Of Pretax Income	10.69%	2.15%	5.0%
Net Earnings	$852.0M	$678.2M	$666.3M
YoY Change	25.62%	35.23%	58.8%
Net Earnings / Revenue	28.48%	27.52%	29.08%
Basic Earnings Per Share	$1.76	$1.39	$1.36
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$1.74	$1.37	$1.34
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding			490.0M shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding			496.9M shares

Balance Sheet

Concept	2019 Q4	2018 Q4	2018 Q3
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$4.177B	$3.229B	$4.944B
YoY Change	29.36%	-44.52%	-7.9%
Cash & Equivalents	$2.650B	$1.643B	$1.747B
Short-Term Investments	$1.527B	$1.586B	$3.197B
Other Short-Term Assets	$719.0M	$312.0M	$312.0M
YoY Change	130.45%	48.57%	50.72%
Inventory
Prepaid Expenses
Receivables	$1.530B	$1.360B	$1.045B
Other Receivables	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Total Short-Term Assets	$6.495B	$4.857B	$6.301B
YoY Change	33.72%	-32.99%	-4.26%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$1.293B	$1.075B	$1.019B
YoY Change	20.27%	14.74%	8.45%
Goodwill	$10.69B	$10.58B	$7.137B
YoY Change	1.04%	81.76%	22.61%
Intangibles
YoY Change
Long-Term Investments
YoY Change
Other Assets	$562.0M	$459.9M	$183.8M
YoY Change	22.19%	220.41%	27.1%
Total Long-Term Assets	$14.27B	$13.91B	$9.095B
YoY Change	2.55%	90.89%	24.15%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$6.495B	$4.857B	$6.301B
Total Long-Term Assets	$14.27B	$13.91B	$9.095B
Total Assets	$20.76B	$18.77B	$15.40B
YoY Change	10.62%	29.12%	10.71%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable	$209.0M	$186.3M	$145.6M
YoY Change	12.21%	64.05%	61.15%
Accrued Expenses	$1.399B	$1.163B	$1.020B
YoY Change	20.27%	17.05%	9.41%
Deferred Revenue	$3.378B
YoY Change
Short-Term Debt	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
YoY Change
Long-Term Debt Due	$3.149B
YoY Change
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$8.191B	$4.301B	$3.792B
YoY Change	90.44%	21.93%	17.91%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$989.0M	$4.125B	$1.875B
YoY Change	-76.02%	119.3%	-0.74%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$173.0M	$152.2M	$152.4M
YoY Change	13.66%	21.58%	34.14%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$173.0M	$152.2M	$152.4M
YoY Change	13.66%	21.58%	34.14%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$8.191B	$4.301B	$3.792B
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$173.0M	$152.2M	$152.4M
Total Liabilities	$10.23B	$9.407B	$6.534B
YoY Change	8.78%	54.82%	13.9%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings	$14.83B	$12.26B	$11.14B
YoY Change	20.97%	28.04%	22.76%
Common Stock	$0.00	$61.00K	$61.00K
YoY Change	-100.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)	$10.62B	$7.991B	$7.697B
YoY Change	32.84%	31.33%	32.89%
Treasury Stock Shares	118.5M shares	113.2M shares
Shareholders Equity	$10.53B	$9.362B	$8.862B
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$20.76B	$18.77B	$15.40B
YoY Change	10.62%	29.12%	10.71%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2019 Q4	2018 Q4	2018 Q3
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	$852.0M	$678.2M	$666.3M
YoY Change	25.62%	35.23%	58.8%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$295.6M	$106.7M	$86.90M
YoY Change	177.04%	31.4%	5.46%
Cash From Operating Activities	$1.376B	$1.108B	$955.3M
YoY Change	24.22%	32.97%	35.62%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	-$94.10M	-$62.60M	-$63.50M
YoY Change	50.32%	66.05%	17.16%
Acquisitions
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities	-$74.30M	-$3.076B	-$1.457B
YoY Change	-97.58%	-5403.97%	-8472.41%
Cash From Investing Activities	-$168.4M	-$3.139B	-$1.520B
YoY Change	-94.64%	-15562.56%	4031.25%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net
YoY Change
Debt Paid & Issued, Net
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities	-765.6M	1.925B	-671.7M
YoY Change	-139.78%	-702.41%	207.7%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	1.376B	1.108B	955.3M
Cash From Investing Activities	-168.4M	-3.139B	-1.520B
Cash From Financing Activities	-765.6M	1.925B	-671.7M
Net Change In Cash	442.4M	-106.2M	-1.237B
YoY Change	-516.57%	-119.88%	-375.25%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	$1.376B	$1.108B	$955.3M
Capital Expenditures	-$94.10M	-$62.60M	-$63.50M
Free Cash Flow	$1.471B	$1.171B	$1.019B
YoY Change	25.62%	34.4%	34.3%

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CY2019	us-gaap	Concentration Risk Credit Risk ConcentrationRiskCreditRisk	<div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:12px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Concentration of Risk</span></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:12px;text-align:justify;text-indent:36px;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Financial instruments that potentially subject us to concentrations of credit risk are short-term fixed-income investments, structured repurchase transactions, foreign currency and interest rate hedge contracts and trade receivables.</span></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:12px;text-align:justify;text-indent:36px;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Our investment portfolio consists of investment-grade securities diversified among security types, industries and issuers. Our cash and investments are held and primarily managed by recognized financial institutions that follow our investment policy. Our policy limits the amount of credit exposure to any one security issue or issuer and we believe no significant concentration of credit risk exists with respect to these investments.</span></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:12px;text-align:justify;text-indent:36px;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">We enter into master netting arrangements to mitigate credit risk in derivative transactions by permitting net settlement of transactions with the same counterparty. We also enter into collateral security agreements with certain of our counterparties to exchange cash collateral when the net fair value of certain derivative instruments fluctuates from contractually established thresholds.</span></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:12px;text-align:justify;text-indent:36px;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Credit risk in receivables is limited to OEMs, dealers and distributors of hardware and software products to the retail market, customers to whom we license software directly and our SaaS offerings. A credit review is completed for our new distributors, dealers and OEMs. We also perform ongoing credit evaluations of our customers’ financial condition and require letters of credit or other guarantees, whenever deemed necessary. The credit limit given to the customer is based on our risk assessment of their ability to pay, country risk and other factors and is not contingent on the resale of the product or on the collection of payments </span></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:12px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">from their customers. Certain contracts with advertising agencies contain sequential liability provisions, under which the agency is not required to pay until payment is received from the agency’s customers. In these circumstances, we evaluate the credit-worthiness of the agency’s customers in addition to the agency itself. If we license our software or provide SaaS services to a customer where we have a reason to believe the customer’s ability and intention to pay is not probable, the arrangement is not considered to be a revenue contract. Accordingly, we will not recognize any consideration received as revenue until termination or substantive completion of the services.</span></div>
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CY2019	us-gaap	Cost Of Revenue CostOfRevenue	1672720000	USD
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CY2018	us-gaap	Cost Of Revenue CostOfRevenue	1194999000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Gross Profit GrossProfit	7835009000	USD
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CY2017	us-gaap	Cost Of Revenue CostOfRevenue	1010491000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Gross Profit GrossProfit	6291014000	USD
CY2017	adbe	Gross Profit As Percentage Of Revenue GrossProfitAsPercentageOfRevenue	0.86
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CY2018	us-gaap	Revenues Revenues	9030008000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Revenues Revenues	7301505000	USD
CY2019	adbe	Subscriptionand Circulation Revenue SubscriptionandCirculationRevenue	9994463000	USD
CY2018	adbe	Subscriptionand Circulation Revenue SubscriptionandCirculationRevenue	7922152000	USD
CY2017	adbe	Subscriptionand Circulation Revenue SubscriptionandCirculationRevenue	6133869000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Accounts Receivable Net Current AccountsReceivableNetCurrent	1360000000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Unbilled Contracts Receivable UnbilledContractsReceivable	105800000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Accounts Receivable Net Current AccountsReceivableNetCurrent	1530000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Unbilled Contracts Receivable UnbilledContractsReceivable	149300000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Financing Receivable Allowance For Credit Losses Policy For Uncollectible Amounts FinancingReceivableAllowanceForCreditLossesPolicyForUncollectibleAmounts	<div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:12px;text-align:left;text-indent:36px;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Allowance for Doubtful Accounts</span></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:12px;text-align:justify;text-indent:36px;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">We maintain an allowance for doubtful accounts which reflects our best estimate of potentially uncollectible trade receivables. The allowance is based on both specific and general reserves. We regularly review our trade receivables allowance by considering factors such as historical experience, credit-worthiness, the age of the trade receivable balances and current economic conditions that may affect a customer’s ability to pay and we specifically reserve for those deemed uncollectible. </span></div>
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Contract With Customer Asset Net ContractWithCustomerAssetNet	46400000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Contract With Customer Asset Net ContractWithCustomerAssetNet	63900000	USD
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CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenue	3500000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Contract With Customer Liability Revenue Recognized ContractWithCustomerLiabilityRevenueRecognized	2800000000	USD
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CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Capitalized Contract Cost Amortization Period CapitalizedContractCostAmortizationPeriod	P5Y
CY2019	us-gaap	Capitalized Contract Cost Amortization CapitalizedContractCostAmortization	170900000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Capitalized Contract Cost Net CapitalizedContractCostNet	413200000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Capitalized Contract Cost Net CapitalizedContractCostNet	473700000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Capitalized Contract Cost Net Noncurrent CapitalizedContractCostNetNoncurrent	314700000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Contract With Customer Refund Liability ContractWithCustomerRefundLiability	75300000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Contract With Customer Refund Liability ContractWithCustomerRefundLiability	126100000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Cash Cash Equivalents And Short Term Investments CashCashEquivalentsAndShortTermInvestments	4176976000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Liability DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeLiability	10560000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Debt Securities Amortized Cost Basis AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAmortizedCostBasis	3254290000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Debt Securities Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain Before Tax AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAccumulatedGrossUnrealizedGainBeforeTax	45000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Debt Securities Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss Before Tax AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAccumulatedGrossUnrealizedLossBeforeTax	25373000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Cash Cash Equivalents And Short Term Investments CashCashEquivalentsAndShortTermInvestments	3228962000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Debt Securities Amortized Cost Basis AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAmortizedCostBasis	4172770000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Debt Securities Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain Before Tax AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAccumulatedGrossUnrealizedGainBeforeTax	4468000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Debt Securities Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss Before Tax AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAccumulatedGrossUnrealizedLossBeforeTax	262000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Continuous Unrealized Loss Position Less Than Twelve Months Fair Value AvailableForSaleSecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionLessThanTwelveMonthsFairValue	245111000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Continuous Unrealized Loss Position Less Than12 Months Accumulated Loss AvailableForSaleSecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionLessThan12MonthsAccumulatedLoss	188000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Continuous Unrealized Loss Position Less Than Twelve Months Fair Value AvailableForSaleSecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionLessThanTwelveMonthsFairValue	551404000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Continuous Unrealized Loss Position Less Than12 Months Accumulated Loss AvailableForSaleSecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionLessThan12MonthsAccumulatedLoss	8101000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities In Unrealized Loss Positions Qualitative Disclosure Number Of Positions Less Than One Year AvailableForSaleSecuritiesInUnrealizedLossPositionsQualitativeDisclosureNumberOfPositionsLessThanOneYear	115	securities
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities In Unrealized Loss Positions Qualitative Disclosure Number Of Positions Less Than One Year AvailableForSaleSecuritiesInUnrealizedLossPositionsQualitativeDisclosureNumberOfPositionsLessThanOneYear	369	securities
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment Gross PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross	2861647000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment Gross PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross	2480908000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Accumulated Depreciation Depletion And Amortization Property Plant And Equipment AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment	1568632000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Accumulated Depreciation Depletion And Amortization Property Plant And Equipment AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment	1405836000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment Net PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet	1293015000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment Net PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet	1075072000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Other Depreciation And Amortization OtherDepreciationAndAmortization	173100000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Other Depreciation And Amortization OtherDepreciationAndAmortization	157100000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Other Depreciation And Amortization OtherDepreciationAndAmortization	156900000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Continuous Unrealized Loss Position Twelve Months Or Longer Fair Value AvailableForSaleSecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionTwelveMonthsOrLongerFairValue	51054000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Continuous Unrealized Loss Position12 Months Or Longer Accumulated Loss AvailableForSaleSecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPosition12MonthsOrLongerAccumulatedLoss	74000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Continuous Unrealized Loss Position Twelve Months Or Longer Fair Value AvailableForSaleSecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionTwelveMonthsOrLongerFairValue	1020199000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Continuous Unrealized Loss Position12 Months Or Longer Accumulated Loss AvailableForSaleSecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPosition12MonthsOrLongerAccumulatedLoss	17272000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Availableforsale Securities In Unrealized Loss Positions Qualitative Disclosure Number Of Positions Greater Than Or Equal To One Year AvailableforsaleSecuritiesInUnrealizedLossPositionsQualitativeDisclosureNumberOfPositionsGreaterThanOrEqualToOneYear	38	securities
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Availableforsale Securities In Unrealized Loss Positions Qualitative Disclosure Number Of Positions Greater Than Or Equal To One Year AvailableforsaleSecuritiesInUnrealizedLossPositionsQualitativeDisclosureNumberOfPositionsGreaterThanOrEqualToOneYear	577	securities
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CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Debt Maturities Within One Year Fair Value AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithinOneYearFairValue	929616000	USD
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CY2019Q4	adbe	Availableforsale Securities Debt Maturities Next Oneto Two Years Fair Value AvailableforsaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesNextOnetoTwoYearsFairValue	395917000	USD
CY2019Q4	adbe	Availableforsale Securities Debt Maturities Next Twoto Three Years Amortized Cost Basis AvailableforsaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesNextTwotoThreeYearsAmortizedCostBasis	179468000	USD
CY2019Q4	adbe	Availableforsale Securities Debt Maturities Next Twoto Three Years Fair Value AvailableforsaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesNextTwotoThreeYearsFairValue	180867000	USD
CY2019Q4	adbe	Availableforsale Securities Debt Maturities After Three Years Amortized Cost Basis AvailableforsaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterThreeYearsAmortizedCostBasis	20174000	USD
CY2019Q4	adbe	Availableforsale Securities Debt Maturities After Three Years Fair Value AvailableforsaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterThreeYearsFairValue	20355000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Amortized Cost AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAmortizedCost	1522550000	USD
CY2019Q4	adbe	Available For Sale Securities Fair Value Disclosure AvailableForSaleSecuritiesFairValueDisclosure	1526755000	USD
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CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Asset DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeAsset	44259000	USD
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CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment Net PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet	1075072000	USD
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CY2019	us-gaap	Goodwill Translation And Purchase Accounting Adjustments GoodwillTranslationAndPurchaseAccountingAdjustments	-16018000	USD
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CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Net FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet	2069001000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Gross FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross	2589109000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Accumulated Amortization FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization	868544000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Net FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet	1720565000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Gross FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross	2721935000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Accumulated Amortization FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization	652934000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Net FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet	2069001000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Amortization Of Intangible Assets AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets	402300000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Amortization Of Intangible Assets AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets	182600000	USD
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CY2019	us-gaap	Cost Of Goods And Services Sold Amortization CostOfGoodsAndServicesSoldAmortization	227000000.0	USD
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CY2017	us-gaap	Cost Of Goods And Services Sold Amortization CostOfGoodsAndServicesSoldAmortization	76100000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Amortization Expense Next Twelve Months FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseNextTwelveMonths	364683000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Amortization Expense Year Two FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseYearTwo	254921000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Amortization Expense Year Three FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseYearThree	222810000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Amortization Expense Year Four FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseYearFour	214188000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Amortization Expense Year Five FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseYearFive	201953000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Amortization Expense After Year Five FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseAfterYearFive	462010000	USD
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CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Accrued Bonuses Current AccruedBonusesCurrent	216007000	USD
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CY2018Q4	adbe	Accruedmediacosts Accruedmediacosts	124849000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Accrued Rent Current AccruedRentCurrent	98570000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Accrued Rent Current AccruedRentCurrent	61544000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Sales And Excise Tax Payable Current SalesAndExciseTaxPayableCurrent	82988000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Sales And Excise Tax Payable Current SalesAndExciseTaxPayableCurrent	57525000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Accrued Marketing Costs Current AccruedMarketingCostsCurrent	79937000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Employee Related Liabilities Current EmployeeRelatedLiabilitiesCurrent	317897000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Employee Related Liabilities Current EmployeeRelatedLiabilitiesCurrent	313874000	USD
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CY2018Q4	adbe	Fairmarketvalueofderivativeliability Fairmarketvalueofderivativeliability	816000	USD
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CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Other Accrued Liabilities Current OtherAccruedLiabilitiesCurrent	196406000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Accrued Liabilities Current AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent	1398548000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Accrued Liabilities Current AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent	1163185000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Domestic IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic	437603000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Domestic IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic	542948000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Domestic IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic	1056156000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Foreign IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign	2767138000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Foreign IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign	2250928000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Foreign IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign	1081485000	USD
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CY2018	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Minority Interest And Income Loss From Equity Method Investments IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments	2793876000	USD
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CY2019	us-gaap	Current Federal Tax Expense Benefit CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit	6563000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Current Federal Tax Expense Benefit CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit	501272000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Current Federal Tax Expense Benefit CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit	298802000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Current Foreign Tax Expense Benefit CurrentForeignTaxExpenseBenefit	211174000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Current Foreign Tax Expense Benefit CurrentForeignTaxExpenseBenefit	140308000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Current Foreign Tax Expense Benefit CurrentForeignTaxExpenseBenefit	60962000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Current State And Local Tax Expense Benefit CurrentStateAndLocalTaxExpenseBenefit	30893000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Current State And Local Tax Expense Benefit CurrentStateAndLocalTaxExpenseBenefit	28612000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Current State And Local Tax Expense Benefit CurrentStateAndLocalTaxExpenseBenefit	33578000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Current Income Tax Expense Benefit CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	248630000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Current Income Tax Expense Benefit CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	670192000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Current Income Tax Expense Benefit CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	393342000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Deferred Federal Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredFederalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	22528000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Deferred Federal Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredFederalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	-466113000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Deferred Federal Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredFederalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	48905000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Deferred Foreign Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredForeignIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	-11675000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Deferred Foreign Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredForeignIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	-9734000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Deferred Foreign Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredForeignIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	-4242000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Deferred State And Local Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredStateAndLocalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	-6200000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Deferred State And Local Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredStateAndLocalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	8757000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Deferred State And Local Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredStateAndLocalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	5682000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Deferred Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	4653000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Deferred Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	-467090000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Deferred Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	50345000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	253283000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	203102000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	443687000	USD
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CY2018	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation At Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate	0.222
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CY2018Q4	adbe	Tax Cutsand Jobs Actonetimetransitiontax TaxCutsandJobsActonetimetransitiontax	0.155
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CY2019	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Income Tax Expense Benefit At Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate	672996000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Income Tax Expense Benefit At Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate	620240000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Income Tax Expense Benefit At Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate	748174000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation State And Local Income Taxes IncomeTaxReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes	23510000	USD
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