ADOBE INC. vs INTUIT INC., two Software stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where ADBE and INTU diverge most: on implied growth (priced in), ADBE reads -2.3% and INTU reads +15.3%; on return on equity, ADBE reads 62.8% and INTU reads 22.2%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's ADBE price has a different growth bar priced in than INTU (-2.3% implied for ADBE vs +15.3% for INTU); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What ADBE's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What INTU's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | ADBE | INTU |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $223.70 | $274.96 |
| Market cap | $90.0B | $75.9B |
| Sector | Software | Software |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -2.3% | +15.3% |
| P/E | 12.8 | 16.7 |
| P/B | 7.82 | 3.68 |
| P/S | 3.57 | 3.63 |
| EV/EBITDA | 9.8 | 13.5 |
| Revenue growth | +11.5% | +16.6% |
| Gross margin | 89.2% | — |
| Operating margin | 33.8% | 47.0% |
| Net margin | 28.7% | 21.9% |
| Return on equity | 62.8% | 22.2% |
| Return on assets | 24.1% | 11.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 38.3% | 15.8% |
| FCF yield | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| Dividend yield | — | 1.5% |
| Debt / equity | 0.58 | 0.34 |
| Current ratio | 0.75 | 1.45 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.18 | 4.29 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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