ADOBE INC. vs Oracle Corporation, two Software stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where ADBE and ORCL diverge most: on implied growth (priced in), ADBE reads -2.3% and ORCL reads +14.1%; on fcf yield, ADBE reads 11.4% and ORCL reads -5.8%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's ADBE price has a different growth bar priced in than ORCL (-2.3% implied for ADBE vs +14.1% for ORCL); 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 ORCL'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 | ORCL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $223.70 | $140.68 |
| Market cap | $90.0B | $409.7B |
| Sector | Software | Software |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -2.3% | +14.1% |
| P/E | 12.8 | 24.1 |
| P/B | 7.82 | 9.51 |
| P/S | 3.57 | 6.08 |
| EV/EBITDA | 9.8 | 17.6 |
| Revenue growth | +11.5% | +17.2% |
| Gross margin | 89.2% | — |
| Operating margin | 33.8% | 32.0% |
| Net margin | 28.7% | 21.6% |
| Return on equity | 62.8% | 33.8% |
| Return on assets | 24.1% | 5.5% |
| Return on invested capital | 38.3% | 32.4% |
| FCF yield | 11.4% | -5.8% |
| Dividend yield | — | 1.4% |
| Debt / equity | 0.58 | 0.17 |
| Current ratio | 0.75 | 1.12 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.18 | 6.33 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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