ADOBE INC. vs Shopify Inc., two Software stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where ADBE and SHOP diverge most: on debt / equity, ADBE reads 0.58 and SHOP reads 0.00; on current ratio, ADBE reads 0.75 and SHOP reads 6.20. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What ADBE's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What SHOP's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | ADBE | SHOP |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $223.70 | $122.50 |
| Market cap | $90.0B | $159.7B |
| Sector | Software | Software |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -2.3% | — |
| P/E | 12.8 | — |
| P/B | 7.82 | — |
| P/S | 3.57 | — |
| EV/EBITDA | 9.8 | — |
| Revenue growth | +11.5% | +31.9% |
| Gross margin | 89.2% | 48.8% |
| Operating margin | 33.8% | 12.1% |
| Net margin | 28.7% | 10.8% |
| Return on equity | 62.8% | 10.7% |
| Return on assets | 24.1% | 9.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 38.3% | 10.4% |
| FCF yield | 11.4% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.58 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 0.75 | 6.20 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.18 | 7.80 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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