Adobe Inc. (ADBE) — Quality & forensics
As of 2026-11-10 — refreshed nightly. Closelooknet readings from an investment research diary, not ratings or advice.
The Closelooknet module scores
- Valuation 72
- Quality 92
- Growth 54
- Balance sheet 65
- Cash quality 63
- Capital allocation 76
- Momentum 41
Scores are computed nightly across the coverage universe and read relative to it — the methodology lives in the company-scoring explainer.
Financial forensics — the academic screens
Sits in the safe zone (above 2.99). The Z-Score estimates financial-distress risk from five balance-sheet and earnings ratios.
Nine binary fundamental-strength checks across profitability, leverage and operating efficiency.
Screens reported earnings for statistical manipulation patterns — below the −1.78 manipulation-risk threshold. A screen, not an accusation.
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FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-11-10
Quick answers
What is Adobe Inc.'s Closelooknet quality reading?
The composite reads 67/100 across 7 modules, as of 2026-11-10: valuation 72, quality 92, growth 54, balance sheet 65, cash quality 63, capital allocation 76, momentum 41. Closelooknet scores are research diary readings, not ratings or investment advice.
What is Adobe Inc.'s Altman Z-Score?
7.06, which sits in the safe zone (above 2.99) as of 2026-11-10. The Altman Z-Score estimates financial distress risk from five balance-sheet and earnings ratios.
What is Adobe Inc.'s Piotroski F-Score?
7 of 9, as of 2026-11-10. The F-Score counts nine binary fundamental-strength signals across profitability, leverage and operating efficiency.
What does Adobe Inc.'s Beneish M-Score indicate?
-2.86 — below the −1.78 manipulation-risk threshold, as of 2026-11-10. The M-Score screens reported earnings for statistical manipulation patterns; it is a screen, not an accusation.
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Where ADBE appears in the diary — 23 pieces, newest first. Every link is our own writing.
Long reads
- Agentic Application Software: The SaaSpocalypse Map
Adobe owns creative assets and design systems.
- AI Economy — Three Futures for 2030, and the One the Model Leaves Out
- The SaaS Litmus Test: Is The March Bottom Real?
On Friday April 17, Anthropic launched Claude Design — powered by the newly released Claude Opus 4.7 vision model — a direct assault on the design software category occupied by Figma, Adobe, Canva, and Wix.
Dailies
- AI Trade — Chips Bounce 3% Before AMD; Apple, Palantir and Shopify Slip After Their Reports
The rest of software is mixed: CrowdStrike and MongoDB gain 1.6%, Adobe falls 1.7%.
- AI Capex — chip index −3.4% after OpenAI's revenue comes in at $50 billion, not $70 billion; software rises
The sell-off hit the build-out — Broadcom −4.4%, Micron −4.8%, Oracle −5.5%, CoreWeave −7.8% — while application software rose: Atlassian +4.0%, Adobe +3.6%, Snowflake +3.2%, cloud fund WCLD +1.5%.
- AI Pricing — Fable-Level Power at 60% Less, Weeks Before Anthropic's $2 Trillion IPO
The same day the market bought the companies that sell capacity to AI agents (SanDisk +6.82%, Micron +5.00%) and sold the ones whose fees an agent could route around (Adobe -4.52%, Intuit -3.87%, Visa -2.14%, JPMorgan -3.42%).
- Nasdaq - a second record close as memory jumps 5-7% and banks, card networks and software are sold
SanDisk rose 6.82% and Micron 5.00%; JPMorgan fell 3.42%, Visa and Mastercard about 2%, Adobe 4.52%.
- Yields — the 10-year is back above 5% on a hot PMI and a hawkish Fed; chips fall, software is bought
Software bought: IGV 108.14 (+1.30%), Salesforce $238.21 (+2.11%), ServiceNow (+1.60%), Adobe $240.57 (+0.97%), Microsoft $498.69 (+0.14%, high $507.79); the cyber fund CIBR 103.90 (+1.29%) above Tuesday's 103.66 intraday high - a new…
- Nasdaq — a record print at 27,272, chips extend, software sold from its highs; AMD joins the trillion club
Chips extend — memory leads with SanDisk +5.2% and Micron +3.4% — and software is sold from new highs: Intuit −5.1%, Adobe −3.8%, Salesforce −2.6%, Microsoft −1.3%, with the cyber and cloud funds red after both printed 52-week highs at…
- Asian Chips — Korea’s chip exports more than tripled and the Kospi touched 7,000, with Tokyo shut
- Expiry Friday — the equipment names join at last: Applied +4.4%, Lam +5.2%, memory ETF over $58, 10-year back at 5%
The rest of the tape is what an expiry Friday looks like with the 10-year back at 5.000%: the S&P 500 ETF −0.4% at $759.20, still above $757.83; the Nasdaq-100 fund flat at $716.53 above $708.69; the equal-weight S&P −0.5%, the Dow −0.7%…
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