Business Segments · Gross Profit
Publishing and Advertising — Gross Profit
Adobe Publishing and Advertising — Gross Profit increased by 12.1% to $37.00M in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 11.9%, from $42.00M to $37.00M. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Publishing and Advertising — Gross Profit shows a downward trend with a -11.8% CAGR. This is a positive signal — higher values indicate stronger performance for this metric.
Analysis
StatementSegment
CategoryProfitability
SignalHigher is better
VolatilityStable
First reportedQ1 2018
Last reportedQ4 2025
Rolls up toGross Profit
How to read this metric
Higher gross profit indicates better pricing power or lower production costs for the legacy product portfolio.
Detailed definition
This metric represents the residual profit after subtracting the direct costs of revenue from the total revenue generate...
Peer comparison
Standard segment gross profit metric used across the software industry to assess unit-level profitability.
Metric ID:
adbe_segment_publishing_and_advertising_gross_profitHistorical Data
19 periods
| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $84.00M | $58.00M | $59.00M | $69.00M | $67.00M | $56.00M | $48.00M | $62.00M | $62.00M | $45.00M | $45.00M | $55.00M | $52.00M | $37.00M | $42.00M | $52.00M | $49.00M | $33.00M | $37.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | -31.0% | +1.7% | +16.9% | -2.9% | -16.4% | -14.3% | +29.2% | +0.0% | -27.4% | +0.0% | +22.2% | -5.5% | -28.8% | +13.5% | +23.8% | -5.8% | -32.7% | +12.1% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -20.2% | -3.4% | -18.6% | -10.1% | -7.5% | -19.6% | -6.3% | -11.3% | -16.1% | -17.8% | -6.7% | -5.5% | -5.8% | -10.8% | -11.9% |
Range$33.00M – $84.00M
CAGR-16.7%
Avg YoY Growth-11.4%
Median YoY Growth-10.8%
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Adobe's publishing and advertising — gross profit?
- Adobe (ADBE) reported publishing and advertising — gross profit of $37.00M in Q4 2025.
- How has Adobe's publishing and advertising — gross profit changed year-over-year?
- Adobe's publishing and advertising — gross profit decreased by 11.9% year-over-year, from $42.00M to $37.00M.
- What is the long-term trend for Adobe's publishing and advertising — gross profit?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Adobe's publishing and advertising — gross profit has grown at a -11.8% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $283.00M to $171.00M.
- What does publishing and advertising — gross profit mean?
- The profit remaining from the publishing and advertising segment after paying direct production costs.