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United States · SEC Form 4 · Snapshot date: 2026-10-18 · Built: 2026-10-18 · 中文

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US · SEC FORM 4

ADOBE INC.

ADBE · Nasdaq · CIK 0000796343 · Technology · Software—Application

INSIDER SIGNAL

No active buy signal

1 qualifying P purchase group
in the current 180-day scoring window

94 Form 4 transaction lines observed in the same window
17 sales · 76 option, withholding, award, gift or other lines

Last qualifying purchase2026-06-25 · Ricks David A · $1.9M

WHY NO ACTIVE SIGNAL?

Purchase activityPresent
Recent buying1 qualifying line group(s)
Recent salesHigh
Buy signal statusInactive
Score anatomy

No score is calculated because there is no qualifying purchase in the active window. Unavailable inputs are not treated as zero or as a bearish signal.

ClusterNot calculated
Purchase sizeNot calculated
RoleNot calculated
RecencyNot calculated
ConvictionNot calculated

Why is there no score?

  • No qualifying open-market purchase supplies cluster, size, role, recency or conviction inputs.
  • Sales and other Form 4 activity remain visible as context and do not create a negative score.

Sales and other Form 4 activity are shown separately and do not create a negative buy signal. Absence of buying is not scored as bearish.

Insider activity timeline

Owner lanes show the latest 180 days. Symbol shape identifies the transaction type; sales remain context only.

AprMayJunJulAugSepOct
Day StevenInterim CFO and SVP
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Forusz JillianSVP & CAO
▼○○○○▼○○
Pentland Adele LouiseChief Legal Officer & EVP
○○○○○○
NARAYEN SHANTANUChair and CEO
▼○○▼▼
Balazs LaraChief Marketing Officer & EVP
○○
Chen GloriaEVP, Chief People Officer
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● Purchase▼ Sale○ Other

Showing the six most active owners; 3 additional owner(s) remain in Form 4 evidence.

Purchase breadth & concentration

QUALIFYING BUYERS1
PURCHASE CONCENTRATION100%Largest buyer: Ricks David A · $1.9M
CLUSTER BUYING · 15D1 insiderPeak activity: 2026-06-25–2026-06-25

Roles in the peak window: Director. Concentration uses priced qualifying P lines only and does not change the saved score.

SIGNAL HISTORY

No recorded active-signal snapshot

Scores are archived only when the company qualifies for a published US buy-signal snapshot. Last qualifying purchase: 2026-06-25 · Ricks David A.

Recent Form 4 activity

1Purchases
20Sales
223Other Form 4 lines
62SEC filings · 365 days
BUYING1 qualifying P line(s) · 180 days
SELLING17 sale line(s) · context only
OTHER76 exercise / withholding / award / gift / other lines
10b5-1 / PLANNEDNot assessed

P is an open-market or private purchase. S is a sale. M, F, A and G usually describe exercises, tax withholding, awards and gifts. These categories remain visually separate.

Market context

Market context provides additional background on recent price performance and risk. It does not affect the Insider Signal.

Price performance

1M
-16.4%
3M
+7.8%
6M
-2.3%
12M
-32.1%

Volatility & liquidity

Volatility
37.3%
Beta
1.42
Avg daily value
USD 1.2B

Valuation

Market cap
USD 92.9B
P/E
13.3×

Fundamentals

Profit margin
30.0%
ROE
61.3%
Industry
Software—Application

Market data

Price data up to: 2026-10-05 · Price source: OpenBB/yfinance · From SEC filings: Profit margin, ROE · Fiscal year ended: 2025-11-28 · From Yahoo Finance: Market cap, P/E · Status: PASS

Short interest

Short interest is external context reported to FINRA by broker-dealers. It does not affect the Insider Signal.

Shares short
17,705,400
Previous report
18,496,677
Avg daily volume
5,089,375
Days to cover
3.5

FINRA settlement date: 2026-09-30 · Captured 2026-10-12 · FINRA equity short interest ↗. A share count, published about a week after each of two settlement dates a month; not a percentage of shares outstanding.

Historical equity purchases

Qualifying code P transactions in the local Form 4 history, including purchases outside the current signal window.

Transaction dateReporting ownerTypeSecuritySharesAvg. priceApprox. valueSource
2026-06-25Ricks David APurchase (P)Common Stock10,000USD 194.51USD 1,945,100SEC filing ↗
2025-03-20Durn DanielPurchase (P)Common Stock1,300USD 390.58USD 507,755SEC filing ↗
2025-01-28Ricks David APurchase (P)Common Stock2,250USD 443.98USD 998,955SEC filing ↗
2024-01-05Banse AmyPurchase (P)Common Stock15USD 567.03USD 8,505SEC filing ↗
2023-06-21Banse AmyPurchase (P)Common Stock40USD 492.00USD 19,680SEC filing ↗
2022-09-27Ricks David APurchase (P)Common Stock1,200USD 280.56USD 336,672SEC filing ↗
2022-09-22Durn DanielPurchase (P)Common Stock3,250USD 288.11USD 936,358SEC filing ↗
2022-01-07Desmond LauraPurchase (P)Common Stock491USD 509.72USD 250,273SEC filing ↗
2022-01-06Desmond LauraPurchase (P)Common Stock482USD 517.63USD 249,498SEC filing ↗

Form 4 evidence

244 transaction lines in the latest 365-day window; 1,902 in local history.

DateOwnerTypeSecuritySharesAvg. priceApprox. valueSource
2026-09-17NARAYEN SHANTANUSale (S)Common Stock50,500USD 249.57USD 12,603,308SEC filing ↗
2026-09-16NARAYEN SHANTANUSale (S)Common Stock74,500USD 251.56USD 18,741,443SEC filing ↗
2026-09-15Pentland Adele LouiseOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock1,949USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
Show recent Form 4 evidence (30 grouped rows)
DateOwnerTypeSecuritySharesAvg. priceApprox. valueSource
2026-09-17NARAYEN SHANTANUSale (S)Common Stock50,500USD 249.57USD 12,603,308SEC filing ↗
2026-09-16NARAYEN SHANTANUSale (S)Common Stock74,500USD 251.56USD 18,741,443SEC filing ↗
2026-09-15Pentland Adele LouiseOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock1,949USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-09-15Pentland Adele LouiseTax withholding (F)Common Stock966USD 257.76USD 248,996SEC filing ↗
2026-09-15Forusz JillianOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock3,085USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-09-15Forusz JillianTax withholding (F)Common Stock1,528USD 257.76USD 393,857SEC filing ↗
2026-09-15Day StevenOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock1,741USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-09-15Day StevenTax withholding (F)Common Stock862USD 257.76USD 222,189SEC filing ↗
2026-08-15Day StevenOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock58USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-08-15Day StevenTax withholding (F)Common Stock28USD 264.02USD 7,393SEC filing ↗
2026-07-29Forusz JillianSale (S)Common Stock416USD 264.33USD 109,961SEC filing ↗
2026-07-15Wadhwani DavidOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock3,024USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-07-15Wadhwani DavidTax withholding (F)Common Stock1,498USD 224.56USD 336,391SEC filing ↗
2026-07-15Pentland Adele LouiseOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock1,308USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-07-15Pentland Adele LouiseTax withholding (F)Common Stock648USD 224.56USD 145,515SEC filing ↗
2026-07-15NARAYEN SHANTANUOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock8,298USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-07-15NARAYEN SHANTANUTax withholding (F)Common Stock4,112USD 224.56USD 923,391SEC filing ↗
2026-07-15Forusz JillianOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock692USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-07-15Forusz JillianTax withholding (F)Common Stock276USD 224.56USD 61,979SEC filing ↗
2026-07-15Day StevenOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock690USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-07-15Day StevenTax withholding (F)Common Stock340USD 224.56USD 76,350SEC filing ↗
2026-07-15Chen GloriaOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock3,245USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-07-15Chen GloriaTax withholding (F)Common Stock1,607USD 224.56USD 360,868SEC filing ↗
2026-07-15Chakravarthy AnilOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock3,024USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-07-15Chakravarthy AnilTax withholding (F)Common Stock1,498USD 224.56USD 336,391SEC filing ↗
2026-07-15Balazs LaraOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock2,538USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-07-15Balazs LaraTax withholding (F)Common Stock1,257USD 224.56USD 282,272SEC filing ↗
2026-06-25Ricks David APurchase (P)Common Stock10,000USD 194.51USD 1,945,100SEC filing ↗
2026-06-15Day StevenOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock546USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-06-15Day StevenTax withholding (F)Common Stock270USD 206.36USD 55,717SEC filing ↗

Multiple price lines in one filing are grouped and share-weighted. Price and value are blank when a grouped filing line lacks price evidence.

Snapshot & identity

Snapshot date2026-10-18
Ranking versionUS-v1.2
Data qualityPASS ELIGIBLE · —
TickerADBE
CIK0000796343
SectorTechnology
IndustrySoftware—Application Yahoo Finance
SEC SIC7372 Services-Prepackaged Software
ExchangeNasdaq

Data coverage

Local Form 4 history1,902 transaction lines from 2020-01-03 to 2026-09-17
10 P purchase lines · 319 S sale lines · 1,573 other lines
SEC company submissionsOpen SEC filings ↗

Local ledger as of 2026-10-18. Mapping status is an audit field and does not erase SEC filing evidence.