ADOBE INC. (ADBE) FY2026 YTD Q3 Statement of Cash Flows

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2025-11-29 to 2026-08-28

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ADOBE INC. cash flow reconciliation, Nov 29, 2025 through Aug 28, 2026One connected Sankey reconciles operating, investing and financing net cash flows through a shared cash pool, from beginning cash to ending cash. Ribbons flow left to right on one dollar scale. Activity totals are dark gray; beginning and ending cash are blue. Cash basis for beginning and ending balances and net cash change: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash. Intermediate calculation bars are lighter gray. Net income is green for profit and red for loss. Identified asset purchases, sales and maturities are blue in either cash direction. Orange marks positive customer-advance and deferred-revenue changes that add to operating cash in the reconciliation. These are net changes, not gross customer receipts. Negative changes are neutral reconciliation adjustments; they do not by themselves identify cash payments. Purple identifies capital transactions such as borrowing, repayments, share issuance and dividends. Free cash flow is a separate comparison, not an added cash flow. Read chart description and values below for full signed amounts, including zero items.Net income → Net cash from operating activities: $5,428,000,000.00Stock-based compensation → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $1,582,000,000.00Depreciation, amortization and accretion → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $582,000,000.00Trade receivables, net → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $278,000,000.00Deferred income taxes → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $164,000,000.00Other non-cash items → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $94,000,000.00Deferred revenue → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $71,000,000.00Impairment of goodwill → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $70,000,000.00Trade payables → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $67,000,000.00Income taxes payable → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $3,000,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Net cash from operating activities: $2,218,000,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Prepaid expenses and other assets: $497,000,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Accrued expenses and other liabilities: $196,000,000.00Maturities of short-term investments → investing reconciliation: $1,530,000,000.00Proceeds from sales of short-term investments → investing reconciliation: $5,000,000.00Other investing activities, net → investing reconciliation: $2,000,000.00investing reconciliation → Purchases of short-term investments: $1,625,000,000.00investing reconciliation → Acquisitions, net of cash acquired: $1,560,000,000.00investing reconciliation → Purchases of property and equipment: $180,000,000.00investing reconciliation → Purchases of long-term investments, intangibles and other assets: $80,000,000.00Net cash used in financing activities → financing reconciliation: $6,814,000,000.00Proceeds from issuance of debt → financing reconciliation: $493,000,000.00Proceeds from re-issuance of treasury stock → financing reconciliation: $262,000,000.00financing reconciliation → Repurchases of common stock: $6,821,000,000.00financing reconciliation → Taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards: $306,000,000.00financing reconciliation → Repayment of debt: $250,000,000.00financing reconciliation → Other financing activities, net: $192,000,000.00Net cash used in investing activities → investing reconciliation: $1,908,000,000.00Exchange-rate effect → Cash sources and uses: $4,000,000.00Beginning cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash → Cash sources and uses: $5,431,000,000.00Net cash from operating activities → Cash sources and uses: $7,646,000,000.00Cash sources and uses → Ending cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash: $4,359,000,000.00Cash sources and uses → Net cash used in investing activities: $1,908,000,000.00Cash sources and uses → Net cash used in financing activities: $6,814,000,000.00Net income: $5,428,000,000.00Net income+$5.43 BDepreciation, amortization and accretion: $582,000,000.00Depreciation & amortization+$582.00 MStock-based compensation: $1,582,000,000.00Stock-based compensation+$1.58 BDeferred income taxes: $164,000,000.00Deferred taxes & credits+$164.00 MImpairment of goodwill: $70,000,000.00Goodwill impairment+$70.00 MOther non-cash items: $94,000,000.00Other non-cash items+$94.00 MTrade receivables, net: $278,000,000.00Receivables, net+$278.00 MPrepaid expenses and other assets: -$497,000,000.00Prepaid & other assets−$497.00 MTrade payables: $67,000,000.00Accounts payable+$67.00 MAccrued expenses and other liabilities: -$196,000,000.00Accrued liabilities−$196.00 MIncome taxes payable: $3,000,000.00Income taxes payable+$3.00 MDeferred revenue: $71,000,000.00Unearned revenue+$71.00 MNet cash from operating activities: $7,646,000,000.00Operating cash+$7.65 BOperating adjustments reconciliation: $2,911,000,000.00Repurchases of common stock: -$6,821,000,000.00Common stock repurchases−$6.82 BProceeds from re-issuance of treasury stock: $262,000,000.00Treasury stock sold+$262.00 MTaxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards: -$306,000,000.00Stock-award tax withholding−$306.00 MProceeds from issuance of debt: $493,000,000.00Long-term debt issued+$493.00 MRepayment of debt: -$250,000,000.00Long-term debt repaid−$250.00 MOther financing activities, net: -$192,000,000.00Other financing, net−$192.00 MNet cash used in financing activities: -$6,814,000,000.00. Cash required to fund net payments.Financing cash−$6.81 Bfinancing reconciliation: $7,569,000,000.00Purchases of short-term investments: -$1,625,000,000.00Short-term investment purchases−$1.63 BPurchases of property and equipment: -$180,000,000.00PP&E purchases−$180.00 MPurchases of long-term investments, intangibles and other assets: -$80,000,000.00Long-term investment purchases−$80.00 MOther investing activities, net: $2,000,000.00Other investing, net+$2.00 MAcquisitions, net of cash acquired: -$1,560,000,000.00Acquisitions, net of cash−$1.56 BProceeds from sales of short-term investments: $5,000,000.00Short-term investment sales+$5.00 MMaturities of short-term investments: $1,530,000,000.00Short-term investment maturities+$1.53 BNet cash used in investing activities: -$1,908,000,000.00. Cash required to fund net payments.Investing cash−$1.91 Binvesting reconciliation: $3,445,000,000.00Cash sources and uses: $13,081,000,000.00Beginning cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash: $5,431,000,000.00Beginning cash$5.43 BEnding cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash: $4,359,000,000.00Ending cash$4.36 BExchange-rate effect: $4,000,000.00FX effect+$4.00 MCASH RECONCILIATIONOperatingflowsInvestingflowsFinancingflowsFree cash flow$7.47 BOperating cash − cash spent on PP&ECash flow / Net income1.41×Operating cash flow ÷ net incomeNet cash change−$1.07 BEnding cash − beginning cash
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ADOBE INC. cash flow reconciliation, Nov 29, 2025 through Aug 28, 2026

Cash flows for Nov 29, 2025 through Aug 28, 2026. Cash basis: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash. Beginning cash: Nov 28, 2025. Ending cash: Aug 28, 2026. Beginning and ending cash are dated balances. Positive cash flows add cash; negative cash flows reduce it.

Beginning cash on Nov 28, 2025
5,431,000,000 US dollars. Beginning cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
Operating activities
7,646,000,000 US dollars. Net cash provided.
Net income
5,428,000,000 US dollars
Depreciation, amortization and accretion
582,000,000 US dollars
Stock-based compensation
1,582,000,000 US dollars
Deferred income taxes
164,000,000 US dollars
Impairment of goodwill
70,000,000 US dollars
Other non-cash items
94,000,000 US dollars
Trade receivables, net
278,000,000 US dollars
Prepaid expenses and other assets
negative 497,000,000 US dollars
Trade payables
67,000,000 US dollars
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
negative 196,000,000 US dollars
Income taxes payable
3,000,000 US dollars
Deferred revenue
71,000,000 US dollars
Investing activities
negative 1,908,000,000 US dollars. Net cash used.
Purchases of short-term investments
negative 1,625,000,000 US dollars
Purchases of property and equipment
negative 180,000,000 US dollars
Purchases of long-term investments, intangibles and other assets
negative 80,000,000 US dollars
Other investing activities, net
2,000,000 US dollars
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired
negative 1,560,000,000 US dollars
Proceeds from sales of short-term investments
5,000,000 US dollars
Maturities of short-term investments
1,530,000,000 US dollars
Financing activities
negative 6,814,000,000 US dollars. Net cash used.
Repurchases of common stock
negative 6,821,000,000 US dollars
Proceeds from re-issuance of treasury stock
262,000,000 US dollars
Taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards
negative 306,000,000 US dollars
Proceeds from issuance of debt
493,000,000 US dollars
Repayment of debt
negative 250,000,000 US dollars
Other financing activities, net
negative 192,000,000 US dollars
Operating adjustment reconciliation
2,911,000,000 US dollars. Intermediate calculation joining the operating reconciliation branches. Its gross amount includes any portion of net income routed through this junction. It is not an additional cash source or use.
financing gross reconciliation
7,569,000,000 US dollars. Gross amount at the activity's junction before offsetting its receipts and deductions. It is not an additional cash source or use.
investing gross reconciliation
3,445,000,000 US dollars. Gross amount at the activity's junction before offsetting its receipts and deductions. It is not an additional cash source or use.
Exchange-rate effect
4,000,000 US dollars
Ending cash on Aug 28, 2026
4,359,000,000 US dollars. Ending cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
Cash sources and uses
13,081,000,000 US dollars. Opening cash plus net sources, equal to net uses plus ending cash.
Net cash change
negative 1,072,000,000 US dollars. Ending cash minus beginning cash.
Cash flow / Net income
1.41×. Operating cash flow divided by reconciliation net income for the same period. Black from 0.90× through 1.10×; green above 1.10×; red below 0.90×. Color uses the unrounded ratio.
Operating cash flow
7,646,000,000 US dollars. Operating cash flow used in the free cash flow calculation.
Cash purchases of property, plant and equipment
180,000,000 US dollars. These cash purchases are already included in investing activities above.
Free cash flow
7,466,000,000 US dollars. A supplemental measure; finance-lease payments are excluded from this definition.

Chart connections

  • Beginning cash plus operating, investing and financing cash flows plus the exchange-rate effect equals ending cash. Negative amounts reduce cash.
  • Financing contributions meet at a reconciliation junction before connecting to the net cash total.
  • Investing contributions meet at a reconciliation junction before connecting to the net cash total.
  • Operating reconciliation adjustments are not all independent cash receipts.
  • Net income enters operating cash directly in the reconciliation. The adjustment junction contributes the remaining $2.22B after reconciling the other positive and negative adjustments. These connections depict an accounting reconciliation, not traced cash receipts.
  • Each activity has one net cash bar connected to the shared cash pool. Positive activity totals enter the pool; negative activity totals leave the pool to fund that activity's net payments. The central pool does not assign a particular funding source to a particular payment.
  • The intermediate calculation bars include both sides of the displayed activity breakdowns; they are not additional cash flows.
  • Operating cash flow minus cash purchases of property, plant and equipment equals free cash flow: 7,646,000,000 US dollars minus 180,000,000 US dollars equals 7,466,000,000 US dollars.
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