Adobe Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADBE)

Adobe is a great tech company. In this time of turmoil in the market (credit crisis) look for companies that have alot of cash at hand... money in the bank and still profiting is the way to stay afloat in a credit crunch and adobe has it. A quick ratio of over 2.5 putting their total assets at least 250% above expenses, and they are profiting quarterly.

As they begin to expand more into the smartphone market I can see them take a huge share of new territory that is just begining. By building applications for Apple, they will definitely grow.

Continuing good products and revenue gains make them an attractive target for acquisition. Their $4B market cap is unusually small for a Co. this profitable

Investors holding Adobe stock for the long term are in an excellent position to make money. Adobe announced better than expected revenues and earnings. First quarter revenue came in at $890 million, up 37 percent from the year ago quarter. Adobe posted a net profit of $219.4 million, or 39 cents per diluted share, in its fiscal first-quarter, up from a profit of $143.9 million, or 24 cents per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Sales rose 37 percent to $890.4 million in the quarter from $649.4 million.
What does Adobe do? They offer business and mobile software services. In other words, they're 95% tech, and 5% media. The company provides the players and software to edit and distribute online video. And it appears that their products, the Creative Suite 3 and Acrobat products are in high demand. And if that's not enough to convince you, worry not. Adobe has more products in the pipeline. Next month, they will be releasing a new media player which will transform the way we watch online videos on our computers. It will allow you to download internet content onto your desktop so that you can watch it without actually being online. Plus it's open source and works across all platforms. Sounds like a winner.
Looking at the numbers:According to Yahoo! Finance, P/E is 26.37, profit margin is 22.39%, ROE is 14.77%. No debt, $1.99 Billion in cash.

Great portfolio of products, debt free and a beaten down price.

Great buy at $35/share for this company. Great products and brands, good track record of earnings and sales, a definate buy.

Great product with alot of Brand and Product protection from other similar products. If you talk to anyone, they will simply tell you to forget all the other products buy Adobe. Thus, at a price at this price (35), the stock is simply on sale.

new products

the software is riddled with security flaws. many more free solutions are up and coming... archaic, doomed.

graphics solutions by microsoft have been released for free to students... think internet explorer vs. netscape. adobe is a sinking ship

Adobe is over sold by the market.

Disclamer: I own no stocks in this company.
Sesame.

Desktop publishing software (and leader in multimedia editing) entering a paperless revolution (as long as it takes to arrive)

I use the creative suite. Over the years, adobe has wisely looked the other way when us young-ins would use pirated versions of their software. Now professionals, we DEMAND adobe software. Expect profits to rise as more of us thieves start buying real licenses for the Suite.

On another note:
Now they've become the industry standard, apple may buy them and work the technology into their own proprietary software (i.e. shake, which is currently being converted into a new application)

At a near low, with good fundamentals. Appears to be lost in the overall market dive.

As the owner and operator of a small graphic and web design firm, I can tell you that Adobe has a near monopoly on the software my colleagues (e.g. competitors) and my own firm uses.

always been a leader as a software manufacturer

Beat down stock to make a turnaround

28%

Adobe is the supplier of choice for web designers. They have the critical mass to give them a huge lead on their competition. And they continue to devote money to research, with the goal of staying ahead of the competition

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