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Balance Sheet: Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Quarterly Data

The balance sheet provides creditors, investors, and analysts with information on company resources (assets) and its sources of capital (its equity and liabilities). It normally also provides information about the future earnings capacity of a company assets as well as an indication of cash flows that may come from receivables and inventories.

Liabilities represents obligations of a company arising from past events, the settlement of which is expected to result in an outflow of economic benefits from the entity.

Adobe Inc., consolidated balance sheet: liabilities and stockholders’ equity (quarterly data)

US$ in millions

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Aug 28, 2026 May 29, 2026 Feb 27, 2026 Nov 28, 2025 Aug 29, 2025 May 30, 2025 Feb 28, 2025 Nov 29, 2024 Aug 30, 2024 May 31, 2024 Mar 1, 2024 Dec 1, 2023 Sep 1, 2023 Jun 2, 2023 Mar 3, 2023 Dec 2, 2022 Sep 2, 2022 Jun 3, 2022 Mar 4, 2022 Dec 3, 2021 Sep 3, 2021 Jun 4, 2021 Mar 5, 2021 Nov 27, 2020 Aug 28, 2020 May 29, 2020 Feb 28, 2020
Trade payables 529 499 419 417 337 360 326 361 318 357 300 314 314 346 308 379 316 366 295 312 331 312 254 306 229 289 265
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities 2,516 2,455 2,257 2,648 2,289 2,256 1,951 2,336 1,848 1,899 1,569 1,942 1,714 1,786 1,469 1,790 1,629 1,615 1,333 1,736 1,450 1,538 1,243 1,422 1,317 1,303 1,241
Debt, current portion 1,597 1,843 849 — — — — 1,499 1,499 1,498 1,497 — — — — 500 500 499 499 — — — — — — — —
Deferred revenue 7,094 7,152 7,275 6,905 6,385 6,220 6,347 6,131 5,779 5,558 5,975 5,837 5,375 5,265 5,357 5,297 4,829 4,753 4,894 4,733 4,243 4,144 4,134 3,629 3,317 3,321 3,489
Income taxes payable 63 38 506 153 154 129 465 119 130 95 123 85 857 548 222 75 76 62 83 54 70 55 81 63 177 166 149
Current operating lease liabilities 89 91 84 77 74 74 74 75 70 67 73 73 74 74 81 87 88 90 93 97 97 96 94 92 90 85 84
Current liabilities 11,888 12,078 11,390 10,200 9,239 9,039 9,163 10,521 9,644 9,474 9,537 8,251 8,334 8,019 7,437 8,128 7,438 7,385 7,197 6,932 6,191 6,145 5,806 5,512 5,130 5,164 5,228
Debt, excluding current portion 4,766 4,802 5,379 6,210 6,200 6,166 6,155 4,129 4,128 4,127 2,138 3,634 3,633 3,631 3,630 3,629 3,627 3,627 3,626 4,123 4,122 4,120 4,119 4,117 4,116 4,114 4,113
Deferred revenue 110 98 95 125 149 114 143 128 127 128 135 113 108 116 120 117 114 123 125 145 142 139 151 130 131 140 125
Income taxes payable 567 536 487 469 502 477 567 548 585 591 668 514 498 479 536 530 510 503 540 534 533 510 540 529 507 503 530
Long-term operating lease liabilities 310 329 344 361 362 323 334 353 381 398 378 373 389 408 415 417 426 442 447 453 466 477 494 499 520 498 514
Other liabilities 576 572 576 508 532 540 498 446 420 446 435 376 352 347 323 293 256 261 266 257 276 339 329 233 297 303 239
Long-term liabilities 6,329 6,337 6,881 7,673 7,745 7,620 7,697 5,604 5,641 5,690 3,754 5,010 4,980 4,981 5,024 4,986 4,933 4,956 5,004 5,512 5,539 5,585 5,633 5,508 5,571 5,558 5,521
Total liabilities 18,217 18,415 18,271 17,873 16,984 16,659 16,860 16,125 15,285 15,164 13,291 13,261 13,314 13,000 12,461 13,114 12,371 12,341 12,201 12,444 11,730 11,730 11,439 11,020 10,701 10,722 10,749
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value; none issued — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Common stock, $0.0001 par value — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Additional paid-in-capital 16,992 16,416 15,870 15,361 14,968 14,375 13,894 13,419 13,026 12,504 12,037 11,586 11,195 10,717 10,284 9,868 9,548 9,102 8,750 8,428 8,209 7,877 7,617 7,357 7,195 6,892 6,665
Retained earnings 50,594 48,767 47,170 45,354 43,516 41,744 40,186 38,470 36,911 35,227 33,809 33,346 32,012 30,609 29,435 28,319 27,158 26,022 24,961 23,905 22,750 21,538 20,521 19,611 17,383 16,428 15,390
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (203) (247) (295) (245) (341) (333) (158) (201) (309) (276) (277) (285) (285) (297) (307) (293) (224) (195) (177) (137) (131) (121) (141) (158) (153) (195) (189)
Treasury stock, at cost (55,619) (53,418) (51,312) (48,847) (46,373) (44,338) (40,827) (37,583) (35,083) (32,612) (30,109) (28,129) (27,146) (26,191) (25,206) (23,843) (22,109) (20,944) (19,759) (17,399) (16,414) (15,442) (14,451) (13,546) (12,712) (12,244) (11,401)
Stockholders’ equity 11,764 11,518 11,433 11,623 11,770 11,448 13,095 14,105 14,545 14,843 15,460 16,518 15,776 14,838 14,206 14,051 14,373 13,985 13,775 14,797 14,414 13,852 13,546 13,264 11,713 10,881 10,465
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity 29,981 29,933 29,704 29,496 28,754 28,107 29,955 30,230 29,830 30,007 28,751 29,779 29,090 27,838 26,667 27,165 26,744 26,326 25,976 27,241 26,144 25,582 24,985 24,284 22,414 21,603 21,214

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-08-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-05-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-02-27), 10-K (reporting date: 2025-11-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-08-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-05-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-02-28), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-11-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-08-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-01), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-03), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-04), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-04), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-05), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-11-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-08-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-05-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-02-28).


The balance sheet indicates a significant expansion in the total scale of the organization's financial position, with total liabilities and stockholders' equity increasing from 21.2 billion USD in February 2020 to approximately 30.0 billion USD by August 2026. This growth is primarily driven by an increase in total liabilities and a massive accumulation of retained earnings, which is simultaneously offset by an aggressive share repurchase program.

Liability Trends and Composition
Total liabilities grew from 10.7 billion USD in February 2020 to 18.2 billion USD by August 2026. A substantial portion of this increase is attributable to current liabilities, which rose from 5.2 billion USD to 11.9 billion USD. The primary driver within this category is deferred revenue, which climbed from 3.5 billion USD to 7.1 billion USD, signaling a strong upward trend in prepaid subscription obligations.
Long-term liabilities exhibited more volatility, peaking at 7.7 billion USD in early 2025 before settling at 6.3 billion USD by August 2026. This fluctuation corresponds with changes in long-term debt, which remained stable at approximately 4.1 billion USD for several years before spiking to 6.2 billion USD in early 2025 and subsequently moderating to 4.8 billion USD.
Operational liabilities, including trade payables and accrued expenses, showed a steady upward trend. Trade payables increased from 265 million USD to 529 million USD, while accrued expenses and other current liabilities grew from 1.2 billion USD to 2.5 billion USD, reflecting an increase in the overall scale of operations.
Stockholders' Equity and Capital Allocation
Retained earnings showed consistent and robust growth, increasing from 15.4 billion USD in February 2020 to 50.6 billion USD by August 2026, indicating strong cumulative profitability over the period.
The organization pursued an aggressive treasury stock acquisition strategy. Treasury stock at cost increased from 11.4 billion USD to 55.6 billion USD. This substantial investment in share buybacks has acted as a primary offset to retained earnings, causing total stockholders' equity to decline from a peak of 16.5 billion USD in December 2023 to 11.8 billion USD by August 2026.
Additional paid-in capital also saw a steady increase, rising from 6.7 billion USD to 17.0 billion USD, contributing to the overall growth in the equity base before the impact of treasury stock reductions.
Debt and Obligation Management
The current portion of debt was non-existent in the early data but appeared in March 2022 at 499 million USD. It experienced a significant increase to 1.5 billion USD by March 2024 and peaked at 1.8 billion USD in May 2026, suggesting a shift in the maturity profile of the company's debt obligations.
Income taxes payable showed high quarterly volatility, with significant spikes observed in June 2023 (548 million USD), September 2023 (857 million USD), and February 2026 (506 million USD), interspersed with periods of much lower obligations.

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