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Research Alert: CFRA Maintains Hold Rating On Shares Of Adobe Inc.

-- CFRA, an independent research provider, has providedwith the following research alert. Analysts at CFRA have summarized their opinion as follows:

ADBE held its annual customer experience conference Adobe Summit earlier this week, announcing new innovations for customer experience orchestration. A key highlight of the conference was the unveiling of its first agentic product, Adobe CX Experience, to simplify customer lifecycle management, including acquiring prospective customers and driving conversions. Other highlights of the conference include the launch of Adobe Brand Intelligence and expansion of Adobe GenStudio solutions. The Summit signals ADBE's move into agentic solutions, where it has lagged large enterprise software peers in AI Agent products. Thus, we view the launch of Adobe CX Experience positively as a step toward driving greater AI adoption and monetization. ADBE also announced a $25B stock buyback program that will run through April 2030. For context, ADBE spent $11.7B in FY 25, and while we welcome returning capital to shareholders, we do not expect the buyback program to be particularly impactful.

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