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Adobe Platform Shift, Agentic AI Tools Support Long-Term ARR Growth, RBC Says

Adobe's (ADBE) key partnerships and new agentic tools highlighted at its Adobe Summit event support its transition toward a broader platform and ecosystem and could drive longer-term annual recurring revenue growth, a key metric for investors, RBC Capital Markets said.Adobe is aiming to move towards becoming a broad platform and ecosystem rather than just providing a set of tools to solve point problems. In the investor session, the company highlighted its roadmap around agentic AI products and partnerships designed to provide a single platform for end-to-end marketing workflow orchestration, the brokerage said.On the partnerships side, RBC said the two most interesting collaborations are the go-to-market partnerships with large advertising agencies and system integrators and agentic partnerships with major AI and technology platforms. Adobe needs to be integrated with the broader omnichannel ecosystem to become an orchestration layer for marketing.The company demonstrating that its Experience Cloud delivers clear return on investment will be key to expanding enterprise and creative customer spending and increasing wallet share, the investment firm said in a Tuesday note.RBC maintained the company's stock rating at outperform and price target at $350.Shares of Adobe were up 3.3% in Wednesday trading.Price: $255.41, Change: $+8.23, Percent Change: +3.33%

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Asia Markets

US Equity Futures Rise Pre-Bell After Trump Extends US-Iran Ceasefire

US equity futures were rising pre-bell Wednesday after President Donald Trump extended the ceasefire with Iran while maintaining the US blockade of Iranian ports.Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were 0.7% higher, S&P 500 futures were up 0.6%, and Nasdaq futures were 0.9% higher.Trump said that Iran's government is "seriously fractured" and that he is extending the ceasefire "until such time as their leaders and representatives can come up with a unified proposal," according to his post on Truth Social.Amir-Saeid Iravani, Iran's permanent representative to the UN, said that Iran is ready to restart peace talks once the US lifts its naval blockade, Iranian state news outlet Tasnim reported early Wednesday, citing media outlet Rudaw.Traders digested the latest round of earnings, with Philip Morris International (PM) and Vertiv (VRT) reporting higher Q1 adjusted earnings and revenue. GE Vernova (GEV) posted higher Q1 earnings and revenue, while AT&T (T) reported lower Q1 earnings amid higher operating revenue. Tesla (TSLA) and IBM (IBM) are set to report their results after-market.Oil prices were higher, with front-month global benchmark North Sea Brent crude up 1.5% at $99.93 per barrel and US West Texas Intermediate crude 1.5% higher at $91.01 per barrel.The Atlanta Fed Business Inflation Expectations survey for April is scheduled for release at 10 am ET.In other world markets, Japan's Nikkei closed 0.4% higher, Hong Kong's Hang Seng ended 1.2% lower, and China's Shanghai Composite finished 0.5% higher. Meanwhile, the UK's FTSE 100 was up 0.1%, and Germany's DAX index was 0.1% lower in Europe's early afternoon session.In equities, shares of Philip Morris and GE Vernova were up 3.3% and 7.%, respectively, after the companies posted their Q1 financial results. Adobe (ADBE) stock was 3% higher after the company said its board approved a new share buyback authorization, allowing the company to repurchase up to $25 billion in shares through April 30, 2030. The digital media software firm also expanded its partnership with Omnicom Group (OMC) to co-develop an enterprise-grade, industry-specialized AI agentic operating model solution, according to Omnicom.On the losing side, Vertiv shares were down 1.1% despite its Q1 adjusted earnings and revenue surpassing analyst expectations. AT&T stock was down 2% after its Q1 earnings release.

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Omnicom Expands Adobe Partnership to Deliver AI Agentic Operating Model Solution

Omnicom Group (OMC) said Tuesday it is expanding its global partnership with Adobe (ADBE) to co-develop an enterprise-grade, industry-specialized AI agentic operating model solution.Omnicom said it will integrate Omni, its marketing and sales platform, and its agentic framework with Adobe's enterprise marketing and creative technology stack to create this solution.Over the next 12 months, Omnicom will develop and operationalize the solution across five major use cases including end-to-end customer experience, omni channel planning, total creative workflow, .com, and email, according to the company.The solution will feature smooth data exchanges between Adobe products, Omni's connected platform layer and its agentic infrastructure, delivering predictive growth at enterprise scale, the company said.Price: $78.09, Change: $-0.41, Percent Change: -0.52%

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Adobe Launches CX Enterprise to Streamline Customer Interactions

Adobe (ADBE) said Monday it unveiled CX Enterprise, an end-to-end agentic artificial intelligence system designed to help businesses manage their customer lifecycle workflows across fragmented platforms.The system targets to deliver better customer experiences and business results, the software firm said.Adobe is partnering with external platforms, including Amazon's (AMZN) Web Services, Alphabet-owned (GOOG, GOOGL) Google Cloud, Microsoft (MSFT), Nvidia (NVDA), International Business Machines (IBM), OpenAI and Anthropic to improve compatibility with existing enterprise environments, it said.The company also said it introduced the CX Enterprise Coworker application, which translates broad business goals into multi-step actions by coordinating various AI agents to assemble audiences, creative assets, and performance data.Shares of the company were up 2.6% in early Monday trading.Price: $250.67, Change: $+6.22, Percent Change: +2.54%

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Adobe to Focus on Partnerships, Product Announcement at Event Next Week, RBC Says

Adobe (ADBE) is expected to focus on partnerships and product announcements highlighting the company's end-to-end workflows at its Summit event next week, RBC Capital Markets analysts said in a Thursday note to clients.Analysts said that while investors are keen on annual recurring revenue re-acceleration, return on investment is the core of the GenAI value proposition and should be the central focus of the event.RBC said it will also look for more details on how GenAI can be a net benefit to the company's annual recurring revenue, including updates on freemium model conversion and credit consumption.Analysts said that, considering the recently announced CEO transition, it is less likely that Adobe will provide any long-term guidance at the event.Abode is expected to outperform its peer group over the next 12 months, RBC added.RBC analysts retained an outperform rating on the stock, but lowered its price target to $350 from $400.Price: $250.76, Change: $+2.60, Percent Change: +1.05%

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Sectors

Sector Update: Tech Stocks Higher Pre-Bell Friday

Technology stocks were higher pre-bell Friday, with the State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLK) gaining 1.6% and the State Street SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) 2% higher.Microsoft (MSFT) shares were up 1.6% in premarket activity. Microsoft Italy and Expert.ai said they have entered into a collaboration to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence for enterprise use cases.Uber Technologies (UBER) shares were up 1.8% prebell. Prosus said Uber is acquiring roughly 13.6 million ordinary shares of Delivery Hero from Prosus, representing about 4.5% stake.Adobe (ADBE) stock was up 2.6% before the bell, adding to the 1.4% gain at the previous close. UBS lowered its price target to $260 from $290, while maintaining a neutral rating.

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Asia Markets

Hopes for Middle East Peace Nudge US Equity Futures Higher Pre-Bell

US equity futures were edging higher pre-bell Thursday as optimism for an end to the Middle East conflict continues to grow, with a second round of talks and a ceasefire extension on the horizon.Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were 0.2% higher, S&P 500 futures were up 0.1%, and Nasdaq futures were 0.2% lower.Israel's security cabinet met on Wednesday to discuss a potential ceasefire in Lebanon that could remove a key hurdle in securing a broader peace agreement.A series of solid earnings so far this week has also allayed concerns about the economy. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM) and Charles Schwab (SCHW) posted higher Q1 earnings and net revenue. Netflix (NFLX) is due to report after market close.Oil prices were higher, with front-month global benchmark North Sea Brent crude up 1.3% at $96.16 per barrel and US West Texas Intermediate crude up 0.7% at $91.93 per barrel.Initial jobless claims dropped to 207,000 in the week ended April 11 from 218,000 in the previous week, compared with expectations for a decrease to 213,000 in a survey of analysts compiled by Bloomberg.The March industrial production report, due at 9:15 am ET, is forecast to show a 0.1% increase following a 0.2% gain in the prior month.In other world markets, Japan's Nikkei closed 2.4% higher, Hong Kong's Hang Seng ended 1.7% higher, and China's Shanghai Composite finished 0.7% higher. Meanwhile, the UK's FTSE 100 was up 0.7%, and Germany's DAX index was 0.6% higher in Europe's early afternoon session.In equities, Charles Schwab (SCHW) stock was 2% lower after the company posted Q1 net revenue below analyst estimates. Paypal (PYPL) shares were down 1.7% after Mizuho downgraded the company's stock to neutral from outperform.On the winning side, Alibaba (BABA) stock was 3.3% higher after the company launched a new AI model that creates 3D environments and interactive videos, according to a Bloomberg report. TotalEnergies (TTE) shares were up 3.5% after the company said its Q1 exploration and production results are expected to rise significantly, supported by higher oil prices and contributions from new projects. Adobe (ADBE) stock was 2.7% higher after the company launched its new artificial intelligence tool, Firefly AI Assistant.

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Adobe Introduces Firefly AI Assistant, New Editing Features in Firefly Video Editor

Adobe (ADBE) said Wednesday that it has launched the Firefly AI Assistant, an artificial intelligence tool that enables users to describe the outcome they want while the assistant executes complex, multi-step workflows across Adobe's Creative Cloud apps, including Photoshop, Premiere, and Lightroom, among others.The company said it will add this capability to leading third-party AI models including Amazon-backed (AMZN) Anthropic's large language model Claude.Adobe said it has also added new video and image editing features in its Firefly Video Editor including studio-quality sound, advanced color adjustments.The Firefly AI Assistant will be available in public beta in Adobe Firefly in the coming weeks; meanwhile, the new editing features and access to new partner models are available in Firefly starting Wednesday, Adobe said.Price: $243.68, Change: $+7.96, Percent Change: +3.38%

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Research

BTIG Initiates Adobe at Neutral

Adobe (ADBE) has an average rating of overweight and mean price target of $319.02, according to analysts polled by FactSet.(covers equity, commodity and economic research from major banks and research firms in North America, Asia and Europe. Research providers may contact us here: https://www..com/contact-us)

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