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Adobe shares outstanding ADBE

Diluted shares outstanding, averaged over each quarter, from 2008.

Latest quarter, to Aug 28, 2026
395.5M
On a year earlier
−6.7%
fewer shares

Adobe had 395.5M diluted shares outstanding on average in Q3 FY26, the quarter to Aug 28, 2026.

That is 6.7% fewer than a year earlier, so each share owns a little more of the company.

Shares outstanding over time

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Fiscal year by fiscal year

Fiscal yearShares, fourth quarterChange
FY2025417M−6%
FY2024443.4M−3%
FY2023458.8M−1%
FY2022465.5M−3%
FY2021479M−1%
FY2020484.6M−1%
FY2019488.8M−1%
FY2018495.6M−1%
FY2017501.3M−0%
FY2016501.7M−1%
FY2015507.3M−0%
FY2014508.2M−1%
FY2013514.4M+2%
FY2012504.4M+2%
FY2011496.7M−3%

Each fiscal year is the twelve months to its fourth quarter, shown as the fourth quarter's average share count.

Quarter by quarter

QuarterEndedShares outstandingOn a year earlier
Q3 FY26395.5M−7%
Q2 FY26402.5M−6%
Q1 FY26410.8M−6%
Q4 FY25417M−6%
Q3 FY25424.1M−5%
Q2 FY25428.9M−5%
Q1 FY25437.6M−4%
Q4 FY24443.4M−3%
Q3 FY24447.6M−3%
Q2 FY24451.4M−2%
Q1 FY24456.3M−1%
Q4 FY23458.8M−1%

What the shares outstanding tells you

Diluted shares outstanding, averaged over the period. Fewer shares means each one owns more of the company.

A falling count usually means buybacks. A rising one means stock pay, acquisitions paid in shares or new shares sold.

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