Adobe reports record revenue
San jose, calif.--(business wire)--adobe (nasdaq:adbe) today reported financial results for its third quarter fiscal year 2017 ended sept. 1, 2017. financial highlights adobe achieved record quarterly revenue of $1.84 billion in its third quarter of fiscal year 2017, which represents 26 percent year-over-year revenue growth. diluted earnings per share was $0.84 on a gaap-basis, and $1.10 on a non-gaap basis. digital media segment revenue was $1.27 billion, with creative revenue growing to $1.06 billion. digital media annualized recurring revenue (“arr”) grew to $4.87 billion exiting the quarter, a quarter-over-quarter increase of $308 million. adobe experience cloud achieved revenue of $508 million, which represents 26 percent year-over-year growth. operating income grew 48 percent and net income grew 55 percent year-over-year on a gaap-basis; operating income grew 43 percent and net income grew 46 percent year-over-year on a non-gaap basis. cash flow from operations was $704 million, and deferred revenue grew to approximately $2.20 billion. the company repurchased approximately 2.1 million shares during the quarter, returning $298 million of cash to stockholders. a reconciliation between gaap and non-gaap results is provided at the end of this press release and on adobe’s website. executive quotes “adobe delivered another record quarter with stellar year-over-year revenue growth of 26 percent,” said shantanu narayen, president and ceo, adobe. “the imperative to deliver intelligent, intuitive and effective customer experiences is key to the c-suite agenda of digital transformation, and adobe’s cloud offerings are critical to that business mandate.” “our results in q3 once again reflect the leverage of our financial model, with record revenue driven by our cloud-based subscription offerings, strong earnings and cash flow from operations," said mark garrett, executive vice president and cfo, adobe. adobe to webcast earnings conference call adobe will webcast its third quarter fiscal year 2017 earnings conference call today at 2:00 p.m. pacific time from its investor relations website: www.adobe.com/adbe. earnings documents, including adobe management’s prepared conference call remarks with slides, financial targets and an investor datasheet are posted to adobe’s investor relations website in advance of the conference call for reference. a reconciliation between gaap and non-gaap earnings results and financial targets is also provided on the website. forward-looking statements disclosure this press release contains forward-looking statements, including those related to the importance of our products to our customers, product adoption, revenue, annualized recurring revenue, non-operating other expense, tax rate on a gaap and non-gaap basis, earnings per share on a gaap and non-gaap basis, and share count, all of which involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. factors that might cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to: failure to develop, market and offer products and services that meet customer requirements, introduction of new products, services and business models by competitors, fluctuations in subscription renewal rates, our ability to predict such renewals and risks related to the timing of revenue recognition from our subscription offerings and etlas, complex and unpredictable sales cycles for some enterprise offerings, failure to successfully manage transitions to new business models and markets, uncertainty in economic conditions and the financial markets, risks associated with cyber-attacks and information security, potential interruptions or delays in hosted services provided by us or third parties, changes in accounting principles, and failure to realize the anticipated benefits of past or future acquisitions. for a discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties, please refer to adobe’s annual report on form 10-k for our fiscal year 2016 ended dec. 2, 2016, and adobe's quarterly reports on form 10-q issued in fiscal year 2017. the financial information set forth in this press release reflects estimates based on information available at this time. these amounts could differ from actual reported amounts stated in adobe’s quarterly report on form 10-q for our quarter ended sept. 1, 2017, which adobe expects to file in sept. 2017. adobe assumes no obligation to, and does not currently intend to, update these forward-looking statements. about adobe systems incorporated adobe is changing the world through digital experiences. for more information, visit www.adobe.com. © 2017 adobe systems incorporated. all rights reserved. adobe and the adobe logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of adobe systems incorporated in the united states and/or other countries. all other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. (in thousands, except per share data; unaudited) * we early adopted asu no. 2016-09, improvements to employee share-based payment accounting, during the first quarter of fiscal 2017. as required by the standard, excess tax benefits recognized on stock-based compensation expense were reflected in our provision for income taxes rather than paid-in capital on a prospective basis. we recorded excess tax benefits within our provision for income taxes, rather than paid-in capital, starting the first quarter of fiscal 2017. (in thousands, except par value; unaudited) (in thousands; unaudited) we early adopted asu no. 2016-09, improvements to employee share-based payment accounting, during the first quarter of fiscal 2017. as required by the standard, excess tax benefits recognized on stock-based compensation expense were reflected in our provision for income taxes rather than paid-in capital on a prospective basis. we also elected to prospectively apply the change in presentation of excess tax benefits wherein excess tax benefits recognized on stock-based compensation expense were classified as operating activities in our condensed consolidated statements of cash flows starting the first quarter of fiscal 2017. prior period classification of cash flows related to excess tax benefits was not adjusted. (in thousands, except per share data) the following tables show adobe's gaap results reconciled to non-gaap results included in this release. we early adopted asu no. 2016-09, improvements to employee share-based payment accounting, during the first quarter of fiscal 2017. as required by the standard, excess tax benefits recognized on stock-based compensation expense were reflected in our provision for income taxes rather than paid-in capital on a prospective basis. we recorded excess tax benefits within our provision for income taxes, rather than paid-in capital, starting the first quarter of fiscal 2017. use of non-gaap financial information adobe continues to provide all information required in accordance with gaap, but believes evaluating its ongoing operating results may not be as useful if an investor is limited to reviewing only gaap financial measures. adobe uses non-gaap financial information to evaluate its ongoing operations and for internal planning and forecasting purposes. adobe's management does not itself, nor does it suggest that investors should, consider such non-gaap financial measures in isolation from, or as a substitute for, financial information prepared in accordance with gaap. adobe presents such non-gaap financial measures in reporting its financial results to provide investors with an additional tool to evaluate adobe's operating results. adobe believes these non-gaap financial measures are useful because they allow for greater transparency with respect to key metrics used by management in its financial and operational decision-making. this allows institutional investors, the analyst community and others to better understand and evaluate our operating results and future prospects in the same manner as management. adobe's management believes it is useful for itself and investors to review, as applicable, both gaap information as well as non-gaap measures, which may exclude items such as stock-based and deferred compensation expenses, restructuring and other charges, amortization of purchased intangibles and certain activity in connection with technology license arrangements, investment gains and losses, the related tax impact of all of these items, income tax adjustments, and the income tax effect of the non-gaap pre-tax adjustments from the provision for income taxes. adobe uses these non-gaap measures in order to assess the performance of adobe's business and for planning and forecasting in subsequent periods. whenever such a non-gaap measure is used, adobe provides a reconciliation of the non-gaap financial measure to the most closely applicable gaap financial measure. investors are encouraged to review the related gaap financial measures and the reconciliation of these non-gaap financial measures to their most directly comparable gaap financial measure as detailed above.
