Adobe reports record quarterly and annual revenue
San jose, calif.--(business wire)--adobe (nasdaq:adbe) today reported financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2015 ended nov. 27, 2015. fourth quarter financial highlights adobe achieved record quarterly revenue of $1.31 billion, representing year-over-year growth of 22 percent. diluted earnings per share were $0.44 on a gaap-basis, and $0.62 on a non-gaap basis. digital media annualized recurring revenue (“arr”) grew to $2.99 billion exiting the quarter, an increase of $350 million. creative arr grew to $2.60 billion, an increase of $310 million driven by enterprise adoption and the addition of 833 thousand net new individual and team creative cloud subscriptions. adobe marketing cloud achieved revenue of $352 million with strong bookings growth and a stronger-than-expected shift in customer adoption to saas-based solutions. year-over-year operating income grew 133 percent and net income grew 153 percent on a gaap-basis; operating income grew 58 percent and net income grew 59 percent on a non-gaap basis. cash flow from operations was $455 million, and deferred revenue grew to a record $1.49 billion. the company repurchased approximately 1.4 million shares during the quarter, returning $122 million of cash to stockholders. fiscal year 2015 financial highlights adobe achieved record revenue of $4.80 billion in fiscal year 2015, representing year-over-year growth of 16 percent. the company reported annual gaap diluted earnings per share of $1.24 and non-gaap diluted earnings per share of $2.08. adobe grew digital media arr by approximately $1.12 billion during the year and exited the year with $2.99 billion. net new creative cloud individual and team subscriptions grew by more than 2.71 million during fiscal year 2015 to 6.17 million. adobe marketing cloud achieved a record $1.36 billion in annual revenue and its goal of approximately 30 percent annual bookings growth. adobe generated $1.47 billion in operating cash flow during the year. the company repurchased 8.1 million shares during the year, returning approximately $627 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 is driving digital experiences that are fundamental to the transformation of every global brand, government and educational institution,” said shantanu narayen, president and chief executive officer, adobe. “our record revenue and strong momentum are a reflection of our industry-leading content and data solutions in digital media and digital marketing.” “strong growth across key financial metrics reflect the amazing performance we've achieved in fiscal 2015," said mark garrett, executive vice president and chief financial officer, adobe. "our long-term financial targets, including a 20% revenue cagr through fiscal 2018, show that the benefits of our move to the cloud are just beginning." adobe to webcast earnings conference call adobe will webcast its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2015 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 business momentum, product adoption and innovation, revenue, annualized recurring revenue, bookings, earnings per share and operating cash flow, 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 distribute products and services that meet customer requirements, introduction of new products and business models by competitors, failure to successfully manage transitions to new business models and markets, fluctuations in subscription renewal rates, risks associated with cyber-attacks and information security, potential interruptions or delays in hosted services provided by us or third parties, uncertainty in economic conditions and the financial markets, 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 2014 ended nov. 28, 2014, and adobe's quarterly reports on form 10-q issued in fiscal year 2015. 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 annual report on form 10-k for our year ended nov. 27, 2015, which adobe expects to file in jan. 2016. 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. © 2015 adobe systems incorporated. all rights reserved. adobe, the adobe logo and creative cloud 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. condensed consolidated statements of income (in thousands, except per share data; unaudited) condensed consolidated balance sheets (in thousands, except par value; unaudited) november 27, 2015 (*) total current liabilities ________________________ (*) during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015, we early-adopted accounting standards update no. 2015-17, balance sheet classification of deferred taxes. this standard requires that all deferred tax assets and liabilities, and any related valuation allowance, be classified as noncurrent on the balance sheets. as of november 27, 2015, our deferred tax assets were netted against non-current deferred income tax liabilities. condensed consolidated statements of cash flows (in thousands; unaudited) non-gaap results (in thousands, except per share data) the following tables show adobe's gaap results reconciled to non-gaap results included in this release. 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 that may include 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 and the related tax impact of all of these items, income tax adjustments, the income tax effect of the non-gaap pre-tax adjustments from the provision for income taxes, and the non-gaap measures that exclude such information in order to assess the performance of adobe's business and for planning and forecasting in subsequent periods. whenever adobe uses such a non-gaap financial measure, it 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.
