Adobe (Nasdaq:ADBE) today reported financial results for its first quarter fiscal year 2015 ended Feb. 27, 2015.
Financial Highlights
- Adobe achieved revenue of $1.11 billion, above the high end of the targeted range of $1.05 billion to $1.10 billion.
- Adobe added 517 thousand net new Creative Cloud subscriptions in the quarter, which represents 28 percent year-over-year growth when compared to net new subscription additions in Q1 fiscal year 2014.
- Creative Annualized Recurring Revenue (“ARR”) grew to $1.79 billion, and total Digital Media ARR grew to $2.09 billion.
- Adobe Marketing Cloud revenue was $311 million.
- Diluted earnings per share were $0.17 on a GAAP-basis, and $0.44 on a non-GAAP basis.
- Cash flow from operations was $183 million and deferred revenue grew to a record $1.18 billion.
- A record 70 percent of Adobe’s Q1 revenue was from recurring sources, compared to 52 percent of Q1 revenue in fiscal 2014.
- The company repurchased approximately 2.4 million shares during the quarter, returning $174 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 Marketing Cloud and Creative Cloud continue to be growth engines for Adobe," said Shantanu Narayen, Adobe president and chief executive officer. "We are excited about today's announcement of the Adobe Document Cloud, which brings innovative new capabilities, including built-in e-signing, to millions of customers."
“Fiscal 2015 is off to a strong start, and Q1 revenue and earnings are evidence of successful execution against our strategy,” said Mark Garrett, Adobe executive vice president and chief financial officer.
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 innovation and capabilities and the strength of our cloud business and growth of our revenue and earnings, 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.
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 Feb. 27, 2015, which Adobe expects to file in March 2015.
Adobe assumes no obligation to, and does not currently intend to, update these forward-looking statements.
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