LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today will host a financial analyst briefing with investors and financial analysts at its Adobe MAX user conference.
At today's meeting in Las Vegas, Adobe's CEO and CFO will outline the company's momentum, opportunities and strategies across each of its major businesses. As part of their presentations, Adobe will review market research information which indicates the company's total addressable market has expanded to approximately $83 billion by 2020. The Company is also providing preliminary financial targets for fiscal year 2018, and is reaffirming its current Q4 fiscal year 2017 revenue and earnings per share targets.
Adobe's vision has never been more clear or more relevant - to empower people and businesses to design and deliver amazing digital experiences, said Shantanu Narayen, president and CEO, Adobe. The FY2018 targets we are providing today include revenue growth of 20 percent and earnings growth of 30 percent, and reflect our continued momentum and leadership.
Adobe Provides Preliminary FY2018 Financial Targets
At today's financial analyst meeting, Adobe is providing preliminary financial targets for its fiscal year 2018, which are summarized in the table below.
Total Adobe revenue1 Approximately $8.7 billion ( 20 percent year-over-year growth)
Digital Media segment revenue Approximately 23 percent year-over-year growth
Adobe Experience Cloud subscription revenue2 Approximately 20 percent year-over-year growth
Adobe Experience Cloud total revenue Approximately 15 percent year-over-year growth
GAAP earnings per share Approximately $4.40
Non-GAAP earnings per share Approximately $5.50
Digital Media Annualized Recurring Revenue ( ARR ) Approximately $1 billion of net new ARR
Adobe Experience Cloud bookings3 Approximately 20 percent year-over-year growth
1 Revenue and earnings per share targets were set based on September 2017 foreign exchange ( FX ) rates forward adjusted to mid-2018, which for current planning purposes are assumed to be constant during fiscal year 2018
2 Includes revenue from SaaS, managed service and term offerings for Adobe Analytics Cloud and Adobe Marketing Cloud, as well as total revenue for Adobe Advertising Cloud
3 Includes annualized subscription value of SaaS, managed service and term offerings under contract for Adobe Analytics Cloud and Adobe Marketing Cloud
A reconciliation between FY2018 GAAP and non-GAAP earnings per share targets is provided later in this press release.
Adobe Reaffirms Q4 Revenue and Earnings Targets
Adobe stated it is on track to achieve Q4 FY2017 revenue of $1.95 billion. The Company also stated it is on track to achieve its Q4 earnings per share targets of $0.86 on a GAAP-basis, and $1.15 on a non-GAAP basis.
A reconciliation between GAAP and non-GAAP earnings per share targets is provided later in this press release.
Adobe to Webcast Financial Analyst Meeting
Adobe will webcast its meeting with financial analysts and investors in attendance at Adobe MAX beginning at 5 p.m. Eastern Time today. People can access the webcast and slides from this event from the Adobe Investor Relations webpage at http://www.adobe.com/ADBE. The live video webcast will last approximately two hours and will be archived on Adobes website for approximately 30 days. There will be no phone dial-in capability.
Forward-Looking Statements Disclosure
This press release contains forward-looking statements, including those related to business momentum and strategy, market expansion, revenue, earnings, annualized recurring revenue, bookings, operating cash flow, non-operating other expense, GAAP and non-GAAP tax rate, GAAP and non-GAAP earnings per share 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 enterprise term license agreements, 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 Adobes Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q issued in fiscal year 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.
Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Targets
The following table shows Adobes preliminary fiscal year 2018 GAAP earnings per share financial target reconciled to the non-GAAP target included in this document.
Fiscal Year 2018
Diluted earnings per
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