as of Jul 17
ADBE
GrowthADOBE INC
Adobe Inc. operates as a technology company worldwide. The Digital Media segment offers products and services that enable individuals, teams, and enterprises to create, publish, and promote content. This segment serves photographers, video editors, graphic and experience designers, game developers, content creators, students, marketers, business owners, knowledge workers, and consumers.
Close · 3M
-16.89%
Held by 2 AI ETFs
as of Jul 8
Signal performance
Each tracked ETF's moves on this stock, grouped by fund. Returns are measured from the signal date to the latest close — hypothetical, no commissions or slippage.
BUZZ · Weight increase · 2d
ADBE currently trades at $237.25, sitting at 62% of its 52-week high after recording negative returns of -8.2% over 30 days and -37.1% over the past year. This prolonged downtrend presents a scenario where any shift in positive market sentiment could be amplified for BUZZ, an ETF that passively tracks an index ranking stocks by positive-sentiment intensity gathered via NLP from social media and news. Despite the stock’s recent price trajectory, its underlying financials, including a PER of 13.05, PBR of 11.53, 11.49% revenue growth, and a 62.39% ROE, may have fueled a surge in positive online discussions. Such an increase in positive sentiment, even amidst prior price weakness, would directly influence BUZZ’s index methodology, leading to the observed consecutive weight increase for ADBE from 0.95% to 1.13% between July 15 and July 16.
weight 0.930% → 1.130% (+0.200 pp)·stock up 14.0% in the 30 days before
Jul 16·entry $235.31·now $234.74Fresh
BUZZ · Weight increase · 2d
Adobe (ADBE) is currently trading at $220.78, representing 56% of its 52-week high, after experiencing 30-day and 1-year returns of -19.4% and -43.7% respectively. This significant downturn appears to have coincided with increasing positive sentiment for ADBE, detected by the VanEck BUZZ ETF's NLP analysis of social media, blogs, and news. The consecutive weight increases within BUZZ, moving from 0.8500% on July 1st to 0.9700% by July 13th, reflect this growing positive intensity. As a sentiment tracker, BUZZ likely identified ADBE's lower price, coupled with its 12.24 PER, 62.39% ROE, and 11.49% revenue growth, as a focal point for increased discussion and perceived opportunity among the retail crowd, leading to its higher ranking within the index.
weight 0.910% → 0.970% (+0.060 pp)·stock down 1.2% in the 30 days before
Jul 13·entry $230.61·now $234.74Fresh
BUZZ · Weight increase · 2d
The detected pattern of a general upward shift in ADBE’s weight within BUZZ, moving from 0.81% to 0.90% by July 2nd, reflects the algorithmic sentiment tracker's response to an increasing wave of positive online discussion. This sustained rise in sentiment for ADBE is occurring as its price sits at $218.07, a significant reduction from its 52-week high and representing a -42.6% return over the past year. Such a substantial price decline likely fuels "buy-the-dip" narratives among the social media and blog sources monitored by VanEck's ETF, seeing the company's 62.39% ROE and 11.49% revenue growth as compelling at this lower valuation. BUZZ, as a fund driven by positive-sentiment intensity derived from crowd signals, therefore increases its exposure to ADBE, capturing the intensifying perception of value following the stock's pronounced downturn. This specific behavior aligns with BUZZ's methodology of passively holding stocks that demonstrate growing positive sentiment among retail-focused channels.
weight 0.830% → 0.900% (+0.070 pp)·stock down 16.2% in the 30 days before
Jul 2·entry $219.72·now $234.74Drifting
BUZZ · Weight decrease · 2d
The observed two-day sequence of minor weight reductions for ADBE in BUZZ, from 0.8400% to 0.8300%, aligns directly with the ETF's strategy of tracking shifts in positive-sentiment intensity. Despite ADBE's financial metrics including 62.39% ROE and 11.49% revenue growth, the asset's substantial price declines—a -17.3% return over 30 days and currently trading at 54% of its 52-week high—likely diluted the "positive-sentiment intensity" picked up by BUZZ's NLP algorithms. This sustained downward price trajectory, rather than a single event, appears to have gradually eroded the collective enthusiasm of the retail crowd, which BUZZ aims to capture. For this algorithmic sentiment tracker, a stock trending negatively generates a decreased positive sentiment signal, leading to a consecutive reduction in its allocation within the fund's holdings.
weight 0.850% → 0.830% (-0.020 pp)·stock down 20.9% in the 30 days before
Jun 30·entry $205.02·now $234.74
BUZZ · Accumulation · 5d
VanEck’s BUZZ ETF, which tracks an index based on NLP analysis of social media and news for positive sentiment intensity, gradually accumulated ADBE shares as its underlying signals detected a strengthening positive consensus. This algorithmic sentiment tracker, closely reflecting retail-crowd signals, likely picked up increased chatter around Adobe following its substantial 1-year price decline of 46.4%. The fund, passively holding around 75 US large/mid caps and undergoing monthly index reconstitution, steadily increased ADBE's weight from 0.49% to 0.84% over several days. This suggests the stock's current valuation, trading at 52% of its 52-week high, coupled with its 62.39% ROE, became a focus of growing positive discussion that the fund's NLP models registered.
weight 0.490% → 0.840% (+0.350 pp)·stock down 14.5% in the 30 days before
Jun 29·entry $206.43·now $234.74Chased
BUZZ · Accumulation · 5d
The weight of Adobe Inc. in BUZZ reflects a gradual accumulation, showing a notable jump from 0.49% to 0.77% by June 18th, then incrementally increasing to 0.85% over the subsequent week. This pattern aligns with BUZZ's strategy of tracking positive sentiment via NLP over social media, news, and message boards. With ADBE trading at $206.43, near its 52-week low and down 48.6% over the past year, its perceived attractivity likely rose among the retail-crowd signals that the ETF’s index monitors. The algorithmic process appears to have identified a rising tide of positive discourse around Adobe at these reduced valuations, particularly considering the company's 11.49% revenue growth and 62.39% return on equity. This specific move indicates the index reacted to sentiment shifts surrounding a widely followed stock experiencing a significant price correction, consistent with its role as a sentiment tracker.
weight 0.520% → 0.850% (+0.330 pp)·stock down 14.9% in the 30 days before
Jun 26·entry $202.73·now $234.74Chased
BUZZ · Accumulation · 5d
The VanEck BUZZ ETF, which tracks sentiment intensity derived from NLP analysis of social media and news, likely detected a growing positive consensus surrounding Adobe (ADBE). This algorithmic sentiment tracker, known for its monthly index rebalancing and slower integration of signals compared to active AI funds, began to gradually increase ADBE's weight within its portfolio of approximately 75 US large/mid caps. Despite ADBE's significant 1-year return of -48.2%, the accumulating positive sentiment indicated by BUZZ's methodology suggests a belief in the stock's potential for recovery. The steady accumulation from 0.5000% to 0.8200% over several days illustrates how BUZZ reflects a building retail-crowd signal, rather than an instantaneous investment decision.
weight 0.500% → 0.820% (+0.320 pp)·stock down 19.6% in the 30 days before
Jun 25·entry $193.41·now $234.74Chased
BUZZ · Accumulation · 5d
The weight allocation for ADBE within BUZZ experienced a stepped increase from 0.49% to 0.77% on June 18, followed by a series of incremental daily additions, moving to 0.82% by June 24. This sustained increase in allocation aligns with BUZZ's methodology of tracking positive sentiment intensity, particularly as Adobe's stock traded at its 52-week low of $193.41, having declined over 53% in the past year. Such a significant price retracement, placing it at 47% of its 52-week high, combined with a PER of 10.86 and a high ROE of 62.39%, likely sparked a surge in positive commentary across social media, blogs, and news. Given BUZZ operates as an algorithmic sentiment tracker closely reflecting retail-crowd signals, the confluence of low valuation multiples and consistent profitability at a multi-year low would predictably elevate ADBE's perceived sentiment and its subsequent weighting in the index.
weight 0.520% → 0.820% (+0.300 pp)·stock down 19.7% in the 30 days before
Jun 24·entry $196.57·now $234.74Chased
BUZZ · Weight increase · 3d
VanEck's BUZZ ETF, which tracks positive sentiment using NLP across social media and news, increased its weighting in ADBE due to a detected rise in favorable public opinion. Operating as an algorithmic sentiment tracker rather than an active manager, its methodology identifies and ranks stocks for inclusion among its ~75 US large/mid cap holdings. This boost in sentiment likely coincided with ADBE's share price reaching $196.57, near its 52-week low of $194.90, after experiencing a -52.4% return over the past year. Such a significant price dip often stimulates online discussions that the fund's system interprets as increasing positive sentiment, leading to the observed consecutive weight increases for ADBE.
weight 0.490% → 0.810% (+0.320 pp)·stock down 19.1% in the 30 days before
Jun 23·entry $197.43·now $234.74Chased
BUZZ · Weight increase · 2d
BUZZ, tracking its NextGen AI US Sentiment Leaders Index, uses NLP over social media, blogs, and news to rank stocks by positive-sentiment intensity. The fund's algorithmic system detected a clear surge in favorable discourse around ADBE, leading to a consecutive weight increase from 0.49% to 0.78% in late June. This upward adjustment during its monthly index reconstitution suggests the sentiment tracker identified renewed interest in the company. Sentiment likely reflected ADBE's current valuation, trading at 47% of its 52-week high after a significant -52.5% 1-year return, while still demonstrating a high ROE of 62.39%. This indicates the algorithm, functioning as a retail-crowd signal, registered growing positive sentiment for a fundamentally sound stock at a discounted price.
weight 0.490% → 0.780% (+0.290 pp)·stock down 23.1% in the 30 days before
Jun 22·entry $194.90·now $234.74Chased
BUZZ · Weight decrease · 3d
Adobe (ADBE) is currently trading at $207.32, hovering near its 52-week low of $204.02 and down 50% from its 52-week high, reflecting a 30-day return of -18.9% and a 90-day return of -22.8%. This significant negative price momentum likely contributed to a decline in the positive social media, blog, and news sentiment that the VanEck BUZZ ETF's algorithmic index tracks. Consequently, the ETF's portfolio weight for ADBE has seen a steady reduction, moving from 0.6100% on June 10th to 0.5000% by June 15th, directly reflecting a drop in its positive sentiment ranking. Even with financials showing a 10.96% revenue growth and a 62.31% return on equity, the sustained steep price decline appears to have overshadowed these figures in the sentiment monitored by this passively managed fund.
weight 0.610% → 0.500% (-0.110 pp)·stock down 12.9% in the 30 days before
Jun 15·entry $206.36·now $234.74
BUZZ · Weight decrease · 2d
ADBE displays a PER of 13.09, a PBR of 11.53, revenue growth of 10.96%, and a 62.31% ROE. For BUZZ, which ranks stocks by positive-sentiment intensity using NLP on social media and news, these underlying financial strengths appear to have been overshadowed by weakening market perception. The observed consecutive weight decrease from June 11th to June 12th directly coincided with ADBE trading near its 52-week low of $204.02, approximately 49% of its 52-week high, reflecting a detected decline in positive sentiment even as the stock was significantly discounted. This suggests the algorithmic sentiment tracker registered a diminishing retail-crowd signal for ADBE, rather than an evaluation of its valuation or growth metrics, amidst its year-long price depreciation.
weight 0.610% → 0.520% (-0.090 pp)·stock down 13.6% in the 30 days before
Jun 12·entry $204.02·now $234.74
BUZZ · Weight increase · 2d
weight 0.600% → 0.630% (+0.030 pp)·stock up 0.5% in the 30 days before
Jun 5·entry $251.44·now $234.74Fresh
BUZZ · Weight increase · 2d
ADBE currently trades at $262.11, positioning it at 63% of its 52-week high, following a 37.2% decline over the past year despite a recent 6.0% gain in the last 30 days. This price trajectory, especially the significant long-term dip and recent rebound from a 52-week low of $225.35, appears to have triggered a shift in public sentiment captured by BUZZ's NLP-driven methodology. The ETF, which passively holds ~75 US large/mid caps based on positive-sentiment intensity, began increasing its allocation to ADBE from 0.5600% on May 28th to 0.6200% by June 1st, reflecting a growing positive consensus emerging from social media and news. With a PER of 14.7, a PBR of 11.53, and a 62.31% ROE, these figures likely resonate with the retail-crowd signal that BUZZ tracks, indicating that the recent price performance created an opportunity for perceived renewed interest.
weight 0.560% → 0.620% (+0.060 pp)·stock up 11.3% in the 30 days before
Jun 1·entry $274.03·now $234.74Fresh
QRFT · Weight increase · 2d
ADBE's stock currently trades at $219.72, sitting at 56% of its 52-week high after a 41.7% decline over the past year and a 13.3% drop in the last 30 days. This position, near the lower end of its 52-week range, likely flagged the company for QRFT's AI engine, which incorporates traditional factors like value and low-volatility into its weekly rebalancing strategy. Despite the significant price depreciation, Adobe maintains a 62.39% ROE and revenue growth of 11.49%, aligning with quality assessments within Qraft's broad large-cap core strategy. The consecutive daily weight increases from 0.1800% to 0.2000% between July 1st and 2nd, 2026, indicate that the AI, combining these fundamental metrics with its proprietary alternative-data overlays, detected accumulating buy signals for the stock at this depressed price level.
weight 0.180% → 0.200% (+0.020 pp)·stock down 16.2% in the 30 days before
Jul 2·entry $219.72·now $234.74Drifting
QRFT · Weight decrease · 2d
The Qraft AI, which combines traditional factors with proprietary alternative-data overlays, consistently reduced its allocation to ADBE over several days, aligning with QRFT's weekly rebalancing cycle. Operating within a portfolio of approximately 300 US large caps, the fund's AI likely registered negative signals from ADBE's recent performance, particularly its -49.4% one-year return. Despite ADBE’s 62.31% return on equity, the persistent downward price trend would strongly influence momentum and potentially low-volatility factor assessments within the AI model, prompting a reduction in exposure. This systematic decrease reflects the Qraft AI’s dynamic response to current market conditions for ADBE, prioritizing its integrated factor model over isolated financial metrics at this $204.02 price point.
weight 0.210% → 0.180% (-0.030 pp)·stock down 13.6% in the 30 days before
Jun 12·entry $204.02·now $234.74
QRFT · Weight decrease · 2d
Qraft Technologies' AI-driven QRFT fund, which rebalances its approximately 300 US large-cap portfolio weekly, initiated a consecutive weight reduction in ADBE. This active adjustment likely stems from the Qraft AI’s method, which incorporates traditional factors alongside proprietary alternative data overlays, detecting a deteriorating trend as ADBE’s one-year return stands at -42.3%. The sustained decrease in weighting from 0.22% to 0.21% over two days, even with the stock trading near its 52-week low, indicates the AI's model may be interpreting the significant price depreciation as a signal to reduce exposure. Rather than focusing solely on a relatively strong financial metric like ADBE's 62.31% Return on Equity, the system's broad large-cap core style with an AI tilt is prioritizing risk management or negative momentum signals from its composite factor analysis.
weight 0.230% → 0.210% (-0.020 pp)·stock down 6.0% in the 30 days before
Jun 9·entry $237.88·now $234.74
QRFT · Weight increase · 2d
QRFT incrementally raised ADBE's weight from 0.20% to 0.23% across the May 29 and June 1 rebalances, marking a stepped increase after a period of stable, lower allocations. This upward adjustment, while ADBE trades at 65% of its 52-week high following a 34.9% 1-year decline, suggests Qraft's AI identified a compelling confluence of factors for this broad large-cap core fund. Its proprietary alternative-data overlays, combined with traditional value and momentum analysis, likely registered the stock's recent 10.2% 30-day price rebound as a momentum signal from a discounted base. Additionally, ADBE's 62.31% ROE and 10.96% revenue growth would align with the quality and growth attributes sought by the AI in its weekly rebalancing decisions.
weight 0.200% → 0.230% (+0.030 pp)·stock up 11.3% in the 30 days before
Jun 1·entry $274.03·now $234.74Fresh
LQAI · Exit · 1d
The Qraft AI engine managing LQAI maintained a small, steady allocation to Adobe, hovering around 0.09% to 0.10% over several weeks, suggesting a low-conviction inclusion within its 100 US large-cap core portfolio. However, Adobe's sustained price depreciation, registering a 9.5% decline over 30 days and a substantial 42.1% drop over the past year to its current $221.54, likely caused a significant downgrade in the AI's weekly ranking. This AI-driven selection, which balances a broad core universe without a heavy factor tilt, would respond to such prolonged underperformance by a stock now trading at 57% of its 52-week high. Consequently, despite Adobe’s 62.39% return on equity, the Qraft system fully divested the position on July 7th, indicating the AI's algorithm determined the stock no longer met its criteria for inclusion within the rebalancing cycle.
weight 0.090% → 0 (exited)·stock down 14.3% in the 30 days before
Jul 7·entry $221.54·now $234.74
LQAI · Weight increase · 2d
LQAI's Qraft AI ranking engine, continuously evaluating its ~100 US large-cap holdings with weekly rebalances, initiated a consecutive weight increase for ADBE. Moving from 0.1000% on May 28th to 0.1200% by June 1st, the AI-driven selection engine likely detected a turning point in the stock. This re-allocation suggests the AI identified a positive signal, possibly related to ADBE's recent +10.2% 30-day return, despite its substantial 1-year decline of -34.9%. The consistent upward adjustment aligns with LQAI's core large-cap style, adapting its portfolio based on AI-derived insights rather than heavy factor tilts.
weight 0.100% → 0.120% (+0.020 pp)·stock up 11.3% in the 30 days before
Jun 1·entry $274.03·now $234.74Fresh
Sell signals show what the stock did after the AI exited. A negative number means the AI's exit was well-timed.
Buffett-style framework
AI ETFs show mixed activity, with BUZZ exhibiting both gradual accumulation and a recent weight decrease trend, while other funds hold minor positions. This fluctuating or minor interest by the AI ETFs somewhat aligns with the framework's cautious "Fail" verdict, which arises from significant unaddressed financial and management uncertainties.
- Circle of CompetenceAdobe's subscription-based software model and market dominance in creative and digital experience solutions offer predictable revenue streams and stable unit economics suitable for long-term cash flow projections.
- Economic MoatAdobe benefits from powerful brand recognition, significant switching costs for professional users, and strong network effects through industry-standard file formats, establishing a durable economic moat.
- ManagementThe provided data does not offer sufficient information to assess management's candor, discipline in capital allocation, or alignment with shareholder interests.
- Financial HealthWhile the current ROE of 62.39% is very strong, the lack of 10-year historical ROE data, operating margins, debt specifics, and owner earnings information prevents a complete assessment of financial health as per the framework.
- Margin of SafetyThe current Price-to-Earnings ratio of 11.6 for a company with Adobe's strong competitive advantages and growth profile suggests a significant discount to intrinsic value, indicating a robust margin of safety.
Adobe displays the characteristics of a wonderful business, demonstrating a predictable operating model and a strong economic moat, coupled with an attractive valuation as suggested by its low P/E. However, the absence of crucial data points required to fully assess management's capital allocation and the company's comprehensive financial health (including debt and owner earnings) introduces material unknowns. Due to these unaddressed risks, the investment fails to meet the strict requirements of this value-investing framework.
Educational interpretation generated by AI applying frameworks Warren Buffett documented in his shareholder letters and other public writings. Not a statement by Mr. Buffett or Berkshire Hathaway, and not investment advice.