Adobe Systems Inc. (ADBE) is a software company offering products and services for professionals, marketers, app developers, enterprises and consumers. The stock is currently trading around $79.27 at the upper end of its 52 week range of $58.51-$80.74. The stock has been outperforming the market this year rallying 9.13% year to date. ADBE is scheduled to report earnings after the closing bell today, and the stock is higher on the session by around $0.35 or 0.44% ahead of the close.
Over the past 12 quarters ADBE has rallied on earnings day 8 times with an average move of 5.47%. The stock appears bearish on chart going into the release having traded above the Ichimoku Cloud for the past month on the daily bars. Over the past 12 quarters ADBE has rallied from earnings to the nearest options expiration 8 times with an average move of 5.28%. The stock looks as if it could continue its trend and rip to the upside further in today’s session. Investors are mainly looking to see Adobe’s Creative Cloud subscriber numbers increasing as well as how the adoption of the company’s marketing cloud and strong growth strategies will fare. Other investors worry weak global economic conditions could lower demand and impact earnings negatively.
The options market is currently implying a move of around $4.24 or 5.3% in ADBE by this Friday’s close giving us targets of $83.51 and $75.03.