Which is more profitable, Adobe or Cisco?

Adobe keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, Adobe or Cisco?

Adobe grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, Adobe or Cisco?

Adobe costs less for each unit of yearly profit (lower P/E).

Which has less debt, Adobe or Cisco?

Adobe would need fewer years of earnings to pay off its debt.

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Adobe vs Cisco stock

Side by side in plain words: who keeps more of its sales, grows faster, costs less and owes less.

In one sentence

Adobe is more profitable, grows faster, is cheaper for its profits and has less debt.

Side by side

	Adobe	Cisco
	$94.6 billion	$377 billion
	30.0%	21.0%
	+13.1%	+4.9%
	13.3×	28.4×
	0.1 years	1.1 years
	39.9%	17.7%
	–	1.4%

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How we compare

Four contests with the same rules as each stock page: profit kept from sales (higher wins), yearly sales growth across the last reports, up to five years (higher wins), price per unit of yearly profit (lower P/E wins; a company without profit loses) and debt in years of earnings (lower wins). A winner is only named when both companies have the number.

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