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Zacks puts Adobe on a ‘Screen of the Week’ list alongside four other stock picks
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Business/The Apex Times/Jun 7, 9:57 PM EDT

Zacks puts Adobe on a ‘Screen of the Week’ list alongside four other stock picks

In a June 4 feature, Zacks highlighted Adobe as well as H&R Block, Global-E Online, Autodesk and Intuit, pairing each name with a Zacks Rank designation and an average earnings surprise figure.

By The Apex Times Newsroom3 min readAI-assisted Apex article

Zacks Investment Research on June 4 published a “Screen of the Week” article that spotlighted five publicly traded companies, including Adobe (ADBE). The screen was framed as a way to surface stocks that Zacks says have been demonstrating favorable earnings behavior, using a mix of its proprietary ranking system and a metric for how often companies beat expectations. The five highlighted names were Adobe, H&R Block (HRB), Global-E Online (GLBE), Autodesk (ADSK) and Intuit (INTU).

In the write-up, Zacks described Adobe as a leading technology company with a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) and emphasized what it calls “a personalized digital experience through the infusion of artificial intelligence (AI)” in Adobe’s solutions. Zacks also attached a number to that stock in the same section, stating that Adobe’s “average four-quarter earnings surprise” is 2.46%. Zacks did not provide a deeper breakdown of what specifically drove that figure in the article.

The Zacks feature treated each company similarly, pairing the Zacks Rank label with an average earnings-surprise number calculated over the most recent four quarters. For H&R Block, Zacks said the company held a Zacks Rank #1 company, and it listed an average four-quarter earnings surprise of 1.75%. For Global-E Online, Zacks said the company had a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) and listed an average four-quarter earnings surprise of 56.95%.

Autodesk was also included, with Zacks describing the software vendor as developing model-based design, engineering and documentation tools, and assigning it a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). The company’s average four-quarter earnings surprise was listed at 7.07%. Intuit rounded out the group, with Zacks describing it as a business and financial software company that provides tools for accounting and tax preparation, and listing an average four-quarter earnings surprise of 6.87% along with a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).

For Adobe, those Zacks-screened attributes are at least loosely connected to the company’s business mix, which is centered on subscription offerings rather than one-time software sales. In its fiscal 2025 annual report, Adobe reported that its operations were organized into three reportable segments: Digital Media, Digital Experience, and Publishing and Advertising. Adobe also said subscription revenue growth in fiscal 2025 was driven by strength in Creative Cloud Pro and other flagship apps as well as Acrobat (for Digital Media), and by strength in GenStudio solutions and Adobe Experience Platform and related apps (for Digital Experience).

The fiscal 2025 report also provided a sense of scale for what those segments represent. Adobe reported total revenue of $23.769 billion for fiscal 2025, with $17.649 billion from Digital Media and $5.864 billion from Digital Experience, while Publishing and Advertising contributed $256 million. Adobe attributed increases in total revenue to subscription revenue growth across Digital Media and Digital Experience offerings. The Screen of the Week article did not tie its earnings-surprise figures to those segment drivers, but the segment disclosure offers a baseline for how investors might interpret what could be behind earnings variability.

Zacks did not disclose, in the June 4 post, any forward-looking earnings guidance, valuation targets, or detailed assumptions behind why each stock met the screen’s criteria beyond the ranking label and the average earnings surprise figure. The article also carried a standard disclosure noting that Zacks staff may own or trade in the securities mentioned. For the market, the main near-term announcement is attention: once a company is featured in a screen that emphasizes recent earnings surprises, it can become part of a broader conversation around whether the next earnings report will extend or disrupt that pattern.

Why It Matters

  • The Screen of the Week format highlights the kind of earnings-surprise pattern that can draw incremental attention to names ahead of upcoming results.
  • Adobe’s inclusion, along with its modest 2.46% average earnings surprise number, suggests Zacks sees the stock as meeting a threshold that is tied more to earnings delivery than to a high-expectation beat rate.
  • The group mixes enterprise creative software, enterprise engineering software, tax and accounting platforms, and cross-border ecommerce enabling services, reflecting a screening approach that is not limited to one sub-industry.
  • Because the post does not provide forward estimates or additional disclosure beyond the ranking and earnings-surprise figure, investors likely must wait for company reporting to confirm whether the trend continues.

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Key Facts

  • Zacks published its “Screen of the Week” feature on June 4, 2026, highlighting five companies: Adobe (ADBE), H&R Block (HRB), Global-E Online (GLBE), Autodesk (ADSK) and Intuit (INTU).
  • Zacks assigned Adobe a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) and listed an average four-quarter earnings surprise of 2.46%.
  • For H&R Block, Zacks listed a Zacks Rank #1 (company) and an average four-quarter earnings surprise of 1.75%.
  • For Global-E Online, Zacks listed a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) and an average four-quarter earnings surprise of 56.95%.
  • For Autodesk, Zacks listed a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) and an average four-quarter earnings surprise of 7.07%.
  • For Intuit, Zacks listed a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) and an average four-quarter earnings surprise of 6.87%.

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