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Executive Summary
As the market leader in the video and graphics software markets, Adobe is making a very concerted effort now to help redefine the user experience and become a unifying force for the industry. Premiere and After Effects are viewed as the standard packages necessary for anyone interested in creating video content. As a result Premiere has more OEM bundles than any other software package in the video industry. With the advent of web graphics and streaming video, expect Adobe to be a catalytic force in defining the tools and technology requirements of this burgeoning market.
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Company Name |
Adobe Systems Incorporated |
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Address |
345 Park Ave., San Jose, CA 95110 |
| URL | http://www.adobe.com |
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Telephone |
800-833-6687 |
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Fax |
408-537-6000 |
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Year Founded |
1982 |
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Senior Management |
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Employees |
2,800 |
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Product |
Premiere 5.1 |
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Product Overview |
Adobe Premiere 5.1 is the most widely used software package for professional digital video editing. Designed for video professionals, Premiere spans the world of broadcast and online media. Premiere 5.1 is well integrated with Adobe’s other key software packages such as Photoshop, Illustrator, and After Effects to provide exceptional dynamic media workflow. Its interface and editing tools enable users to produce broadcast-quality movies for video, film, multimedia, and the Web. |
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Pricing |
$599 |
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Platforms |
Windows NT, Windows 98, Power Macintosh |
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Product |
After Effects 4.1 |
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Product Overview |
Adobe After Effects 4.1 is the most widely used software package for motion graphics designers and visual effects artists who want to produce professional quality work for film, video, multimedia, and the Web. It is tightly integrated with Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe Premiere. |
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Key Features |
New features include a flowchart view, added 3D file formats, support for larger files, a Collect Files option for archiving and rendering and an unlimited license render engine. |
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Pricing |
$699 (standard version), $1499 (Production bundle), $49.95 upgrade from version 4.0 |
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Platforms |
Windows NT, Windows 98, Power Macintosh |
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Company Positioning |
Adobe
builds software solutions for Web, print and video publishing. Its graphic
design, imaging, dynamic media, and authoring tools enable customers
to create, publish and deliver visually-rich content for various types
of media. The company's products are used by Web and graphic designers,
professional publishers, document-intensive organizations, business
users, and consumers. Adobe is the fourth largest U.S.-based software
company, with annual revenues approaching $1 billion. |
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Key Partnerships |
Microsoft,
Apple, Kodak, Intel, eCircles.com, Impresse, Glyphica, Barnes and Noble,
FatBrain |
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Competitive Position |
Adobe
has the envious position of being the market leader of graphics tools
for the design, imaging, dynamic media, and authoring community. Having
been in the industry for 18 years, the company is has strong brand recognition
and customer loyalty. In the fall of 1999, Adobe launched its new host
site which the company plans to use as an information hub for the graphics
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As of: January 3, 2000 |
ADBE – Nasdaq |
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Stock price |
$60.625 |
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52 week high |
$79 |
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EPS (trailing 4Q) |
$1.85 |
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P/E Ratio (trailing 4Q) |
32.77 |
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Market valuation |
$7.49 Billion |
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Most recent results: Q3 ’99 (in millions) |
Revenue |
Cost of Goods |
Gross Profit |
Gross Profit Margin |
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Revenue Growth |
12 Month |
36 Month |
60
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Financial Partners |
Hambrecht & Quiest |
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(in millions) |
1999 (Preliminary) | 1998 | 1997 | 1996 |
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Revenue |
$1,015 | $895 | $912 | $787 |
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Net income |
$237 | $105 | $187 | $153 |
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Net profit margin |
24% | 12% | 21% | 19% |
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Three months ending | Nine months ending | ||
| September 1999 | September 1998 | September 1999 | September 1998 | |
| - Licensing Revenue |
$30,151
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$40,825
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$104,416
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$125,132
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Percent of total |
11.6% | 18.3% | 14.2% | 19.3% |
| - Product Revenue |
$230,725
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$182,107
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$629,248
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$522,923
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Percent of total |
88.4% | 81.7% | 85.8% | 80.7% |
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Total revenue |
$260,876 | $222,932 | $733,664 | $648,055 |
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Professional publishing: InDesign, InCopy, FrameMaker, PressReady, PageMaker |
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ePaper |
e paper: Acrobat 4.0, Acrobat Business Tools, Acrobat Reader e Book: PDF Merchant, Acrobat Paper to digital: Capture 2.0 |
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Web |
GoLive, Dynamic Link plug-in for GoLive, PageMill, ImageReady |
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Motion |
Digital
Imaging: Photoshop, Photoshop LE, PhotoDeluxe, ActiveShare, ActiveShare.com |
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