Adobe's Q1 profits plummet as Creative Cloud subscriptions surpass half-million mark

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Last Updated : Mar 19 2014 | 1:45 PM IST

Despite a drop in net income, Adobe's fiscal first-quarter earnings and revenue has reportedly surpassed the company's expectations as it continues to receive cloud subscriptions.

Adobe's first quarter earnings is reported to be 47.05 million dollars, or 9 cents a share on revenue of 1 billion dollars.

According to Cnet, the company added 405,000 Creative Cloud subscriptions from a year ago and has annualized recurring revenue approaching 1 billion dollars for its Creative business.

Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen, said during a presentation that the company's new features to its Creative Cloud have been well received.

Meanwhile, Adobe forecasted its second quarter revenue of 1 billion dollars to 1.05 billion dollars with non-GAAP earnings per share of 26 cents a share to 32 cents a share.

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First Published: Mar 19 2014 | 1:29 PM IST

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