WEBVTT - Adobe Falls After CEO’s Exit; Ulta Sinks; Once Upon a Farm Tumbles

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<v Speaker 1>Bloomberg Audio Studios, podcasts, radio news, The Stock Movers Report,

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<v Speaker 1>at some stocks in the move today.

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<v Speaker 2>John Tucker parsing the Stock Movers and only could do

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<v Speaker 2>it today because he used his PDF files. What do

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<v Speaker 2>you have? They have been under very intense pressure in

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<v Speaker 2>the age of artificial intelligence to try to keep up.

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<v Speaker 2>Adobe's chief executive officer, Shinantu Narian, is going to resign

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<v Speaker 2>from his position. He served as CEO for eighteen years.

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<v Speaker 2>Very widely respected. The stock has declined though, about twenty

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<v Speaker 2>three percent so far this year, and putting it near

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<v Speaker 2>its lowest level in three years. They of course make

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<v Speaker 2>Photoshop and other products for the creative arts professionals. Among

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<v Speaker 2>your group of application software companies, you know the story,

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<v Speaker 2>including salesforce seen is struggling to win new comin customers

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<v Speaker 2>in the face of all these AI upstarts. Adobe's work

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<v Speaker 2>to weave artificial intelligence was through its creative in marketing software.

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<v Speaker 2>It also offers the own its own range of AI

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<v Speaker 2>models meant to generate imagery that doesn't necessarily carry copyright

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<v Speaker 2>risk that's important in an effort to keep its market share,

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<v Speaker 2>So the CEO oversaw a period of huge growth at

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<v Speaker 2>the company. The annual revenue has multiplied almost six times

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<v Speaker 2>to twenty four billion dollars since he took over at

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<v Speaker 2>the end of two thousand and seven, and the workforce

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<v Speaker 2>grown from about seven thousand to more than thirty thousand.

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<v Speaker 2>He's often credited with steering one of the first successful

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<v Speaker 2>transitions in software to a business model where customers, by

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<v Speaker 2>the recurring subscribe that subscription that rather than those one time.

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<v Speaker 2>Why is he leaving? Do we know?

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<v Speaker 1>Is it just retiring or.

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<v Speaker 2>Because they don't think the company is performing the way

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<v Speaker 2>it's good? They is down twenty three percent year to date. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>exactly what do you got next? When I get dragged

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<v Speaker 2>into these stores, I always marvel and I get dragged

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<v Speaker 2>in literally, I always marvel at what the margins must be.

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<v Speaker 2>All to Beauty offering guidance for the current year toward

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<v Speaker 2>the low end of expectations, Though the Cosmetic Exchange reporting

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<v Speaker 2>strong revenue growth expansion to regions like the Middle East,

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<v Speaker 2>the outlook suggest Alta, though is now taking a cautious

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<v Speaker 2>approach comp sales expected to rise in a range of

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<v Speaker 2>two and a half to three and a half percent

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<v Speaker 2>this year, compared with a three and a half percent

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<v Speaker 2>average chanalyst inestiment. Top range for earnings per year also

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<v Speaker 2>only slightly higher than the average estimate. The stock has

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<v Speaker 2>nearly doubled. It's been successful, so it's far past the pace.

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<v Speaker 2>The s and P five hundred give us one more.

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<v Speaker 2>Once Upon a Farm o FRM the ticker. This is

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<v Speaker 2>the organic kids snacks maker, forecasting slowing the sales growth

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<v Speaker 2>this year. This is the first report as a public company.

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<v Speaker 2>Them in public in February raised nearly two hundred million.

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<v Speaker 2>It has risen thirteen percent until they closed yesterday. The

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<v Speaker 2>company founded in twenty fifteen. Jennifer Gardner and the chief

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<v Speaker 2>executive officer, John Porker, joined in twenty seventeen. The actor

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<v Speaker 2>is the co founder and the chief brand Salsage. Today well,

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<v Speaker 2>it's lower markets.

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