Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. YOU scored 79.5, ADBE scored 85.4 — ADBE leads.
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YOU
Clear Secure, Inc.
Software - Application · Quality-Growth
79.5
$43.43 · $4.5B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
5.9
ADBE leads
ADBE
Adobe Inc.
Software - Application · Quality-Growth
85.4
$242.27 · $94.3B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestADBE13.5x
Fastest growthYOU+19.8%
Strongest balance sheetYOU0.45
Highest qualityADBE92 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueYOU-62%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
YOU
stronger →← stronger
ADBE
88
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
92
93
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
80
61
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
85
ADBE is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
YOU
ADBE
$508mC+
FCF
$10.6bA-
+19.8%B+
Rev
+10.5%B
0.45B
D/E
0.58C+
29.1xB
P/E
13.5xA-
1.21B
PEG
0.58A-
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
YOU
ADBE
62% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
35% below
~-9%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~-2%/yr
+103%
1-yr DCF upside
+37%
+161%
5-yr DCF upside
+53%
+277%
10-yr DCF upside
+80%
These two disagree on this pair: the Value pillar ranks cheapness against sector peers, while price-vs-fair-value is an absolute read. A name can be the better value in its sector and still the dearer one on cash flows.
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
YOU
Why this score
Durable high returns
ADBE
Why this score
Buying back stock
Durable high returns
The companies
YOUClear Secure, Inc.
Software - Application · $43.43 · beta 0.99
Why now
Software - Application · market cap $4.5b. Down 37% from 52-week high of $69.07 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +20%, comfortably above the S&P median. 6 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $58.17 (implying +34% upside).
Moat
Net margin 15% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent. ROE 72% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which. Free cash flow runs well ahead of reported net income, mostly because of cash released from working capital ($198m) — a release that doesn't repeat every year the way earnings can.
Risk
Down 37% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up. Software — competitive moat is durable until it isn't; watch net revenue retention, gross margin trends, and any new market entrant with a fundamentally lower price point.
ADBEAdobe Inc.
Software - Application · $242.27 · beta 1.42
Why now
Software - Application · market cap $94.3b. Down 33% from 52-week high of $363.70 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +11%, comfortably above the S&P median. PEG 0.58 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 32 sell-side analysts rate this a Hold with a mean 1-yr target of $275.06 (implying +14% upside).
Moat
Net margin 28% sits well above the S&P median (~11%) — suggests structural pricing advantage or cost discipline competitors can't quickly close. ROE 62% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which. FCF converts 145% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Down 33% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up. Beta 1.42 implies above-market volatility — position-size to the drawdowns this name will produce in a market correction, not to its bull-case return. Software — competitive moat is durable until it isn't; watch net revenue retention, gross margin trends, and any new market entrant with a fundamentally lower price point.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where YOU and ADBE diverge
On the headline score the gap is 5.9 points in favor of ADBE. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
ValueYOU 60.8 · ADBE 84.8ADBE +24.0
GrowthYOU 93.4 · ADBE 79.7YOU +13.7
QualityYOU 88.3 · ADBE 92.1ADBE +3.8
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is ADBE or YOU the better stock?
ADBE scores higher: ADBE 85.4, YOU 79.5 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do ADBE and YOU differ most?
The widest gap is value, where ADBE leads by 24 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. Neither name sweeps: they trade the lead across the three pillars, so the comparison is a trade-off rather than one being better on every measure.
How are ADBE and YOU scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.