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DocuSign, Inc. · DOCU · FY2026 Q3 · Calendar Q4 2025
DocuSign advances IAM strategy as reporting shifts to ARR
The current analysis supports a constructive operating thesis: resilient eSignature demand, expanding IAM adoption, AI workflow development, and international growth provide multiple avenues for continued progress. The evidence is not conclusive because monetization of newer AI products, margin effects from cloud migration, and the market's negative reaction remain important counterweights.
Reported After market closeNASDAQTechnology
$13.37B market cap
100quality score
Earnings scorecard
Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS
$1.01
Consensus $0.92
EPS surprise
+10.3%
Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue
$818.4M
Consensus $806.1M
Revenue surprise
+1.5%
Reported versus consensus
Market reaction
event-close to next-session close
Stock move
-7.6%
Event window
SPY move
+0.2%
Same window
Abnormal move
-7.8%
Stock minus SPY
Volume
4.1×
Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift
-0.7%
Up to 20 sessions
DOCUSPY benchmark
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What changed
The current analysis adds a clearer transition from billings to ARR reporting, new AI workflow development through AgreementDesk and contract agents, and additional enterprise security authorizations. Compared with the prior analysis, the growth narrative is broader, but concerns about monetization, renewal timing, margins, and potential M&A remain.
Guidance delta
Management raised FY2026 guidance again, while shifting future reporting emphasis from billings to ARR.
Key takeaways
- Management described continued adoption of Intelligent Agreement Management and AI-enabled agreement workflows.
- The company is broadening its AI roadmap through contract agents, ecosystem integrations, and the AgreementDesk product.
- International expansion and enterprise-grade security authorizations remain important parts of the growth plan.
- The reporting transition to ARR will change how investors assess growth and visibility.
- The post-earnings market reaction indicates that execution and monetization concerns remain unresolved.
Management priorities
- Scale Intelligent Agreement Management and AI-enabled workflows
- Develop and monetize AI contract agents and Navigator
- Expand international sales and partner integrations
- Execute the transition to ARR-based reporting
- Maintain operational efficiency while managing cloud migration
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Analyst 52W Price Targets
$70.04Current
$45Low
$71.93Average
$95High
Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Oct 6, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.
Firm-level rating actions
FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.
| Firm | Rating | Prior rating | Action | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wells Fargo | Equal Weight | Equal Weight | Maintain | Sep 4, 2026 |
| UBS | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Sep 4, 2026 |
| RBC Capital | Sector Perform | Sector Perform | Maintain | Sep 4, 2026 |
| Piper Sandler | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Sep 4, 2026 |
| Needham | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Sep 4, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Equal Weight | Equal Weight | Maintain | Sep 4, 2026 |
| Citizens | Market Outperform | Market Outperform | Maintain | Sep 4, 2026 |
| Citigroup | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Sep 4, 2026 |
| BTIG | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Sep 4, 2026 |
| Baird | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Sep 4, 2026 |
| B of A Securities | Underperform | Underperform | Maintain | Sep 4, 2026 |
| Wedbush | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Jun 5, 2026 |
| Jefferies | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Jun 5, 2026 |
| JP Morgan | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Mar 18, 2026 |
| Evercore ISI Group | In Line | In Line | Maintain | Dec 5, 2025 |
| JMP Securities | Market Outperform | Market Outperform | Maintain | Oct 3, 2025 |
| Argus Research | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Sep 8, 2025 |
| William Blair | Outperform | Market Perform | Upgrade | Mar 17, 2025 |
| Citizens Capital Markets | Market Outperform | Market Outperform | Maintain | Mar 14, 2025 |
| HSBC | Reduce | Hold | Downgrade | Dec 6, 2024 |
| Oppenheimer | Perform | Perform | Maintain | Mar 8, 2024 |
| Daiwa Capital | Outperform | Buy | Maintain | Dec 15, 2023 |
| Wolfe Research | Peer Perform | Underperform | Upgrade | Feb 23, 2023 |
| Deutsche Bank | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Dec 4, 2020 |
| Goldman Sachs | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Mar 27, 2020 |
| Bank of America | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Dec 6, 2019 |
| DA Davidson | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Oct 17, 2019 |
| Citi | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Sep 6, 2019 |
Named analyst price targets
Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $70.04. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.
| Firm | Analyst | 52W target | Price when posted | Upside | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $70 | $65.82 | -0.1% | Sep 4, 2026 |
| Piper Sandler | Rob Owens | $75 | $65.97 | +7.1% | Sep 4, 2026 |
| Robert W. Baird | William Power | $72 | $65.97 | +2.8% | Sep 4, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Josh Baer | $75 | $65.97 | +7.1% | Sep 4, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Michael Turrin | $60 | $65.97 | -14.3% | Sep 4, 2026 |
| Evercore ISI | Kirk Materne | $65 | $65.97 | -7.2% | Sep 4, 2026 |
| BTIG | Analyst unavailable | $75 | $64.64 | +7.1% | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Wedbush | Analyst unavailable | $58 | $47.18 | -17.2% | Jun 5, 2026 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $60 | $50.94 | -14.3% | Jun 5, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Michael Turrin | $55 | $50.94 | -21.5% | Jun 5, 2026 |
| Jefferies | Brent Thill | $45 | $44.48 | -35.8% | Feb 23, 2026 |
| BTIG | Analyst unavailable | $70 | $45.21 | -0.1% | Feb 18, 2026 |
| HSBC | Analyst unavailable | $53 | $43.74 | -24.3% | Feb 13, 2026 |
| RBC Capital | Analyst unavailable | $70 | $64.85 | -0.1% | Jan 5, 2026 |
| BTIG | Allan Verkhovski | $88 | $67.58 | +25.6% | Dec 16, 2025 |
| Evercore ISI | Analyst unavailable | $80 | $66.08 | +14.2% | Dec 5, 2025 |
| UBS | Karl Keirstead | $75 | $66.48 | +7.1% | Dec 5, 2025 |
| RBC Capital | Rishi Jaluria | $95 | $66.66 | +35.6% | Dec 5, 2025 |
| Wedbush | Daniel Ives | $75 | $71.1 | +7.1% | Dec 5, 2025 |
| Robert W. Baird | Analyst unavailable | $75 | $71.1 | +7.1% | Dec 5, 2025 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $75 | $71.1 | +7.1% | Dec 5, 2025 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $95 | $79.86 | +35.6% | Sep 5, 2025 |
| Evercore ISI | Kirk Materne | $92 | $79.86 | +31.4% | Sep 5, 2025 |
| Robert W. Baird | Analyst unavailable | $93 | $85.76 | +32.8% | Mar 14, 2025 |
| Piper Sandler | Rob Owens | $60 | $56.93 | -14.3% | Sep 6, 2024 |
| Robert W. Baird | William Power | $59 | $56.93 | -15.8% | Sep 6, 2024 |
| Citigroup | Tyler Radke | $87 | $56.93 | +24.2% | Sep 6, 2024 |
| UBS | Karl Keirstead | $56 | $52.05 | -20.0% | Jun 7, 2024 |
| Morgan Stanley | Josh Baer | $62 | $54.6 | -11.5% | Jun 7, 2024 |
| Robert W. Baird | William Power | $55 | $54.6 | -21.5% | Jun 7, 2024 |
| RBC Capital | Rishi Jaluria | $52 | $54.6 | -25.8% | Jun 7, 2024 |
| UBS | Karl Keirstead | $62 | $59.48 | -11.5% | Apr 12, 2024 |
| Evercore ISI | Kirk Materne | $60 | $59.48 | -14.3% | Apr 12, 2024 |
| Morgan Stanley | Josh Baer | $64 | $62.65 | -8.6% | Jan 16, 2024 |
| Wedbush | Daniel Ives | $67 | $50.61 | -4.3% | Sep 8, 2023 |
| JMP Securities | Patrick Walravens | $84 | $51.9 | +19.9% | Mar 10, 2023 |
| Jefferies | Analyst unavailable | $70 | $56.27 | -0.1% | Jan 5, 2023 |
| Piper Sandler | Analyst unavailable | $55 | $56.27 | -21.5% | Jan 5, 2023 |
| Citigroup | Analyst unavailable | $72 | $52.05 | +2.8% | Dec 12, 2022 |
| Piper Sandler | Rob Owens | $48.7 | $43.75 | -30.5% | Dec 9, 2022 |
| Piper Sandler | Analyst unavailable | $50 | $43.75 | -28.6% | Dec 9, 2022 |
| Citigroup | Analyst unavailable | $59 | $41.82 | -15.8% | Dec 6, 2022 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $52 | $44.5 | -25.8% | Dec 5, 2022 |
| Jefferies | Analyst unavailable | $50 | $44.56 | -28.6% | Nov 30, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Josh Baer | $47 | $51.56 | -32.9% | Oct 3, 2022 |
| RBC Capital | Rishi Jaluria | $55 | $55 | -21.5% | Sep 29, 2022 |
| Wolfe Research | Analyst unavailable | $53 | $64.04 | -24.3% | Sep 12, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Keith Weiss | $73 | $62.37 | +4.2% | Sep 9, 2022 |
| Wedbush | Analyst unavailable | $55 | $63.61 | -21.5% | Sep 9, 2022 |
| Citigroup | Analyst unavailable | $68 | $55.14 | -2.9% | Sep 8, 2022 |
| RBC Capital | Rishi Jaluria | $65 | $65.92 | -7.2% | Aug 22, 2022 |
| Piper Sandler | Rob Owens | $54 | $67.66 | -22.9% | Jul 20, 2022 |
| JMP Securities | Patrick Walravens | $151 | $61.22 | +115.6% | Jul 2, 2022 |
| Wolfe Research | Alex Zukin | $50 | $58.68 | -28.6% | Jun 13, 2022 |
| Citigroup | Analyst unavailable | $90 | $87.36 | +28.5% | Jun 10, 2022 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $63 | $87.36 | -10.1% | Jun 10, 2022 |
| Citigroup | Tyler Radke | $90 | $65.93 | +28.5% | Jun 10, 2022 |
| Bank of America Securities | Bradley Sills | $72 | $65.93 | +2.8% | Jun 10, 2022 |
| Bank of America Securities | Bradley Sills | $72 | $87.36 | +2.8% | Jun 10, 2022 |
| Bank of America Securities | Bradley Sills | $72 | $87.36 | +2.8% | Jun 10, 2022 |
| Wells Fargo | Michael Turrin | $63 | $65.93 | -10.1% | Jun 10, 2022 |
| RBC Capital | Rishi Jaluria | $80 | $65.93 | +14.2% | Jun 10, 2022 |
| Wedbush | Daniel Ives | $60 | $83.29 | -14.3% | May 3, 2022 |
| Robert W. Baird | William Power | $105 | $101.71 | +49.9% | Apr 11, 2022 |
| UBS | Karl Keirstead | $85 | $75.01 | +21.4% | Mar 11, 2022 |
| J.P. Morgan | Sterling Auty | $94 | $75.01 | +34.2% | Mar 11, 2022 |
| Evercore ISI | Kirk Materne | $100 | $75.01 | +42.8% | Mar 11, 2022 |
| FBN Securities | Shebly Seyrafi | $95 | $75.01 | +35.6% | Mar 11, 2022 |
| Citigroup | Tyler Radke | $137 | $91.98 | +95.6% | Mar 8, 2022 |
| Bank of America Securities | Bradley Sills | $360 | $310.05 | +414.0% | Sep 3, 2021 |
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Snapshot as of publicationDocuSign, Inc. is a global provider of electronic signature software, operating both within the United States and internationally. The company's core offering is an e-signature solution that empowers businesses to digitally prepare, execute, finalize, and manage various agreements. Beyond its foundational e-signature service, DocuSign offers an extensive suite of tools for digital agreement management. This includes Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) to streamline agreement workflows, and Insights, which leverages artificial intelligence to analyze agreements based on legal concepts and clauses. For Salesforce users, there's Gen, enabling sales teams to quickly generate agreements, and Negotiate, providing functionalities like approvals, document comparisons, and version control. Customers can also utilize Analyzer to comprehend documents before signing, and the advanced CLM+ for AI-driven contract lifecycle management.…
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