DOCUSIGN NASDAQ: DOCU
Background of DocuSign
- DocuSign Inc is an American company, which allows organizations to manage electronic agreements.
- As part of the DocuSign Agreement Cloud, DocuSign Inc offers eSignature, which is a convenient way to sign electronically on different devices.
- DocuSign Inc has over a million customers and hundreds of millions of users in more than 180 countries.
- Signatures processed by DocuSign Inc are compliant with the US ESIGN Act and the European Union’s eIDAS regulation, including EU Advanced and EU Qualified Signatures.
- DocuSign Inc headquartered in San Francisco, California.
- DocuSign Inc went public on the NASDAQ in April 2018.
- DocuSign Inc ‘s services are offered by subscription or free of charge as a mobile device app.
- DocuSign Inc released its mobile app DocuSign Ink in November 2011.
- By 2018, DocuSign Inc had saved, over 20 billion pieces of paper and 608,000 barrels of oil, by avoiding waste from printouts for signatures.
- DocuSign Inc has a rich history that dates to 2003 when the company was founded by Court Lorenzini, Tom Gonser and Eric Ranft. T
- The firm began sales in 2005 when zipForm, now zipLogix, integrated DocuSign into its virtual real estate forms.
- In 2007, Court Lorenzini stepped down as CEO and Chairman of the Board and took on the role of Executive Vice President of Business Development. He was replaced as CEO by Matthew Schiltz, who served until January 2010 when he was replaced by Steven King.
- In 2010, DocuSign Inc added support for iPhone, iPad, and phone-based user authentication.
- DocuSign Inc opened an office in London in 2011.
- DocuSign Inc signed an agreement with PayPal in April 2012 that allowed users to capture signatures and payments in a single transaction with DocuSign Payment.
- In 2016, DocuSign Inc was ranked #3 on the Forbes Cloud 100 list.
- In 2019, DocuSign Inc announced the DocuSign Agreement Cloud, a suite of products and integrations for automating and connecting the entire agreement process digitally.
- DocuSign Inc oversees a high-value product portfolio which provides cloud-based software in the United States and internationally.
- DocuSign Inc’s e-signature solution enables businesses to digitally prepare, sign, act on, and manage agreements.
- DocuSign Inc sells its products through direct, partner-assisted, and Web-based sales and serves enterprise, commercial, and small businesses.
- DocuSign Inc’s executive leadership team consists of: Mary Agnes Wilderotter – Independent Chairman of the Board; Daniel D. Springer – President, Chief Executive Officer, Director; Cynthia Gaylor – Chief Financial Officer.
- Today, DocuSign Inc is truly one of the most valuable software companies in the world with a market capitalization of US$ 59.575 billion recorded in July 2025.
- In 2025 the total staff compliment for DocuSign Inc was more than 5 600.
DocuSign Shares Growth Driver
- DocuSign Inc comes to the rescue of organizations of all types that need agreements signed. For large companies, there could be thousands of those a year, with expenses related to time scheduling meetings, mailing documents, making copies, and filing – as well as a larger possibility of errors in all that paperwork.
- DocuSign Inc’s electronic signature service makes agreements more efficient, reducing time and the potential for errors.
- DocuSign Inc’s cloud-based software can be used virtually anywhere at any time and can be integrated into hundreds of systems, according to the company.
- DocuSign Inc estimates a total addressable market of $25 billion for eSignature and believes its Agreement Cloud could add substantial growth according to its recent annual report.
- DocuSign Inc has a subscription-based service, suggesting recurring revenue if customers stay hooked.
- DocuSign Inc’s customer base has grown 75% from two years earlier, when it had 429,000.
- While its recent performance was supercharged by the pandemic, DocuSign Inc’s annual revenue growth shows the company had been growing fast long before COVID-19.
- eSignature has been the primary growth driver, but DocuSign Inc has been adding products in its Agreement Cloud, intended to help large organizations streamline processes in all stages of the agreement process.
As such, the company’s innovative and competitive portfolio has allowed it to defy the market trends surrounding the coronavirus pandemic, with performance and shares still attractive after a tumultuous 2025.
DocuSign Investor Tip
- DocuSign Inc trades its shares on the NASDAQ Stock Market (NASDAQ) under the stock symbol DOCU. DocuSign Inc forms part of the NASDAQ-100.
- An analysis on the market performance for the first quarter of 2025 indicated a total revenue of US$ 1,625,108,000 along with a gross profit of US$ 1,229,840,000 and EBITDA of US$ -90,392,000.
- With the tailwinds of remote work, DocuSign Inc’s flagship e-signature software has propelled incredible growth.
- DocuSign Inc’s stock is up by over the last month and remains up by almost 16% year-to-date.
- E-signatures are here to stay even post the pandemic, as businesses move away from printing out paper documents and sending them around for physical signatures to more seamless digital solutions.
- DocuSign Inc estimates that its total addressable market for e-signatures is about $25 billion, with the market for its other products such as contract lifecycle management analytics and insights estimated at another $25 billion.
- DocuSign’s stock trades at about 22x its FY’22 revenue guidance of about $1.97 billion. Although this is pricey, some trends are supporting the company’s valuation.
- DocuSign Inc revenue has grown at a solid annual rate of over 40% over the last three years, with growth likely to stand at over 38% this year.
- As workplaces become more distributed, companies will need to invest in tools for signing and managing legal documents electronically, moving away from in-person signatures.
- DocuSign Inc is also looking to play a larger role in areas such as contract lifecycle management analytics and insights, upselling to customers of its e-signature product.
- DocuSign Inc delivered a stable performance despite the economic impact which resulted from the global coronavirus pandemic. This stable performance can be largely owed to the company’s diverse portfolio, as well as its strong medical supplies sector which witnessed growing demand as hospitals geared up to combat the virus.
- With sound financials and significant, consistent, and continuous growth forecasted for the remainder of 2025, shareholders who buy or sell shares can expect lucrative dividends and returns.
- Overall, the company’s a stable performance has resulted in healthy dividends and a good share price for investors who choose to purchase shares today, securing a decent buy-in in 2025 and in the future.
- Data from this analysis should be weighed against forecasted performance during this pandemic, but for now, prices on shares and in turn dividends remain unaffected, which provides shareholders with assurance that they will have a strong buy-in on NASDAQ.
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