Docusign, Inc. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2026, Docusign, Inc. had return on equity of 15.8%, an operating margin of 9.3% and a current ratio of 0.73. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2017Jan 2017 | 2018Jan 2018 | 2019Jan 2019 | 2020Jan 2020 | 2021Jan 2021 | 2022Jan 2022 | 2023Jan 2023 | 2024Jan 2024 | 2025Jan 2025 | 2026Jan 2026 | LTMJul 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 73.1% | 77.2% | 72.5% | 75.0% | 74.9% | 77.9% | 78.7% | 79.3% | 79.1% | 79.4% | 79.5% |
| Operating margin | −30.4% | −10.0% | −60.8% | −19.9% | −12.0% | −2.9% | −3.5% | 1.1% | 6.7% | 9.3% | 12.0% |
| Net margin | −30.3% | −10.1% | −60.8% | −21.4% | −16.7% | −3.3% | −3.9% | 2.7% | 35.9% | 9.6% | 9.8% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −12.6% | 7.0% | 6.5% | 4.5% | 14.8% | 21.1% | 17.1% | 32.1% | 30.9% | 32.9% | 35.7% |
| Return on equity | — | — | — | −35.9% | −55.8% | −23.3% | −21.8% | 8.5% | 68.2% | 15.8% | 18.1% |
| Return on assets | — | −8.4% | −38.2% | −11.9% | −11.5% | −2.9% | −3.5% | 2.5% | 30.6% | 7.5% | 8.1% |
| Asset turnover | — | 0.84 | 0.63 | 0.56 | 0.69 | 0.86 | 0.91 | 0.92 | 0.85 | 0.78 | 0.82 |
| Current ratio | — | 1.12 | 1.91 | 1.36 | 1.06 | 0.96 | 0.74 | 0.94 | 0.81 | 0.73 | 0.64 |
| Debt to equity | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | 4.6x | 129.0x | 117.3x | 170.4x |
| Effective tax rate | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 21.0% | — | 11.0% | 25.0% |
| R&D as % of revenue | 23.5% | 17.8% | 26.5% | 19.1% | 18.7% | 18.7% | 19.1% | 19.5% | 19.8% | 20.7% | 19.6% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 11.4% | 3.7% | 4.3% | 7.4% | 5.7% | 2.9% | 3.1% | 3.3% | 3.3% | 3.3% | 3.7% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | >999% | 86.2% | 342.5% | 363.2% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | — | — | — | — | 0.0% | 0.0% | 14.7% | 16.4% | 74.3% | 82.1% | 92.5% |
| Quarter | 2025 Q3Oct 2024 | 2025 Q4Jan 2025 | 2026 Q1Apr 2025 | 2026 Q2Jul 2025 | 2026 Q3Oct 2025 | 2026 Q4Jan 2026 | 2027 Q1Apr 2026 | 2027 Q2Jul 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 79.3% | 79.4% | 79.4% | 79.3% | 79.2% | 79.7% | 79.4% | 79.7% |
| Operating margin | 7.8% | 7.8% | 7.9% | 8.1% | 10.4% | 10.5% | 13.4% | 13.4% |
| Net margin | 8.3% | 10.8% | 9.4% | 7.9% | 10.2% | 10.8% | 9.4% | 8.9% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 27.9% | 36.0% | 29.8% | 27.2% | 32.1% | 41.8% | 34.9% | 33.8% |
| Current ratio | 0.83 | 0.81 | 0.79 | 0.74 | 0.73 | 0.73 | 0.66 | 0.64 |
| R&D as % of revenue | 20.0% | 20.0% | 20.9% | 21.2% | 20.5% | 20.1% | 19.2% | 18.7% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $1.3bn of assets due within a year against $2.0bn of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $1.3bn short-term assets against $269m of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt Cash or debt not separately reported. Not assessable.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Equity or debt not reported. Not assessable.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Five-year comparison not available. Not assessable.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt Cash flow or debt not reported. Not assessable.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $402m against $2m of interest.
Moat
Moderate moat
How hard Docusign's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 9 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.
- Returns on capital 20 / 20
Cash operating profit has been a median 19.0% of total assets over 8 years.
- Pricing power 20 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 77.9%, moving by 2.2 percentage points (standard deviation) across 9 years.
- Durability 10 / 20
Operating margin has been a median -3.8%; its worst year was -53.8%.
- Cash conversion 20 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 9 of 9 years, at a median 20.4% of revenue.
- Discipline 5 / 20
The diluted share count rose 4.8% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 20.5% of revenue.
AI disruption exposure: High. In this industry, the core product is information work that AI systems increasingly perform. The score above includes a 15-point deduction for that exposure (75 before it).
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