Dan Springer

Jun 8, 2023

Dan Springer, chief executive officer at DocuSign. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images DocuSign, the e-signature provider, reported an earnings and revenue beat for the fiscal quarter ended April 30 , alongside announcing a handful of C-suite hires and new service offerings. The company's shares spiked as much as 12% after hours before settling to a 5% gain. Here's how the company did: Earnings: $0.72 per share, adjusted, vs. $0.56 per share expected by analysts, according to Refinitiv. Revenue: $661 million, vs. $642 million expected by analysts, according to Refinitiv. In the first quarter of Docusign's 2024 fiscal year, revenue jumped 12% year-over-year to $661 million, and subscription revenue increased by the same percentage year over year, to $639 million. For the "professional services and other" category, revenue spiked 14% to $22 million, compared to the same period last year. The company reported break-even GAAP earnings ($0.00 per share) versus a loss of $0.14 per share a year ago. The company announced a few new products and services, including Webforms, a way for organizations to create, customize and manage their own forms, including exporting and analyzing the data collected. DocuSign reported 1.4 million paying users and more than a billion users as of April 30 and emphasized its international focus to investors, with service in more than 180 countries and 17% international revenue growth year over year. For the fiscal second quarter, DocuSign expects revenue of $675 million to 679 million, compared to analyst estimates of $667 million, according to Refinitiv. As for the fiscal year, the company foresees revenue of $2.71 billion to 2.72 billion, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.7 billion. DocuSign also made a handful of strategic C-suite hires last quarter, including appointing a new chief financial officer, Blake Grayson, who formerly served as the CFO of The Trade Desk and in other finance roles at Amazon . The company also chose a new chief product officer in Dmitri Krakovsky — previously of CP4, Google, SAP and Yahoo — and a new chief information security officer in Kurt Sauer, who formerly held the same role at Workday .