Docusign (DOCU) Research & Development (2017 - 2026)

Docusign's (DOCU) quarterly Research & Development came in at $159.6 million in Q2 2026, down 46.16% year-on-year from $296.4 million in Q2 2025, and down 5.17% on a QoQ basis from $168.3 million in Q1 2026.

Docusign (DOCU) Research & Development (2017 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Docusign (DOCU) has 10 years of Research & Development data on file, last reported at $159.6 million in Q2 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Research & Development fell 46.16% year-over-year to $159.6 million in Q2 2026; TTM through Apr 2026 was $800.9 million, a 6.71% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2026 full-year figure at $665.0 million, up 13.01% from the prior year.
  • Research & Development for Q2 2026 stood at $159.6 million, down from $168.3 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Research & Development for DOCU reached as high as $323.6 million in Q3 2022 and fell as low as -$383.7 million in Q1 2022.
  • Historically, Research & Development has averaged $148.8 million across 5 years, with a median of $151.3 million in 2024.
  • On a YoY basis, Research & Development climbed as much as 241.87% in 2022 and fell as far as 272.94% in 2022.
  • Year by year, Research & Development stood at $115.9 million in 2022, then climbed by 17.86% to $136.6 million in 2023, then climbed by 10.58% to $151.1 million in 2024, then advanced by 10.94% to $167.6 million in 2025, then retreated by 4.8% to $159.6 million in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Research & Development figures were $159.6 million in Q2 2026, $168.3 million in Q1 2026, and $167.6 million in Q4 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) R&D (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 208.91 Bn 189.27 Bn 8.16 Bn -1.99 Bn
2 Full Truck Alliance 188.77 Bn 186.13 Bn - -37.02 Mn
3 Shopify 145.98 Bn 140.23 Bn 1.55 Bn 496.00 Mn
4 Uber Technologies 141.48 Bn 140.44 Bn 5.95 Bn 1.33 Bn
5 Salesforce 128.51 Bn 116.67 Bn 8.56 Bn 3.77 Bn
6 ServiceNow 98.38 Bn 93.20 Bn 2.82 Bn 1.37 Bn
7 Automatic Data Processing 97.56 Bn 94.34 Bn 2.87 Bn 253.90 Mn
8 Snowflake 91.55 Bn 88.59 Bn 926.45 Mn 588.95 Mn
9 Cadence Design Systems 89.91 Bn 88.50 Bn 1.41 Bn 508.44 Mn
10 Docusign 9.20 Bn 8.38 Bn 658.97 Mn 159.59 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Apr 30, 2026 159.59 Mn
Jan 31, 2026 168.28 Mn
Oct 31, 2025 167.63 Mn
Jul 31, 2025 305.45 Mn
Apr 30, 2025 296.41 Mn
Jan 31, 2025 155.46 Mn
Oct 31, 2024 151.10 Mn
Jul 31, 2024 147.57 Mn
Apr 30, 2024 134.32 Mn
Jan 31, 2024 151.52 Mn
Oct 31, 2023 136.64 Mn
Jul 31, 2023 294.84 Mn
Apr 30, 2023 115.36 Mn
Jan 31, 2023 125.89 Mn
Oct 31, 2022 115.93 Mn
Jul 31, 2022 323.58 Mn
Apr 30, 2022 112.23 Mn
Jan 31, 2022 -383.75 Mn
Oct 31, 2021 102.60 Mn
Jul 31, 2021 94.65 Mn