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

Docusign (DOCU) recorded quarterly Research & Development of $159.6 million in Q2 2026, down 5.17% quarter-over-quarter from $168.3 million in Q1 2026, and little changed year-on-year from $159.4 million in Q2 2025.

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

Docusign has disclosed Research & Development across 10 years of filings, most recently posting $159.6 million for Q2 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q2 2026, Research & Development changed 0.09% year-over-year to $159.6 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 stood at $665.1 million (up 8.4% YoY), and the FY2026 full-year result was $665.0 million, up 13.01% from the prior year.
  • Research & Development was $159.6 million for Q2 2026 at Docusign, down from $168.3 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Research & Development peaked at $169.6 million in Q3 2025 and troughed at $110.7 million in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Research & Development is $142.1 million (2023), against an average of $141.3 million.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2026: Research & Development jumped 38.13% in 2022, then advanced 0.09% in 2026.
  • Year by year, Research & Development stood at $115.9 million in 2022, then rose by 17.86% to $136.6 million in 2023, then rose by 10.58% to $151.1 million in 2024, then increased by 10.94% to $167.6 million in 2025, then dropped 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 238.14 Bn 220.17 Bn 8.16 Bn -1.99 Bn
2 Full Truck Alliance 166.83 Bn 164.28 Bn - -37.02 Mn
3 Uber Technologies 150.36 Bn 149.32 Bn 11.88 Bn 951.00 Mn
4 Shopify 147.75 Bn 142.01 Bn 1.55 Bn 437.00 Mn
5 Salesforce 140.39 Bn 128.55 Bn 8.56 Bn 1.63 Bn
6 Cadence Design Systems 105.73 Bn 104.32 Bn 1.26 Bn 508.44 Mn
7 ServiceNow 105.42 Bn 100.24 Bn 2.83 Bn 823.00 Mn
8 Automatic Data Processing 89.57 Bn 86.34 Bn 2.87 Bn 253.90 Mn
9 Adobe 85.05 Bn 78.16 Bn 5.90 Bn 1.20 Bn
10 Docusign 8.69 Bn 7.88 Bn 658.97 Mn 159.59 Mn

Historic Data

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Apr 30, 2026 159.59 Mn
Jan 31, 2026 168.28 Mn
Oct 31, 2025 167.63 Mn
Jul 31, 2025 169.63 Mn
Apr 30, 2025 159.45 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 135.96 Mn
Apr 30, 2023 115.36 Mn
Jan 31, 2023 125.89 Mn
Oct 31, 2022 115.93 Mn
Jul 31, 2022 126.53 Mn
Apr 30, 2022 112.23 Mn
Jan 31, 2022 110.69 Mn
Oct 31, 2021 102.60 Mn
Jul 31, 2021 94.65 Mn