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Shares in Docusign Inc. rose almost 16% Friday after the electronic signature company Thursday reported earnings and revenue beats in its fiscal 2025 fourth quarter.

For the quarter that ended on Jan. 31, Docusign reported adjusted earnings of 86 cents per share, up from 76 cents per share in the same quarter a year ago, on revenue of $776.3 million, up 9% year-over-year. Both figures were ahead of the 84 cents per share and revenue of $760.99 million expected by analysts.

Docusign saw subscription revenue in the quarter rose 9%, to $757.8 million, and professional services and other revenue rose 11%, to $18.5 million. Billings in the quarter also rose 11% year-over-year, to $932.2 million.

Free cash flow in the quarter was $279.6 million, up from $248.6 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2024. Docusign ended the quarter with $1.1 billion in cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and investments.

Business highlights in the quarter included the introduction of updates to Web Forms in October, adding document exclusion rules and support for multi-recipient forms to streamline data collection. In November, the company launched DocuSign for Developers, enabling partners to build integrations and automate workflows using a comprehensive suite of application programming interfaces and software development kits.

December saw Docusign roll out Intelligent Agreement Management Core and IAM for global markets, services that enhance the scalability of its platform. The month also saw the introduction of Identity for Agreements, allowing users to reuse verified identification details across agreements.

In January, the company expanded its capabilities further with artificial intelligence-powered contract workflows through its workflow automation tool Maestro, offering automated, customizable contract processes. Additionally, Docusign delivered significant updates to its eSignature platform, improving both user experience and platform performance.

For the full fiscal year 2025, Docusign reported adjusted earnings per share of $3.55, up from $2.98 in 2024, on revenue of $2.98 billion, up 8% year-over-year.

“Fiscal 2025 was a transformative year for Docusign,” Chief Executive Allan Thygesen said in the company’s earnings release. He added that Docusign IAM is driving “rapid traction” with customers. “In Q4, our business generated strong revenue growth and profitability,” he said. “We’re well-positioned to pursue the significant opportunity ahead.”

For its fiscal 2026 first quarter, Docusign expects revenue of $745 million to $749 million and for the full year, revenue of $3.129 billion to $3.141 billion. Surprisingly, given the after-hours stock increase, both revenue outlooks fell short of the $755.7 million in the first quarter and $3.15 billion for the full year expected by analysts, but the misses were apparently not large enough to worry investors.

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