Meeder Asset Management Inc. lifted its stake in shares of DocuSign, Inc. (NASDAQ:DOCU – Free Report) by 8.9% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 18,804 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 1,539 shares during the period. Meeder Asset Management Inc.’s holdings in DocuSign were worth $1,691,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
Several other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Toronto Dominion Bank boosted its holdings in DocuSign by 30.3% during the third quarter. Toronto Dominion Bank now owns 26,159 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,624,000 after buying an additional 6,081 shares in the last quarter. Quantinno Capital Management LP raised its stake in DocuSign by 39.5% during the third quarter. Quantinno Capital Management LP now owns 201,546 shares of the company’s stock worth $12,514,000 after purchasing an additional 57,104 shares during the period. Rhumbline Advisers lifted its stake in shares of DocuSign by 118.8% in the 4th quarter. Rhumbline Advisers now owns 608,123 shares of the company’s stock valued at $54,695,000 after purchasing an additional 330,136 shares during the last quarter. KBC Group NV boosted its stake in DocuSign by 32.7% during the fourth quarter. KBC Group NV now owns 1,535,107 shares of the company’s stock worth $138,067,000 after buying an additional 378,233 shares during the period. Finally, Jennison Associates LLC purchased a new position in shares of DocuSign during the 4th quarter worth approximately $12,897,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 77.64% of the company’s stock.
Analyst Ratings Changes
Several analysts have recently issued reports on the company. JMP Securities reiterated a “market outperform” rating and issued a $124.00 price objective on shares of DocuSign in a research note on Tuesday, January 7th. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price objective on DocuSign from $70.00 to $73.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a report on Friday, March 14th. Citigroup raised their price objective on shares of DocuSign from $113.00 to $115.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, March 14th. Royal Bank of Canada reissued a “sector perform” rating and issued a $90.00 target price on shares of DocuSign in a report on Friday, March 14th. Finally, Hsbc Global Res upgraded shares of DocuSign to a “moderate sell” rating in a research report on Friday, December 6th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have issued a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, DocuSign presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $95.00.
DocuSign Stock Performance
Shares of DOCU opened at $83.18 on Monday. The company has a market capitalization of $16.84 billion, a PE ratio of 17.15, a PEG ratio of 6.94 and a beta of 1.02. DocuSign, Inc. has a 52 week low of $48.70 and a 52 week high of $107.86. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $87.18 and its 200 day moving average price is $81.54.
DocuSign (NASDAQ:DOCU – Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, March 13th. The company reported $0.86 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.84 by $0.02. The firm had revenue of $776.25 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $760.94 million. DocuSign had a return on equity of 14.90% and a net margin of 34.73%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 9.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.76 EPS. On average, equities analysts forecast that DocuSign, Inc. will post 1.17 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Insiders Place Their Bets
In other DocuSign news, Director Teresa Briggs sold 534 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $87.41, for a total transaction of $46,676.94. Following the sale, the director now directly owns 8,270 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $722,880.70. This represents a 6.07 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, insider James P. Shaughnessy sold 7,500 shares of DocuSign stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $90.17, for a total value of $676,275.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now directly owns 43,781 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,947,732.77. This represents a 14.63 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 97,851 shares of company stock worth $8,579,369 over the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 1.66% of the company’s stock.
DocuSign Profile
DocuSign, Inc provides electronic signature solution in the United States and internationally. The company provides e-signature solution that enables sending and signing of agreements on various devices; Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM), which automates workflows across the entire agreement process; Document Generation streamlines the process of generating new, custom agreements; and Gen for Salesforce, which allows sales representatives to automatically generate agreements with a few clicks from within Salesforce.
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