After the closing bell on Sept. 3, DocuSign Inc. (DOCU) reported earnings for its second quarter of fiscal 2021, which ended on July 31.

The eSignature cloud software provider reported total revenue of $342.2 million, an increase of 45% year over year, topping Wall Street's target of $318.6 million. The GAAP net loss per share of 35 cents compared to 39 cents in the prior-year quarter, while adjusted earnings per share came in at 17 cents compared to 1 cent a year ago, also beating Wall Street's adjusted earnings target of 8 cents per share.

Following the news, DocuSign's stock

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 28,645.66 on Tuesday with a gain of 215.61 points or 0.76%. The S&P 500 closed at 35,26.65 for a gain of 26.34 points or 0.75%. The Nasdaq Composite closed at 11,939.67 for a gain of 164.21 points or 1.39%. The VIX Volatility Index was lower at 26.27 for a loss of 0.14 points or -0.53%.

Tuesday's Market Movers

U.S. indexes closed higher Tuesday to start the new month. The Nasdaq Composite led the major indexes with a gain of 1.39%. Within technology, semiconductors were a strong contributor along with the Nasdaq 100 large

Enterprise software is one of the least-affected sectors by the pandemic, and the companies within this space have managed to reported strong results in what can be termed as one of the worst quarters in recent history for the global economy.

An increasing number of businesses are turning towards digital applications that can increase work efficiency while promoting a work-from-home environment. DocuSign Inc (DOCU) is one such player within the e-signature and cloud-based solutions space that has managed to deliver a string of solid results. The company has made some pertinent acquisitions and is well on track for a strong

US markets

U.S. stocks were in the green on Friday morning ahead of positive economic data in the labor market. The U.S. economy added 2.5 million jobs in May, surpassing projections. The unemployment rate is now 13.3%, below expectations of about 20%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 2.70% to 26,992, the S&P 500 index jumped 2.22% to 3,181 and the Nasdaq Composite Index was up 1.53% to 9,762.

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DocuSign Inc. (DOCU) offers capital growth potential after its 36% rise over the past year.

The electronic document agreement specialist is investing in new technology to strengthen its market position and is seeking to differentiate itself from competitors through acquisitions.

Growth by acquisition

DocuSign acquired Seal Software in February for $188 million. Seal Software uses new technology that can search large volumes of legal agreements to compare and contrast different contract terms.

This represents a significant improvement from previous technology that has only been able to search legal contracts through keywords. This helps to reduce

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Shares of DocuSign Inc. (DOCU) gained more than 20% on Friday after the company posted second-quarter results on Thursday. Revenue grew 41% from the prior-year quarter to $235.6 million, beating expectations by $14.79 million. The company posted earnings of 1 cent per share, falling 3 cents short of estimates.

"With revenue growth exceeding 40% and billings growth at 47%, our second-quarter performance reflects our clear leadership position in e-signature and increasing adoption of our broader Agreement Cloud offering," CEO Dan Springer said.

The GAAP gross margin was 74%, down from 78% in the prior-year quarter. The Non-GAAP gross margin was

David Swensen (Trades, Portfolio) has been the chief investment officer at Yale University since 1985. He sold shares of the following stocks in the second quarter.

The guru trimmed his DocuSign Inc. (DOCU) holding by 67.07%. The trade had an impact of -8.79% on the portfolio.

The company has a market cap of $7.93 billion and an enterprise value of $7.79 billion.

GuruFocus gives the company a profitability and growth rating of 1 out of 10. The return on equity of -41.43% and return on assets of -14.69% are underperforming

The introduction of new products could boost DocuSign Inc.'s (DOCU) stock price. Last quarter, it launched a range of new services that could differentiate it from peers and improve customer loyalty.

It has also reorganized its sales team so that it can offer increasingly specialized services, while also benefiting from cross-selling opportunities.

Although the stock has a high valuation, its forecasted growth rate suggests it could have investment potential after an approximately 5% decline over the past year.

Investing in new products

The introduction of new products could enhance DocuSign’s competitive advantage and lead to

Generational Investment Management, which former Vice President Al Gore (Trades, Portfolio) co-founded, selected four stocks to add to its portfolio in the fourth quarter, filings showed this week.

Purchasing only tech stocks, the London-based firm boosted its exposure to the tech sector to 37.72% of its public equity portfolio from 28.2% in the prior quarter. The additions made were Alphabet Inc. (GOOG), TE Connectivity Ltd. (TEL), NVIDIA Corp. (NVDA) and DocuSign Inc. (DOCU).

Gore’s portfolio listed 33 stocks at the end of 2018, with a value of $11.92 billion. The most recently listed assets under management the

Its recent acquisition of SpringCM appears set to catalyze Docusign (DOCU)’s financial performance. Alongside partnerships with a variety of popular applications, the acquisition could increase the company’s total addressable market. Since it currently serves a small proportion of its target market, it may benefit from continued System of Agreement transformations at a variety of organizations.

Although the company is spending heavily to acquire new customers, it has a high level of repeat business. This provides it with greater sales visibility, while a high net revenue retention rate shows that existing customers are increasing their exposure to the company’s products.

Having

Shares of Verint Systems Inc. (VRNT) jumped more than 7% after reporting second-quarter earnings of 76 cents per share on $308.49 million in revenue. The company beat earnings estimates by 14 cents and revenue expectations by $12.42 million.

“We are pleased with our strong revenue growth which was accompanied by continued margin expansion," CEO Dan Bodner said. "Given our strong results and momentum, we are again raising our annual guidance for revenue and EPS.”

Looking ahead the the year ending Jan. 31, 2019, the company expects 7% revenue growth in the Customer Engagement

DocuSign Inc. (DOCU)’s stock advanced on the heels of the company reporting its financial results for the first quarter. The company posted earnings per share of 1 cent, which was 8 cents higher than expectations. The company’s revenue of $155.8 million was higher by 37.3% than the figure reported a year earlier and beat revenue estimations by $9.64 million.

GAAP gross margin was 63%, compared to 76% in the same period last year.

Free cash flow was $8.8 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2019 compared to negative free cash flow of $7.5 million in the same