It doesn't matter if you're a growth, value, income, or momentum-focused investor -- building a successful investment portfolio takes skill, research, and a little bit of luck.How do you find the right combination of stocks that will generate returns that could fund your retirement, or your kids' college tuition, or your short- and long-term savings goals?Enter the Zacks Rank.What is the Zacks Rank?The Zacks Rank, which is a unique, proprietary stock-rating model, employs earnings estimate revisions, or cha ...

For those looking to find strong Business Services stocks, it is prudent to search for companies in the group that are outperforming their peers. Has DocuSign (DOCU) been one of those stocks this year? Let's take a closer look at the stock's year-to-date performance to find out.DocuSign is one of 313 companies in the Business Services group. The Business Services group currently sits at #5 within the Zacks Sector Rank. The Zacks Sector Rank gauges the strength of our 16 individual sector groups by measuring ...

DocuSign (DOCU) closed the latest trading day at $63.35, indicating a +1.15% change from the previous session's end. The stock outperformed the S&P 500, which registered a daily gain of 0.76%. Meanwhile, the Dow experienced a rise of 0.59%, and the technology-dominated Nasdaq saw an increase of 1.12%.Coming into today, shares of the provider of electronic signature technology had gained 5.35% in the past month. In that same time, the Business Services sector gained 0.44%, while the S&P 500 gained 2.5%.Analy ...

A darling of the stock market during coronavirus lockdowns, leading digital-signature and contract-management player DocuSign (DOCU 0.52%) has seen its shares drop by nearly 80% from their all-time high of $310 in September 2021.Much of this drawdown can be attributed to very slow top-line growth amid an elongated sales cycle and increased competition from bigger players such as Adobe and Dropbox as well as new entrants in the digital-signature market.Recently, however, the stock has been on an upswing, cli ...

The latest trading session saw DocuSign (DOCU) ending at $62.01, denoting a -1.88% adjustment from its last day's close. The stock's performance was behind the S&P 500's daily gain of 0.22%. Meanwhile, the Dow experienced a rise of 0.36%, and the technology-dominated Nasdaq saw an increase of 0.32%.Shares of the provider of electronic signature technology witnessed a gain of 4.14% over the previous month, beating the performance of the Business Services sector with its gain of 0.42% and the S&P 500's gain o ...

DocuSign (DOCU 3.59%) was one of the darlings of the pandemic. As the population locked down, the company provided the perfect avenue for contract executions in a world where people had to avoid close personal contact.That growth led to the stock price peaking at more than $300 per share in 2021, and one could understand the optimism at the time. Due to the convenience of its processes, the company had an opportunity to retain much of its business as lockdowns ended.Unfortunately for the company, competitio ...

Many artificial intelligence (AI) stocks had a strong run to close out 2023 and are still moving higher in 2024. In some cases, businesses are trading on hype. In others, the market is just now realizing the full potential of these investments. Super Micro Computer (SMCI -1.09%) and DocuSign (DOCU 3.59%) are two great stocks that fit into the latter category.While these stocks may have had a strong run in 2023, they're slated to continue that bull run well into 2024.1. Super Micro ComputerSome investors may ...

DocuSign's (DOCU) possible sale to a private equity firm could be a precursor to more deals but perhaps not at big premiums, said an Evercore ISI analyst. DOCU stock rose for a second day in a row amid reports it could be acquired.X PE firms Bain Capital and Hellman & Friedman are both kicking the tires at DocuSign, a maker of electronic signature software, according to reports."We will see where this goes but we expect to see many more P/E deals in software over the next 18 to 24 months if the macro backdr ...

Shares of e-signature specialist DocuSign (NASDAQ:DOCU) continues to move higher on buyout rumors on Friday. A Reuters report yesterday revealed two major investment firms are seeking to take DocuSign private. While DOCU stock was a massive winner during the worst of the Covid-19 crisis, its performance softened in recent years. Therefore, the move could be a win-win.Per Reuters, Bain Capital and Hellman & Friedman are competing to acquire DocuSign, which at the time of the report featured a market value of ...

About this content About Angela Harmantas Angela Harmantas is an Editor at Proactive. She has over 15 years of experience covering the equity markets in North America, with a particular focus on junior resource stocks. Angela has reported from numerous countries around the world, including Canada, the US, Australia, Brazil, Ghana, and South Africa for leading trade publications. Previously, she worked in investor relations and led the foreign direct investment program in Canada for the Swedish government ...