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Figma, Inc.: Q4 FY2025 earnings call

What management said about Q4 FY2025, from the documents filed with the SEC on 18 February 2026: press release. Guidance figures: 3 new. The quarter’s numbers.

Key takeaways

  • Q4 revenue grew 40% year-over-year: Q4 revenue was $303.8 million, up from $216.9 million a year earlier, described by management as an accelerated growth rate. Source
  • Full-year revenue up 41%: Fiscal 2025 revenue was $1.056 billion, up from $749.0 million in 2024, with international revenue up 45%. Source
  • GAAP loss versus non-GAAP operating profit: Q4 GAAP operating margin was (64)%, while non-GAAP operating income was $44.0 million at a 14% margin, against $56.4 million in Q4 2024. Source
  • Net dollar retention rose to 136%: Net Dollar Retention Rate was 136% at December 31, 2025, up from 131% at September 30, 2025 for customers with ARR of $10,000 or more. Source
  • Figma Make weekly users up over 70%: Weekly active users of Figma Make grew over 70% quarter-over-quarter, and over half of Paid Customers above $100,000 ARR built in Make weekly in the quarter. Source
  • Gross margin fell year-over-year: Q4 GAAP gross margin was 82%, against 92% a year earlier; non-GAAP gross margin was 86%, against 92%. Cost of revenue rose to $54.3 million from $16.5 million. Source
  • Full-year guided growth below 2025: The full-year 2026 revenue midpoint implies 30% growth, below the 41% reported for fiscal 2025. Source

“2025 was a massive year for Figma, and the fourth quarter was our best quarter yet”

Figma co-founder and CEO Dylan Field

Guidance

AreaPeriodFigureAgainst last quarter
Revenue SourceFirst quarter 2026$315.0 million to $317.0 millionNew
Revenue SourceFull year 2026$1.366 billion to $1.374 billionNew
Non-GAAP operating income SourceFull year 2026$100.0 million to $110.0 millionNew

What changed from last quarter

  • New guidance: First-quarter 2026 revenue guidance given. The prior release gave guidance only for fourth quarter and full year 2025. Source
  • New guidance: Full-year 2026 revenue and non-GAAP operating income guidance given. Source
  • New: Partnership with Anthropic to launch a Figma MCP app in Claude. Source
  • New: Bengaluru office opened, with local data hosting and governance support for enterprise. Source

Quarter and full-year results

  • Q4 revenue grew 40% year-over-year: Q4 revenue was $303.8 million, up from $216.9 million a year earlier, described by management as an accelerated growth rate. Source
  • Full-year revenue up 41%: Fiscal 2025 revenue was $1.056 billion, up from $749.0 million in 2024, with international revenue up 45%. Source
  • GAAP loss versus non-GAAP operating profit: Q4 GAAP operating margin was (64)%, while non-GAAP operating income was $44.0 million at a 14% margin, against $56.4 million in Q4 2024. Source
  • One-time IPO stock compensation charge: A one-time stock-based compensation expense of $975.7 million, recognized in Q3 from the initial public offering, affected full-year GAAP loss from operations, net loss and net loss per share. Source
  • Q4 net loss and per-share results: Q4 GAAP net loss was $226.6 million, while non-GAAP net income was $43.0 million; GAAP net loss per share was $(0.44). Source

Customers and retention

  • Net dollar retention rose to 136%: Net Dollar Retention Rate was 136% at December 31, 2025, up from 131% at September 30, 2025 for customers with ARR of $10,000 or more. Source
  • Customer tiers grew again in Q4: The prior release reported over 1,000 additions above $10,000 ARR and over 140 above $100,000 ARR in Q3; year-end counts continued to rise in each tier. Source

“Q4 was our best quarter for net new revenue on record, as platform-led adoption across our customer base - - including enterprise and international - - powered durable growth at scale”

Praveer Melwani, Figma CFO

Products and AI adoption

  • Figma Make weekly users up over 70%: Weekly active users of Figma Make grew over 70% quarter-over-quarter, and over half of Paid Customers above $100,000 ARR built in Make weekly in the quarter. Source
  • Make users also work in Design: Over 80% of Make weekly active users on Full seats also used Figma Design in the quarter, reflecting increased adoption of AI workflows across the platform. Source
  • Claude Code and Make Connectors added: Users can bring Claude Code interfaces into the Figma canvas as editable layers, and Make Connectors pull context from Atlassian, GitHub, Notion and Linear. Source
  • Three AI image tools and Weave: Three AI image editing tools launched for canvas editing; the Weavy acquisition is now Figma Weave, combining leading AI models and editing tools on one browser canvas. Source
  • Make models and ChatGPT app expanded: Make added experimental Gemini 3 Pro and Claude Opus 4.6 models; the ChatGPT app now generates FigJam diagrams, Buzz marketing artifacts and Slides presentations. Source

Costs and margins

  • Gross margin fell year-over-year: Q4 GAAP gross margin was 82%, against 92% a year earlier; non-GAAP gross margin was 86%, against 92%. Cost of revenue rose to $54.3 million from $16.5 million. Source
  • GAAP R&D and sales spending rose: GAAP research and development was $195.8 million in Q4 against $58.6 million, and sales and marketing was $134.2 million against $61.2 million. Source
  • Non-GAAP R&D and sales spending up: Non-GAAP research and development was $84.4 million in Q4, up from $57.1 million, and non-GAAP sales and marketing was $95.2 million, up from $60.5 million. Source
  • Stock compensation drove GAAP gap: Stock-based compensation was $218.3 million in Q4, against $0.2 million a year earlier, and $1.36 billion for fiscal 2025. Source
  • Non-GAAP tax rate lowered to 14.5%: The projected rate for non-GAAP tax effects was 14.5% for Q4 and fiscal 2025, down from 25% in 2024, mainly from releasing a non-GAAP valuation allowance. Source

“Our healthy balance sheet and positive free cash flow gives us the flexibility to continue investing in AI and the platform while maintaining financial discipline for sustainable, long-term growth”

Praveer Melwani, Figma CFO

Cash flow and balance sheet

  • Q4 operating cash flow positive: Q4 operating cash flow was $39.9 million, a 13% margin, against $73.1 million a year earlier; Adjusted Free Cash Flow was $38.5 million. Source
  • Full-year operating cash flow reversed: Fiscal 2025 operating cash flow was $250.7 million, a 24% margin, against negative $61.7 million in 2024; Adjusted Free Cash Flow was $242.7 million. Source
  • Cash and securities at $1.7 billion: Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities totalled $1.7 billion at December 31, 2025, up from $1.6 billion at September 30, 2025. Source
  • Receivables rose with billings: Accounts receivable reached $247.9 million at year-end, against $131.3 million a year earlier. Source

Capital, acquisitions and share settlement

  • IPO proceeds and no buybacks: Net IPO proceeds were $393.1 million; the cash flow statement shows no repurchase of common stock in 2025, after $0.9 million in 2024. Source
  • Weavy acquisition added goodwill: Cash paid for business combinations was $58.3 million in 2025, $37.3 million of it in Q4; goodwill rose to $101.4 million from $11.4 million. Source
  • Revolver drawn and repaid in full: The company borrowed and repaid $330.5 million under its revolving credit facility in 2025, and paid $1.4 million of issuance costs. Source
  • Digital asset holdings at year-end: The company held $15.6 million of current and $15.1 million of non-current digital assets at year-end, after $45.0 million of 2025 purchases and $15.0 million of sales. Source
  • Net share settlement taxes rose: Taxes paid for net share settlement of equity awards were $499.8 million in 2025, against $418.1 million in 2024. Source

Guidance and reported growth

  • Full-year guided growth below 2025: The full-year 2026 revenue midpoint implies 30% growth, below the 41% reported for fiscal 2025. Source
  • First-quarter guided growth at 38%: The first-quarter 2026 revenue midpoint implies 38% growth, against 40% reported for the fourth quarter. Source

Coming up, as management said on 18 February 2026

  • Written prepared remarks to be posted: A written version of the prepared remarks will be posted on the investor relations website before the call begins. Source

Figures management reported

FigureReported
Net Dollar Retention Rate Source136%
Paid Customers with more than $10,000 in ARR Source13,861
Paid Customers with more than $100,000 in ARR Source1,405
Paid Customers with more than $1,000,000 in ARR Source67
Figma Make weekly active user growth, quarter-over-quarter Sourceover 70%

Risks management discussed

  • Regulatory: Operating cash flow for Q4 and the year includes a $24.5 million payment to the Israeli tax authority tied to moving Weavy intellectual property to the United States. Source

Earlier plans management reported on

  • Ahead: Q4 revenue was reported above the range of the previously issued fourth quarter guidance. Source

Other quarters

Summarised with AI from the documents the company filed with the SEC. Every point is checked against the filing before it is shown: management’s own words word for word, figures against the line or table row they come from. A point that fails the check is left out. Source opens the filing at that line.