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Figma, Inc.: Q1 FY2026 earnings call

What management said about Q1 FY2026, from the documents filed with the SEC on 14 May 2026: press release. Guidance figures: 2 raised, 1 new. The quarter’s numbers.

Key takeaways

  • Revenue growth accelerated to 46%: Revenue reached $333.4 million, up 46% year-over-year, after 40% growth in Q4 2025 and 38% in Q3 2025. Management called it the second consecutive quarter of acceleration. Source
  • Net dollar retention rose to 139%: Net Dollar Retention Rate was 139% at March 31, 2026, up three points from the prior quarter and the highest in over two years. Source
  • AI credit limits applied to all seats: Management implemented AI credit limits for all seats beginning March 18, 2026. Source
  • GAAP operating loss, non-GAAP profit: GAAP operating loss was $137.4 million, a (41)% margin. Non-GAAP operating income was $52.1 million, a 16% margin, against 18% a year earlier. Source
  • Free cash flow margin 27%: Operating cash flow was $97.3 million, a 29% margin. Free cash flow was $88.6 million, a 27% margin, against $94.6 million and 41% a year earlier. Source
  • Full-year revenue and profit guidance raised: Management raised full-year revenue and non-GAAP operating income guidance, citing sustained seat expansion and AI adoption. Source

“Q1 was an incredible quarter for Figma: revenue growth accelerated for the second consecutive quarter and customers are going bigger and broader with Figma than ever before,”

Dylan Field, Figma co-founder and CEO

Guidance

AreaPeriodFigureAgainst last quarter
Revenue Sourcesecond quarter of 2026$348.0 million to $350.0 millionNew
Revenue Sourcefull year 2026between $1.422 billion and $1.428 billionRaised from $1.366 billion to $1.374 billion
Non-GAAP operating income Sourcefull year 2026between $125.0 million and $135.0 millionRaised from $100.0 million to $110.0 million

What changed from last quarter

  • Guidance raised: Full-year revenue guidance raised by $55 million at the midpoint of the range. Source
  • Guidance raised: Full-year non-GAAP operating income guidance raised, from $100.0-$110.0 million to $125.0-$135.0 million. Source
  • New guidance: Second-quarter 2026 revenue guidance given for the first time, at $348.0-$350.0 million. Source
  • New: AI credit limits applied to all seats from March 18, 2026. The prior release did not mention them. Source
  • New: Shipped MCP capabilities that let agents read and write to Figma files. Source

Revenue growth and drivers

  • Revenue growth accelerated to 46%: Revenue reached $333.4 million, up 46% year-over-year, after 40% growth in Q4 2025 and 38% in Q3 2025. Management called it the second consecutive quarter of acceleration. Source
  • Seat expansion across organizations drove results: Management attributed the quarter's outperformance to stronger than expected seat expansion across whole organizations, tied to design's growing importance and AI product adoption. Source
  • Revenue rose from $228.2 million: Revenue for the first quarter of 2025 was $228.2 million, against $333.4 million in the current quarter. Source

Customers and retention

  • Net dollar retention rose to 139%: Net Dollar Retention Rate was 139% at March 31, 2026, up three points from the prior quarter and the highest in over two years. Source
  • New Pro team conversions up over 150%: New Pro team conversions grew more than 150% year-over-year, which management links to continued long-tail adoption of Figma's AI features. Source
  • Large customers using Make weekly: About 60% of Paid Customers with more than $100,000 in ARR used Figma Make weekly in the quarter, up from over 50% in the prior quarter. Source

“When code is a commodity, design is the competitive edge - the craft, point of view, and human judgment that make a great product rise above the rest.”

Dylan Field, Figma co-founder and CEO

AI products and adoption

  • MCP weekly active users grew five times: MCP weekly active users in Figma Design grew five times quarter-over-quarter. Source
  • Large MCP users added seats faster: Customers with more than $100,000 in ARR that use the MCP server grew Full seats about 70% faster than those that do not. Source
  • Agents read and write Figma files: Figma shipped MCP capabilities that let agents create and modify design assets, using users' components, variables and tokens. Source
  • Code to Canvas extended to more tools: Code to Canvas now covers more prototyping tools and IDEs, bringing interfaces from Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, VS Code and Warp onto the canvas as editable layers. Source
  • Weave gained a timeline editor: Figma Weave, formerly Weavy, received a new timeline editor for refining AI-generated video. Source

AI credit limits and monetization

  • AI credit limits applied to all seats: Management implemented AI credit limits for all seats beginning March 18, 2026. Source
  • Heavy users kept using AI credits: Over 75% of Org and Enterprise users who had exceeded limits kept using AI credits in April, and over 95% of them remained active as of April 30. Source
  • AI add-on teams larger and higher ARR: Pro teams buying AI credit add-ons had more seats per team and average ARR above three times that of teams without add-ons, as of March 31. Source

“We are raising our guidance for the year based on promising early traction on AI monetization and strength across the core platform, a testament to the team’s execution and our confidence in the road ahead.”

Praveer Melwani, Figma CFO

Margins and operating costs

  • GAAP operating loss, non-GAAP profit: GAAP operating loss was $137.4 million, a (41)% margin. Non-GAAP operating income was $52.1 million, a 16% margin, against 18% a year earlier. Source
  • Stock compensation rose sharply: Stock-based compensation, net of amounts capitalized, was $169.0 million against $0.2 million a year earlier, and is excluded from non-GAAP results. Source
  • Gross margin lower on both bases: Non-GAAP gross margin was 82% against 92%, and GAAP gross margin 79% against 91%. Cost of revenue was $68.7 million, against $19.5 million. Source
  • Non-GAAP operating expenses rose: Non-GAAP R&D was $85.7 million, sales and marketing $100.4 million and G&A $36.4 million, against $69.7 million, $68.8 million and $30.2 million. Source
  • Payroll taxes on RSU releases excluded: Employer payroll taxes on stock transactions of $13.9 million were excluded from non-GAAP operating income, mainly on RSU releases. Source

Cash flow and balance sheet

  • Free cash flow margin 27%: Operating cash flow was $97.3 million, a 29% margin. Free cash flow was $88.6 million, a 27% margin, against $94.6 million and 41% a year earlier. Source
  • Annual bonus payment in operating cash: Operating cash flow includes a $56.1 million payment under the annual corporate bonus program, with no comparable payment in the prior-year period. Source
  • Cash and securities of $1.6 billion: Cash and equivalents were $405.7 million and marketable securities $1,232.8 million at March 31, 2026. Source
  • Net share settlement taxes paid: Taxes paid on net share settlement of equity awards were $116.2 million, partly offset by $28.9 million from option exercises. Source
  • Capital expenditures increased: Capital expenditures were $7.8 million, against $0.9 million; capitalized internal-use software costs were $0.9 million, against $1.7 million. Source

Share count and tax rate

  • GAAP loss and non-GAAP profit per share: GAAP net loss per share was $(0.27). Non-GAAP net income per share was $0.11 basic and $0.10 diluted. Source
  • Weighted share count rose sharply: Non-GAAP diluted weighted-average shares were 544.7 million, against 231.1 million. GAAP basic weighted shares were 523.5 million, against 214.9 million. Source
  • Non-GAAP tax rate lowered to 14.5%: Projected non-GAAP tax rate is 14.5% for the quarter, against 25% a year earlier, reflecting release of a non-GAAP valuation allowance. Source

Guidance raised for full year

  • Full-year revenue and profit guidance raised: Management raised full-year revenue and non-GAAP operating income guidance, citing sustained seat expansion and AI adoption. Source
  • Second-quarter revenue guidance given: Second-quarter revenue guidance is given in this release for the first time, with a midpoint implying 40% year-over-year growth. Source
  • Full-year non-GAAP margin guided at 9%: Full-year non-GAAP operating income guidance implies a 9% non-GAAP operating margin at the midpoint of the range. Source

Coming up, as management said on 14 May 2026

  • Prepared remarks posted before the call: 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 Source139% as of March 31, 2026
Paid Customers with more than $10,000 ARR Source15,218, up 37% year-over-year
Paid Customers with more than $100,000 ARR Source1,525, up 48% year-over-year
Paid Customers Sourceapproximately 690,000, up 54% year-over-year

Risks management discussed

  • Regulatory: The non-GAAP tax rate is to be re-evaluated for significant events, tax law changes, and changes in geographic earnings mix. Source
  • External: Some items affecting non-GAAP operating income are outside management's control or cannot be reasonably predicted, so the non-GAAP guidance is not reconciled to GAAP. Source

Earlier plans management reported on

  • Ahead: Q1 revenue came in above the range Figma gave in its previous first-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.