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Verisign Revenue Rises 5.7% to $443 Million as Profit Holds Steady

Key Facts

1Verisign's revenue totaled $443 million in the third quarter of 2026.
2Rounded net income held steady at $213 million in the current quarter and the corresponding period.
3The registered domain name base totaled about 182.5 million domains at quarter-end.
4New domain name registrations increased 23.2% year on year.
5The company spent $189 million to repurchase 0.7 million shares during the quarter.

Verisign reported revenue of $443 million for the third quarter of 2026, according to its earnings release, as its registered domain name base expanded. Revenue grew 5.7% from the year-earlier quarter, while rounded net income held steady. The company said net income totaled "$213 million," the same rounded level reported in the third quarter of 2025. Diluted earnings per share rose to $2.35 from $2.27 a year earlier, increasing despite rounded total reported profit remaining unchanged. Quarterly results included a pre-tax operating loss of $7.5 million related to assets the company classified as held for sale. According to the earnings release, the loss reduced diluted earnings per share by $0.06, weighing on reported quarterly earnings.

In its domain name registration business, the registration base for ".com" and ".net" totaled about 182.5 million domains at the end of the third quarter of 2026, according to the company's statement. The base increased 6.1% from the end of the year-earlier quarter, alongside the rise in quarterly revenue. In its investor presentation, Verisign reported that new domain name registrations grew 23.2% year on year during the quarter, outpacing growth in the overall registration base. The preliminary domain renewal rate was 74.3% in the third quarter of 2026, according to the same presentation. The comparable rate was 75.4% in the third quarter of 2025, with the preliminary renewal rate declining as new registrations increased and the domain base expanded.

On cash generation, Verisign reported cash flow from operations of $268 million in the third quarter of 2026, according to its official earnings release. That was below operating cash flow of $308 million in the corresponding quarter of 2025, as cash generated from operations declined despite revenue growth during the period. Free cash flow totaled $261 million, according to the investor presentation and the company's definition of this non-GAAP measure. The company spent $189 million to repurchase 0.7 million shares during the quarter, according to the presentation. At the end of the third quarter, cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities totaled $476 million, according to Verisign's statement.