VeriSign grows domain base 6.1%, lifts quarterly profit per share

VeriSign's domain name base kept growing at a healthy clip in the third quarter, supporting higher revenue and per-share earnings.

Revenue rose 5.7% to $443 million, according to its earnings release filed with an 8-K on Thursday. Net income was flat at $213 million, while diluted EPS increased to $2.35 from $2.27. The quarter included a $7.5 million pre-tax operating loss tied to assets held for sale, which reduced EPS by $0.06.

Domain growth

The company ended September with 182.5 million.com and.net registrations, up 6.1% from a year earlier and a net increase of 3.36 million names in the quarter. New registrations rose to 13.1 million from 10.6 million.

Executive Chairman and CEO Jim Bidzos said the rollout of the.web top-level domain is on track and that the company opened a limited beta of a high-assurance validation service called Verisign Informed.

VeriSign repurchased 0.7 million shares for $189 million and had $1.36 billion remaining under its buyback program. The board declared a dividend of $0.81 a share, payable Nov. 24. Operating cash flow was $268 million, down from $308 million.

By the numbers

• Revenue: $443 million, up 5.7%
• Diluted EPS: $2.35, vs. $2.27
• Domain base: 182.5 million, up 6.1%
• Q3 buybacks: $189 million
• Dividend: $0.81 a share

Sources

1. VeriSign, Inc., Form 8-K (Item 2.02) with Exhibit 99.1 earnings release dated Oct. 22, 2026, accession 0001014473-26-000038

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