Verisign Reports Third Quarter 2026 Results
Key Highlights
- ➤Revenue $443 million, up 5.7% year-over-year
- ➤Diluted EPS $2.35, up from $2.27 year-over-year
- ➤Domain base 182.5 million, growing 6.1% year-over-year
- ➤Verisign repurchased 0.7 million shares for $189 million
- ➤Board approved quarterly dividend of $0.81 per share
Expert Statements
Jim Bidzos, Executive Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Verisign
“We delivered a strong quarter operationally, having grown the domain name base by 6.1% year-over-year. The rollout of the .web top-level domain is on track, and we opened the limited beta phase of our high-assurance validation service, Verisign Informed™, which can strengthen and enhance existing tools of trust that are deployed world-wide for authenticating data and users,”
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), a global provider of critical internet infrastructure and domain name registry services, today reported financial results for the third quarter of 2026.
VeriSign, Inc. and its subsidiaries (“Verisign”) reported revenue of $443 million for the third quarter of 2026, up 5.7 percent from the same quarter in 2025. Operating income was $296 million for the third quarter of 2026, compared to $284 million for the same quarter of 2025. Verisign reported net income of $213 million and diluted earnings per share (diluted “EPS”) of $2.35 for the third quarter of 2026, compared to net income of $213 million and diluted EPS of $2.27 for the same quarter of 2025. During the third quarter of 2026 the Company recognized a pre-tax operating loss of $7.5 million related to certain assets held for sale, which decreased diluted EPS by $0.06.
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