VeriSign Q3 Revenue Rises 5.7% to $443 Million; EPS $2.35; .Com/.Net Domain Base Up 6.1% to 182.5 Million
RESTON — Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN), the registry operator for .com and .net, reported third-quarter 2026 results after the close on October 22. According to the company's official earnings release, Q3 revenue was $443.0 million, up 5.7% from $419.1 million a year earlier. Operating income was $296.5 million, versus $284.3 million; net income was $212.6 million, versus $212.8 million; diluted EPS was $2.35, versus $2.27. Operating cash flow was $268 million, versus $308 million a year earlier. The company disclosed that a non-core asset classified as held for sale recorded a pre-tax operating loss of $7.5 million in the quarter, a drag of about $0.06 per share.
The combined .com and .net domain name base stood at 182.5 million at quarter-end, up 6.1% year over year and a net increase of 3.4 million from the end of Q2; the company processed 13.1 million new registrations in the quarter, versus 10.6 million a year earlier. The board approved a cash dividend of $0.81 per share on October 19. On its earnings call, Verisign said it has raised and narrowed its 2026 domain-base growth outlook to 6.5%–7%.
The company also laid out the launch timetable for the .web top-level domain: a sunrise period in mid-December 2026, a limited-registration phase in mid-January 2027, and general availability expected in April 2027.
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：位于弗吉尼亚州Reston的VeriSign总部。照片：Baron Maddock，CC BY 4.0，经Wikimedia Commons。Photo: VeriSign headquarters in Reston, Virginia. Photo: Baron Maddock, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
