Form 10-Q · Quarterly report
Verisign 10-Q, filed Oct 22, 2026
- Filed
- CIK
- 0001014473
- Accession no.
- 0001014473-26-000039
Summary
Verisign reported third-quarter 2026 revenue of $443.0 million, up 6% from a year earlier, and operating income of $296.5 million, with 182.5 million .com and .net registrations in the domain name base as of September 30, 2026, a 6.1% year-over-year increase. Verisign said it will raise the annual wholesale fee for .com registrations from $10.26 to $10.97 effective November 1, 2026 and for .net registrations from $10.91 to $12.00 effective March 1, 2027, and its board declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.81 per share.
Key points
- Nine-month 2026 revenue was $1,306.5 million, up 6% from 2025, with operating income of $886.4 million, up 6%.
- Verisign processed 13.1 million new .com and .net registrations in the third quarter of 2026, compared with 10.6 million a year earlier; the final second-quarter 2026 renewal rate was 75.2% versus 75.5%.
- Cash flows from operating activities were $772.3 million for the first nine months of 2026, compared with $801.5 million a year earlier, and Verisign repurchased 0.7 million shares for $189.1 million, leaving $1.36 billion under its repurchase program.
- The dividend is payable November 24, 2026 to stockholders of record as of November 17, 2026.
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From the filing
ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION Overview We are a global provider of critical internet infrastructure and domain name registry services, enabling internet navigation for many of the world’s most recognized domain names. We help enable the security, stability, and resiliency of the DNS and the internet by providing Root Zone Maintainer Services, operating two of the thirteen global internet root servers, and providing registration services and authoritative resolution for the .com and .net gTLDs, which support the majority of global e-commerce. As of September 30, 2026, we had 182.5 million .com and .net registrations in the domain name base. …
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