Verisign Q3 FY2026: revenue up 5.7%, EPS of $2.35 misses consensus
Verisign's third quarter of 2026 was a clean operating quarter with a soft bottom line: revenue rose 5.7% to $443.0 million and gross margin reached 88.8%, yet net income was flat at $212.6 million and GAAP EPS of $2.35 landed 4.4% below the $2.4577 consensus. Read the profit line rather than the top line, because SG&A, taxes and a $7.5 million loss on assets held for sale did the damage.
1 · Expected vs. Actual
Free preview belowGAAP diluted EPS of $2.35 fell 4.4% short of the $2.4577 consensus, and net income was essentially frozen at $212.6 million against $212.8 million a year earlier. A $7.5 million pre-tax loss on assets held for sale cut EPS by $0.06, but adding that back only gets you to $2.41, still under the estimate. Operating income did rise to $296.5 million from $284.3 million, so the gap came below the operating line.
Revenue of $443.0 million beat last year's $419.1 million by 5.7%, and every quarter in the table is higher than the one before it, from $395.4 million up to $443.0 million. Gross margin also crept up, to 88.8% from 88.4% in the same quarter a year ago. The domain name base ended at 182.5 million .com and .net registrations, up 6.1% year-over-year.
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Figures on this page come from the company's original SEC filings. The analysis is generated automatically and checked against validation rules, but may still contain errors or omissions. Not investment advice. · Generated 2026-10-23
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