Verisign Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Results

Fourth Quarter Financial Results

VeriSign, Inc. and subsidiaries (“Verisign”) reported revenue of $425 million for the fourth quarter of 2025, up 7.5 percent from the same quarter in 2024. Operating income was $285 million for the fourth quarter of 2025, compared to $264 million for the same quarter of 2024. Verisign reported net income of $206 million and diluted earnings per share (diluted “EPS”) of $2.23 for the fourth quarter of 2025, compared to net income of $191 million and diluted EPS of $2.00 for the same quarter in 2024.

2025 Financial Results

Verisign reported revenue of $1.66 billion for 2025, up 6.4 percent from 2024. Operating income was $1.12 billion for 2025 compared to $1.06 billion in 2024. Verisign reported net income of $826 million and diluted EPS of $8.81 for 2025, compared to net income of $786 million and diluted EPS of $8.00 in 2024.

“In 2025, we extended our track record of providing 100 percent availability for .com and .net domain name resolution to 28 years, saw strong domain growth, and returned over $1.1 billion to our shareholders. Also, today we announced a 5.2% increase in our dividend to $0.81 per share,” said Jim Bidzos, Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.

Financial Highlights

• Verisign ended 2025 with cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities of $581 million, a decrease of $19 million from year-end 2024.
• Cash flow from operations was $290 million for the fourth quarter of 2025 and $1,091 million for the full year of 2025 compared with $232 million for the same quarter in 2024 and $903 million for the full year of 2024.
• Deferred revenues as of Dec. 31, 2025, totaled $1.38 billion, an increase of $80 million from year-end 2024.
• During the fourth quarter of 2025, Verisign repurchased 1.0 million shares of its common stock for $251 million. During the full year of 2025, Verisign repurchased 3.4 million shares of its common stock for $859 million. As of Dec. 31, 2025, there was $1.08 billion remaining for future share repurchases under the share repurchase program, which has no expiration date.
• On February 3, 2026, Verisign’s Board of Directors approved a 5.2% increase in the quarterly dividend to $0.81 per share of Verisign’s outstanding common stock to stockholders of record as of the close of business on February 19, 2026, payable on February 27, 2026.

Business Highlights

• Verisign ended the fourth quarter of 2025 with 173.5 million .com and .net domain name registrations in the domain name base, a 2.6 percent increase from the end of the fourth quarter of 2024, and a net increase of 1.58 million registrations during the fourth quarter of 2025.
• In the fourth quarter of 2025, Verisign processed 10.7 million new domain name registrations for .com and .net, as compared to 9.5 million for the same quarter in 2024.
• The final .com and .net renewal rate for the third quarter of 2025 was 75.4 percent compared to 72.2 percent for the same quarter in 2024. Renewal rates are not fully measurable until 45 days after the end of the quarter.

Today’s Conference Call

Verisign will host a live conference call today at 4:30 p.m. (EST) to review the fourth quarter and full year 2025 results. The call will be accessible by direct dial at (888) 676-VRSN (U.S.) or (646) 769-9200 (international), conference ID: Verisign. A listen-only live web cast of the conference call and accompanying slide presentation will also be available at https://investor.verisign.com. An audio archive of the call will be available at https://investor.verisign.com/events.cfm. This news release and the financial information discussed on today’s conference call are available at https://investor.verisign.com.

About Verisign

Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN), a global provider of critical internet infrastructure and domain name registry services, enables internet navigation for many of the world’s most recognized domain names. Verisign helps enable the security, stability, and resiliency of the Domain Name System and the internet by providing root zone maintainer services, operating two of the 13 global internet root servers, and providing registration services and authoritative resolution for the .com and .net top-level domains, which support the majority of global e-commerce. To learn more please visit verisign.com.

Statements in this announcement other than historical data and information constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 as amended and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as amended. These statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those stated or implied by such forward-looking statements. The potential risks and uncertainties include, among others, attempted security breaches, cyber-attacks, and DDoS attacks against our systems and services; the introduction of undetected or unknown defects in our systems or services; vulnerabilities in the global routing system; system interruptions or system failures; damage or interruptions to our data centers, data center systems or resolution systems; risks arising from our operation of root servers and our performance of the Root Zone Maintainer functions; any loss or modification of our right to operate the .com and .net gTLDs; changes or challenges to the pricing provisions of the .com Registry Agreement; new or existing governmental laws and regulations in the U.S. or other applicable non-U.S. jurisdictions; new laws, regulations, directives or ICANN policies that require us to obtain and maintain personal information of registrants; economic, legal, regulatory, and political risks associated with our international operations; unfavorable changes in, or interpretations of, tax rules and regulations; risks from the implementation of ICANN’s consensus and temporary policies, technical standards and other processes; the weakening of, or changes to, the multi-stakeholder model of internet governance; the outcome of claims, lawsuits, audits or investigations; challenging economic conditions; our ability to compete in the highly competitive business environment in which we operate; changes in internet practices and behavior and the adoption of substitute technologies, or the negative impact of wholesale price increases; our ability to expand our services into developing and emerging economies; our ability to maintain strong relationships with registrars and their resellers; our ability to attract, retain and motivate highly skilled employees; the continuity of our quarterly dividend; our ability to protect and enforce our intellectual property rights; challenges from the use of AI technology by third-parties or us; and the impact on our stock price from the dissemination of false or misleading information by unrelated third parties. More information about potential factors that could affect our business and financial results is included in our filings with the SEC, including in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2025 and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K. Verisign undertakes no obligation to update any of the forward-looking statements after the date of this announcement.

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