(Corrects headline to add dropped words "increase in domain name registrations") Overview * Domain registry service provider Verisign Q3 2025 revenue grows 7.3% yr/yr, beating analyst expectations * Net income for Q3 2025 rises to $213 mln, with diluted EPS of $2.27 * Company repurchased 0.8 mln shares for $215 mln in Q3 2025 Outlook * Company did not provide specific guidance for future quarters or full year Result Drivers * DOMAIN REGISTRATIONS – Verisign processed 10.6 mln new domain name registrations in Q3 2025, up from 9.3 mln in Q3 2024 * RENEWAL RATE IMPROVEMENT – The .com and .net renewal rate for Q2 2025 was 75.5%, up from 72.7% in Q2 2024 * SHARE REPURCHASES – Verisign repurchased 0.8 mln shares for $215 mln in Q3 2025 Key Details Metric Beat/Mis Actual Consensu s s Estimate Q3 Beat $419.10 $416.82 Revenue mln mln (2 Analysts ) Q3 EPS $2.27 Q3 67.79% OPERATIN G MARGIN Analyst Coverage * The current average analyst rating on the shares is "buy" and the breakdown of recommendations is 2 "strong buy" or "buy", 2 "hold" and no "sell" or "strong sell" * The average consensus recommendation for the it services & consulting peer group is "buy" * Wall Street's median 12-month price target for VeriSign, Inc is $337.00, about 20.9% above its October 21 closing price of $266.46 * The stock recently traded at 28 times the next 12-month earnings vs. a P/E of 32 three months ago Press Release: For questions concerning the data in this report, contact Estimates.Support@lseg.com. For any other questions or feedback, contact . (This story was created using Reuters automation and AI based on LSEG and company data. It was checked and edited by a Reuters journalist prior to publication.)
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