GoDaddy (GDDY) reported strong Q1 2026 results today after the close. Earnings exceeded expectations with $1.60 per share (vs. $1.52 expected) and revenue of $1.27 billion.
First Quarter 2026 Business and Financial Highlights
- Total revenue of $1.3 billion, up 6% year-over-year on a reported and constant currency
basis. - Total bookings of $1.5 billion, up 3% year-over-year on a reported basis and 2% on a
constant currency basis. - Applications and Commerce (A&C) revenue grew 12% year-over-year to $498.2 million.
- Core Platform (Core) revenue grew 3% year-over-year to $768.7 million.
- Operating income of $310.5 million, up 26% year-over-year, representing a 25% margin.
- Net income of $214.6 million, down 2% year-over-year, representing a 17% margin. Net
income in the prior year was inclusive of non-recurring, non-cash income tax benefit of $34.6
million. - Normalized EBITDA (NEBITDA) of $413.5 million, up 13% year-over-year, representing a
33% margin. - Net cash provided by operating activities of $471.5 million, up 17% year-over-year.
- Free cash flow of $473.6 million, up 15% year-over-year.
- Total customers of 20.4 million, up 13 thousand since December 31, 2025.
- GoDaddy continued to expand its internally-built AI-native experiences, with Airo AI Builder
delivering strong early adoption and monetization and achieving a multi-million dollar
annualized bookings run rate within just weeks of its beta launch. - In April, GoDaddy announced new partnerships with LegalZoom and Cloudflare, advancing
Agent Name Service (ANS) with real-world use cases and extending our role in digital
identity into the AI ecosystem. Non-GoDaddy agents in ANS now number in the thousands.
You can view the full earnings report here