Verisign VRSN (NASDAQ) released their Q2 2021 Domain Name Industry Brief The second quarter of 2021 closed with 367.3 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of 3.8 million domain name registrations, or 1.0%, compared to the first quarter of 2021.1,2 Domain name registrations have decreased by 2.8 million, or 0.7%, year over year.1,2 .Com and .Net … [Read more...]
Verisign down 6% in After hours trading on Q2 earnings miss
VeriSign (NASDAQ:VRSN) reported on Thursday second quarter earnings that missed analysts' forecasts and revenue that topped expectations. VeriSign announced earnings per share of $1.31 on revenue of $329.4M. Investing.com reported that analysts polled by Investing.com anticipated EPS of $1.36 on revenue of $327.97M. VeriSign shares are up 7% from the beginning of the year, still down … [Read more...]
Some Australian researchers want to see .CC taken away from Verisign
Like .com, .net and .tv, Verisign is the registry provider for .cc, the country code for Cocos (Keeling) Islands. This is an Australian territory. So TheGuardian published an article today from Josh Taylor with the headline, "Australia urged to take control of Cocos .cc internet domain to foil scammers and child abuse sites". Interestingly one of the researchers said, “It’s also very short … [Read more...]
Verisign reports First Quarter 2021 Results
Verisign VRSN (NASDAQ) reported earnings after the close. The final .com and .net renewal rate for the fourth quarter of 2020 was 73.5 percent compared to 73.8 percent for the same quarter in 2019. Financial Highlights Verisign ended the first quarter of 2021 with cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of $1.18 billion, an increase of $14 million from the end of 2020.Cash flows … [Read more...]
Verisign DNIB Q4 2020 showed a decrease of 4.4m regs vs Q3 of 2020
Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) released their Domain Name Industry Brief for Q4 2020. The fourth quarter of 2020 closed with 366.3 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), a decrease of 4.4 million domain name registrations, or 1.2 percent, compared to the third quarter of 2020. According to Verisign domain name registrations grew by 4.0 million, or 1.1 percent, … [Read more...]
Verisign reports Q3 earnings revenue of $318 million for Q3 2020, up 3.1 percent from Q3 2019
VeriSign (NASDAQ:VRSN): reported earnings for Q3. Stock unchanged after hours. Q3 Non-GAAP EPS of $1.28 misses by $0.07; GAAP EPS of $1.49 beats by $0.23. Revenue of $317.8M (+3.0% Y/Y) beats by $1.73M. Financial Highlights Verisign ended the third quarter of 2020 with cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of $1.15 billion, a decrease of $68 million from the end of … [Read more...]
Verisign 2020 Q2 DNIB shows an increases of 3.3 million domain name registrations
Verisign VRSN (NASDAQ) released their second quarter Domain Name Industry Brief. Domain Name Industry Brief, which shows that the second quarter of 2020 closed with 370.1 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of 3.3 million domain name registrations, or 0.9 percent, compared to the first quarter of 2020. Domain name registrations have grown by 15.3 … [Read more...]
