VeriSign (VRSN) reported strong Q1 2026 results with an EPS of ($2.34) an 11.4% year-over-year increase.
Financial Highlights
- Verisign ended the first quarter of 2026 with cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of $556 million, a decrease of $24 million from year-end 2025.
- Cash flow from operations was $272 million for the first quarter of 2026, compared to $291 million for the same quarter of 2025.
- Deferred revenues as of March 31, 2026 totaled $1.43 billion, an increase of $45 million from year-end 2025.
- During the first quarter of 2026, Verisign repurchased 0.9 million shares of its common stock for $214 million. As of March 31, 2026, there was $863 million remaining for future share repurchases under the share repurchase program, which has no expiration.
- On April 20, 2026, Verisign’s Board of Directors approved a cash dividend of $0.81 per share of Verisign’s outstanding common stock to stockholders of record as of the close of business on May 19, 2026, payable on May 27, 2026.
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