---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001014473-22-000026"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VRSN"
cik: "0001014473"
company_name: "VERISIGN INC/CA"
filed_at: "2022-10-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T23:12:22.943748+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Verisign Q3 revenue $357M (+6.8% YoY), EPS $1.58; Board adds $803M buyback

## Summary
- Revenue $357M, up 6.8% YoY; net income $169M, diluted EPS $1.58 vs $1.40.
- Operating margin 66.3% (vs 66.2%); cash from operations $262M.
- Board authorized additional $803M share repurchases, total $1.0B available, no expiration.
- .com/.net registrations 174.2M, up 1.2% YoY; renewal rate 73.8% (down from 75.4%).
- Repurchased 1.5M shares for $275M in Q3.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001014473-22-000026
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VRSN
- cik: 0001014473
- company_name: VERISIGN INC/CA
- filed_at: 2022-10-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1014473/000101447322000026/0001014473-22-000026-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1014473/000101447322000026/vrsn-20221027.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001014473-22-000026
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001014473-22-000026.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001014473-22-000026.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  VERISIGN INC/CA reported the third quarter of 2022 results: revenue $357 million, net income $169 million, EPS $1.58.
  - Period: the third quarter of 2022
  - Revenue: $357 million
  - Net income: $169 million
  - EPS: $1.58
  - Result: reported results
  source text: VeriSign, Inc. and its subsidiaries (“Verisign”) reported revenue of $357 million for the third quarter of 2022, up 6.8 percent from the same quarter in 2021. Verisign reported net income of $169 million and diluted earnings per share (diluted “EPS”) of $1.58 for the third quarter of 2022, compared to net income of $157 million and diluted EPS of $1.40 for the same quarter of 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1014473/000101447322000026/0001014473-22-000026-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.