---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001014473-23-000003"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VRSN"
cik: "0001014473"
company_name: "VERISIGN INC/CA"
filed_at: "2023-02-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T19:02:45.179281+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# VeriSign Q4 revenue $369M (+8.5% YoY), EPS $1.70; .com fee to rise to $9.59 in Sept 2023

## Summary
- Q4 revenue $369M (+8.5% YoY); operating margin 66.5% vs 65.3% prior year.
- Q4 net income $179M ($1.70 EPS) vs $330M ($2.97 EPS) which included $165.5M tax benefit.
- Full-year revenue $1.42B (+7.3%), net income $674M ($6.24 EPS) vs $785M ($7.00 EPS) prior year.
- .com/.net base 173.8M (+0.2% YoY); renewal rate 73.7% (down from 75.0%).
- .com registry fee to increase from $8.97 to $9.59 effective Sept 1, 2023; share repurchases $1.03B in 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001014473-23-000003
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VRSN
- cik: 0001014473
- company_name: VERISIGN INC/CA
- filed_at: 2023-02-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1014473/000101447323000003/0001014473-23-000003-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1014473/000101447323000003/vrsn-20230209.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001014473-23-000003.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  VERISIGN INC/CA reported financial results for the fiscal quarter and year ended December 31, 2022.
  - Period: the fiscal quarter and year ended December 31, 2022
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On February 9, 2023, VeriSign, Inc. (the “Company”) announced its financial results for the fiscal quarter and year ended December 31, 2022. A copy of this press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1014473/000101447323000003/0001014473-23-000003-index.htm

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