---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001014473-23-000018"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VRSN"
cik: "0001014473"
company_name: "VERISIGN INC/CA"
filed_at: "2023-04-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T07:42:31.052343+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Verisign Q1 revenue $364M (+5.1% YoY), EPS $1.70 vs $1.43, operating income $241M

## Summary
- Revenue $364M (+5.1% YoY); operating income $241M vs $225M; net income $179M, diluted EPS $1.70 vs $1.43.
- Cash flow from operations $259M vs $207M; deferred revenues $1.26B, up $42M from year-end.
- Repurchased 1.1M shares for $220M; $639M remaining in buyback program.
- .com/.net domain base 174.8M (+0.1% YoY); new registrations 10.3M vs 10.2M; renewal rate 73.3% (down from 74.8%).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001014473-23-000018
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VRSN
- cik: 0001014473
- company_name: VERISIGN INC/CA
- filed_at: 2023-04-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1014473/000101447323000018/0001014473-23-000018-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1014473/000101447323000018/vrsn-20230427.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001014473-23-000018.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  VERISIGN INC/CA reported the first quarter of 2023 results: revenue $364 million, net income $179 million, EPS $1.70.
  - Period: the first quarter of 2023
  - Revenue: $364 million
  - Net income: $179 million
  - EPS: $1.70
  - Result: reported results
  source text: services and internet infrastructure, today reported financial results for the first quarter of 2023. VeriSign, Inc. and its subsidiaries (“Verisign”) reported revenue of $364 million for the first quarter of 2023, up 5.1 percent from the same quarter in 2022. Operating income was $241 million for the first quarter of 2023, compared to $225 million for the
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1014473/000101447323000018/0001014473-23-000018-index.htm

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