---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001014473-23-000032"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VRSN"
cik: "0001014473"
company_name: "VERISIGN INC/CA"
filed_at: "2023-07-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T23:31:47.933148+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Verisign Q2 revenue $372M (+5.7% YoY), EPS $1.79; authorizes additional $1.14B buyback

## Summary
- Revenue $372M, up 5.7% YoY; operating income $249M vs $236M.
- Net income $186M, diluted EPS $1.79 vs $1.54 in Q2 2022.
- .com/.net domain base 174.4M, +0.1% YoY; renewal rate 75.5%.
- Board authorized additional $1.14B share repurchase, total $1.5B available.
- Renewed .net registry agreement with ICANN through June 2029; .net fee to rise to $10.91.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001014473-23-000032
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VRSN
- cik: 0001014473
- company_name: VERISIGN INC/CA
- filed_at: 2023-07-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1014473/000101447323000032/0001014473-23-000032-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1014473/000101447323000032/vrsn-20230727.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001014473-23-000032
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001014473-23-000032.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001014473-23-000032.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  VERISIGN INC/CA reported the second quarter of 2023 results: revenue $372 million, net income $186 million, EPS $1.79.
  - Period: the second quarter of 2023
  - Revenue: $372 million
  - Net income: $186 million
  - EPS: $1.79
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Verisign, Inc. and its subsidiaries (“Verisign”) reported revenue of $372 million for the second quarter of 2023, up 5.7 percent from the same quarter in 2022. Operating income was $249 million for the second quarter of 2023, compared to $236 million for the same quarter of 2022. Verisign reported net income of $186 million and diluted earnings per share (diluted “EPS”) of $1.79 for the second quarter of 2023, compared to net income of $167 million and diluted EPS of $1.54 for the same quarter of 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1014473/000101447323000032/0001014473-23-000032-index.htm

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