VeriSign (VRSN) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $2.35
- Estimate
- $2.42
- Surprise
- -2.7%
- Revenue (period 2026-09-30)
- $443.0M
- Score at report (before → after)
- 5.3 → 5.5/10
Revenue source: xbrl.
How the report landed
VeriSign (VRSN) missed the $2.42 estimate with adjusted EPS of $2.35 — a modest 2.7% shortfall. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (5.3/10) to Sell at 5.5/10 after the report — the engine's score rose despite the miss.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates VRSN Sell at 5.3/10.
2 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's -2.7% surprise compares with a +0.0% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2027-02-04.
What supports the rating
- V7 flight-to-quality bonus: +0.5 (Q=8.0 in RISK_OFF)
- High-quality business
What argues against it
- Concentration risk — Product: .com and .net gTLD registries
- Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining
- Near 52-week high (2.2% away)
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $305.53
- Stop
- $288.43
The stock trades at 33.0× trailing but 28.0× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-29 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
VRSN at TrendMatrix's latest read
Technology names get repriced on forward expectations more than trailing prints — a quarter here is read through next-year growth and multiple, not the EPS line alone.
- Industry
- Software - Infrastructure
- Market cap
- $27.54B
- P/E (fwd)
- 28.0
- P/E (ttm)
- 33.0
- 52-week range
- $208.86–$312.48
- Off 52-week high
- 2.2%
- RSI (14)
- 52
- Volume vs avg
- 0.01×
- Score today
- 5.3/10