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.
Coverage in the report window
- VeriSign Q3 EPS $2.35 Misses $2.41 Estimate, Sales $443.000M Beat $440.573M Estimate — benzinga, 2026-10-22
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates VRSN Sell at 5.5/10.
2 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's -2.7% surprise compares with a +0.0% four-quarter average.
What supports the rating
- V7 flight-to-quality bonus: +0.5 (Q=8.2 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 (2.6% 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
- $304.34
- Stop
- $287.72
The stock trades at 33.1× trailing but 27.8× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Risk check: RSI 73 — a level conventionally read as overbought; gains at these levels often lean on momentum.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-23 — 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
- $27.53B
- P/E (fwd)
- 27.8
- P/E (ttm)
- 33.1
- 52-week range
- $208.86–$312.48
- Off 52-week high
- 2.6%
- RSI (14)
- 73
- Volume vs avg
- 0.18×
- Score today
- 5.5/10