NameSilo

registries Why Verisign’s Revenues Will Remain Under Pressure

Spaceship Spaceship
Watch

Lox

____Top Member
Impact
12,436
Why Verisign’s Revenues Will Remain Under Pressure Despite Swelling Domain Registrations

the company will very likely be able to raise domain registration fees once negotiations with ICANN are over around Q2 2020 – allowing VeriSign to report better revenue growth figures from the second half of 2020.

A Quick Look At Verisign’s Revenues

  • Verisign makes revenue by selling domain name registry services.
  • The company has only one reporting segment and had total revenue of $1.21 billion in 2018.
  • Total revenues reached $1.21 billion in 2018 from $1.14 billion in 2016 – representing an annualized growth rate of 3.1%. Q3 2019 revenue came in at $0.31 billion which was nearly identical to the figure for the previous year
  • We expect revenues for full-year 2019 to reach $1.23 billion because of the following trends:
  • Number of domains jumped to 153 million in 2018 from $142 million in 2016, and we expect this key metric to swell to 157 million by the end of the year
  • Average price per domain has shrunk gradually from $8.03 in 2016 to $7.94 in 2018. We expect the trend to continue in 2019, with the average price falling further to $7.86.
  • Average price per domain has shrunk gradually from $8.03 in 2016 to $7.94 in 2018. We expect the trend to continue in 2019, with the average price falling further to $7.86.

read more (Forbes)
 
1
•••
The views expressed on this page by users and staff are their own, not those of NamePros.
Thanks for pointing out the recent post, and summarizing some of the highlights. The price information drop is interesting as the wholesale cost has been constant at $7.85, yet they are reporting a slightly higher value. Or maybe it is the mix of .com .net they are reporting?

As the linked article in Forbes is somewhat of a highlight overview, not surprisingly, it is perhaps important to balance it with a careful look at the last full financial statement from Verisign site where they have the 140 pg financial report for 2018, the last full year available.

It is a lot of reading, but if you go to pg 39 it shows the end 2018 numbers as revenue of $1.215 billion with gross profits before adjustments of $1.023 billion, or about 84% gross profit ratio. While business experts are needed to interpret that, and their operations are far more than operating the .com, .net and some other TLDs, it seems like a high gross profit for a company seeking price rises over the next four years. The document also shows how their share price has increased over the years.

Bob
 
Last edited:
3
•••
Thanks for pointing out the recent post, and summarizing some of the highlights. The price information drop is interesting as the wholesale cost has been constant at $7.85, yet they are reporting a slightly higher value. Or maybe it is the mix of .com .net they are reporting?

As the linked article in Forbes is somewhat of a highlight overview, not surprisingly, it is perhaps important to balance it with a careful look at the last full financial statement from Verisign site where they have the 140 pg financial report for 2018, the last full year available.

It is a lot of reading, but if you go to pg 39 it shows the end 2018 numbers as revenue of $1.215 billion with gross profits before adjustments of $1.023 billion, or about 84% gross profit ratio. While business experts are needed to interpret that, and their operations are far more than operating the .com, .net and some other TLDs, it seems like a high gross profit for a company seeking price rises over the next four years. The document also shows how their share price has increased over the years.

Bob

Yes the writer is not a Forbes staff writer it's a contributor. They should be worried they only got 116 views on a Forbes article.
 
3
•••
Not quite sure about those conclusions about the pricing. The average price per domain thing is a bit odd because of the pricing over a number of TLDs of different sizes.

Regards..jmcc
 
1
•••
  • The sidebar remains visible by scrolling at a speed relative to the page’s height.
Back