VeriSign beats by $0.05, reports revs in-line
Deferred revenues on Dec. 31, 2013, totaled $856 million, an increase of $43 million from year-end 2012. Verisign Registry Services added 1.29 million net new names during the fourth quarter, ending with 127.2 million active domain names in the zone for .com and .net, which represents a 5 percent increase over the zone at the end of the fourth quarter in 2012. In the fourth quarter, Verisign processed 8.2 million new domain name registrations for .com and .net as compared to 8.0 million for the same period in 2012. During 2013, Verisign processed 34.0 million new domain name registrations as compared with 33.1 million for 2012.