-- 獨立研究機構CFRA向提供了以下研究報告。 CFRA分析師總結如下：Verisign第一季業績穩健，營收達4.29億美元（年增6%），超過市場普遍預期的4.27億美元；每股收益為2.34美元（年成長11.4%），高於市場預期的2.27美元。新註冊量年增13.9%至1150萬，創近期最強勁成長，主要得益於人工智慧工具讓網站創建更加快速方便。我們認為，Verisign在域名註冊管理機構領域的壟斷地位以及人工智慧驅動的需求，都支撐了其投資邏輯。管理階層將網域基數成長預期從1.5%-3.5%上調至3.1%-4.3%，並將營收預期上調至17.3億美元-17.45億美元，這反映出他們對人工智慧驅動的需求永續性充滿信心。網域基數達1.761億個（年增3.7%），續費率從74.0%提升至75.0%。 .com網域價格將於2026年11月調高6.9%至10.97美元，這將為公司帶來營收成長。我們認為，強勁的獲利成長與現金流產生能力的下降之間存在的差異值得關注，以便評估其商業模式的可持續性。
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