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Verisign (VRSN) FY2008 results: revenue $559 million, down 34.3% on the year

Verisign Inc. (VRSN) reported revenue of $559 million for fiscal 2008, the year ended 31 December 2008, down 34.3% on the year before. Net income was -$374 million, and diluted earnings per share $-1.87. The figures are the company's own, from the 10-K it filed with the SEC on 26 February 2010.

Revenue
$559 million
-34.3% on the year
FY2007FY2008
Operating margin
-4.7%
-27.2% a year earlier
FY2007FY2008
Net income
-$374 million
FY2007FY2008
Diluted EPS
-$1.87
FY2007FY2008

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The year in brief

Income statement (profit and loss)

$ millionFY2008FY2007On the yearLast 8 years
Revenue559851-34.3%
Cost of revenue161240-33.0%
Gross profit398610-34.8%
Gross margin71.2%71.8%
Research and development61.894.4-34.6%
Operating income-26.0-232
Operating margin-4.7%-27.2%
Interest expense44.4n/a
Pre-tax income23.5-137
Income tax-12.1-3.5
Effective tax rate-51.4%n/a
Net income-374-150
Net margin-67.0%-17.7%
Diluted EPS-$1.87-$0.63
$ million except per share.
Read moreFree cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Those four are arithmetic on the filed numbers; everything else is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and share counts are as they are.

Cash flow

$ millionFY2008FY2007On the yearLast 8 years
Operating cash flow484474+2.2%
Capital expenditure121155-21.7%
Free cash flow363319+13.8%
Free cash flow margin65.0%37.5%
Cash from investing76.8209-63.3%
Cash from financing-1,164189
Depreciation and amortisation129231-44.2%
Share-based compensation90.190.9-0.9%
Buybacks1,3271,156+14.8%
Diluted shares, weighted201m238m-15.6%
Shares outstanding at period end192mn/a

Balance sheet

$ millionFY2008FY2007On the yearLast 8 years
Shareholders' equity5181,969-73.7%
Non-controlling interest49.2n/a
Debt569n/a
Other liabilities1,231n/a
Total liabilities and equity2,367n/a
Fixed assets385n/a
Goodwill283n/a
Intangible assets35.3n/a
Cash and equivalents7891,377-42.7%
Receivables83.7n/a
Other assets790n/a
Total assets2,367n/a

10-K for the year ended 31 December 2008, filed 26 February 2010: the filing.