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Verisign (VRSN) FY2010 results: revenue $681 million, up 10.5% on the year

Verisign Inc. (VRSN) reported revenue of $681 million for fiscal 2010, the year ended 31 December 2010, up 10.5% on the year before. Net income was $831 million, up 238.4%, and diluted earnings per share $4.64. The figures are the company's own, from the 10-K it filed with the SEC on 24 February 2011.

Revenue
$681 million
+10.5% on the year
FY2007FY2010
Operating margin
34.1%
26.0% a year earlier
FY2007FY2010
Net income
$831 million
+238.4% on the year
FY2007FY2010
Diluted EPS
$4.64
+262.5% on the year
FY2007FY2010

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The year in brief

Income statement (profit and loss)

$ millionFY2010FY2009FY2008On the yearLast 8 years
Revenue681616559+10.5%
Cost of revenue157167161-6.0%
Gross profit524449398+16.6%
Gross margin77.0%72.9%71.2%
Research and development53.752.461.8+2.5%
Operating income232160-26.0+45.2%
Operating margin34.1%26.0%-4.7%
Interest expense15847.444.4+233.0%
Pre-tax income95.412523.5-23.4%
Income tax25.332.9-12.1-23.1%
Effective tax rate26.6%26.4%-51.4%
Net income831246-374+238.4%
Net margin122.1%39.9%-67.0%
Diluted EPS$4.64$1.28-$1.87+262.5%
$ 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

$ millionFY2010FY2009FY2008On the yearLast 8 years
Operating cash flow215395484-45.5%
Capital expenditure80.5117121-31.1%
Free cash flow135278363-51.6%
Free cash flow margin19.8%45.2%65.0%
Cash from investing60348476.8+24.5%
Cash from financing-745-198-1,164
Depreciation and amortisation67.786.3129-21.6%
Share-based compensation52.251.290.1+2.0%
Buybacks4502611,327+72.6%
Dividends paid518n/an/a
Dividend per share$3.00n/an/a
Diluted shares, weighted179m193m201m-7.1%
Shares outstanding at period end173m183m192m-5.8%

Balance sheet

$ millionFY2010FY2009FY2008On the yearLast 8 years
Shareholders' equity676599518+13.0%
Non-controlling interestn/a48.949.2
Debt582574569+1.3%
Other liabilities1,1861,2481,231-5.0%
Total liabilities and equity2,4442,4702,367-1.1%
Fixed assets190404385-52.9%
Goodwill52.5290283-81.9%
Intangible assets2.622.435.3-88.3%
Investments5020.2n/a+271,062.7%
Cash and equivalents1,5601,477789+5.6%
Receivables14.963.183.7-76.4%
Other assets122213790-42.7%
Total assets2,4442,4702,367-1.1%

10-K for the year ended 31 December 2010, filed 24 February 2011: the filing.