At a glance
Godaddy Inc is worth $14.14B, about 19 times its fiscal 2025 earnings. Revenue grew 8.3% to $4.95B in fiscal 2025, with 17.7% kept as profit; over 5 years it has grown 8.3% a year. It pays no dividend; it spent $5.37B buying back its shares over FY2021–FY2025. The stock returned −12.4% over the past year with dividends reinvested and +11.6% a year over five years, against +11.5% and +11.7% for the S&P 500. At its worst it fell 45.8% in the 2020 crash (S&P 500: 33.7%) and 25.3% in the 2022 bear market (S&P 500: 24.5%), and was back at its earlier high 2 months and 17 months after the lows.
The business in plain English
GoDaddy sells the basic tools people need to get a business or idea online. Many customers start with a domain name, the web address such as yourname.com. They then add a website, an email address, hosting (renting server space so a site stays live), security and payment tools. Its Airo AI tools help with tasks such as choosing a domain, making a logo and building a website. It reported 20.4 million customers in its 10-K for 2025.
Its largest customer group is "Independents." These are mostly microbusinesses and personal projects, and most have fewer than five employees and little technical skill. Next come "WebPros," freelance designers and agencies that build sites for clients. Then come domain investors, who buy web addresses to resell. GoDaddy Registry also sells alternatives to .com wholesale to other registrars (companies that sell domain names). It runs the registry systems for about 170 domain endings.
Products are generally sold for a set term, and GoDaddy books the revenue over the life of each agreement. Revenue was $4.95 billion in fiscal 2025. The Core Platform segment (domain registrations and renewals, domain resales, hosting and security) supplied 61.8%. Applications and Commerce (website builders, GoDaddy Payments, point-of-sale checkout systems and third-party email) supplied 38.2%, up from about 34% in 2023. The US provided 67.1% of revenue and other countries 32.9%.
Price history
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GDDY -12.4% over the year to Nov 2, 2026, total return with dividends reinvested.
How it makes money
By business segment
| Core platform | $3.06B | 61.8% |
| A&C | $1.89B | 38.2% |
By geography
| U.S. | $3.32B | 67.1% |
| International | $1.63B | 32.9% |
Latest results
- In Q3 FY2026 (ended Sep 30, 2026), revenue was $1.34B, up 6% from a year earlier, and net income was $261.8M (+24.4%).
- For fiscal 2025, revenue was $4.95B (+8.3% year over year; +8.3% a year from FY2020 to FY2025) with a 17.7% net margin.
Financial health check
| Revenue growth a year (FY2020–FY2025) | +8.3% good |
|---|---|
| Operating margin | 22.8% good |
| Free cash flow margin | 31.8% good |
| Return on equity (FY2025) | Not meaningful: shareholders’ equity is very small, often the result of years of buybacks |
| Return on assets (FY2025) | 10.9% good |
| Net cash (cash minus debt) | $-2.65B weak |
| Fiscal year | Revenue | Net income | Free cash flow |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | $3.32B | $-495.1M | $698.1M |
| FY2021 | $3.82B | $242.3M | $778.2M |
| FY2022 | $4.09B | $352.2M | $920.0M |
| FY2023 | $4.25B | $1.37B | $1.01B |
| FY2024 | $4.57B | $936.9M | $1.26B |
| FY2025 | $4.95B | $875.0M | $1.58B |
Valuation snapshot
| Market value | $14.14B |
|---|---|
| P/E ratio | 18.7 |
| Dividend yield | None |
Rank among 1514 US companies
Market value at each year end
Godaddy’s market value went from $27.71B at the end of 2024 to $14.14B on Nov 2, 2026, down 49%; since the end of 2025 it is down 16%.
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| Year end | Market value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 2026 | $14.14B | -15.7% |
| 2025 | $16.77B | -39.5% |
| 2024 | $27.71B |
Price behavior
| YTD | 1 yr | 3 yr | 5 yr | 10 yr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDDY price data to Nov 2, 2026 | -6.0% | -12.4% | +15.8% | +11.6% | +12.7% |
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| Year | Price data |
|---|---|
| 2026 (to date) | -6.0% |
| 2025 | -37.1% |
| 2024 | +85.9% |
| 2023 | +41.9% |
| 2022 | -11.8% |
| 2021 | +2.3% |
| 2020 | +22.1% |
| 2019 | +3.5% |
| 2018 | +30.5% |
| 2017 | +43.9% |
| 2016 | +9.0% |
| 2008 financial crisis stocks fell Oct 9, 2007 – Mar 9, 2009 | Before this security existed |
|---|---|
| 2020 COVID crash stocks fell Feb 19, 2020 – Mar 23, 2020 | Lost 36.1% over that stretch · deepest drop along the way 45.8%, back to its old high 2.3 months after the low |
| 2022 bear market stocks fell Jan 3, 2022 – Oct 12, 2022 | Lost 12.7% over that stretch · deepest drop along the way 25.3%, back to its old high 16.8 months after the low |
Insider activity
Form 4 filings from 2025-10-31 to 2026-10-31 (25 read): 0 open-market purchases and 23 sales ($5.3M), 12 of them under pre-arranged 10b5-1 trading plans.
| Date | Insider | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 2026 | Amanpal Singh Bhutani Chief Executive Officer, Director | sell (plan) | $829K |
| Jun 2, 2026 | Amanpal Singh Bhutani Chief Executive Officer, Director | sell | $752K |
| Oct 1, 2026 | Amanpal Singh Bhutani Chief Executive Officer, Director | sell (plan) | $439K |
| Sep 1, 2026 | Amanpal Singh Bhutani Chief Executive Officer, Director | sell (plan) | $438K |
| Sep 2, 2026 | Mark McCaffrey Chief Financial Officer | sell (plan) | $392K |
Who owns it
Large shareholders (13G filings)
| Ameriprise Financial, Inc. | 9.2% | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Vanguard Capital Management | 7.55% | Mar 31, 2026 |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 7.5% | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Vanguard Portfolio Management | 5.99% | Mar 31, 2026 |
ETFs with the most weight in GDDY
| EBIZ Global X E-commerce ETF | 3.82% |
| BUL Pacer US Cash Cows Growth ETF | 3.39% |
| NUMG Nuveen ESG Mid-Cap Growth ETF | 3.13% |
| CNAV Mohr Company Nav ETF | 2.53% |
| AMID Argent Mid Cap ETF | 2.5% |
| ABOT Abacus FCF Innovation Leaders ETF | 2.44% |
| SRHQ SRH U.S. Quality GARP ETF | 2.42% |
| XDAT Franklin Exponential Data ETF | 1.98% |
What could go wrong
- Domain fees and rules set by others. ICANN, the nonprofit that oversees web addresses, and domain registries charge GoDaddy a fee on each registration. Higher fees, new rules or delayed access to new domain endings could hurt results.
- AI could change how people use websites. GoDaddy warns that AI tools and changing internet habits could reduce demand for its domains, websites and hosting. Building its own AI products also brings cost, legal and reputation risks.
- Outages, cyberattacks and reliance on AWS. GoDaddy relies heavily on AWS, Amazon's cloud service, to run its platform. A disruption there, a system failure, a cyberattack or a troubled move to new systems could interrupt customers' websites and email.
- A large debt load. As of June 30, 2026, GoDaddy had $3.77 billion of debt against $1.16 billion of cash and investments. Equity was just $6.7 million. Debt payments use up cash, and loan terms limit some decisions.
- Payments fraud and regulation. GoDaddy Payments must follow payments laws and is exposed to chargebacks (disputed card charges) and fraud. If its risk controls fail, the company could face substantial losses and liability.
- Tougher competition and pricing pressure. GoDaddy expects competition to keep intensifying. Its pricing choices could drive customers away or fail to win new ones, and growth depends on selling more to both new and existing customers.
Recent events
- Quarterly results released
- Major agreement signed; New debt or financial obligation
- Quarterly results released
- Executive or board change; Shareholder vote results
- Quarterly results released
- Quarterly results released
For income and retirement investors
GoDaddy pays no dividend, and its 10-K for 2025 says it does not intend to pay one. It returns cash through buybacks instead: $5.37 billion from fiscal 2021 through 2025. That includes $1.60 billion in 2025, slightly more than that year's $1.58 billion of free cash flow (cash left after running and investing in the business). Shares outstanding fell 10.1% between April 26, 2024, and July 24, 2026, but the company says it cannot guarantee more buybacks. With no dividend, an income investor would need to sell shares to raise cash, possibly at low prices.
The share price has swung sharply. In the 2020 COVID crash it fell 45.8% but recovered in about 2.3 months. In the 2022 bear market it fell 25.3% and took about 16.8 months to recover. It lost 37.1% in 2025 and was down 14.1% year to date as of October 28, 2026. A single stock carries more risk than a diversified fund.
Questions investors ask
How does GoDaddy make money?
GoDaddy makes money by selling domain names and the tools to run a business online. In fiscal 2025, its Core Platform segment produced 61.8% of its $4.95 billion revenue. That segment covers domain registrations and renewals, domain resales, hosting and website security. Applications and Commerce, which covers website builders, payments, point-of-sale tools and email, produced 38.2%. Its 20.4 million customers include microbusinesses, website designers and domain investors. The US supplied 67.1% of revenue.
Does GoDaddy pay a dividend?
No. GoDaddy paid no dividends from fiscal 2021 through 2025, and its 10-K for 2025 says it does not intend to pay dividends on its Class A common stock. It spent $5.37 billion buying back shares over those five years. The share count fell 10.1% between April 26, 2024, and July 24, 2026. Buybacks can raise each remaining share's slice of profits, but they pay no cash to shareholders who hold on.
Is GoDaddy profitable?
Yes. In fiscal 2025, GoDaddy earned $875 million on revenue of $4.95 billion, a net margin of 17.7%, or $6.22 per diluted share. Revenue grew 8.3%, but net income fell 6.6%. Free cash flow was $1.58 billion. In the quarter ended June 30, 2026, revenue rose 6.6% from a year earlier to $1.30 billion, and net income rose 20.1% to $240.1 million. It lost $495.1 million in fiscal 2020, and its 10-K lists staying profitable as a risk.
How much debt does GoDaddy have?
About $3.77 billion of total debt as of June 30, 2026, against $1.16 billion of cash and investments. That means debt exceeded cash by about $2.62 billion. Shareholders' equity (assets minus liabilities) was only $6.7 million on $8.0 billion of assets. On August 4, 2026, it reported a major agreement and a new debt obligation. Its 10-K warns that debt payments use up cash and that loan agreements restrict some business decisions.
How has GoDaddy stock performed over the long term?
It has risen over the long run, with big swings. As of October 28, 2026, the share price gained an average of 11.4% a year over 10 years, or 193% in total, and 8.8% a year over five years. Over the prior 12 months it fell 18.6%. Calendar-year returns ranged from an 85.9% gain in 2024 to a 37.1% loss in 2025. The deepest drop in the three years to that date was 65%. GoDaddy pays no dividend, so these price returns are the whole return.