GoDaddy (GDDY) Stock Jumps 4% as Earnings Beat and AI Bets Pay Off Early

TLDR

• GoDaddy stock rose 4% after posting Q1 adjusted EPS of $1.60, beating the $1.52 consensus by $0.08
• Revenue came in at $1.27 billion, matching analyst expectations
• Q2 revenue guidance of $1.285B–$1.305B, with midpoint slightly above the $1.29B consensus
• Full-year 2026 revenue guidance of $5.195B–$5.275B, roughly in line with estimates
• GoDaddy’s Airo AI platform hit a multi-million dollar annualized bookings run rate within weeks of its beta launch

GoDaddy (GDDY) stock jumped over 4% in after-hours trading on April 30 after the company reported Q1 results that beat earnings expectations and matched revenue forecasts.

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Adjusted EPS came in at $1.60, ahead of the $1.52 analyst consensus. Revenue hit $1.27 billion, in line with the $1.26 billion–$1.27 billion expected by analysts.

Net profit fell 2% year-over-year to $214.6 million, though the company’s adjusted profitability metrics told a different story.

Normalized EBITDA came in at $413.5 million, up 13% year-over-year, representing a 33% margin. Free cash flow grew 15% to $473.6 million for the quarter.

GoDaddy repurchased 3.0 million of its own stock for $279.7 million during the quarter. The company reaffirmed its full-year free cash flow target of approximately $1.8 billion.

Q2 and Full-Year Guidance

For Q2, GoDaddy projected revenue of $1.285 billion to $1.305 billion. The midpoint of $1.295 billion edges out the analyst consensus of $1.29 billion.

Full-year 2026 revenue guidance came in at $5.195 billion to $5.275 billion. The midpoint of $5.235 billion is essentially flat with the $5.236 billion consensus.

AI Push Gaining Ground

GoDaddy’s Airo AI platform is quickly becoming a talking point. The product, which launched in beta last year with five AI agents, has since expanded to over two dozen.

Those agents now handle tasks ranging from logo creation to marketing campaigns, all aimed at helping small and medium-sized businesses build and manage their digital presence.

Airo AI Builder hit a multi-million dollar annualized bookings run rate within weeks of its beta launch, which the company called out as early evidence of traction.

The company’s AI push is central to its strategy for attracting more small businesses to its platform, with GoDaddy positioning Airo as a one-stop-shop for microbusiness customers.

The stock was up over 4% after the bell following the earnings release.

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