GoDaddy Inc. (GDDY) earnings on April 30, 2026
Prior outlook: Optimistic Outcome: Partial
The stock moved wildly after earnings — jumping over 6% then falling almost 4% — but ended nearly unchanged despite earlier optimism.
GDDY price around the earnings
86.86
Change: +0.1%
2026-05-01, 19:59 UTC
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Prior thesis
Prior outlook: Optimistic Outcome: Partial
- Thesis published
Analysts are optimistic, but technicals show caution.
Analysts maintain optimistic ratings for this stock due to its history of exceeding expectations and new AI partnerships. While recent price action has been optimistic, some technical indicators suggest the upward trend may not be fully established yet.
Context analyzed before publication
- Summary
- Analysts are positive, but technicals show caution.
- Reasoning
- Analysts are positive about this stock due to its history of exceeding expectations and new AI partnerships. While recent price action has been positive, some technical indicators suggest the upward trend may not be fully established yet.
- Playbook
- While analysts are optimistic, the mixed technical contexts suggest caution. The scenario may benefit from stronger confirmation of the trend before a more optimistic reading.
- Trend
- Outlook slightly weakened over past two sessions.
Analysts
Drivers
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Analysts
Positive
Analysts generally have a positive view on this stock, with a price target indicating a significant gap from the current price. This support is present despite a few neutral ratings.
Evidence
- Analyst consensus
- Buy
- Consensus average (1-5)
- 2.12
- Analysts covering the stock
- 15
- Average price target
- 117.67
- Lowest price target
- 77
- Highest price target
- 195
- Upside to price target
- 32.8%
- Quarterly earnings growth
- 23.4%
- Revenue growth
- 6.8%
- Forward EPS
- 11.75
- Trailing EPS
- 6.22
- Analyst moves in the last 60 days
- 9
- Strong buy: 3
- Buy: 6
- Hold: 8
- Sell: 0
- Strong sell: 0
- Strong buy
- 3
- Buy
- 6
- Hold
- 8
- Sell
- 0
- Strong sell
- 0
- February 26, 2026 · Citigroup: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)
- February 26, 2026 · Barclays: Maintains rating (Overweight → Overweight)
- February 26, 2026 · Evercore ISI Group: Maintains rating (In-Line → In-Line)
- February 25, 2026 · UBS: Maintains rating (Neutral → Neutral)
- February 25, 2026 · RBC Capital: Maintains rating (Outperform → Outperform)
- February 25, 2026 · Wells Fargo: Maintains rating (Equal-Weight → Equal-Weight)
- February 25, 2026 · Cantor Fitzgerald: Maintains rating (Neutral → Neutral)
- February 23, 2026 · Jefferies: Maintains rating (Hold → Hold)
- February 23, 2026 · Benchmark: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)
News and sentiment
Drivers
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News & sentiment
Positive
Positive news surrounds AI developments and collaborations, with strong online sentiment supporting the stock. This aligns with expectations for future growth.
Evidence
Sentiment
- Sentiment
- Constructive
- Mention volume
- Low
- Normalized volume
- 33%
News
Sources (4)
- LegalZoom, GoDaddy Collaborate For LegalZoom To Be Sole Legal Services Provider In GoDaddy Ecosystem — Benzinga
- Cloudflare-GoDaddy Roll Out AI Crawl Control For Websites — Benzinga
- Cloudflare And GoDaddy Partner On AI Agent Identity And Trust Standards — Benzinga
- LegalZoom.com, GoDaddy Collaborate Over Protection Of Agentic Open Web For SMEs — Benzinga
Technicals
Drivers
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Technical
Negative
While the stock has shown recent gains, its performance over the last 30 days and relative strength against the market have weakened. This suggests the current upward trend may not be sustainable.
Evidence
- Average true range (ATR)
- 3.2%
- Distance to 52-week high
- -54.2%
- 14-day change (14d)
- +9.6%
- 30-day change
- -1.8%
- 30-day relative strength
- -5.6%
- Benchmark change
- +3.8%
- Nearest support
- 78.42
- Nearest resistance
- 91.94
- Volume accumulation ratio
- 1.09
Trends
Evidence
- Average earnings surprise
- +3.0%
- February 24, 2026: actual EPS 2.3 vs estimate 2.22 (surprise +3.7%)
- October 30, 2025: actual EPS 1.99 vs estimate 2.15 (surprise -7.1%)
- August 7, 2025: actual EPS 1.41 vs estimate 1.34 (surprise +5.4%)
- May 1, 2025: actual EPS 1.51 vs estimate 1.37 (surprise +9.9%)
Expected move
There is no implied-move data available for this event.
Reactions over its last 19 earnings
- Median move
- 7%
- 75th percentile move
- 11.3%
- 90th percentile move
- 13.9%
- Up / down moves
- 7 / 12
- Average up move
- +7.3%
- Average down move
- -7.2%
Monitoring and close
What GoDaddy Inc. reported
There is no monitoring data available for this event.
Pre-market second reading after the results
There is no second reading available for this event.
How the stock reacted
- Outcome
- Partial
- Consolidated
- +0.1%
- Max favorable move (MFE)
- 6.1%
- Max adverse move (MAE)
- 3.8%