GoDaddy Inc. · GDDY · FY2025 Q1 · Calendar Q2 2025
GoDaddy Maintains Guidance as AI and Bundling Support Growth
The supplied analysis supports a constructive operating thesis: GoDaddy is combining resilient bookings and margin performance with AI-led product engagement, pricing and bundling, international growth, and higher-margin commerce offerings. The main test is whether these initiatives can sustain demand and monetization while small-business sentiment, execution, and competition remain risks.
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What changed
Compared with the prior-quarter analysis, management continued to emphasize pricing and bundling and AI, while adding clearer focus on Agentic AI, Airo-led engagement, higher-margin commerce offerings, international growth, and a new $3 billion buyback authorization. Guidance sentiment remained maintained.
Guidance delta
Management maintained full-year guidance, including a 100-basis-point EBITDA margin expansion target and free cash flow of at least $1.5 billion.
Key takeaways
- Bookings grew 8% while normalized EBITDA margin reached 31%.
- A&C revenue grew 17%, with Airo supporting order size and retention.
- Management highlighted pricing and bundling, international growth, commerce offerings, and AI as key drivers.
- A new $3 billion share-repurchase authorization was approved through 2027.
Management priorities
- Scale Airo and introduce Agentic AI capabilities.
- Continue pricing and bundling experiments and expand international sales.
- Deepen commerce offerings while maintaining disciplined capital allocation.
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Analyst 52W Price Targets
Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Oct 12, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.
Firm-level rating actions
FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.
| Firm | Rating | Prior rating | Action | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baird | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Sep 25, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Underweight | Equal Weight | Downgrade | Aug 26, 2026 |
| Wedbush | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Aug 3, 2026 |
| Citigroup | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Aug 3, 2026 |
| William Blair | Market Perform | Outperform | Downgrade | Jul 31, 2026 |
| Piper Sandler | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Jul 31, 2026 |
| Cantor Fitzgerald | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Jul 31, 2026 |
| Benchmark | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jul 31, 2026 |
| B. Riley Securities | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jul 31, 2026 |
| JP Morgan | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Jun 18, 2026 |
| UBS | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | May 5, 2026 |
| Evercore ISI Group | In Line | In Line | Maintain | Feb 26, 2026 |
| Barclays | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Feb 26, 2026 |
| RBC Capital | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Feb 25, 2026 |
| Jefferies | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Feb 23, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Equal Weight | Equal Weight | Maintain | Jan 15, 2026 |
| Raymond James | Strong Buy | Strong Buy | Maintain | Aug 8, 2025 |
| JMP Securities | Outperform | Market Outperform | Maintain | Apr 25, 2023 |
| Berenberg | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Oct 25, 2021 |
| Rosenblatt | Neutral | Buy | Downgrade | Aug 5, 2021 |
| Wolfe Research | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Apr 1, 2021 |
| Oppenheimer | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Feb 12, 2021 |
| Deutsche Bank | Buy | Buy | Maintain | May 8, 2020 |
| SunTrust Robinson Humphrey | Buy | Buy | Maintain | May 7, 2020 |
| Piper Jaffray | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Nov 7, 2019 |
| B. Riley FBR | Buy | Neutral | Upgrade | May 5, 2018 |
| Goldman Sachs | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Mar 23, 2018 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Feb 23, 2018 |
| Stifel | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Feb 23, 2018 |
| Summit Redstone Partners | Hold | Buy | Downgrade | Feb 16, 2017 |
| Summit Insights Group | Hold | Buy | Downgrade | Feb 16, 2017 |
| B. Riley | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Nov 22, 2016 |
| Monness, Crespi, Hardt | Neutral | Buy | Downgrade | Nov 1, 2016 |
| Monness Crespi Hardt | Neutral | Buy | Downgrade | Nov 1, 2016 |
| Summit Redstone | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Oct 3, 2016 |
| Singular Research | Sell | Sell | Maintain | Apr 5, 2016 |
| PiperJaffray | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | May 11, 2015 |
| Craig-Hallum | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Apr 27, 2015 |
Named analyst price targets
Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $104.35. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.
| Firm | Analyst | 52W target | Price when posted | Upside | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert W. Baird | Vikram Kesavabhotla | $120 | $100.81 | +15.0% | Sep 25, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $76 | $99.79 | -27.2% | Aug 26, 2026 |
| Cantor Fitzgerald | Deepak Mathivanan | $90 | $79.52 | -13.8% | Jul 31, 2026 |
| Piper Sandler | Analyst unavailable | $95 | $99.37 | -9.0% | Jul 31, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Alec Brondolo | $80 | $99.37 | -23.3% | Jul 31, 2026 |
| UBS | Chris Zhang | $100 | $88.28 | -4.2% | May 5, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Alec Brondolo | $83 | $86.77 | -20.5% | May 1, 2026 |
| Evercore ISI | Mark Mahaney | $95 | $79.12 | -9.0% | Feb 25, 2026 |
| Raymond James | Josh Beck | $100 | $79.12 | -4.2% | Feb 25, 2026 |
| RBC Capital | Brad Erickson | $100 | $77.32 | -4.2% | Feb 25, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $145 | $108.14 | +39.0% | Jan 15, 2026 |
| Cantor Fitzgerald | Analyst unavailable | $130 | $117.48 | +24.6% | Jan 8, 2026 |
| RBC Capital | Analyst unavailable | $70 | $117.48 | -32.9% | Jan 7, 2026 |
| Jefferies | Analyst unavailable | $140 | $118.81 | +34.2% | Jan 5, 2026 |
| Evercore ISI | Analyst unavailable | $145 | $133.26 | +39.0% | Oct 31, 2025 |
| Seaport Global | Aaron Kessler | $173 | $131.17 | +65.8% | Oct 31, 2025 |
| Cantor Fitzgerald | Deepak Mathivanan | $150 | $132.38 | +43.7% | Oct 31, 2025 |
| Morgan Stanley | Elizabeth Porter | $159 | $132.48 | +52.4% | Oct 31, 2025 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $145 | $135 | +39.0% | Oct 6, 2025 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $160 | $141.67 | +53.3% | Sep 30, 2025 |
| Seaport Global | Aaron Kessler | $186 | $133.91 | +78.2% | Aug 8, 2025 |
| Piper Sandler | Clarke Jeffries | $182 | $150.25 | +74.4% | Aug 8, 2025 |
| Morgan Stanley | Elizabeth Porter | $206 | $172.2 | +97.4% | Apr 16, 2025 |
| Raymond James | Josh Beck | $230 | $195.57 | +120.4% | Jan 21, 2025 |
| Robert W. Baird | Vikram Kesavabhotla | $250 | $208.55 | +139.6% | Dec 5, 2024 |
| RBC Capital | Brad Erickson | $230 | $204.96 | +120.4% | Dec 4, 2024 |
| Piper Sandler | Clarke Jeffries | $172 | $160.55 | +64.8% | Sep 23, 2024 |
| Robert W. Baird | Vikram Kesavabhotla | $190 | $156.31 | +82.1% | Sep 5, 2024 |
| Cantor Fitzgerald | Deepak Mathivanan | $170 | $157.29 | +62.9% | Sep 4, 2024 |
| RBC Capital | Brad Erickson | $175 | $151.25 | +67.7% | Aug 5, 2024 |
| Robert W. Baird | Vikram Kesavabhotla | $175 | $138.56 | +67.7% | May 24, 2024 |
| RBC Capital | Brad Erickson | $145 | $124 | +39.0% | May 3, 2024 |
| UBS | Chris Kuntarich | $130 | $124.33 | +24.6% | May 3, 2024 |
| Raymond James | Josh Beck | $150 | $120.94 | +43.7% | Mar 27, 2024 |
| Morgan Stanley | Elizabeth Elliott | $132 | $117.14 | +26.5% | Mar 14, 2024 |
| J.P. Morgan | Seth Seifman | $240 | $104.7 | +130.0% | Jan 16, 2024 |
| Piper Sandler | Clarke Jeffries | $121 | $103.53 | +16.0% | Jan 9, 2024 |
| RBC Capital | Brad Erickson | $124 | $95.43 | +18.8% | Nov 22, 2023 |
| Seaport Global | Aaron Kessler | $85 | $75.02 | -18.5% | Oct 24, 2023 |
| RBC Capital | Brad Erickson | $80 | $72.73 | -23.3% | Jun 5, 2023 |
| Citigroup | Analyst unavailable | $95 | $77.98 | -9.0% | Dec 13, 2022 |
| J.P. Morgan | Analyst unavailable | $89 | $71.76 | -14.7% | Nov 11, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Elizabeth Porter | $91 | $72.99 | -12.8% | Jul 26, 2022 |
| Truist Financial | Naved Khan | $114 | $71.96 | +9.2% | Jul 12, 2022 |
| Barclays | Trevor Young | $104 | $71.24 | -0.3% | Jun 28, 2022 |
| Jefferies | Brent Thill | $100 | $72.68 | -4.2% | Jun 7, 2022 |
| Piper Sandler | Analyst unavailable | $110 | $83.67 | +5.4% | Apr 25, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Elizabeth Elliott | $95 | $81.52 | -9.0% | Mar 21, 2022 |
| Benchmark Co. | Mark Zgutowicz | $85 | $72.99 | -18.5% | Nov 17, 2021 |
| Citigroup | Nicholas Jones CFA | $110 | $71.43 | +5.4% | Nov 8, 2021 |
| Berenberg Bank | Andrew Degasperi | $101 | $74.8 | -3.2% | Nov 4, 2021 |
| JMP Securities | Ronald Josey | $100 | $73.12 | -4.2% | Aug 5, 2021 |
| Barclays | Trevor Young | $115 | $87.51 | +10.2% | Jun 28, 2021 |
| UBS | Lloyd Walmsley | $89 | $81.06 | -14.7% | May 7, 2021 |
| Oppenheimer | Jason Helfstein | $110 | $81.19 | +5.4% | May 6, 2021 |
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Snapshot as of publicationGoDaddy Inc., founded in 2014 and based in Tempe, Arizona, operates internationally as a developer and provider of cloud-based technological solutions. The company serves a wide array of clients, including small businesses, individuals, organizations, developers, designers, and domain investors, assisting them in building and maintaining their online presence. Key offerings include domain name registration, which serves as the foundational step for a digital identity. GoDaddy provides various web hosting options: shared hosting that includes applications like web analytics and SSL certificates; customizable virtual private and dedicated servers; and managed hosting services that handle setup, monitoring, maintenance, and…
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