Piper Jaffray analyst Michael Olson maintained an Overweight rating and $91 price target on GoDaddy (GDDY), but lowered this Q4 booking estimates for the company based on Verisign's (VRSN) earnings report, which showed a slight top-line miss and lower sequential net adds, leading the analyst to believe there is minimal room for quarter-over-quarter bookings growth for GoDaddy in Q4. Olson lowered his Q4 bookings est to $740M from $744M, and his revenue estimtae to $692M from $695M, but left his EPS estimate of 19c unchanged. Olson believes, however, that "continued efforts on GoDaddy's website builder and eCommerce initiatives are closing the gap with builder rivals, such as Wix."

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