GoDaddy (GDDY) risk factors: FY2025 10-K

1. If we are unable to continue to increase sales to new and existing customers, our business and operating results would be harmed.reworded
2. If we do not successfully develop and market products that anticipate or respond timely to the needs of our customers, our business and operating results may suffer.
3. Our use, development, adoption, deployment and maintenance of AI and other new and evolving technologies may present significant risks, which could result in increased costs, litigation, reputational harm and liability.newAI
4. Evolving technologies, including AI-based technologies, and changes in customer behavior and practices with respect to the internet may impact the demand for and value of our products and services.rewordedAI
5. We face significant competition for our products, which we expect will continue to intensify, and we may not be able to maintain or improve our competitive position or market share.
6. Our pricing decisions may adversely affect our ability to attract and retain customers.
7. The future growth of our business depends in part on increasing our international revenue. Our continued international presence could subject us to additional risks.
8. We have taken significant actions to support profitable growth. These actions may not succeed. If we do not effectively manage future growth, our operating results will be adversely affected.
9. Acquisitions and other strategic transactions, including investments or entries into new businesses, joint ventures, divestitures or other transactions, could require significant management attention, disrupt our business, dilute stockholder value and adversely affect our operating results.
10. Our company's culture has contributed to our success, and if we cannot maintain this culture as we grow, we could lose the innovation, creativity, passion and teamwork that we believe contribute to our success and our business may be harmed.

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1. We are exposed to the risk of system failures and capacity constraints.
2. We rely on information technology systems, including third-party cloud computing systems, and data centers to deliver many of our products and services. These information technology systems and data centers may experience outages, disruptions or degradations, and we may otherwise lose access to the services third-party service providers provide to us, any of which could impact our services, products and technological infrastructure.
3. Enhancements or migration of information and data to new technology platforms, systems or applications may disrupt our operations or could expose us to a cyber attack or other cybersecurity incident which could delay or interrupt service to our customers, harm our reputation, cause us to incur substantial costs or subject us to significant liability.Cybersecurity
4. We substantially rely upon AWS services to operate our integrated platform, and any disruption of or interference with our use of AWS would adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.reworded
5. An actual or perceived cybersecurity incident could impair our ability to conduct business, provide our products and services, protect data, and comply with contractual or legal obligations, and may cause us to incur substantial costs, or subject us to significant liability.Cybersecurity
6. If we experience fraudulent activity relating to our, or our third-party vendors' products and services, we could suffer service interruptions or incur substantial costs.
7. We rely on our marketing efforts and channels to maintain awareness of our brand and acquire new customers. These efforts may require significant expense and may not be successful.
8. Our ability to increase sales of our products is highly dependent on the quality of our customer care. Our failure to provide high-quality customer care would have an adverse effect on our business, brand and operating results.
9. A portion of our GoDaddy Guides is engaged through third parties and not directly by us.
10. If we are unable to maintain our contractual relationships with existing partners or establish new contractual relationships with potential partners, we may not be able to offer the products and related functionality our customers expect.
11. Our failure to properly register or maintain our customers' domain names or comply with applicable laws, rules and regulations relating to domain name registration and maintenance could subject us to additional liability, regulatory action, expenses, claims of loss or negative publicity that could have a material adverse effect on our business.
12. We are dependent on the reliability, security and performance of our internally developed systems and operations. Any difficulties in maintaining these systems may result in damage to our brand, service interruptions, decreased customer service or increased expenditures.
13. Our business is exposed to risks associated with credit card and other payment chargebacks, fraud and new payment methods.
14. Our future performance depends in part on the services and performance of our senior management, as well as key employees. If we are unable to attract, motivate, and retain our employees, our business could suffer.

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1. Our quarterly and annual operating results and key metrics may be adversely affected due to a variety of factors, which could make our future results difficult to predict and could cause our operating results to fall below investor or analyst expectations.reworded
2. We may not be able to maintain profitability in the future.
3. Because we are generally required to recognize revenue for our products over the term of the applicable agreement, changes in our sales may not be immediately reflected in our operating results.
4. Unanticipated changes in effective tax rates or adverse outcomes resulting from examination of our income or other tax returns could adversely affect our operating results and financial condition.
5. Our level of indebtedness could adversely affect our financial condition, our ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, our ability to operate our business and our ability to react to changes in the economy or our industry, as well as divert our cash flow from operations for debt payments and prevent us from meeting our debt obligations.
6. The agreements governing our indebtedness impose significant operating and financial restrictions on us and our subsidiaries, which may prevent us from capitalizing on business opportunities and making payments on our indebtedness.
7. We may need additional equity, debt or other financing in the future, which we may not be able to obtain on acceptable terms, or at all, and any additional financing may result in restrictions on our operations or substantial dilution to our stockholders.
8. We may be required to repurchase the Senior Notes and the maturity of our Credit Facility may be accelerated upon a change of control triggering event.

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1. Laws, regulations, policies or claims concerning the domain name registration system and the internet in general, and industry reactions to those policies or claims, may cause instability in the industry and disrupt our business.
2. ICANN periodically authorizes the introduction of new TLDs. A delay in access to new TLDs could adversely impact our business, results of operations and reputation.
3. The relevant domain name registry and ICANN impose a charge upon each registrar for the administration of each domain name registration. If these fees increase, it would have a significant impact upon our operating results.
4. We are subject to local and international laws, rules, regulations, and orders relating to the operation and security of our computer network and the processing of data, including privacy of personal data.
5. We are subject to international laws, rules and regulations relating to content moderation.
6. Activities of customers or the content of their websites could damage our reputation and brand or harm our business and financial results.
7. Our business depends on our customers' continued and unimpeded access to the internet and the development and maintenance of internet infrastructure. Internet access providers may be able to block, degrade or charge for access to certain of our products, which could lead to additional expenses and the loss of customers.
8. Our business could be affected by new laws, rules, regulations or court orders regarding the internet.reworded
9. From time to time, we are involved in lawsuits, including class action lawsuits, which are expensive and time consuming and could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
10. Failure to adequately protect and enforce our intellectual property rights could substantially harm our business and operating results.
11. We are involved in intellectual property claims and litigation asserted by third parties and may be subject to additional claims and litigation in the future, which could result in significant costs and substantial harm to our business and results of operations.
12. We may face liability or become involved in disputes over registration and transfer of domain names and control over websites.
13. Our use of open source technology could impose limitations on our ability to commercialize our products.
14. We are subject to certain export controls, including economic and trade sanctions regulations that could impair our ability to compete in international markets and subject us to liability if we are not in full compliance with applicable laws.
15. Due to the global nature of our business, we could be adversely affected by violations of anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws.
16. Changes in taxation laws, rules and regulations may discourage the registration or renewal of domain names for e-commerce.
17. Our payments-related operations, including GoDaddy Payments, are subject to various laws, regulations, and restrictions. Our failure to comply with such rules, regulations, and restrictions regarding our payments-related operations or properly manage the risks inherent to such operations could materially harm our business.
18. GoDaddy Payments' risk management efforts may not be effective, and we could be exposed to substantial losses and liability which could substantially harm our business.

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1. Our share price may be volatile, and you may lose all or part of your investment.
2. Provisions of our charter, bylaws and Delaware law may have anti-takeover effects that could prevent a change in control of the company even if the change in control would be beneficial to our stockholders.
3. Our bylaws designate the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware as the exclusive forum for certain litigation that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders' ability to obtain a favorable judicial form for disputes with us.
4. We currently do not intend to pay dividends on our Class A common stock.
5. We cannot guarantee we will make any additional repurchases of our Class A common stock.
6. Economic conditions in the U.S. and international economies may adversely impact our business and operating results.
7. Reporting requirements for which we must comply may continue to increase our costs, become too time-consuming or could divert management's attention, which could adversely affect our business and operating results.
8. If we fail to maintain an effective system of disclosure controls and internal control over financial reporting, our ability to produce timely and accurate financial statements or comply with applicable regulations could be impaired, which could have a material adverse effect on our business and the market price of our stock.
9. Our business is subject to evolving regulations and scrutiny from investors, regulators and other stakeholders relating to environmental, social and governance issues, which could result in additional costs for us and may adversely impact our reputation.reworded
10. Our business is subject to the risks of earthquakes, fire, power outages, floods and other catastrophic events, whether due to climate change or otherwise, and to interruption by man-made events such as terrorism and civil unrest.

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Headings in the FY2024 10-K with no match this year.

1. The use of new and evolving technologies, such as AI, in our offerings may result in reputational harm and liability.
2. Our business could be negatively impacted by shareholder activism.