$3.2 million of domains to GoDaddy (and more from earnings call) — Tucows sold

Tucows reveals portfolio sale price and data center plans.

Domain name, mobile and internet services firm Tucows (NASDAQ: TCX) released earnings for Q4 and full-year 2018 yesterday.

In its pre-recorded commentary regarding the earnings, the firm disclosed that it generated regarding $3.2 million from a bulk sale of domains from its portfolio in Q4. Elliot Silver noted on this transaction with GoDaddy in December. The two firms completed a similar transaction in Q4 2017 but for only $2 million. The 2017 transaction was for approximately 10% of Tucows’ domain portfolio excluding surname domain names.

It will be interesting to see if Tucows does another Q4 transaction this year.

Tucows CEO Elliot Noss made a couple of other interesting comments during the call.

First, the firm bought land in Centennial, Colorado to build a data center.

Second, Noss stated he’s more concerned regarding a recession in 2019 than in over a decade. He made the comment in relation to how the firm handles share buybacks:

Today, we again disclosed an open market buyback program that will commence immediately. The program will allow us to repurchase up to $40 million worth of our shares over the course of the next 12 months. This year, more than any year since 2007, I find myself concerned regarding a possible recession. That potential will inform our thinking in terms of the program.

The earnings release is here.