verisign inc. - VRSN

VRSN

Close Chg Chg %
249.94 -1.30 -0.52%

Closed Market

248.64

-1.30 (0.52%)

Volume: 752.47K

Last Updated:

Dec 4, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT

Company Overview: verisign inc. - VRSN

VRSN Key Data

Open

$249.94

Day Range

247.57 - 252.47

52 Week Range

185.69 - 310.60

Market Cap

$23.17B

Shares Outstanding

92.70M

Public Float

91.85M

Beta

0.78

Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

29.55

EPS

$8.60

Yield

91.06%

Dividend

$0.77

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Nov 18, 2025

SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

1.01M

 

VRSN Performance

1 Week
 
-0.81%
 
1 Month
 
3.29%
 
3 Months
 
-10.76%
 
1 Year
 
30.76%
 
5 Years
 
22.53%
 

VRSN Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 7
Full Ratings ➔

About verisign inc. - VRSN

VeriSign, Inc. engages in the provision of critical Internet infrastructure and domain name registry services. It helps enable the security, stability, and resiliency of the Domain Name System and the Internet by providing Root Zone Maintainer services. The company was founded by D. James Bidzos on April 12, 1995 and is headquartered in Reston, VA.

VRSN At a Glance

VeriSign, Inc.
12061 Bluemont Way
Reston, Virginia 20190
Phone 1-703-948-3200 Revenue 1.56B
Industry Internet Software/Services Net Income 785.70M
Sector Technology Services 2024 Sales Growth 4.306%
Fiscal Year-end 12 / 2025 Employees 932
View SEC Filings

VRSN Valuation

P/E Current 29.554
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 25.867
Price to Sales Ratio 13.05
Price to Book Ratio N/A
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 22.52
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 19.656
Enterprise Value to Sales 13.821
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.084

VRSN Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 1,671,030.043
Income Per Employee 843,025.751
Receivables Turnover 199.667
Total Asset Turnover 0.987

VRSN Liquidity

Current Ratio 0.434
Quick Ratio 0.434
Cash Ratio 0.392

VRSN Profitability

Gross Margin 87.71
Operating Margin 67.947
Pretax Margin 65.616
Net Margin 50.449
Return on Assets 49.785
Return on Equity N/A
Return on Total Capital -502.366
Return on Invested Capital N/A

VRSN Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity N/A
Total Debt to Total Capital -1,151.854
Total Debt to Total Assets 128.002
Long-Term Debt to Equity N/A
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital -956.841
  • Income Statement
  • Balance Sheet
  • Cash Flow Statement

Annual Financials for Verisign Inc. - VRSN

Collapse All in section
All values USD millions. 2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
1.33B 1.42B 1.49B 1.56B
Sales Growth
+4.94% +7.33% +4.79% +4.31%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
191.93M 200.70M 197.30M 191.40M
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
47.94M 46.90M 44.10M 36.90M
Depreciation
47.94M 46.90M 44.10M 36.90M
Amortization of Intangibles
- - - -
-
COGS Growth
+6.52% +4.57% -1.69% -2.99%
Gross Income
1.14B 1.22B 1.30B 1.37B
Gross Income Growth
+4.68% +7.80% +5.85% +5.42%
Gross Profit Margin
+85.54% +85.91% +86.79% +87.71%
2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
268.84M 281.10M 295.20M 307.80M
Research & Development
80.53M 85.70M 91.00M 96.70M
Other SG&A
188.31M 195.40M 204.20M 211.10M
SGA Growth
+3.13% +4.56% +5.02% +4.27%
Other Operating Expense
- - - -
-
Unusual Expense
- - 2.15M (9.80M)
-
EBIT after Unusual Expense
864.65M 943.10M 1.01B 1.06B
Non Operating Income/Expense
820.00K 12.40M 41.40M 39.00M
Non-Operating Interest Income
582.00K 14.90M 46.10M 37.40M
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Interest Expense
83.25M 75.30M 75.30M 75.30M
Interest Expense Growth
- - -7.64% -9.55%
-
Gross Interest Expense
83.25M 75.30M 75.30M 75.30M
Interest Capitalized
- - - -
-
Pretax Income
782.22M 880.20M 976.50M 1.02B
Pretax Income Growth
+4.26% +12.53% +10.94% +4.65%
Pretax Margin
+58.92% +61.77% +65.40% +65.62%
Income Tax
(2.61M) 206.40M 158.90M 236.20M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
129.61M 186.80M 187.10M 179.20M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
29.83M 26.30M 24.40M 43.30M
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
3.71M (22.80M) (14.40M) (6.60M)
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
(165.76M) 16.10M (38.20M) 20.30M
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - -
-
Consolidated Net Income
784.83M 673.80M 817.60M 785.70M
Minority Interest Expense
- - - -
-
Net Income
784.83M 673.80M 817.60M 785.70M
Net Income Growth
-3.69% -14.15% +21.34% -3.90%
Net Margin Growth
+59.12% +47.29% +54.76% +50.45%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
784.83M 673.80M 817.60M 785.70M
Preferred Dividends
- - - -
-
Net Income Available to Common
784.83M 673.80M 817.60M 785.70M
EPS (Basic)
7.0065 6.2447 7.9072 8.0092
EPS (Basic) Growth
-1.07% -10.87% +26.62% +1.29%
Basic Shares Outstanding
112.02M 107.90M 103.40M 98.10M
EPS (Diluted)
6.997 6.2389 7.8995 8.001
EPS (Diluted) Growth
-1.00% -10.83% +26.62% +1.28%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
112.17M 108.00M 103.50M 98.20M
EBITDA
914.74M 990.00M 1.04B 1.10B
EBITDA Growth
+5.08% +8.23% +5.53% +4.82%
EBITDA Margin
+68.90% +69.48% +69.97% +70.32%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation OVERWEIGHT Average Target Price 331.00
Number of Ratings 7 Current Quarters Estimate 2.362
FY Report Date 12 / 2025 Current Year's Estimate 9.121
Last Quarter’s Earnings 2.27 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 8.00 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 9.816
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 3 3 3 3
Mean Estimate 2.36 2.38 9.12 9.82
High Estimates 2.52 2.59 9.64 10.75
Low Estimate 2.25 2.26 8.83 9.35
Coefficient of Variance 5.95 7.82 4.94 8.24

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 2 2 1
OVERWEIGHT 1 1 1
HOLD 4 4 3
UNDERWEIGHT 0 0 1
SELL 0 0 0
MEAN Overweight Overweight Hold

Insider Actions for Verisign Inc. - VRSN

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Jul 11, 2025 D. James Bidzos Exec. Chairman, Pres, & CEO; Director 531,172 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $281.91 per share 149,742,698.52
Jul 11, 2025 D. James Bidzos Exec. Chairman, Pres, & CEO; Director 522,772 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $288.48 per share 150,809,266.56
Jul 11, 2025 D. James Bidzos Exec. Chairman, Pres, & CEO; Director 523,172 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $287.13 per share 150,218,376.36
Jul 11, 2025 D. James Bidzos Exec. Chairman, Pres, & CEO; Director 523,672 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $286.35 per share 149,953,477.20
Jul 11, 2025 D. James Bidzos Exec. Chairman, Pres, & CEO; Director 524,372 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $284.92 per share 149,404,070.24
Jul 11, 2025 D. James Bidzos Exec. Chairman, Pres, & CEO; Director 524,772 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $291.48 per share 152,960,542.56
Jul 11, 2025 D. James Bidzos Exec. Chairman, Pres, & CEO; Director 524,872 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $290.69 per share 152,575,041.68
Jul 11, 2025 D. James Bidzos Exec. Chairman, Pres, & CEO; Director 525,372 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $289.69 per share 152,195,014.68
Jul 11, 2025 D. James Bidzos Exec. Chairman, Pres, & CEO; Director 525,872 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $288.81 per share 151,877,092.32
Jul 11, 2025 D. James Bidzos Exec. Chairman, Pres, & CEO; Director 526,472 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $287.06 per share 151,129,052.32
Jul 11, 2025 D. James Bidzos Exec. Chairman, Pres, & CEO; Director 526,672 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $285.35 per share 150,285,855.20
Jul 11, 2025 D. James Bidzos Exec. Chairman, Pres, & CEO; Director 526,772 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $286.7 per share 151,025,532.40
Jul 11, 2025 D. James Bidzos Exec. Chairman, Pres, & CEO; Director 527,821 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $285.91 per share 150,909,302.11
Jul 11, 2025 D. James Bidzos Exec. Chairman, Pres, & CEO; Director 529,121 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $284.52 per share 150,545,506.92
Jul 11, 2025 D. James Bidzos Exec. Chairman, Pres, & CEO; Director 529,877 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $283.71 per share 150,331,403.67
Jul 10, 2025 Thomas C. Indelicarto EVP, Gen Counsel & Secretary 37,769 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $287.1 per share 10,843,479.90
May 20, 2025 John D. Calys SVP, Cont., Chief Acct Officer 23,263 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $281.64 per share 6,551,791.32
May 20, 2025 John D. Calys SVP, Cont., Chief Acct Officer 23,300 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $281.64 per share 6,562,212.00
May 20, 2025 John D. Calys SVP, Cont., Chief Acct Officer 23,215 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $281.64 per share 6,538,272.60
Feb 20, 2025 Thomas C. Indelicarto EVP, Gen Counsel & Secretary 42,829 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $229.24 per share 9,818,119.96

Verisign Inc. in the News