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VeriSign Inc

VeriSign Inc

VRSN · NASDAQ · Technology / Software - Infrastructure

313.02USD+0.54 (+0.17%)

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Market Stats

Previous Close312.48
Open314.39
Day Range311.77 – 316.88
52-Week Range206.93 – 311.61
Volume699.50K
Market Cap27.54B
P/E (TTM)33.05
Forward P/E27.70
EPS9.29
Dividend Yield1.07%
Beta0.69
50-Day Avg294.71
200-Day Avg271.05

About

VeriSign, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides internet infrastructure and domain name registry services that enable internet navigation for various recognized domain names worldwide. The company provides root zone maintainer services operating two of thirteen internet root servers; and registration services and authoritative resolution for the .com and .net domains, which support global e-commerce. It also operates directory for .name and .cc; and back-end systems for .edu domain names. The company was incorporated in 1995 and is headquartered in Reston, Virginia.

Company Details

  • SectorTechnology
  • IndustrySoftware - Infrastructure
  • CEOMr. D. James Bidzos
  • Employees926
  • Headquarters12061 Bluemont Way, Reston, VA, United States, 20190, USA
  • Websitehttps://www.verisign.com

Leadership

  • Mr. D. James BidzosExecutive Chairman, CEO & President · b. 1955
  • Mr. John D. CalysExecutive VP & CFO · b. 1959
  • Mr. Thomas C. Indelicarto J.D.Executive VP, General Counsel & Secretary · b. 1964
  • Mr. Danny R. McPhersonExecutive VP of Technology & Chief Security Officer
  • Dr. Burt Kaliski Jr.Senior VP & CTO
  • Mr. David Atchley CFAVP, Treasury & Investor Relations · b. 1972
  • Mr. Ebrahim KeshavarzSenior Vice President of Marketing, Product & Channel Management
  • Ms. Ellen PetrocciSenior VP of Human Resources & Chief Human Resources Officer
  • Mr. Patrick S. KaneSenior Vice President of Naming & Registry Services · b. 1962
  • Mr. Scott T. SchnellSenior VP & Executive Strategic Advisor · b. 1958

Financials

Income Statement

Currency: USD1997-12-311998-12-311999-12-312000-12-312001-12-312002-12-312003-12-312004-12-312005-12-312006-12-312007-12-312008-12-312009-12-312010-12-312011-12-312012-12-312013-12-312014-12-312015-12-312016-12-312017-12-312018-12-312019-12-312020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Total Revenue9.40M38.90M84.78M474.77M983.56M1.22B1.05B1.17B1.61B1.58B1.50B961.74M1.03B680.58M771.98M873.59M965.09M1.01B1.06B1.14B1.17B1.21B1.23B1.27B1.33B1.42B1.49B1.56B1.66B
Growth (%)-+313.83%+117.93%+460.02%+107.17%+24.21%-13.66%+10.59%+37.98%-2.13%-5.01%-35.73%+7.16%-33.96%+13.43%+13.16%+10.47%+4.67%+4.88%+7.82%+2.01%+4.28%+1.37%+2.71%+4.94%+7.33%+4.79%+4.31%+6.37%
Cost of Revenue5.20M15.50M26.49M133.47M343.72M571.37M446.21M444.76M512.23M580.74M596.52M227.35M233.04M156.68M165.25M167.60M187.01M188.43M192.79M198.24M193.33M192.13M180.47M180.18M191.93M200.70M197.30M191.40M196.30M
Gross Profit4.20M23.40M58.28M341.29M639.84M650.30M608.57M721.70M1.10B994.51M899.77M734.38M797.58M523.90M606.73M705.99M778.07M821.69M866.58M943.92M971.77M1.02B1.05B1.08B1.14B1.22B1.30B1.37B1.46B
Gross Margin44.68%60.15%68.75%71.89%65.05%53.23%57.70%61.87%68.17%63.13%60.13%76.36%77.39%76.98%78.59%80.81%80.62%81.35%81.80%82.64%83.41%84.19%85.35%85.76%85.54%85.91%86.79%87.71%88.15%
Operating Expense23.20M42.90M61.59M3.49B14.05B5.45B836.82M589.97M900.84M886.46M1.12B663.61M483.85M291.62M277.34M248.66M249.84M257.26M260.63M257.35M264.05M255.44M245.07M260.67M268.84M281.10M295.20M307.80M339.30M
Operating Income-19.00M-19.50M-3.31M-3.15B-13.41B-4.80B-228.25M131.73M196.43M108.05M-221.50M70.78M313.73M232.28M329.39M457.33M528.23M564.43M605.95M686.57M707.72M767.39M806.13M824.20M866.80M943.10M1.00B1.06B1.12B
Operating Margin-202.13%-50.13%-3.90%-662.71%-1363.49%-393.04%-21.64%11.29%12.20%6.86%-14.80%7.36%30.44%34.13%42.67%52.35%54.73%55.88%57.20%60.11%60.74%63.16%65.45%65.15%65.29%66.19%67.01%67.95%67.67%
EBITDA-15.90M-15.60M2.20M72.22M225.49M306.09M290.57M361.67M458.88M230.82M121.13M285.38M414.91M320.68M396.63M517.71M592.19M633.00M656.77M754.90M785.23M892.73M895.72M886.74M913.41M1.00B1.10B1.13B1.17B
EBITDA Margin-169.15%-40.10%2.59%15.21%22.93%25.06%27.55%31.01%28.51%14.65%8.10%29.67%40.26%47.12%51.38%59.26%61.36%62.67%62.00%66.09%67.40%73.48%72.72%70.10%68.80%70.35%73.40%72.82%70.72%
Net Income-19.20M-19.70M3.96M-3.12B-13.36B-4.96B-259.88M186.22M406.46M379.01M-139.50M-374.69M245.55M830.97M142.89M320.03M544.45M355.26M375.24M440.64M457.25M582.49M612.30M814.89M784.80M673.80M817.60M785.70M825.70M
Net Income Margin-204.26%-50.64%4.67%-656.21%-1357.91%-406.11%-24.64%15.97%25.25%24.06%-9.32%-38.96%23.83%122.10%18.51%36.63%56.41%35.17%35.42%38.58%39.25%47.94%49.71%64.42%59.12%47.29%54.76%50.45%49.84%
R&D5.20M8.40M13.30M41.26M78.13M48.35M55.81M67.35M95.34M129.34M160.19M91.51M96.42M53.66M53.28M61.69M70.30M67.78M63.72M59.10M52.34M57.88M60.80M74.67M80.53M85.70M91.00M96.70M103.60M
R&D as % of Total Revenue55.32%21.59%15.69%8.69%7.94%3.96%5.29%5.77%5.92%8.21%10.71%9.51%9.36%7.89%6.90%7.06%7.28%6.71%6.01%5.17%4.49%4.76%4.94%5.90%6.07%6.01%6.09%6.21%6.25%
Interest Expense0000000000044.39M47.35M157.67M147.33M50.20M74.76M85.99M107.63M115.56M136.34M114.84M90.61M90.14M83.25M75.30M75.30M75.30M77.00M
Interest Expense % of Total Revenue0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%4.62%4.59%23.17%19.08%5.75%7.75%8.51%10.16%10.12%11.70%9.45%7.36%7.13%6.27%5.28%5.04%4.83%4.65%

Balance Sheet

Currency: USD1997-12-311998-12-311999-12-312000-12-312001-12-312002-12-312003-12-312004-12-312005-12-312006-12-312007-12-312008-12-312009-12-312010-12-312011-12-312012-12-312013-12-312014-12-312015-12-312016-12-312017-12-312018-12-312019-12-312020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Total Assets24.40M64.30M341.17M19.20B7.54B2.39B2.10B2.59B3.17B3.97B4.02B2.57B2.47B2.44B1.86B2.10B2.66B2.15B2.36B2.33B2.94B1.91B1.85B1.77B1.98B1.73B1.75B1.41B1.33B
Total Liabilities9.70M22.60M42.68M724.61M1.03B811.89M687.74M864.60M1.10B1.55B2.44B2.47B1.87B1.77B1.94B2.11B3.08B3.04B3.43B3.54B4.20B3.30B3.34B3.16B3.24B3.30B3.33B3.36B3.48B
Total Equity13.50M40.70M298.49M18.47B6.51B1.58B1.38B1.69B2.02B2.42B1.50B50.80M598.66M676.43M-88.11M-9.32M-423.56M-883.47M-1.07B-1.20B-1.26B-1.39B-1.49B-1.39B-1.26B-1.56B-1.58B-1.96B-2.15B
Cash3.90M22.80M70.38M460.36M306.05M282.29M393.79M330.64M476.83M501.18M1.38B789.07M1.48B1.56B1.31B130.74M339.22M191.61M228.66M231.94M465.85M357.42M508.20M401.19M223.49M373.60M240.10M206.70M307.90M
Total Debt-------126.15M138.05M199.00M1.27B1.26B781.01M641.36M718.53M738.85M1.37B1.36B1.87B1.87B2.41B1.80B1.79B1.80B1.79B1.79B1.80B1.80B1.80B
Net Debt-4.90M-22.80M-70.38M-460.36M-306.05M-282.29M-393.79M-204.50M-338.77M-302.18M-111.43M472.59M-902.79M-978.00M-623.26M566.88M1.03B1.17B1.64B1.64B1.94B1.43B1.28B1.39B1.56B1.41B1.56B1.59B1.49B

Cash Flow

Currency: USD1997-12-311998-12-311999-12-312000-12-312001-12-312002-12-312003-12-312004-12-312005-12-312006-12-312007-12-312008-12-312009-12-312010-12-312011-12-312012-12-312013-12-312014-12-312015-12-312016-12-312017-12-312018-12-312019-12-312020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Operating Cash Flow-13.60M-11.80M14.66M192.00M227.54M240.09M358.44M365.34M508.95M474.78M470.46M482.04M395.19M215.21M335.90M537.63M579.40M600.95M651.48M667.95M702.76M697.77M753.89M730.18M807.15M831.10M853.80M902.60M1.09B
Investing Cash Flow-15.00M-16.00M-103.22M124.00M-389.09M-282.49M-304.15M-284.86M113.93M-212.09M78.75M484.45M603.09M273.24M-1.44B-11.06M112.69M-496.90M-40.40M-405.08M1.07B167.19M-72.26M-269.25M355.70M-97.40M286.30M109.10M
Financing Cash Flow2.60M45.70M136.15M73.45M10.84M20.32M55.88M-54.47M-469.51M110.73M188.67M-1.16B-197.99M-745.27M-852.20M-277.75M-357.33M-859.75M-117.78M-623.76M-65.07M-1.88B-770.30M-764.88M-719.13M-1.04B-889.80M-1.22B-1.10B
Capital Expenditure6.60M4.40M6.02M58.78M380.27M176.23M108.03M92.53M140.50M181.61M152.24M119.00M116.88M80.53M192.66M53.02M65.59M39.33M40.66M169.57M49.50M37.01M40.32M43.40M53.03M27.40M45.80M28.10M22.80M
Free Cash Flow-20.20M-16.20M8.65M133.22M-152.73M63.86M250.41M272.81M368.45M293.17M318.22M363.04M278.31M134.68M143.24M484.61M513.80M561.62M610.83M498.38M653.26M660.76M713.58M686.79M754.12M803.70M808.00M874.50M1.07B
Dividends Paid----------299.00M200.00M3.21M518.22M463.50M000000---12.40M-00215.20M
FCF to OCF148.53%137.29%58.96%69.39%-67.12%26.60%69.86%74.67%72.39%61.75%67.64%75.31%70.43%62.58%42.64%90.14%88.68%93.46%93.76%74.61%92.96%94.70%94.65%94.06%93.43%96.70%94.64%96.89%97.91%
Dividend Paid to FCF----------93.96%55.09%1.15%384.78%323.58%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%---1.64%-0.00%0.00%20.14%

Earnings

Report DateApr 23, 1998Jul 27, 1998Oct 23, 1998Jan 19, 1999Apr 22, 1999Jul 22, 1999Oct 21, 1999Jan 20, 2000Apr 19, 2000Jul 26, 2000Oct 25, 2000Jan 24, 2001Apr 26, 2001Jul 26, 2001Oct 25, 2001Jan 24, 2002Apr 25, 2002Jul 25, 2002Oct 24, 2002Jan 23, 2003Apr 24, 2003Jul 24, 2003Oct 23, 2003Jan 29, 2004Apr 22, 2004Jul 22, 2004Oct 20, 2004Jan 26, 2005Apr 20, 2005Jul 20, 2005Oct 19, 2005Jan 26, 2006Apr 20, 2006Jul 20, 2006Oct 19, 2006Jan 31, 2007May 2, 2007Jul 26, 2007Nov 1, 2007Jan 31, 2008May 8, 2008Aug 6, 2008Nov 6, 2008Feb 5, 2009May 7, 2009Aug 6, 2009Nov 5, 2009Feb 2, 2010Apr 28, 2010Aug 2, 2010Oct 28, 2010Jan 27, 2011Apr 28, 2011Jul 28, 2011Oct 27, 2011Jan 26, 2012Apr 26, 2012Jul 26, 2012Oct 25, 2012Jan 24, 2013Apr 25, 2013Jul 25, 2013Oct 24, 2013Feb 6, 2014Apr 24, 2014Jul 24, 2014Oct 23, 2014Feb 5, 2015Apr 23, 2015Jul 23, 2015Oct 22, 2015Feb 11, 2016Apr 28, 2016Jul 28, 2016Oct 27, 2016Feb 9, 2017Apr 27, 2017Jul 27, 2017Oct 26, 2017Feb 8, 2018Apr 26, 2018Jul 26, 2018Oct 25, 2018Feb 7, 2019Apr 25, 2019Jul 25, 2019Oct 24, 2019Feb 6, 2020Apr 23, 2020Jul 23, 2020Oct 22, 2020Feb 11, 2021Apr 22, 2021Jul 22, 2021Oct 28, 2021Feb 10, 2022Apr 28, 2022Jul 28, 2022Oct 27, 2022Feb 9, 2023Apr 27, 2023Jul 27, 2023Oct 26, 2023Feb 8, 2024Apr 25, 2024Jul 25, 2024Oct 24, 2024Feb 6, 2025Apr 24, 2025Jul 24, 2025Oct 23, 2025Feb 5, 2026Apr 23, 2026Jul 23, 2026Oct 22, 2026
EPS Estimate-0.03-0.03-0.02-0.02-0.01-0.010.010.020.01-0.020.050.120.130.140.160.190.200.150.140.140.140.140.140.130.130.150.160.200.180.260.270.260.210.120.060.250.220.250.270.290.210.230.260.280.280.210.220.340.320.290.270.300.320.350.370.410.430.450.490.510.540.550.570.540.630.640.670.720.700.690.690.780.830.780.870.810.940.990.990.971.061.131.191.211.251.181.311.241.241.321.351.291.331.361.411.381.391.521.541.611.661.751.801.861.871.932.012.012.092.202.242.292.252.362.42
EPS Actual-0.03-0.03-0.02-0.01-0.01-0.000.020.040.020.070.110.130.230.150.170.200.200.150.140.140.140.140.150.170.140.150.190.210.190.270.270.260.181.420.060.240.210.250.260.300.210.250.280.280.320.220.280.310.280.240.270.310.320.380.390.400.420.450.500.590.580.580.591.940.640.680.690.700.660.700.700.790.850.870.930.840.961.051.000.961.071.181.231.581.311.241.361.262.861.401.381.381.421.411.501.591.431.541.581.701.701.791.832.601.922.012.072.002.102.212.272.232.342.382.35
Surprise0.00%0.00%0.00%50.00%0.00%85.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%450.00%120.00%8.33%76.92%7.14%6.25%5.26%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%7.14%30.77%7.69%0.00%18.75%5.00%5.56%3.85%0.00%0.00%-14.29%1083.33%0.00%-4.00%-4.55%0.00%-3.70%3.45%0.00%8.70%7.69%0.00%14.29%4.76%27.27%-8.82%-12.50%-17.24%0.00%3.33%0.00%8.57%5.41%-2.44%-2.33%0.00%2.04%15.69%7.41%5.45%3.51%259.26%1.59%6.25%2.99%-2.78%-5.71%1.45%1.45%1.28%2.41%11.54%6.90%3.70%2.13%6.06%1.01%-1.03%0.94%4.42%3.36%30.58%4.80%5.08%3.82%1.61%130.65%6.06%2.22%6.98%6.77%3.68%6.38%15.22%2.88%1.32%2.60%5.59%2.41%2.29%1.67%39.78%2.67%4.15%2.99%-0.50%0.48%0.45%1.34%-2.62%4.00%0.85%-2.89%
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Key Statistics & Ratios

Market Cap27.54B
Enterprise Value28.59B
Trailing P/E33.05
Forward P/E27.70
PEG Ratio2.17
Price / Sales15.90
Price / Book10.82
EPS9.29
Book Value-25.44
Revenue (TTM)1.73B
Gross Profit (TTM)1.53B
EBITDA1.21B
Profit Margin49.07%
Operating Margin68.62%
Return on Equity0.00%
Return on Assets54.90%
Shares Outstanding89.70M
Shares Float84.31M
Beta0.69
Dividend Yield1.07%
Dividend Rate3.24
Payout Ratio27.86%

Analyst Ratings

Buy
Based on 5 analystsTarget 339.60
  • Strong Buy
    3
  • Hold
    2

Ownership Breakdown

Institutions
90.16%
Insiders
10.63%
Retail / Other
0.00%

Top Institutional Holders

  • Berkshire Hathaway Inc
    8.99M10.01%
  • BlackRock Inc
    8.41M9.37%
  • Vanguard Capital Management, LLC
    5.35M5.96%
  • Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC
    5.08M5.65%
  • AQR Capital Management LLC
    4.95M5.51%
  • State Street Corp
    4.15M4.62%
  • Geode Capital Management, LLC
    2.47M2.75%
  • Renaissance Technologies Corp
    2.45M2.73%
  • Morgan Stanley - Brokerage Accounts
    2.27M2.53%
  • Ninety One UK Limited
    2.08M2.31%
  • Amvescap Plc.
    1.44M1.60%
  • Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership
    1.29M1.44%
  • The Goldman Sachs Group Inc
    1.12M1.25%
  • NORGES BANK
    1.12M1.25%

Top Fund Holders

  • Vanguard MStar Total Stk Mkt Idx Invest
    2.58M2.87%
  • Vanguard 500 Index Investor
    2.13M2.38%
  • Vanguard MStar Mid Cap Index Instl
    1.74M1.94%
  • Vanguard MStar Growth Index Investor
    1.19M1.32%
  • iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
    1.08M1.21%
  • Fidelity 500 Index
    1.06M1.18%

Dividends

20263×
0.81Aug 19, 20260.81May 19, 20260.81Feb 19, 2026
20253×
0.77Nov 18, 20250.77Aug 19, 20250.77May 19, 2025
20111×
2.75May 5, 2011
20101×
3.00Dec 16, 2010

Stock Splits

  • Dec 7, 19992:1
  • Jun 1, 19992:1