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VeriSign

VRSN · NASDAQ

$306.53+$0.05 (+0.02%)TodayMarket closed ·
Prev close $306.48

About VRSN

VeriSign, Inc. engages in the provision of critical Internet infrastructure and domain name registry services. The company is headquartered in Reston, Virginia and currently employs 926 full-time employees. The firm helps to enable the security, stability, and resiliency of the domain name system (DNS) and the Internet by providing root zone maintainer services, operating two of the 13 global Internet root servers, and providing registration services and authoritative resolution. The company operates the authoritative directory for all .com, .net, and .name domain names (generic top-level domains or gTLDs), as well as for certain transliterations of .com and .net in a number of different native languages and scripts (internationalized). The company also operates the authoritative directory for all .cc domain names (country code top-level domain or ccTLD). The firm operates the technical or back-end systems for the .edu top-level domain. Its operations infrastructure includes distributed servers, networking, and disaster recovery plans.

Employees
926
Headquarters
Reston, Virginia
Listed
Jan 29, 1998
Sector
Information Technology
Industry
IT Services
Website
verisign.com

VRSN key statistics

Market cap
27.30B
Price-earnings ratio
33.24
Dividend yield
1.07%
Average volume
916.38K
Volume
977.81K
Open price
$306.45
High today
$308.63
Low today
$302.86
52 Week high
$312.48
52 Week low
$208.86

VeriSign (VRSN) at a glance

VeriSign (VRSN) last traded at $306.53, with a market cap of 27.30B, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.24 and a dividend yield of 1.07%.

Today the stock has traded between $302.86 and $308.63. The current price is 1.2% above the day's low and 0.7% below its high.

Volume so far is 977.81K shares, in line with the average of 916.38K shares a day.

Over the past year VeriSign has ranged from $208.86 to $312.48, and now sits 94% of the way up that range.

VeriSign met or beat analyst EPS estimates in 2 of the last 8 quarters. In Q2 FY26 it reported $2.38 per share against an estimate of $2.41.

The average analyst price target is $329.93, 7.6% above the current price, from 4 recent ratings.

Analyst ratings

Latest rating from each analyst over the past 12 months

75%of 4 analyst ratings say Buy
  • Buy75.0%
  • Hold25.0%
  • Sell0.0%
Price target · 8 analystsAvg $329.93
Low
$275.56
Now
$306.53
High
$372.75

VRSN earnings

Earnings per share, reported against the analyst estimate

Beat the estimate in 2 of the last 8 quarters, by 1.5% on average.

  1. Q3 FY24: reported $2.07 per share against an estimate of $2.05
  2. Q4 FY24: reported $2.00 per share against an estimate of $2.04
  3. Q1 FY25: reported $2.10 per share against an estimate of $2.15
  4. Q2 FY25: reported $2.21 per share against an estimate of $2.24
  5. Q3 FY25: reported $2.27 per share against an estimate of $2.29
  6. Q4 FY25: reported $2.23 per share against an estimate of $2.33
  7. Q1 FY26: reported $2.34 per share against an estimate of $2.29
  8. Q2 FY26: reported $2.38 per share against an estimate of $2.41

VRSN news

  • Press releaseBusiness Wire

    Verisign to Report Third Quarter 2026 Financial Results

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  • Press releaseBusiness Wire

    Hagens Berman Files Antitrust Class-Action Lawsuit Against Verisign and ICANN Alleging Billions of Dollars in Illicit Gains from Website Domain Owners

  • Press releaseBusiness Wire

    DNIB.com Reports Internet Has 401.6 Million Domain Name Registrations at the End of the Second Quarter of 2026

  • Press releaseBusiness Wire

    Verisign Reports Second Quarter 2026 Results

  • Press releaseBusiness Wire

    Verisign Announces Delegation of .Web

  • Press releaseBusiness Wire

    Verisign to Report Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results

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