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Verisign Inc Stock Research

VRSN

201.88USD+1.26(+0.63%)Market Closed

Market Summary

USD201.88+1.26
Market Closed
0.63%

VRSN Alerts

VRSN Stock Price

VRSN RSI Chart

VRSN Valuation

Market Cap

21.3B

Price/Earnings (Trailing)

31.55

Price/Sales (Trailing)

14.92

EV/EBITDA

20.83

Price/Free Cashflow

26.45

VRSN Price/Sales (Trailing)

VRSN Profitability

Operating Margin

85.91%

EBT Margin

61.77%

Return on Assets

38.87%

Free Cashflow Yield

3.78%

VRSN Fundamentals

VRSN Revenue

Revenue (TTM)

1.4B

Revenue Y/Y

8.49%

Revenue Q/Q

3.45%

VRSN Earnings

Earnings (TTM)

673.8M

Earnings Y/Y

-45.62%

Earnings Q/Q

5.9%

Price Action

52 Week Range

155.25228.80
(Low)(High)

Last 7 days

4.0%

Last 30 days

-0.6%

Last 90 days

-0.9%

Trailing 12 Months

-6.1%

VRSN Financial Health

Current Ratio

0.93

VRSN Investor Care

Buy Backs (1Y)

4.71%

Diluted EPS (TTM)

6.24

Peers (Alternatives to Verisign)

View All Peers In Detail
NameMkt Capsorted ascendingRevenuePrice %, 1MReturns, 1YP/EP/SRev 1-YrInc 1-Yr
LARGE-CAP
ADP
88.7B
17.2B
 -3.95% -0.83%
28.2
5.14
 9.88% 14.66%
FISV
72.0B
17.7B
 -0.51% 14.00%
28.45
4.06
 9.31% 89.66%
SQ
36.0B
17.5B
 -16.81% -55.07%
-66.51
2.05
 -0.73% -425.19%
CTSH
29.9B
19.4B
 -8.99% -34.89%
13.04
1.54
 4.98% 7.16%
VRSN
21.3B
1.4B
 -0.56% -6.15%
31.55
14.92
 7.33% -14.14%
MID-CAP
CACI
6.8B
6.5B
 -4.16% -5.86%
18.54
1.04
 6.38% -16.32%
SAIC
5.7B
7.5B
 -3.66% 14.73%
21.13
0.76
 2.58% -9.12%
DXC
5.4B
14.8B
 -16.75% -28.72%
7.49
0.36
 -10.79% 217.70%
SMALL-CAP
FSLY
2.0B
432.7M
 7.80% -8.92%
-10.45
4.61
 22.12% 14.33%
CSGS
1.6B
1.1B
 -11.65% -15.25%
36.85
1.49
 4.13% -39.09%
SABR
1.2B
2.5B
 -25.49% -64.49%
-2.87
0.49
 50.22% 53.10%
TCX
268.2M
321.1M
 -3.32% -64.51%
-9.73
0.84
 5.52% -919.59%
UIS
233.2M
2.0B
 -35.82% -84.29%
-2.2
0.12
 -3.63% 76.37%
INOD
203.6M
79.0M
 13.44% -0.93%
-17.06
2.58
 13.25% -613.39%
BCOV
181.3K
211.0M
 -33.64% -43.90%
-0.02
9e-4
 -0.04% -267.04%

Financials for Verisign

Income Statement (Last 12 Months)
(In Millions)
* denotes actual numbers (not divided by Millions)
Description(%) Q/Q2022Q42022Q32022Q22022Q12021Q4
Revenue2.1%1,4251,3961,3731,3511,328
Cost Of Revenue0.6%201200197196192
  S&GA Expenses1.9%195192188191188
  R&D Expenses0.8%86.0085.0084.0083.0081.00
Costs and Expenses1.2%482476469470461
EBITDA2.9%1,002974955928-
EBITDA Margin0.8%0.70*0.70*0.69*0.69*-
Earnings Before Taxes3.4%880851831800782
EBT Margin1.3%0.62*0.61*0.61*0.59*-
Interest Expenses-0.1%75.0075.0075.0080.0083.00
Net Income-18.3%674824812792785
Net Income Margin-19.9%0.47*0.59*0.59*0.59*-
Free Cahsflow2.1%804787777763-
Balance Sheet
(In Millions)
Description(%) Q/Q2022Q42022Q32022Q22022Q12021Q4
Assets-0.6%1,7331,7441,7631,9731,984
  Current Assets-0.9%1,0391,0491,0621,2681,269
    Cash Equivalents-33.4%374561606759224
  Net PPE-1.4%232235240245251
  Goodwill0%53.0053.0053.0053.0053.00
Liabilities0.3%3,2963,2873,2183,2583,244
  Current Liabilities2.0%1,1171,0951,0671,0891,074
  Retained Earnings1.2%-14,204-14,383-14,553-14,720-14,877
Shares Outstanding-0.9%105106108110111
Cashflow (Last 12 Months)
(In Millions)
Description(%) Q/Q2022Q42022Q32022Q22022Q12021Q4
Cashflow From Operations1.3%831821818816807
  Share Based Compensation3.5%59.0057.0055.0055.0053.00
Cashflow From Investing-27.7%356492475431-269
Cashflow From Financing-2.8%-1,035-1,007-906-738-719
  Buy Backs2.8%1,0481,020918742723

Risks for VRSN

What is the probability of a big loss on VRSN?

36.9%

Probability that Verisign stock will be more than 20% underwater in next one year

18.1%

Probability that Verisign stock will be more than 30% underwater in next one year.

0%

Probability that Verisign stock will be more than 40% underwater in next one year.
*Calculated based on probability distribution of losses observed in actual data in the last 5 years.

How does VRSN drawdown profile look like?

Y-axis is the maximum loss one would have experienced if Verisign was unfortunately bought at previous high price.

Drawdowns

Returns for VRSN

Cumulative Returns on VRSN

15.8%

10-Year Cumulative Returns

12.4%

7-Year Cumulative Returns

11.1%

5-Year Cumulative Returns

5.8%

3-Year Cumulative Returns

What are the long-term rolling returns for VRSN?

FIve years rolling returns for Verisign.

Annualized Returns

Which funds bought or sold VRSN recently?

View All Details
Datesorted ascendingFund NameType% Chg$ Change$ Held% Portfolio
2023-03-15
B. Riley Wealth Advisors, Inc.
sold off
-100
-287,000
-
 -%
2023-03-10
VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC
reduced
-12.82
740,255
24,564,300
 0.03%
2023-03-06
Rockefeller Capital Management L.P.
reduced
-21.91
-2,000
28,000
 -%
2023-03-06
NORTH STAR ASSET MANAGEMENT INC
unchanged
-
146,338
949,338
 0.06%
2023-03-02
LORING WOLCOTT & COOLIDGE FIDUCIARY ADVISORS LLP/MA
new
-
102,720
102,720
 -%
2023-03-01
Willow Creek Wealth Management Inc.
unchanged
-
237,000
1,530,000
 0.25%
2023-02-28
Voya Investment Management LLC
added
0.23
6,917,730
44,234,700
 0.06%
2023-02-24
SRS Capital Advisors, Inc.
unchanged
-
-151
1,849
 -%
2023-02-24
National Pension Service
reduced
-1.27
3,916,290
29,798,700
 0.06%
2023-02-24
NATIXIS
added
3,177
53,617,600
55,037,600
 0.31%

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Latest Funds Activity

Are funds buying VRSN calls or puts?
Calls
Puts
Are funds bullish or bearish(Calls - Puts)?
Net Call Options
No. of funds that own VRSN
No. of Funds

VRSN Alerts

Verisign News

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Perigon Wealth Management LLC Acquires New Holdings in ....

MarketBeat,
7 days ago

Seeking Alpha

VeriSign: Wait For A More Favorable Entry Price (NASDAQ:VRSN).

Seeking Alpha,
8 days ago

InvestorsObserver

Where Does Verisign, Inc. (VRSN) Stock Fall in the Software - Infrastructure Field After It Has Risen 1.60% This Week?.

InvestorsObserver,
8 days ago

MarketBeat

Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank Acquires 538 Shares of ....

MarketBeat,
12 days ago

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Investor's Business Daily,
12 days ago

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13 days ago

Nasdaq

VeriSign (VRSN) Q4 Domain Name Registrations Rise 2.6% Y/Y.

Nasdaq,
16 days ago

Simply Wall St

Is VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSN) Worth US$198 Based On Its Intrinsic Value?.

Simply Wall St,
17 days ago

MarketWatch

VeriSign Inc. stock outperforms competitors despite losses on the day.

MarketWatch,
19 days ago

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Liontrust Investment Partners LLP sells 40,500 VeriSign, Inc. shares ....

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Benzinga

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25 days ago

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Schedule 13G FIlings of Verisign

Date FiledName of FilerPercent of ClassNo. of SharesForm Type
Feb 09, 2023
vanguard group inc
9.80%
10,391,118
SC 13G/A
Feb 03, 2023
blackrock inc.
8.1%
8,564,188
SC 13G/A
Feb 11, 2022
renaissance technologies llc
3.74%
4,149,890
SC 13G/A
Feb 01, 2022
blackrock inc.
9.1%
10,102,520
SC 13G/A
Feb 16, 2021
berkshire hathaway inc
11.2%
12,815,613
SC 13G/A
Feb 11, 2021
renaissance technologies llc
5.01%
5,721,534
SC 13G/A
Feb 10, 2021
vanguard group inc
9.34%
10,661,073
SC 13G/A
Feb 01, 2021
blackrock inc.
8.0%
9,160,998
SC 13G/A
Feb 13, 2020
renaissance technologies llc
7.09%
8,270,690
SC 13G/A
Feb 10, 2020
vanguard group inc
9.97%
11,716,659
SC 13G/A

VRSN Fair Value

Verisign fair value in different scenarios

The table shows the Fair Value estimates for Verisign for various scenarios. Disclaimer: These are just estimations from a model. None of the models are good at predicting the future. Please dont buy or sell stocks based on these outputs.
Fair ValueVery PessimisticPessimisticBase CaseOptimisticVery Optimistic
Very Low Inflation

58.54

-71.00%

83.19

-58.79%

126.19

-37.49%

161.67

-19.92%

189.33

-6.22%
Current Inflation

53.24

-73.63%

74.46

-63.12%

110.36

-45.33%

139.86

-30.72%

162.74

-19.39%
Very High Inflation

46.62

-76.91%

63.83

-68.38%

91.75

-54.55%

114.62

-43.22%

132.24

-34.50%

Historical Verisign Fair Value Estimates

Very Pessimistic Case
Pessimistic Case
Fair Value
Optimistic Case
Very Optimistic Case
Closing Stock Price

Recent SEC filings of Verisign

View All Filings
Date Filed Form Type Document
Mar 23, 2023
4
Insider Trading
Mar 23, 2023
4
Insider Trading
Mar 08, 2023
4
Insider Trading
Mar 06, 2023
4
Insider Trading
Feb 23, 2023
4
Insider Trading
Feb 23, 2023
4
Insider Trading
Feb 23, 2023
4
Insider Trading
Feb 17, 2023
10-K
Annual Report
Feb 17, 2023
4
Insider Trading
Feb 17, 2023
4
Insider Trading

Latest Insider Trading transactions for VRSN

Filter Transactions
Datesorted ascendingNameBuy/Sell$ ValueAvg. Price# SharesTitle
2023-03-23
BIDZOS D JAMES
sold
-400,000
200
-2,000
exec. chairman & ceo
2023-03-22
BIDZOS D JAMES
sold
-400,000
200
-2,000
exec. chairman & ceo
2023-03-21
BIDZOS D JAMES
sold
-1,600,540
200
-8,000
exec. chairman & ceo
2023-03-21
Indelicarto Thomas C
sold
-122,800
200
-614
evp, gen counsel & secretary
2023-03-07
Indelicarto Thomas C
sold
-122,800
200
-614
evp, gen counsel & secretary
2023-03-03
Buchalter Yehuda Ari
sold
-297,750
198
-1,500
-
2023-02-23
BIDZOS D JAMES
sold
-406,441
203
-2,000
exec. chairman & ceo
2023-02-22
McPherson Danny R
sold
-612,989
204
-3,000
evp- engineering, ops. & cso
2023-02-22
BIDZOS D JAMES
sold
-408,978
204
-2,000
exec. chairman & ceo
2023-02-21
BIDZOS D JAMES
sold
-406,196
203
-2,000
exec. chairman & ceo

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About Verisign

D. James Bidzos
www.verisigninc.com
900
VeriSign, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides domain name registry services and internet infrastructure that enables internet navigation for various recognized domain names worldwide. It enables the security, stability, and resiliency of internet infrastructure and services, including providing root zone maintainer services, operating two of the 13 internet root servers; and offering registration services and authoritative resolution for the .com and .net domains, which support global e-commerce. The company also back-end systems for .cc, .gov, .edu, and .name domain names, as well as operates distributed servers, networking, security, and data integrity services. VeriSign, Inc. was incorporated in 1995 and is headquartered in Reston, Virginia.

VRSN Income Statement

2022-12-31
Consolidated Statements Of Comprehensive Income - USD ($)
shares in Millions, $ in Millions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Dec. 31, 2021
Dec. 31, 2020
Income Statement [Abstract]   
Revenues$ 1,424.9$ 1,327.6$ 1,265.1
Costs and expenses:   
Cost of revenues200.7191.9180.2
Research and development85.780.574.7
Selling, General and Administrative Expense195.4188.4186.0
Total costs and expenses481.8460.8440.9
Operating income943.1866.8824.2
Interest expense(75.3)(83.3)(90.2)
Non-operating income, net12.4(1.3)16.2
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest, Total880.2782.2750.2
Income tax (expense) benefit(206.4)2.664.7
Net income673.8784.8814.9
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax0.10.0(0.1)
Comprehensive income$ 673.9$ 784.8$ 814.8
Earnings per share   
Earnings Per Share, Basic$ 6.24$ 7.01$ 7.08
Earnings Per Share, Diluted$ 6.24$ 7.00$ 7.07
Shares used to compute net income per share   
Basic107.9112.0115.1
Diluted108.0112.2115.3

VRSN Balance Sheet

2022-12-31
Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($)
shares in Millions, $ in Millions
Dec. 31, 2022
Dec. 31, 2021
Current assets:  
Cash and cash equivalents$ 373.6$ 223.5
Marketable securities606.8982.3
Other current assets58.362.9
Total current assets1,038.71,268.7
Property and equipment, net232.0251.2
Goodwill52.552.5
Deferred Income Tax Assets, Net234.6230.7
Deposits Assets, Noncurrent145.0145.0
Other long-term assets30.635.7
Total long-term assets694.7715.1
Total assets1,733.41,983.8
Current liabilities:  
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities226.5226.6
Deferred revenues890.4847.4
Total current liabilities1,116.91,074.0
Long-term deferred revenues328.7306.0
Senior Notes1,787.91,785.7
Other long-term tax liabilities62.178.6
Total long-term liabilities2,178.72,170.3
Total liabilities3,295.63,244.3
Commitments and contingencies
Stockholders' deficit:  
Preferred stock0.00.0
Common Stocks, Including Additional Paid in Capital12,644.513,620.1
Accumulated deficit(14,204.0)(14,877.8)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss(2.7)(2.8)
Total stockholders' deficit(1,562.2)(1,260.5)
Total liabilities and stockholders' deficit$ 1,733.4$ 1,983.8
Preferred stock, par value$ 0.001$ 0.001
Preferred stock, authorized shares5.05.0
Common stock, par value$ 0.001$ 0.001
Common stock, authorized shares1,000.01,000.0
Common Stock, Shares, Issued354.5354.2
Common stock, outstanding shares105.3110.5