Compare Stocks: GOOGL, AAPL, and VRSN

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
AAPL Apple	$333.69	$322.16	$243.42 ▼ $345.34	$4.87T	1.07	40.26 million shs	32.42 million shs
GOOGL Alphabet	$343.50	$344.74	$235.84 ▼ $408.61	$4.20T	1.21	26.21 million shs	22.86 million shs
VRSN VeriSign	$288.32	$289.53	$208.86 ▼ $312.48	$26.04B	0.69	732,121 shs	1.24 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
AAPL Apple	0.00%	-2.16%	+4.29%	+6.73%	+29.33%
GOOGL Alphabet	0.00%	-0.12%	+1.49%	-6.27%	+40.00%
VRSN VeriSign	0.00%	+0.37%	-1.29%	+11.26%	+5.62%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
AAPL Apple	$333.69	$322.16	$243.42 ▼ $345.34	$4.87T	1.07	40.26 million shs	32.42 million shs
GOOGL Alphabet	$343.50	$344.74	$235.84 ▼ $408.61	$4.20T	1.21	26.21 million shs	22.86 million shs
VRSN VeriSign	$288.32	$289.53	$208.86 ▼ $312.48	$26.04B	0.69	732,121 shs	1.24 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
AAPL Apple	0.00%	-2.16%	+4.29%	+6.73%	+29.33%
GOOGL Alphabet	0.00%	-0.12%	+1.49%	-6.27%	+40.00%
VRSN VeriSign	0.00%	+0.37%	-1.29%	+11.26%	+5.62%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
AAPL Apple	2.62	Moderate Buy	$340.02	1.90% Upside
GOOGL Alphabet	3.02	Buy	$425.60	23.90% Upside
VRSN VeriSign	2.67	Moderate Buy	$333.00	15.50% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest GOOGL, AAPL, and VRSN Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
10/1/2026	GOOGL Alphabet	Benchmark Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy
10/1/2026	AAPL Apple	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target	Overweight	$360.00 ➝ $355.00
10/1/2026	AAPL Apple	Needham & Company LLC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Hold
9/29/2026	AAPL Apple	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Overweight	$360.00
9/28/2026	GOOGL Alphabet	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$395.00 ➝ $400.00
9/25/2026	AAPL Apple	Sanford C. Bernstein Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform
9/23/2026	AAPL Apple	Bank of America Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$370.00
9/23/2026	VRSN VeriSign	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Strong-Buy ➝ Hold
9/21/2026	VRSN VeriSign	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy (B-)
9/21/2026	AAPL Apple	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy
9/18/2026	AAPL Apple	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy (B) ➝ Buy (B-)

(Data available from 10/5/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
AAPL Apple	$416.16B	11.70	$8.37 per share	39.86	$4.99 per share	66.87
GOOGL Alphabet	$402.84B	10.43	$12.68 per share	27.10	$34.33 per share	10.01
VRSN VeriSign	$1.66B	15.72	$9.22 per share	31.28	($23.49) per share	-12.27

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
AAPL Apple	$112.01B	$8.72	38.27	35.05	2.66	27.62%	135.46%	34.11%	10/29/2026 (Estimated)
GOOGL Alphabet	$132.17B	$19.91	17.25	23.18	0.99	54.77%	51.32%	35.42%	10/28/2026 (Estimated)
VRSN VeriSign	$825.70M	$9.22	31.27	26.60	N/A	49.76%	-39.20%	58.32%	10/22/2026 (Estimated)

Latest GOOGL, AAPL, and VRSN Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
10/29/2026	Q4 2026	AAPL Apple	$1.99	N/A	N/A	N/A	$113.37 billion	N/A
10/28/2026	N/A	GOOGL Alphabet	$3.04	N/A	N/A	N/A	$127.24 billion	N/A
10/22/2026	Q3 2026	VRSN VeriSign	$2.46	N/A	N/A	N/A	$440.59 million	N/A
7/30/2026	Q3 2026	AAPL Apple	$1.89	$2.02	+$0.13	$2.02	$109.04 billion	$109.42 billion
7/23/2026	Q2 2026	VRSN VeriSign	$2.36	$2.38	+$0.02	$2.38	$433.20 million	$434.60 million
7/22/2026	Q2 2026	GOOGL Alphabet	$2.89	$9.11	+$6.22	$9.11	$117.07 billion	$119.80 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
AAPL Apple	$1.08	0.32%	+4.98%	12.39%	14 Years
GOOGL Alphabet	$0.88	0.26%	N/A	4.42%	1 Years
VRSN VeriSign	$3.24	1.12%	N/A	35.14%	N/A

Latest GOOGL, AAPL, and VRSN Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
7/22/2026	GOOGL Alphabet	quarterly	$0.22	0.26%	9/4/2026	9/7/2026	9/14/2026
7/20/2026	VRSN VeriSign	quarterly	$0.81	1.19%	8/19/2026	8/19/2026	8/27/2026
7/30/2026	AAPL Apple	quarterly	$0.27	0.35%	8/10/2026	8/10/2026	8/13/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
AAPL Apple	0.66	1.00	0.93
GOOGL Alphabet	0.16	2.72	2.64
VRSN VeriSign	N/A	0.59	0.59

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
AAPL Apple	67.73%
GOOGL Alphabet	40.03%
VRSN VeriSign	92.90%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
AAPL Apple	0.06%
GOOGL Alphabet	11.61%
VRSN VeriSign	0.56%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
AAPL Apple	166,000	14.59 billion	14.59 billion	Optionable
GOOGL Alphabet	190,820	12.23 billion	10.81 billion	Optionable
VRSN VeriSign	928	90.30 million	89.79 million	Optionable

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Recent News About These Companies

VeriSign (NASDAQ:VRSN) EVP Thomas Indelicarto Sells 500 Shares of Stock

October 3 at 5:38 AM | americanbankingnews.com

VeriSign (NASDAQ:VRSN) EVP Sells 500 Shares of Company Stock

October 3 at 5:37 AM | insidertrades.com

VeriSign (NASDAQ:VRSN) EVP Thomas Indelicarto Sells 500 Shares of Company Stock

October 2 at 5:07 PM | marketbeat.com

VeriSign (NASDAQ:VRSN) Stock: Insider D James Bidzos Sells 3,300 Shares

October 2 at 4:22 AM | americanbankingnews.com

Verisign to Report Third Quarter 2026 Financial Results

October 1, 2026 | businesswire.com

VeriSign (NASDAQ:VRSN) CEO Sells 3,300 Shares of Company Stock

September 30, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Verisign stock after-hours at EUR 252.05: plus 2.15 percent versus prior close

September 30, 2026 | ad-hoc-news.deA

VeriSign (VRSN) Stock May Be Fully Priced On Steady Cash Flow

September 30, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

VeriSign's CEO Dumps 3,300 Shares for $979,000 in a Discretionary Transaction

September 29, 2026 | fool.com

VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSN) Receives Average Rating of "Moderate Buy" from Brokerages

September 29, 2026 | americanbankingnews.com

VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSN) Stock Has Consensus Price Target of $333.00 According to Brokerages

September 29, 2026 | marketbeat.com

17,569 VeriSign, Inc. $VRSN Shares Sold by Envestnet Asset Management Inc.

September 26, 2026 | marketbeat.com

VeriSign (NASDAQ:VRSN) Stock Rating Cut to Hold at Zacks Research

September 25, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Here's Why VeriSign (VRSN) is a Strong Momentum Stock

September 24, 2026 | zacks.com

Insider Selling: VeriSign (NASDAQ:VRSN) CEO Sells 3,300 Shares

September 24, 2026 | insidertrades.com

Insider Selling: VeriSign (NASDAQ:VRSN) CEO Sells $1,005,642.00 in Stock

September 23, 2026 | marketbeat.com

State Street Corp Increases Stock Holdings in VeriSign, Inc. $VRSN

September 23, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Is VeriSign Stock Underperforming the Dow?

September 22, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

18,805 Shares in VeriSign, Inc. $VRSN Purchased by Nykredit A S

September 22, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Is VeriSign Stock Underperforming the Dow?

September 21, 2026 | barchart.com

Verisign stock heads into the open near a 12-month high

September 21, 2026 | ad-hoc-news.deA

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GOOGL, AAPL, and VRSN Company Descriptions

Apple NASDAQ:AAPL

$333.69 0.00 (0.00%)

Closing price 10/2/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$333.52 -0.17 (-0.05%)

As of 10/2/2026 08:00 PM Eastern

Apple Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets smartphones, personal computers, tablets, wearables, and accessories worldwide. The company offers iPhone, a line of smartphones; Mac, a line of personal computers; iPad, a line of multi-purpose tablets; and wearables, home, and accessories comprising AirPods, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Beats products, and HomePod. It also provides AppleCare support and cloud services; and operates various platforms, including the App Store that allow customers to discover and download applications and digital content, such as books, music, video, games, and podcasts. In addition, the company offers various services, such as Apple Arcade, a game subscription service; Apple Fitness+, a personalized fitness service; Apple Music, which offers users a curated listening experience with on-demand radio stations; Apple News+, a subscription news and magazine service; Apple TV+, which offers exclusive original content; Apple Card, a co-branded credit card; and Apple Pay, a cashless payment service, as well as licenses its intellectual property. The company serves consumers, and small and mid-sized businesses; and the education, enterprise, and government markets. It distributes third-party applications for its products through the App Store. The company also sells its products through its retail and online stores, and direct sales force; and third-party cellular network carriers, wholesalers, retailers, and resellers. Apple Inc. was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Cupertino, California.

Alphabet NASDAQ:GOOGL

$343.50 0.00 (0.00%)

Closing price 10/2/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$343.22 -0.28 (-0.08%)

As of 10/2/2026 08:00 PM Eastern

Alphabet Inc. offers various products and platforms in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia-Pacific, Canada, and Latin America. It operates through Google Services, Google Cloud, and Other Bets segments. The Google Services segment provides products and services, including ads, Android, Chrome, devices, Gmail, Google Drive, Google Maps, Google Photos, Google Play, Search, and YouTube. It is also involved in the sale of apps and in-app purchases and digital content in the Google Play and YouTube; and devices, as well as in the provision of YouTube consumer subscription services. The Google Cloud segment offers infrastructure, cybersecurity, databases, analytics, AI, and other services; Google Workspace that include cloud-based communication and collaboration tools for enterprises, such as Gmail, Docs, Drive, Calendar, and Meet; and other services for enterprise customers. The Other Bets segment sells healthcare-related and internet services. The company was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

VeriSign NASDAQ:VRSN

$288.32 0.00 (0.00%)

Closing price 10/2/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$288.23 -0.09 (-0.03%)

As of 10/2/2026 07:30 PM Eastern

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

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