VeriSign (VRSN) Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for VeriSign in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" VRSN shares.
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2 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for VeriSign's stock. Their VRSN share price forecasts range from $245.00 to $249.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $247.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 23.6% from the stock's current price.
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VeriSign's stock was trading at $205.44 at the start of the year. Since then, VRSN shares have decreased by 2.7% and is now trading at $199.83.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 26th 2023.
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VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSN) released its earnings results on Thursday, July, 27th. The information services provider reported $1.79 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.70 by $0.09. The information services provider earned $372 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $373 million. VeriSign had a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 45.15% and a net margin of 48.74%. VeriSign's revenue for the quarter was up 5.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.54 earnings per share.
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VeriSign updated its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Friday, July, 28th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.49 billion-$1.50 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.50 billion.

114 employees have rated VeriSign Chief Executive Officer D. James Bidzos on Glassdoor.com. D. James Bidzos has an approval rating of 76% among the company's employees.

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VeriSign trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "VRSN."

VeriSign's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (9.03%), Ninety One UK Ltd (5.26%), State Street Corp (3.60%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.96%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (2.33%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (2.23%). Insiders that own company stock include D James Bidzos, Danny R Mcpherson, George E Kilguss III, Kathleen A Cote, Medpace Investors, Llc, Thomas C Indelicarto, Thomas F Frist III, Timothy Tomlinson, Todd B Strubbe and Todd B Strubbe.
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One share of VRSN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $199.83.

VeriSign (NASDAQ:VRSN) has a market capitalization of $20.61 billion and generates $1.42 billion in revenue each year. The information services provider earns $673.80 million in net income (profit) each year or $6.77 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 914 workers across the globe.

VeriSign's mailing address is 12061 Bluemont Way, Reston VA, 20190. The official website for the company is www.verisign.com. The information services provider can be reached via phone at (703) 948-3200, via email at ir@verisign.com, or via fax at 703-421-4873.