VeriSign Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:VRSN)

2 Wall Street 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 analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" VRSN shares.
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2 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12-month target prices for VeriSign's stock. Their VRSN share price targets range from $245.00 to $249.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $247.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 12.9% 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 increased by 6.5% and is now trading at $218.73.
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VeriSign saw a increase in short interest during the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,530,000 shares, an increase of 48.5% from the October 31st total of 1,030,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 503,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.0 days. Approximately 1.5% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 8th 2024.
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VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSN) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 26th. The information services provider reported $1.83 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.74 by $0.09. The information services provider had revenue of $376.30 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $378.31 million. VeriSign had a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 45.68% and a net margin of 49.38%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 5.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.58 EPS.
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ETFs with the largest weight of VeriSign (NASDAQ:VRSN) stock in their portfolio include Vesper U.S. Large Cap Short-Term Reversal Strategy ETF (UTRN), ETFMG Prime Cyber Security ETF (HACK), Roundhill S&P Dividend Monarchs ETF (KNGS), SPDR S&P Internet ETF (XWEB), Natixis Vaughan Nelson Select ETF (VNSE), Invesco Bloomberg MVP Multi-factor ETF (PWC), First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecurity ETF (CIBR) and VictoryShares Nasdaq Next 50 ETF (QQQN).

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's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Ninety One UK Ltd (5.14%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (2.31%), Morgan Stanley (1.77%), Cantillon Capital Management LLC (1.74%), Wellington Management Group LLP (1.61%) and Invesco Ltd. (1.06%). 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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