NASDAQ:VRSNVerisign Stock Price, Forecast & News

Verisign's stock was trading at $178.03 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, VRSN stock has increased by 14.2% and is now trading at $203.31.
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3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Verisign in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."
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Verisign is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 22nd 2020.
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Verisign, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSN) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 23rd. The information services provider reported $1.32 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $1.32. The information services provider had revenue of $314.37 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $312.43 million. Verisign had a negative return on equity of 54.86% and a net margin of 63.32%.
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3 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Verisign's stock. Their forecasts range from $204.00 to $250.00. On average, they anticipate Verisign's stock price to reach $229.67 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 13.0% from the stock's current price.
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News headlines about VRSN stock have been trending neutral this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Verisign earned a daily sentiment score of 0.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the information services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term.
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Verisign saw a increase in short interest in February. As of February 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,460,000 shares, an increase of 23.7% from the January 31st total of 1,180,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 589,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.5 days. Approximately 1.3% of the company's shares are sold short.
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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 investors include Principal Financial Group Inc. (2.25%), First Trust Advisors LP (1.49%), Cantillon Capital Management LLC (1.30%), Swiss National Bank (0.47%), Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.40%) and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.39%). Company insiders that own Verisign stock include D James Bidzos, Kathleen A Cote, Thomas C Indelicarto, Timothy Tomlinson and Todd B Strubbe.
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VRSN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, Banco Santander S.A., Principal Financial Group Inc., NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V., Arizona State Retirement System, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Ieq Capital LLC, and New York State Common Retirement Fund. Company insiders that have sold Verisign company stock in the last year include D James Bidzos, Kathleen A Cote, Thomas C Indelicarto, Timothy Tomlinson, and Todd B Strubbe.
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VRSN stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Trust Advisors LP, Mn Services Vermogensbeheer B.V., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A., UBS Group AG, Rafferty Asset Management LLC, Stanley Laman Group Ltd., and Aigen Investment Management LP.
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Shares of VRSN can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of VRSN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $203.31.

Verisign has a market capitalization of $23.35 billion and generates $1.23 billion in revenue each year. The information services provider earns $612.30 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.15 on an earnings per share basis. Verisign employs 900 workers across the globe.

The official website for Verisign is www.verisign.com.

Verisign's mailing address is 12061 Bluemont Way, Reston VA, 20190. The information services provider can be reached via phone at 703-948-3200 or via email at [email protected]