VeriSign Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for VeriSign in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" VeriSign stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in VRSN, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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1 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for VeriSign's shares. Their VRSN stock forecasts range from $210.00 to $210.00. On average, they expect VeriSign's stock price to reach $210.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 24.1% from the stock's current price.
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VeriSign's stock was trading at $253.82 at the start of the year. Since then, VRSN shares have decreased by 33.3% and is now trading at $169.27.
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VeriSign saw a decrease in short interest in the month of May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totaling 1,070,000 shares, a decrease of 30.1% from the May 15th total of 1,530,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 776,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.4 days. Currently, 1.0% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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VeriSign is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 28th 2022.
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VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSN) posted its earnings results on Thursday, April, 28th. The information services provider reported $1.43 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.39 by $0.04. The information services provider earned $346.90 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $342.99 million. VeriSign had a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 46.72% and a net margin of 58.63%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 7.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.33 EPS.
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VeriSign issued an update on its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Monday, May, 9th. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.42 billion-$1.44 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.44 billion.

114 employees have rated VeriSign CEO D. James Bidzos on Glassdoor.com. D. James Bidzos has an approval rating of 76% among VeriSign's employees.

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

VeriSign's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (9.54%), BlackRock Inc. (9.46%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (3.67%), State Street Corp (3.62%), Capital International Investors (3.54%) and Ninety One UK Ltd (3.49%). Company insiders that own VeriSign stock include D James Bidzos, 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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VRSN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital International Investors, Loomis Sayles & Co. L P, Fiera Capital Corp, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Mackenzie Financial Corp, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., State Street Corp, and UBS Group AG. Company insiders that have sold VeriSign company stock in the last two years include D James Bidzos, George E Kilguss III, Kathleen A Cote, Medpace Investors, Llc, 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 BlackRock Inc., Ninety One UK Ltd, Principal Financial Group Inc., CCLA Investment Management Ltd, CCLA Investment Management Ltd, Lazard Asset Management LLC, Jupiter Asset Management Ltd., and Invesco Ltd..
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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 WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of VRSN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $169.27.

VeriSign (NASDAQ:VRSN) has a market capitalization of $18.54 billion and generates $1.33 billion in revenue each year. The information services provider earns $784.83 million in net income (profit) each year or $7.11 on an earnings per share basis.

VeriSign employs 902 workers across the globe.

VeriSign was founded in 1995.

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