NASDAQ:VRSN - Verisign Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Verisign declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback plan on Saturday, February 10th 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase $586,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are usually a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Verisign, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSN) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 24th. The information services provider reported $1.36 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.31 by $0.05. The information services provider had revenue of $308.42 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $308.34 million. Verisign had a negative return on equity of 44.38% and a net margin of 52.60%. The company's revenue was up .9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.23 earnings per share. View Verisign's Earnings History.

Verisign is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 6th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Verisign.

2 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives for Verisign's stock. Their forecasts range from $195.00 to $240.00. On average, they expect Verisign's share price to reach $217.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 13.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Verisign.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Verisign in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Verisign.

News headlines about VRSN stock have trended negative this week, InfoTrie reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Verisign earned a coverage optimism score of -2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the information services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Verisign.

Verisign saw a decrease in short interest in November. As of November 29th, there was short interest totalling 1,180,000 shares, a decrease of 6.3% from the November 14th total of 1,260,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 645,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.8 days. Approximately 1.0% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Verisign's Current Options Chain.

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Verisign's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (3.77%), First Trust Advisors LP (1.51%), Cantillon Capital Management LLC (1.29%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.76%), Man Group plc (0.55%) and Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC (0.43%). Company insiders that own Verisign stock include Kathleen A Cote, Thomas C Indelicarto and Timothy Tomlinson. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Verisign.

VRSN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Stifel Financial Corp, Mackay Shields LLC, Teacher Retirement System of Texas, Point72 Asset Management L.P., Denali Advisors LLC, Cantillon Capital Management LLC and Andra AP fonden. View Insider Buying and Selling for Verisign.

VRSN stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Squarepoint Ops LLC, California Public Employees Retirement System, Man Group plc, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, SG Americas Securities LLC and Voloridge Investment Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Verisign.

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 $191.49.

Verisign has a market capitalization of $22.48 billion and generates $1.21 billion in revenue each year. The information services provider earns $582.48 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.75 on an earnings per share basis. Verisign employs 900 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Verisign.

The official website for Verisign is http://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]