NASDAQ:VRSN - Verisign Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Verisign, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSN) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 6th. The information services provider reported $1.31 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.33 by $0.02. The information services provider earned $319.54 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $310.40 million. Verisign had a negative return on equity of 41.23% and a net margin of 49.71%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 3.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.58 earnings per share. View Verisign's Earnings History.

Verisign is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 23rd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Verisign.

2 analysts have issued 12-month 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 12.3% 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.

Headlines about VRSN stock have trended very negative on Tuesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Verisign earned a coverage optimism score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the information services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Verisign.

Verisign saw a decrease in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,350,000 shares, a decrease of 6.9% from the January 15th total of 1,450,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 593,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.3 days. Approximately 1.2% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Verisign's Current Options Chain.

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Verisign's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Renaissance Technologies LLC (7.04%), State Street Corp (3.77%), Capital International Investors (2.73%), Investec Asset Management LTD (2.62%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (2.02%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.68%). 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 FMR LLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC, AQR Capital Management LLC, First Trust Advisors LP, Capital World Investors, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Verisign.

VRSN stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Melvin Capital Management LP, Fred Alger Management LLC, Investec Asset Management LTD, Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd and Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc.. 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 $193.65.

Verisign has a market capitalization of $22.54 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.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]