NASDAQ:VRSN - Verisign Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Verisign declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback program on Saturday, February 10th 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $586,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are often an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Verisign, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSN) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April, 26th. The information services provider reported $1.07 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.06 by $0.01. The information services provider earned $299.29 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $298 million. Verisign had a negative return on equity of 37.57% and a net margin of 40.41%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 3.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.96 earnings per share. View Verisign's Earnings History.

Verisign is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July, 25th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Verisign.

4 brokers have issued 1 year price targets for Verisign's stock. Their forecasts range from $103.00 to $123.00. On average, they anticipate Verisign's stock price to reach $109.25 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Verisign.

Verisign saw a decrease in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totalling 2,016,801 shares, a decrease of 86.0% from the April 30th total of 14,366,689 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 961,714 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.1 days. Currently, 2.1% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Verisign's Current Options Chain.

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News stories about VRSN stock have trended somewhat positive on Friday, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than twenty million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Verisign earned a media sentiment score of 0.10 on Accern's scale. They also gave media coverage about the information services provider an impact score of 45.93 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future.

Verisign's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Principal Financial Group Inc. (3.49%), Northern Trust Corp (1.26%), Cantillon Capital Management LLC (1.26%), American Century Companies Inc. (1.11%), Guggenheim Capital LLC (0.76%) and Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc. (0.52%). Company insiders that own Verisign stock include Kathleen A Cote and Timothy Tomlinson. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Verisign.

VRSN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board, Millennium Management LLC, Principal Financial Group Inc., Northern Trust Corp, Swiss National Bank, SG Americas Securities LLC, Markston International LLC and Envestnet Asset Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Verisign company stock in the last year include Kathleen A Cote and Timothy Tomlinson. View Insider Buying and Selling for Verisign.

VRSN stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including American Century Companies Inc., Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Hound Partners LLC, Teacher Retirement System of Texas, Employees Retirement System of Texas, DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale, Matarin Capital Management LLC and Hsbc Holdings PLC. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of VRSN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $138.68.

Verisign has a market capitalization of $13.80 billion and generates $1.17 billion in revenue each year. The information services provider earns $457.24 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.68 on an earnings per share basis. Verisign employs 952 workers across the globe.

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]