NASDAQ:VRSNVerisign Stock Price, Forecast & News

Verisign's stock was trading at $178.03 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, VRSN stock has increased by 18.4% and is now trading at $210.81. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

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." View analyst ratings for Verisign.

Verisign is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 23rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Verisign.

Verisign will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, July 23rd at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Verisign, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSN) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April, 23rd. The information services provider reported $1.51 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.28 by $0.23. The information services provider earned $313 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $309.25 million. Verisign had a negative return on equity of 54.28% and a net margin of 63.33%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 2.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.31 earnings per share. View Verisign's earnings history.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Verisign's shares. Their forecasts range from $204.00 to $250.00. On average, they expect Verisign's stock price to reach $229.67 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 8.9% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Verisign.

Media stories about VRSN stock have been trending negative on Saturday, InfoTrie reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Verisign earned a media sentiment score of -2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the information services provider a news buzz of 7.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news about Verisign.

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

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One share of VRSN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $210.81.

Verisign has a market capitalization of $24.36 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]