VeriSign - VRSN 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" VRSN shares. 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 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for VeriSign's shares. Their VRSN share price forecasts range from $210.00 to $210.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $210.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 3.9% from the stock's current price.
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VeriSign's stock was trading at $253.82 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, VRSN shares have decreased by 20.4% and is now trading at $202.09.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 27th 2022.
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VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSN) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 28th. The information services provider reported $1.54 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.52 by $0.02. The information services provider earned $351.90 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $348.77 million. VeriSign had a net margin of 59.09% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 47.84%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 6.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.31 earnings per share.
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VeriSign updated its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Friday, August, 5th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.42 billion-$1.43 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.44 billion.

114 employees have rated VeriSign Chief Executive Officer D. James Bidzos on Glassdoor.com. D. James Bidzos has an approval rating of 76% among the company'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 Renaissance Technologies LLC (3.69%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (2.53%), Cantillon Capital Management LLC (1.61%), Lazard Asset Management LLC (1.23%), Northern Trust Corp (1.07%) and Liontrust Investment Partners LLP (0.79%). Insiders that own company 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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One share of VRSN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $202.09.

VeriSign (NASDAQ:VRSN) has a market capitalization of $21.68 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 $7.34 on an earnings per share basis.

The company 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 the company is www.verisign.com. The information services provider can be reached via phone at (703) 948-3200, via email at ir@verisign.com, or via fax at 703-421-4873.