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. Since then, VRSN shares have increased by 18.2% and is now trading at $210.40.
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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."
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Verisign is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 22nd 2020.
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Verisign, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSN) issued its earnings results on Thursday, July, 23rd. The information services provider reported $1.32 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting analysts' consensus estimates of $1.32. The information services provider earned $314.37 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $312.43 million. Verisign had a net margin of 63.32% and a negative return on equity of 54.86%.
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3 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Verisign's stock. Their forecasts range from $204.00 to $250.00. On average, they anticipate Verisign's stock price to reach $229.67 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 9.2% from the stock's current price.
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Headlines about VRSN stock have trended very positive on Saturday, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Verisign earned a news impact score of 4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the information services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days.
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Verisign saw a decrease in short interest in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 1,530,000 shares, a decrease of 10.5% from the July 15th total of 1,710,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 675,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.3 days. Approximately 1.4% of the company's shares are short sold.
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Verisign trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "VRSN."

Verisign's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Principal Financial Group Inc. (2.25%), First Trust Advisors LP (1.49%), Cantillon Capital Management LLC (1.30%), Swiss National Bank (0.47%), Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.40%) and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.39%). Company insiders that own Verisign stock include D James Bidzos, Kathleen A Cote, Thomas C Indelicarto, Timothy Tomlinson and Todd B Strubbe.
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VRSN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, Banco Santander S.A., Principal Financial Group Inc., NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V., Arizona State Retirement System, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Ieq Capital LLC, and New York State Common Retirement Fund. Company insiders that have sold Verisign company stock in the last year include D James Bidzos, Kathleen A Cote, Thomas C Indelicarto, Timothy Tomlinson, and Todd B Strubbe.
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VRSN stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Trust Advisors LP, Mn Services Vermogensbeheer B.V., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A., UBS Group AG, Rafferty Asset Management LLC, Stanley Laman Group Ltd., and PGGM Investments.
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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 $210.40.

Verisign has a market capitalization of $24.17 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]