NASDAQ:VRSN - Verisign Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Verisign announced that its board has approved a stock repurchase plan 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 reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are generally an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Verisign, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSN) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 24th. The information services provider reported $1.36 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.31 by $0.05. The information services provider earned $308.42 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $308.34 million. Verisign had a negative return on equity of 44.38% and a net margin of 52.60%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up .9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.23 earnings per share. View Verisign's Earnings History.

Verisign is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 6th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Verisign.

Verisign will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, February 6th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

2 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for Verisign's stock. Their forecasts range from $195.00 to $240.00. On average, they anticipate Verisign's share price to reach $217.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 3.5% 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.

Media headlines about VRSN stock have trended somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Verisign earned a daily sentiment score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the information services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Verisign.

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Verisign's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include California Public Employees Retirement System (0.75%), Strs Ohio (0.18%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.15%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.13%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.11%) and Johanson Financial Advisors Inc. (0.10%). 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 Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, California Public Employees Retirement System, New York State Teachers Retirement System, DNB Asset Management AS, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Tuttle Tactical Management and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. View Insider Buying and Selling for Verisign.

VRSN stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., Strs Ohio, Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL, Alpine Global Management LLC, PGGM Investments, Valicenti Advisory Services Inc. and Diversified Trust Co. 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 $210.22.

Verisign has a market capitalization of $24.68 billion and generates $1.21 billion in revenue each year. The information services provider earns $582.48 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.75 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]