NASDAQ:VRSN - Verisign Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Verisign announced that its board has initiated a stock buyback program on Saturday, February 10th 2018, which permits the company to buyback $586,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are usually a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Verisign, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSN) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 24th. The information services provider reported $1.36 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates 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 net margin of 52.60% and a negative return on equity of 44.38%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up .9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $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 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price objectives 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 year. This suggests a possible upside of 2.2% 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.

Headlines about VRSN stock have been trending somewhat negative on Friday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Verisign earned a media sentiment score of -1.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the information services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Verisign.

Verisign saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totalling 1,400,000 shares, an increase of 18.6% from the November 28th total of 1,180,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 625,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.2 days. Currently, 1.2% of the company's shares are sold short. View Verisign's Current Options Chain.

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Verisign's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include 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%), Johanson Financial Advisors Inc. (0.10%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.04%). 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, New York State Teachers Retirement System, DNB Asset Management AS, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Tuttle Tactical Management, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Gateway Investment Advisers LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Verisign.

VRSN stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., Strs Ohio, Alpine Global Management LLC, PGGM Investments, Valicenti Advisory Services Inc., Diversified Trust Co and Clarius Group LLC. 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 $212.75.

Verisign has a market capitalization of $24.98 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]