Verisign Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:VRSN)

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 repurchase $586,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are generally a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Verisign, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSN) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 25th. The information services provider reported $1.24 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.18 by $0.06. The information services provider had revenue of $306.29 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $306.57 million. Verisign had a negative return on equity of 43.63% and a net margin of 51.38%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 1.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.18 EPS. View Verisign's Earnings History.

Verisign is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 24th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Verisign.

Verisign will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, October 24th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

3 brokers have issued 1 year price objectives for Verisign's stock. Their forecasts range from $160.00 to $240.00. On average, they expect Verisign's stock price to reach $198.33 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Verisign.

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.

Media headlines about VRSN stock have trended somewhat negative on Saturday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog 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 -1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the information services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Verisign.

Verisign saw a increase in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 1,400,000 shares, an increase of 10.2% from the August 30th total of 1,270,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 612,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.3 days. Currently, 1.2% of the company's shares are short sold. View Verisign's Current Options Chain.

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Verisign's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.37%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.11%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.06%), Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.05%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.05%) and Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI (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 Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Denali Advisors LLC, Stephens Inc. AR, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, TrimTabs Asset Management LLC, CenturyLink Investment Management Co, First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. and Oakbrook Investments LLC. Company insiders that have sold Verisign company stock in the last year include Kathleen A Cote, Thomas C Indelicarto and Timothy Tomlinson. View Insider Buying and Selling for Verisign.

VRSN stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Tuttle Tactical Management, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Regent Investment Management LLC, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank , Envestnet Asset Management Inc. and Nisa Investment Advisors 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 $185.51.

Verisign has a market capitalization of $21.96 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]