NASDAQ:VRSNVerisign Stock Price, Forecast & News

Verisign's stock was trading at $178.03 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, VRSN stock has increased by 19.5% and is now trading at $212.78. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

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.

Verisign is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 23rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Verisign.

Verisign, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSN) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April, 23rd. The information services provider reported $1.51 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.28 by $0.23. The information services provider earned $313 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $309.25 million. Verisign had a negative return on equity of 54.28% and a net margin of 63.33%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 2.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.31 EPS. View Verisign's earnings history.

3 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for Verisign's stock. Their forecasts range from $204.00 to $250.00. On average, they expect Verisign's stock price to reach $229.67 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.9% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Verisign.

Headlines about VRSN stock have trended very negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Verisign earned a news impact score of -3.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the information services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news aboutVerisign.

Verisign saw a drop in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,000,000 shares, a drop of 16.3% from the April 30th total of 2,390,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 827,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.4 days. Currently, 1.8% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Verisign's Current Options Chain.

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

Verisign's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (7.85%), State Street Corp (3.79%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (2.28%), APG Asset Management N.V. (1.72%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.70%) and First Trust Advisors LP (1.34%). Company insiders that own Verisign stock include Kathleen A Cote, Thomas C Indelicarto, Timothy Tomlinson and Todd B Strubbe. View institutional ownership trends for Verisign.

VRSN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including APG Asset Management N.V., APG Asset Management N.V., Wellington Management Group LLP, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, First Trust Advisors LP, AQR Capital Management LLC, and AJO LP. Company insiders that have sold Verisign company stock in the last year include Kathleen A Cote, Thomas C Indelicarto, Timothy Tomlinson, and Todd B Strubbe. View insider buying and selling activity for Verisign.

VRSN stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including APG Asset Management N.V., Echo Street Capital Management LLC, Melvin Capital Management LP, Waddell & Reed Financial Inc., Atalan Capital Partners LP, Loomis Sayles & Co. L P, Principal Financial Group Inc., and Banco Santander S.A.. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $212.78.

Verisign has a market capitalization of $24.58 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]