VeriSign (VRSN) Stock Price, News & Analysis

2 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for VeriSign in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" VRSN shares.
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2 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for VeriSign's shares. Their VRSN share price targets range from $200.00 to $236.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $218.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 24.5% from the stock's current price.
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VeriSign's stock was trading at $205.96 at the start of the year. Since then, VRSN stock has decreased by 15.0% and is now trading at $175.07.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 25th 2024.
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VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSN) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April, 25th. The information services provider reported $1.92 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.86 by $0.06. The information services provider had revenue of $384.30 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $381.85 million. VeriSign had a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 47.21% and a net margin of 55.04%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 5.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.70 earnings per share.
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ETFs with the largest weight of VeriSign (NASDAQ:VRSN) stock in their portfolio include SPDR S&P Internet ETF (XWEB), BTD Capital Fund (DIP), Emerge EMPWR Sustainable Select Growth Equity ETF (EMGC), VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat Growth ETF (MGRO), VictoryShares Nasdaq Next 50 ETF (QQQN), First Trust Horizon Managed Volatility Domestic ETF (HUSV), Invesco Bloomberg Pricing Power ETF (DEF) and Invesco Bloomberg Pricing Power ETF (POWA).

VeriSign issued an update on its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Thursday, April, 25th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.6 billion-$1.6 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.6 billion.

114 employees have rated VeriSign Chief Executive Officer D. James Bidzos on Glassdoor.com. D. James Bidzos has an approval rating of 76% among the company's employees.

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VeriSign's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (10.36%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (2.32%), Cantillon Capital Management LLC (1.72%), Lazard Asset Management LLC (0.80%), Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. (0.72%) and TD Asset Management Inc (0.65%). Insiders that own company stock include D James Bidzos, Danny R Mcpherson, George E Kilguss III, Kathleen A Cote, Medpace Investors, Llc, Thomas C Indelicarto, Thomas F Frist III, Timothy Tomlinson, Todd B Strubbe, Todd B Strubbe and Yehuda Ari Buchalter.
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Shares of VRSN stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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