Verisign Inc (VRSN)

VeriSign, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides internet infrastructure and domain name registry services that enables internet navigation for various recognized domain names worldwide. The company provides root zone maintainer services, operating two of thirteen internet root servers; and offering registration services and authoritative resolution for the .com and .net domains, which supports global e-commerce. It operates directory for .name and .cc; and back-end systems for .edu, domain names. The company was incorporated in 1995 and is headquartered in Reston, Virginia.

Symbol: VRSN
Exchange: Nasdaq
Sector: Technology
Industry: Software - Infrastructure
Market cap: $26.06B
52 week range: 208.86 - 312.48

Valuation

Share price: $288.32 (close of 2026-10-02)
P/E (TTM): 31.30x
Price to book: -11.56x
Price to free cash flow: 24.45x
Enterprise value: $27.37B
Book value per share: $-24.93

Price performance

Period	Change
1 day	+0.49%
5 days	+0.37%
1 month	-0.57%
3 months	+12.44%
6 months	+10.96%
Year to date	+18.67%
1 year	+4.68%
3 years	+42.49%
5 years	+39.50%
10 years	+268.51%
All time	+4419.12%

Members of Congress who disclosed VRSN trades

Gilbert Ray Cisneros · James Comer · Julie Johnson · Lisa McClain · Alan Armstrong

Super investors holding VRSN

Warren Buffett (Berkshire Hathaway) · Terry Smith (Fundsmith LLP) · Ray Dalio (Bridgewater Associates) · Ken Griffin (Citadel)

Profitability and growth

Return on equity: -38.33%
Return on assets: 62.27%
Return on capital employed: -15569.44%
Gross margin: 88.15%
Net margin: 49.84%
EBITDA margin: 69.55%
Revenue growth: 6.37%
Net income growth: 5.09%
Free cash flow growth: 22.16%

Cash flow and balance sheet

Free cash flow yield (TTM): 4.09%
Current ratio: 0.59x
Net debt to EBITDA: 1.08x

Latest reported year

Period end: 2025-12-31
Fiscal year: 2025
Revenue: $1.66B
Cost of revenue: $196.30M
Gross profit: $1.46B
EBITDA: $1.15B
Net income: $825.70M
Earnings per share: $8.83
Research and development: $103.60M
Interest expense: $77.00M
Shares outstanding: 93.50M

Income statement by year

Period end	Revenue	Gross profit	Net income	EPS
2025-12-31	$1.66B	$1.46B	$825.70M	$8.83
2024-12-31	$1.56B	$1.37B	$785.70M	$8.01
2023-12-31	$1.49B	$1.30B	$817.60M	$7.91
2022-12-31	$1.42B	$1.22B	$673.80M	$6.24
2021-12-31	$1.33B	$1.14B	$784.80M	$7.01
2020-12-31	$1.27B	$1.08B	$814.90M	$7.08
2019-12-31	$1.23B	$1.05B	$612.30M	$5.17
2018-12-31	$1.21B	$1.02B	$582.49M	$5.13
2017-12-31	$1.17B	$971.77M	$457.25M	$4.56
2016-12-31	$1.14B	$943.92M	$440.64M	$4.12

Margins and returns by year

Period end	Gross margin	Net margin	Return on equity
2025-12-31	88.15%	49.84%	-38.33%
2024-12-31	87.71%	50.45%	-40.13%
2023-12-31	86.79%	54.76%	-51.71%
2022-12-31	85.91%	47.29%	-43.13%
2021-12-31	85.55%	59.11%	-62.26%
2020-12-31	85.76%	64.41%	-58.62%
2019-12-31	85.35%	49.71%	-41.09%
2018-12-31	84.19%	47.94%	-42.04%
2017-12-31	83.41%	39.25%	-36.28%
2016-12-31	82.64%	38.58%	-36.70%

Cash and debt by year

Period end	Cash
2025-12-31	$582.10M
2024-12-31	$605.30M
2023-12-31	$931.80M
2022-12-31	$985.80M
2021-12-31	$1.21B
2020-12-31	$1.18B
2019-12-31	$1.23B
2018-12-31	$1.28B
2017-12-31	$2.42B
2016-12-31	$1.81B

Free cash flow by year

Period end	Free cash flow	Stock-based compensation
2025-12-31	$1.07B	$69.70M
2024-12-31	$874.50M	$61.10M
2023-12-31	$808.00M	$59.70M
2022-12-31	$803.70M	$58.60M
2021-12-31	$754.20M	$53.40M
2020-12-31	$686.80M	$48.20M
2019-12-31	$713.58M	$50.63M
2018-12-31	$660.76M	$52.50M
2017-12-31	$653.26M	$52.91M
2016-12-31	$666.43M	$50.04M

Dividend history

Most recent payment: 2026-08-19
Paid in the last twelve months: $3.20

Payment date	Dividend per share
2026-08-19	$0.81
2026-05-19	$0.81
2026-02-19	$0.81
2025-11-18	$0.77
2025-08-19	$0.77
2025-05-19	$0.77
2011-05-05	$2.75
2010-12-16	$3.00

Investor relations

Next earnings report

Next confirmed report: 2026-10-22
Consensus EPS estimate: $2.42

Past earnings dates

Reported	Fiscal period	EPS estimate
2026-07-23	Jun/2026	$2.36
2026-04-23	Mar/2026	$2.20
2026-02-05	Dec/2025	$2.29
2025-10-23	Sep/2025	-
2025-07-24	Jun/2025	-
2025-04-24	Mar/2025	-
2025-02-06	Dec/2024	-
2024-10-24	Sep/2024	-

Filings and sources

Company website: verisign.com
SEC filings: 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K on EDGAR
Earnings calendar: All upcoming reports

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