VeriSign, Inc.

NasdaqGS:VRSN Stock Report

Market Cap: US$19.4b

VeriSign Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Recent Insider Transactions

NasdaqGS:VRSN Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
DateValueNameEntityRoleSharesMax Price
19 Dec 24BuyUS$45,403,468Berkshire Hathaway Inc.Company234,312US$196.00
02 Dec 24SellUS$402,573Danny McPhersonIndividual2,092US$192.43
07 Nov 24SellUS$198,800John CalysIndividual1,066US$186.49
15 Oct 24SellUS$233,320Thomas IndelicartoIndividual1,228US$190.00
27 Sep 24SellUS$466,640Thomas IndelicartoIndividual2,456US$190.00
29 Jul 24SellUS$262,520Timothy TomlinsonIndividual1,408US$186.45
29 Jul 24SellUS$699,960Thomas IndelicartoIndividual3,684US$190.00
17 May 24SellUS$204,168Danny McPhersonIndividual1,200US$170.14
10 May 24SellUS$272,023Yehuda BuchalterIndividual1,600US$170.02
07 May 24SellUS$170Yehuda BuchalterIndividual1US$170.00
11 Apr 24SellUS$116,660Thomas IndelicartoIndividual614US$190.00
02 Apr 24SellUS$116,660Thomas IndelicartoIndividual614US$190.00
12 Mar 24SellUS$117,923Thomas IndelicartoIndividual613US$192.37
05 Mar 24SellUS$117,727Thomas IndelicartoIndividual613US$192.05
01 Mar 24SellUS$558,288Danny McPhersonIndividual2,875US$195.00
20 Feb 24SellUS$1,820,579Todd StrubbeIndividual9,423US$193.69
13 Feb 24SellUS$119,737Thomas IndelicartoIndividual613US$195.33
06 Feb 24SellUS$122,018Thomas IndelicartoIndividual613US$199.05
18 Jan 24SellUS$1,182,966D. BidzosIndividual5,850US$203.54
16 Jan 24SellUS$30,612D. BidzosIndividual150US$204.08
11 Jan 24SellUS$1,206,160D. BidzosIndividual6,000US$203.08
09 Jan 24SellUS$121,448Thomas IndelicartoIndividual613US$198.12
02 Jan 24SellUS$125,052Thomas IndelicartoIndividual613US$204.00

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: VRSN insiders have only sold shares in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of VRSN?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
State or Government78,7440.0819%
Individual Insiders864,3850.899%
General Public1,764,6451.84%
Public Companies13,049,92513.6%
Institutions80,342,30183.6%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 67.25% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
13.6%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
13,049,925US$2.6b1.83%no data
10.9%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
10,513,177US$2.1b-0.24%0.03%
8.88%
BlackRock, Inc.
8,529,533US$1.7b-5.45%0.03%
4.35%
Ninety One UK Limited
4,175,826US$841.3m-4.41%1.22%
3.98%
State Street Global Advisors, Inc.
3,829,236US$771.5m-0.9%0.03%
3.3%
Renaissance Technologies LLC
3,175,990US$639.9m4.9%0.92%
2.36%
Geode Capital Management, LLC
2,270,483US$457.5m-8.86%0.03%
1.95%
Eaton Vance Management
1,876,238US$378.0m-8.08%0.08%
1.56%
Invesco Capital Management LLC
1,497,069US$301.6m2.05%0.12%
1.42%
D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P.
1,366,959US$275.4m-7.19%0.37%
1.41%
Fidelity International Ltd
1,358,102US$273.6m-0.19%0.11%
1.27%
Macquarie Investment Management Business Trust
1,219,376US$245.7m-14.2%0.28%
1.22%
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership
1,167,926US$235.3m47.3%0.18%
1.12%
Principal Global Investors, LLC
1,076,875US$217.0m-49.4%0.1%
1.11%
Norges Bank Investment Management
1,066,284US$214.8m0%0.02%
1.1%
AQR Capital Management, LLC
1,053,242US$212.2m38.5%0.28%
0.98%
UBS Asset Management AG
941,111US$189.6m-3.23%0.02%
0.96%
Artisan Partners Limited Partnership
922,392US$185.8m0%0.14%
0.92%
Liontrust Asset Management PLC
881,366US$177.6m0%0.74%
0.91%
Northern Trust Global Investments
875,632US$176.4m-4.87%0.03%
0.84%
Legal & General Investment Management Limited
809,136US$163.0m2.13%0.03%
0.81%
Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P.
779,386US$157.0m-29.1%0.04%
0.78%
BLS Capital Fondsmaeglerselskab A/S
753,605US$151.8m195%2.82%
0.78%
TD Asset Management, Inc.
746,436US$150.4m13.1%0.11%
0.72%
Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc
693,369US$139.7m7.34%0.51%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/26 20:13
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/24 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

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PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

VeriSign, Inc. is covered by 26 analysts. 4 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
James CordwellAtlantic Equities LLP
Robert OliverBaird
Ishan MajumdarBaptista Research