VeriSign Inc. (VRSN)

VRSN · Information Technology · United States United States

VeriSign Inc. (VRSN) is a US company in the Information Technology sector. The stock has its largest weight in XDEB (MSCI World Minimum Volatility), at 0.54%. Anyone who holds an ETF containing VeriSign also has an indirect stake in the company.

Data and Charts: VeriSign

Key Data for VeriSign

Held in22 ETFs
Highest weight0.54%
Indices11
SectorInformation Technology
CountryUnited States
ISINUS92343E1029
WKN911090

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VeriSign Stock Price Chart

The VeriSign chart shows daily closing prices and is set to the current year by default. The stock is up 26.4% year to date and up 30.4% over twelve months. The last recorded close on October 30, 2026, was $307.21, at 97% of the 52-week range.

Price series from our database since Aug 12, 2024, 558 daily values.

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VeriSign Stock Performance

VeriSign stock performance
Year to date+26.4%1 year+30.4%
1 month+8.9%3 months+5.9%
Calendar year 2025+17.4%
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Measured in euros, VeriSign is up 33.0% year to date and up 34.8% over twelve months. The difference from the dollar figures above comes from the exchange rate alone. Each daily price is converted at the ECB euro reference rate for that day.

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Alysly Data Analysis: VeriSign

What ETF Is VeriSign In?

VeriSign has above-average ETF coverage and is held by 22 of the 104 ETFs we track, which together follow 11 indices. That puts the stock in more ETFs than 85.1% of the 4,341 stocks we track.

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What ETF is VeriSign in
ETFIndexWeightper €1,000 in the ETF
XDEBMSCI World Minimum Volatility0.54%€5.35
XDEWS&P 500 Equal Weight0.21%€2.08
XUIT / XUTCMSCI USA Information Technology0.10%€1.01
QDVES&P 500 Information Technology0.10%€1.00
XDWT / XMITMSCI World Information Technology0.09%€0.90
SXR8S&P 5000.04%€0.40
SPYL / SPY5S&P 5000.04%€0.38
XD9U / XD9DMSCI USA0.04%€0.38
SWWDMSCI World0.03%€0.33
SPPWMSCI World0.03%€0.33
EUNLMSCI World0.03%€0.30
IUSQMSCI ACWI0.03%€0.30
XDWD / XDWLMSCI World0.03%€0.28
WIMIMSCI World IMI0.03%€0.26
SPYYMSCI ACWI0.02%€0.24
SPYI / SPSAMSCI ACWI IMI< 0.01%< €0.05

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The last column shows how much of €1,000 in one of these funds goes to VeriSign, based on each fund's latest holdings list.

US-listed ETFs holding VeriSign (weight per latest SEC filing): VGT 0.13%, XLK 0.11%, VYM 0.10%, VUG 0.07%, ONEQ 0.05%, IVV 0.03%, SPY 0.03%, VOO 0.03%, VTI 0.03%. These funds are registered in the US; retail investors in the EU usually cannot buy them.

VeriSign Weight in iShares Core MSCI World (EUNL) Since 2019

Sep 30, 2019Oct 30, 2026

In iShares Core MSCI World (EUNL), VeriSign had a weight of 0.05% on Sep 30, 2019 and 0.03% on Oct 30, 2026. The fund tracks the MSCI World. Its share peaked at 0.06% on Mar 31, 2020. The weight rises and falls with the stock's price performance relative to the other index members. It can also change when the index provider adjusts the index composition.

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What's Inside Your ETF Portfolio and the ETF overlap check show how much VeriSign overlaps with the rest of a portfolio.

Which Tracked Investors Hold VeriSign?

VeriSign is not among the largest purchases in the quarter ending Jun 30, 2026. The list is led by GOOGL, DAL and NEBIUS GROUP N.V. Of the 2 tracked managers holding the stock, 1 added.

Tracked investors holding this stock
InvestorSharesValueQuarter
Berkshire Hathaway8,989,880$2.3Bunchanged
Bridgewater Associates37,001$9Mincreased by 32,639

As of Jun 30, 2026. Based on quarterly filings with the US securities regulator, submitted up to 45 days after the reference date. The change counts shares, not price gains.

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What VeriSign Executives and Directors Traded Recently

Trades by executives and directors
DatePersonTypeSharesPrice
Oct 27, 2026BIDZOS D JAMES Director, Officer, Exec. Chairman, Pres, & CEOSell1,100$305.26
Oct 27, 2026BIDZOS D JAMES Director, Officer, Exec. Chairman, Pres, & CEOSell900$304.63
Oct 27, 2026BIDZOS D JAMES Director, Officer, Exec. Chairman, Pres, & CEOSell400$302.69
Oct 27, 2026BIDZOS D JAMES Director, Officer, Exec. Chairman, Pres, & CEOSell600$301.64
Oct 27, 2026BIDZOS D JAMES Director, Officer, Exec. Chairman, Pres, & CEOSell300$300.31
Oct 26, 2026McPherson Danny R Officer, EVP - Technology & CSOSell3,256$303.90
Oct 20, 2026BIDZOS D JAMES Director, Officer, Exec. Chairman, Pres, & CEOSell400$307.41
Oct 20, 2026BIDZOS D JAMES Director, Officer, Exec. Chairman, Pres, & CEOSell2,300$306.54

The table shows open-market purchases and sales reported over the past 90 days. Directors, officers and shareholders owning more than ten percent must report such transactions within two trading days. Awards and option exercises are excluded.

“Plan” means the transaction follows a schedule set up in advance under Rule 10b5-1. Sales consistently outnumber purchases in these filings because a large part of executive pay is granted in shares. For comparison: over the period covered, executives and directors reported sales at 271 of 350 tracked companies and purchases at 32.

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Stocks With ETF Exposure Similar to VeriSign

Stocks with ETF exposure similar to VeriSign
StockShared ETFsr1 yearAnnualized volatilityNet marginRevenue growth
VeriSign––+30.4%26.2%49.8%+6.4%
Fair Isaac Corporation22–-55.1%53.7%32.7%+15.9%
Motorola Solutions22–+13.8%23.6%18.4%+8.0%
Oracle Corporation22–-49.1%56.7%25.4%+17.3%
PTC22–-0.9%40.3%26.8%+19.2%
ServiceNow22–-43.8%51.2%13.2%+20.9%
Ciena Corporation22–+69.7%66.3%2.6%+18.8%
Corning Inc22–+36.6%55.2%10.2%+19.1%
Qnity Electronics22–+20.3%55.3%14.6%+9.7%

These stocks reach a portfolio through largely the same funds as VeriSign. “Shared ETFs” counts the funds that hold both.

Return and volatility are calculated from our daily closing prices in US dollars. Margin and growth come from each company's latest SEC annual filing. Because fiscal years do not end on the same date for every company, the underlying periods are not fully identical.

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Fundamental Analysis: VeriSign

VeriSign Key Financials

Revenue$1.7B
Net income$825.7M
Net margin49.8%
Return on equity-38.3%
Equity ratio-162.5%
Revenue growth+6.4%

Figures come from the SEC annual filing for the latest reported fiscal year (period end Dec 31, 2025).

Revenue and profit by fiscal year
Fiscal yearRevenueNet incomeMargin
FY ended Dec 20231.50.854.8%
FY ended Dec 20241.60.850.4%
FY ended Dec 20251.70.849.8%

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Technical Analysis: VeriSign

VeriSign Risk Metrics

Max drawdown-30.9%
Annualized volatility26.2%

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Below peak-0.9%
Beta to S&P 5000.04
Correlation to S&P 5000.02

The close on Oct 30, 2026, was 0.9% below the highest close since Aug 12, 2024. That high was reached on May 22, 2026. When the S&P 500 rose or fell 1%, VeriSign moved 0.04% on average in the same direction (past 252 trading days). The correlation of 0.02, however, shows only a moderate link to the broad market. Accordingly, moves in the S&P 500 explain only a small part of the daily price moves of VeriSign.

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What VeriSign Correlates With

The strongest co-movers are listed at the top, the strongest inverse movers at the bottom. Low or negative correlations can help spread risk more broadly across a portfolio.

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