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About Verisign Inc
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 enables the security, stability, and resiliency of internet infrastructure and services, including providing 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.
General
| Name | Verisign Inc |
| Ticker | VRSN |
| Exchange | NASDAQ |
| Sector | Technology |
| Industry | Software - Infrastructure |
| Currency | USD |
| Country | USA |
| Fiscal Year End | December |
| Full Time Employees | 929 |
Highlights
| Analyst Target | 310.67 |
| Market Cap | 23,422,500,000 |
| PE Ratio | 29.44 |
| PEG Ratio | 2.91 |
| EBITDA | 1,133,299,968 |
Share Stats
| Shares Outstanding | 92,900,000 |
| Shares Float | 91,850,000 |
| Shares Short | 2,290,000 |
| Insider Holdings | 1042% |
| Institution Holdings | 88.07% |
Highlights
| Analyst Target | 310.67 |
| Market Cap | 23,422,500,000 |
| PE Ratio | 29.44 |
| PEG Ratio | 2.91 |
| EBITDA | 1,133,299,968 |
Valuation
| Trailing PE | 29.76 |
| Forward PE | 26.25 |
| Price/Sales (Trailing 12 Mt.) | 14.51 |
Dividend
Verisign Inc pays out a dividend of $2.30 per share, with a dividend yield of 0.91%.
VRSN's last dividend payment was made to shareholders on November 25, 2025.
They pay out 0.00% of their earnings out as a dividend.
Recent Dividends
| Nov 25, 2025 | $0.77 |
| Aug 27, 2025 | $0.77 |
| May 28, 2025 | $0.77 |
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