VeriSign, Inc.

VRSN Technology Software Infrastructure

VeriSign, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $1.7 billion, up 6.37% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 6.03%, EPS grew 7.69%, free cash flow grew 9.30% and total debt rose 30.6%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; revenue growth for ten consecutive years, operating cash flow growth for five; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

302.34 1.75 −0.58%
Market cap
$27.5B
P/E
32.8×
Fwd P/E
31.1×
Dividend yield
1.06%
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
−5.09
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
76/100

VeriSign, Inc. (VRSN) Return on equity

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VeriSign, Inc.'s return on equity over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was −40.0%, up 0.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (−40.2%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −59.2% (fiscal 2021) to −37.2% (fiscal 2017); the current reading is higher than 73% of that period. That is below the Software Infrastructure industry median of 0.60% and below the Technology sector median of 0.00%.

Return on equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 −40.2% 4.24
FY2024 −44.4% 7.62
FY2023 −52.0% (4.28)
FY2022 −47.7% 11.47
FY2021 −59.2% (2.63)
FY2020 −56.6% (13.99)
FY2019 −42.6% 1.44
FY2018 −44.0% (6.87)
FY2017 −37.2% 1.65
FY2016 −38.8% (0.40)

Against its own ten years

Low −59.2% High −37.2%
Ten-year median −44.0%
Current reading's percentile 73

Return on equity against peers

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VRSN VeriSign, Inc. −40.0%
Software Infrastructure industry median 0.60%
Technology sector median 0.00%
Market median 1.35%

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)

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