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

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total buys 0.02
Total sells 34.42
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy 1 — — 1 — — 1 — — 1 — —
Sell 5 4 4 2 3 3 — 7 8 6 7 4
Insider Ownership 1.33%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 27,460.00
Revenue 1,707.90
Net Income 850.00
Free Cash Flow 1,066.10
Net Debt 1,300.30
Current Ratio 0.59 (below 1: weak)
Debt/Equity (1.04) (negative: negative equity)
P/E ratio 32.76
Fwd P/E 31.10
P/S ratio 16.07 (above 10: high)
P/B ratio 0.00
Past 5Y EPS Growth 4.50%
This Y EPS Growth 11.17%
Next Y EPS Growth 13.38%
Next Y revenue growth 5.88%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 12.82%

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 73.20%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 64.21%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 64.47%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 49.02%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.35
Annual Dividend Rate 3.20
Annual Dividend Yield 1.06%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 2.97
0.81
0.81
0.81
2025 2.31
0.77
0.77
0.77
2024 Powerpack
2023 Powerpack
2022 Powerpack
2021 Powerpack
2020 Powerpack
2019 Powerpack
2017 Powerpack
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 926 600 581 1,034
Receivables — — — —
Inventory — — — —
Other 62 64 72 88
988 664 653 1,122
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 257 258 298 265
ST’ Debt — 300 — 549
Other — — — —
1,189 1,531 1,333 1,899

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 4.57% 5.54% 5.15%
Cash Flow 5.00% 8.36% 9.50%
Earnings 8.21% 0.26% 7.01%
Book Value 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 429 435 — — —
’25 402 410 419 425 1,657
’24 384 387 391 395 1,557
’23 364 372 376 380 1,493
’22 347 352 357 369 1,425
’21 324 329 334 340 1,328
’20 313 314 318 320 1,265
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 272 232 — — —
’25 291 203 308 290 1,091
’24 257 160 253 232 903
’23 259 145 245 204 854
’22 207 145 262 217 831
’21 198 143 260 206 807
’20 180 215 140 195 730
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 265 213 — — —
’25 286 195 303 285 1,068
’24 254 151 248 222 875
’23 253 139 217 199 808
’22 201 139 255 209 804
’21 192 125 245 193 754
’20 169 204 125 189 687
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 2.34 2.38 — — —
’25 2.10 2.21 2.27 2.23 8.81
’24 1.92 2.01 2.07 2.00 8.00
’23 1.70 1.79 1.83 2.60 7.90
’22 1.43 1.54 1.58 1.70 6.24
’21 1.33 1.31 1.40 2.97 7.00
’20 2.86 1.32 1.49 1.38 7.07
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2.5
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 70.26 76.45 105.40 142.37 148.77 184.60 155.25 188.44 167.05 203.66

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 91.99 118.28 176.76 221.78 221.30 257.03 253.89 229.72 209.61 310.60
People
People Employees 990 952 900 872 909 904 917 908 932 928
Revenue/emp, $m 1.15 1.22 1.35 1.41 1.39 1.47 1.55 1.64 1.67 1.79
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 1,142 1,165 1,215 1,232 1,265 1,328 1,425 1,493 1,557 1,657
Gross margin, % 82.64 83.41 84.19 85.35 85.76 85.55 85.91 86.79 87.71 88.15
EBT 581 599 730 759 750 782 880 977 1,022 1,069
EBT margin, % 50.88 51.41 60.04 61.61 59.30 58.92 61.77 65.40 65.62 64.50
Net income 441 457 582 612 815 785 674 818 786 826
Depreciation 66 35 30 46 46 48 39 16 16 20
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 10.67 11.61 10.71 10.39 10.99 11.85 13.21 14.44 15.88 17.72
Earnings 4.12 4.56 5.13 5.17 7.08 7.01 6.24 7.91 8.01 8.83
Cash flow 6.48 7.00 6.15 6.36 6.34 7.21 7.70 8.26 9.20 11.67
Capex (1.58) (0.49) (0.33) (0.34) (0.38) (0.47) (0.25) (0.44) (0.29) (0.24)
Free cash flow 4.89 6.51 5.82 6.02 5.97 6.73 7.45 7.81 8.91 11.43
Book value (11.22) (12.56) (12.21) (12.57) (12.08) (11.25) (14.48) (15.29) (19.96) (23.04)
Shares, m 107 100 113 119 115 112 108 103 98 94
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 18.76 24.01 28.79 37.27 30.65 36.16 32.31 25.45 25.84 27.51
P/S 7.24 9.43 13.85 18.54 19.69 21.41 15.29 13.96 13.04 13.71
P/B 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
EV/Sales 7.30 9.42 14.79 19.01 20.18 21.85 15.86 14.54 13.80 14.62
EV/FCF 12.52 16.80 27.20 32.81 37.18 38.47 28.12 26.87 24.58 22.67
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 693 703 698 754 730 807 831 854 903 1,091
Capex (170) (49) (37) (40) (43) (53) (27) (46) (28) (23)
Free cash flow 523 653 661 714 687 754 804 808 875 1,068
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 320 886 369 313 229 195 (78) (200) (867) (681)
Total debt 1,867 2,410 1,785 1,793 1,790 1,786 1,788 1,790 1,792 1,788
Net debt 69 (5) 515 575 623 580 808 864 1,192 1,208
Shareholders’ equity (1,201) (1,260) (1,385) (1,490) (1,390) (1,260) (1,562) (1,581) (1,958) (2,154)
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 18.78 17.33 23.99 32.50 45.01 41.85 36.25 46.96 49.80 60.44
ROIC 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
ROE (38.81) (37.16) (44.03) (42.59) (56.58) (59.21) (47.74) (52.02) (44.40) (40.16)
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

VeriSign, Inc. vs peers in Software Infrastructure (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
OKTA Okta, Inc. $36.5B 111× 72.2× +10.58% (above 0%: growing) +76.32% (above 0%: growing) +38.89% (above 0%: growing) 79.63% 13.29% Compare
ZS Zscaler, Inc. $35.9B — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +24.88% (above 0%: growing) n/m −64.66% (below 0%: shrinking) 76.73% (1.72%) Compare
MDB MongoDB, Inc. $29.5B 456× 2,423× +30.50% (above 0%: growing) n/m +94.79% (above 0%: growing) 73.83% 3.68% Compare
VRSN VeriSign, Inc. $27.5B 32.8× 31.1× +6.03% (above 0%: growing) +7.69% (above 0%: growing) +9.30% (above 0%: growing) 88.50% 68.18%
CPAY Corpay, Inc. $26.7B 24.0× 16.3× +21.49% (above 0%: growing) −6.95% (below 0%: shrinking) +30.16% (above 0%: growing) 100.00% 35.28% Compare
FFIV F5, Inc. $25.9B 34.8× 33.5× +10.85% (above 0%: growing) +11.55% (above 0%: growing) +12.46% (above 0%: growing) 82.25% 24.65% Compare
IOT Samsara Inc. $24.9B 241× 208× +29.88% (above 0%: growing) n/m +46.50% (above 0%: growing) 77.21% 0.96% Compare
RBRK Rubrik, Inc. $24.6B — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +37.89% (above 0%: growing) n/m +14.13% (above 0%: growing) 78.44% (16.83%) Compare
GPN Global Payments Inc. $22.3B — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +68.63% (above 0%: growing) −94.95% (below 0%: shrinking) −35.83% (below 0%: shrinking) 61.04% 10.15% Compare
Median of peers $26.3B 111× 72.2× +27.38% +2.30% +22.14% 77.83% 6.92%

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VeriSign, Inc. (VRSN) key facts

  • Strength: VeriSign, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $1.7 billion, up 6.37% from fiscal 2024.
  • Strength: Net income was $825.7 million, or $8.83 per share (basic), a net margin of 49.8%.
  • VeriSign, Inc. (VRSN) is a Software Infrastructure company in the Technology sector, listed on Nasdaq.
  • As of October 16, 2026, VRSN traded at $302.34, a market capitalization of $27.5 billion.
  • At that price the stock trades at 32.8× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 16.1× sales; its P/E is higher than 73% of its own readings over the past ten years.
  • VeriSign, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share, a yield of 1.06%, with a payout ratio of 34.7%.
  • Return on equity was −40.2% and debt-to-equity -1.04.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 8 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is −5.09 (distress zone) for fiscal 2025.

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