VRSN Stock Analysis: VeriSign | NASDAQ
Software - Infrastructure | NASDAQ, USA | Market Cap: 26.445m USD | 12M Return: 8.7% | US92343E1029 | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 245M
EPS Trend: 84.9%
Qual. Beats: 0
Rev. Trend: 99.2%
Qual. Beats: 0
Warnings
Tailwinds
Seasonality 11.6 years of data
How good or bad each month usually is (without trend). The score below shows how much you can trust it: 0 = pure chance, >40 gets interesting and >55 is strong.
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) is a US-based internet infrastructure company that provides domain name registry services critical to global internet navigation. The company serves as a root zone maintainer, operating two of the worlds thirteen internet root servers, and holds registry rights for the .com and .net top-level domains under agreements with ICANN, which support the backbone of global e-commerce. VeriSign also operates the .name and .cc directories and provides back-end registry systems for .edu. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, and incorporated in 1995, VeriSign sits within the Information Technology sector and benefits from a recurring revenue model tied to domain name registrations and renewals.
- .com and .net renewals drive recurring revenue growth
- ICANN agreement caps wholesale price increases
- Aggressive buybacks return capital to shareholders
| Net Income: 850.0m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.47 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA -14.87 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: -45.48% < 20% (prev -36.12%; Δ -9.36% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.61 > 3% & CFO 1.10b > Net Income 850.0m |
| Net Debt (2.26b) to EBITDA (1.20b): 1.88 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 0.59 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (91.1m) vs 12m ago -3.09% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 88.47% > 18% (prev 87.88%; Δ 0.59% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 106.4% > 50% (prev 113.5%; Δ -7.13% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 15.48 > 6 (EBIT TTM 1.18b / Interest Expense TTM 75.9m) |
| A: -0.43 (Total Current Assets 1.12b - Total Current Liabilities 1.90b) / Total Assets 1.80b |
| B: -6.29 (Retained Earnings -11.3b / Total Assets 1.80b) |
| C: 0.73 (EBIT TTM 1.18b / Avg Total Assets 1.61b) |
| D: -0.56 (Book Value of Equity -2.25b / Total Liabilities 4.06b) |
| Altman-Z'' = -19.00 = D |
| DSRI: 0.81 (Receivables 24.2m/27.8m, Revenue 1.71b/1.60b) |
| GMI: 0.99 (GM 87.88% / 88.47%) |
| AQI: 0.71 (AQ_t 0.25 / AQ_t-1 0.35) |
| SGI: 1.07 (Revenue 1.71b / 1.60b) |
| TATA: -0.14 (NI 850.0m - CFO 1.10b) / TA 1.80b) |
| Beneish M = -3.32 (Cap -4..+1) = AA |
As of August 14, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 287.15 with a total of 687,386 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by -1.84%, over one month by +6.23%, over three months by -2.45% and over the past year by +8.68%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 273.10 (which is 4.9% or 1.6 ATR below the current price).
VeriSign has received a consensus analysts rating of 3.50. Therefore, it is recommended to hold VRSN.
- StrongBuy: 2
- Buy: 0
- Hold: 1
- Sell: 0
- StrongSell: 1
| Analysts Target Price | 318 | 10.7% |
P/E Trailing = 31.8313
P/E Forward = 31.348
P/S = 15.4838
P/B = 10.819
P/EG = 3.0393
Revenue TTM = 1.71b USD
EBIT TTM = 1.18b USD
EBITDA TTM = 1.20b USD
Long Term Debt = 1.79b USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 555.2m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 2.34b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 5.90m
Net Debt = 2.26b USD (calculated: Debt 2.34b - CCE 80.3m)
Enterprise Value = 28.7b USD (26.4b + Debt 2.34b - CCE 80.3m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 15.48 (Ebit TTM 1.18b / Interest Expense TTM 75.9m)
EV/FCF = 33.89x (Enterprise Value 28.7b / FCF TTM 847.1m)
FCF Yield = 2.95% (FCF TTM 847.1m / Enterprise Value 28.7b)
FCF Margin = 49.60% (FCF TTM 847.1m / Revenue TTM 1.71b)
Net Margin = 49.77% (Net Income TTM 850.0m / Revenue TTM 1.71b)
Gross Margin = 88.47% ((Revenue TTM 1.71b - Cost of Revenue TTM 197.0m) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 88.50% (prev 88.53%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 15.92 (Enterprise Value 28.7b / Total Assets 1.80b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 3.24% (Interest Expense 75.9m / Debt 2.34b)
Taxrate = 22.99% (253.8m / 1.10b)
NOPAT = 905.0m (EBIT 1.18b * (1 - 22.99%))
Current Ratio = 0.52 (Total Current Assets 1.12b / Total Current Liabilities 2.16b)
Debt / Equity = -1.04 (negative equity) (Debt 2.34b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter -2.25b)
Debt / EBITDA = 1.88 (Net Debt 2.26b / EBITDA 1.20b)
Debt / FCF = 2.67 (Net Debt 2.26b / FCF TTM 847.1m)
Total Stockholder Equity = -2.17b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 52.95% (Net Income 850.0m / Total Assets 1.80b)
RoE = -39.21% (negative equity) (Net Income TTM 850.0m / Total Stockholder Equity -2.17b)
RoCE = -306.9% (out of range, set to none) (EBIT 1.18b / Capital Employed (Equity -2.17b + L.T.Debt 1.79b))
RoIC = 239.0% (NOPAT 905.0m / Invested Capital 378.6m)
WACC = 6.08% (E(26.4b)/V(28.8b) * Re(6.40%) + D(2.34b)/V(28.8b) * Rd(3.24%) * (1-Tc(0.23)))
Discount Rate = 6.40% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: -97.78 | Cagr: -4.44%
[DCF] Terminal Value 75.06% ; FCFF base≈856.6m ; Y1≈840.5m ; Y5≈850.2m
[DCF] Fair Price = 122.0 (EV 13.3b - Net Debt 2.26b = Equity 11.0b / Shares 90.4m; r=8.35% [WACC [floored]]; 5y FCF grow -2.73% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: 84.86 | EPS CAGR: 6.98% | SUE: 0.40 | # QB: 0
Revenue Correlation: 99.24 | Revenue CAGR: 5.32% | SUE: 0.38 | # QB: 0
EPS current Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=2.40 | Chg30d=+1.11% | Revisions=+40% | Analysts=4
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=9.56 | Chg30d=+0.87% | Revisions=+50% | GrowthEPS=+8.5% | GrowthRev=+5.8%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=10.76 | Chg30d=+3.87% | Revisions=+50% | GrowthEPS=+12.5% | GrowthRev=+9.1%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: +73% (up=8, down=0)