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Open | 280.50 | Prev Close | 281.64 |
High | 283.39 | Low | 279.65 |
Volume | 710,204 | Volume (Avg) | 967 |
52 Week High | 288.95 | 52 Week Low | 168.79 |
Market Cap | 26.6B | PE Ratio | 34.61 |
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 |
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.
Highlights
Analyst Target | 308.00 |
Market Cap | 26,586,900,000 |
PE Ratio | 34.61 |
PEG Ratio | 2.40 |
EBITDA | 1,106,499,968 |
Valuation
Trailing PE | 34.43 |
Forward PE | 31.85 |
Price/Sales (Trailing 12 Mt.) | 16.79 |
Technicals
Beta | 0.78 |
52 Week High | 288.95 |
52 Week Low | 168.79 |
50 Day Average | 10.47% |
200 Day Average | 34.26% |
Dividend
Verisign Inc pays out a dividend of $2.30 per share, with a dividend yield of 0.81%.
VRSN's next dividend payment will be made to shareholders on May 28, 2025.
They pay out 0.00% of their earnings out as a dividend.
Recent Dividends
May 28, 2025 | $0.77 |
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