VRSN vs GDDY vs CMPR Stock Comparison

Verisign, GoDaddy and Cimpress Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
VRSN Verisign Inc/Ca
$307.01 +8.8% 1M +27.7% 1Y
Market cap
$27.48B
P/E
32.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.73B
Div. yield
–
Web Hosting and Domains Technology
5 wins
GDDY GoDaddy Inc.
$106.45 +13.5% 1M -18.6% 1Y
Market cap
$13.75B
P/E
15.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.10B
Div. yield
–
Web Hosting and Domains Technology
5 wins
CMPR CIMPRESS plc
$74.79 -6.6% 1M +12.1% 1Y
Market cap
$1.47B
P/E
15.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.74B
Div. yield
–
Office Equipment Industrials
1 win

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Verisign leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Verisign 5, GoDaddy 5, Cimpress 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionVRSNGDDYCMPRLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $27.48B $13.75B $1.47B VRSN
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 32.3x 15.1x 15.3x GDDY
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 32.9x 13.9x 15.6x GDDY
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +6.5% +7.4% +9.8% CMPR
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 49.1% 17.8% 2.6% VRSN
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 25.5% 14.6% GDDY
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.1x 1.9x 3.4x VRSN
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +27.7% -18.6% +12.1% VRSN
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +6.6%/yr +9.0%/yr -3.5%/yr GDDY
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 28.8% 50.8% 42.0% VRSN
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 59/100 75/100 59/100 GDDY

Percentile Scorecard

VRSNGDDYCMPR

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisVRSNGDDYCMPR
Valuation 57 #17 of 38 87 #6 of 38 90 #12 of 113
Growth 23 #28 of 36 69 #12 of 36 91 #10 of 96
Profitability 100 #1 of 34 94 #3 of 34 69 #29 of 92
Financial Health 24 #29 of 38 30 #27 of 38 13 #109 of 125
Shareholder Returns 90 #3 of 21 95 #2 of 21 33 #45 of 67
Overall 59 75 59
  • VRSN ranked among 39 companies in Cloud Computing
  • GDDY ranked among 39 companies in Cloud Computing
  • CMPR ranked among 130 companies in Business Services

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodVRSNGDDYCMPRSPY
1 month +8.8%+13.5%-6.6% +0.9%
3 months +5.5%+1.2%-23.4% +5.9%
6 months +12.6%+24.1%-8.1% +8.5%
Year to date +26.4%-14.2%+12.3% +13.3%
1 year +27.7%-18.6%+12.1% +12.4%
3 years +59.4%+48.5%+29.6% +88.1%
3 years, per year +16.8%+14.1%+9.0% +23.5%
5 years +37.9%+53.9%-16.3% +68.2%
5 years, per year +6.6%+9.0%-3.5% +11.0%
10 years +262.8%+193.0%-9.4% +263.4%
10 years, per year +13.8%+11.4%-1.0% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureVRSNGDDYCMPRSPY
Volatility, 1Y 28.8%50.8%42.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 30.2%56.5%37.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.030.080.66 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.96-0.370.29 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -38.8%-65.0%-79.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -1.0%-21.3%-29.0% -0.9%
52-week high $310.00$135.18$105.31 $779.14
52-week low $211.49$74.99$61.21 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleVRSNGDDYCMPR
P/E now vs peer median 32.6xmedian 27.6x 15.3xmedian 27.6x 19.1xmedian 21.5x
P/S now vs peer median 15.9xmedian 4.8x 2.6xmedian 4.8x 0.5xmedian 0.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 24.1xmedian 24.1x 11.9xmedian 24.1x 7.9xmedian 11.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median 26.9xmedian 15.0x 7.9xmedian 15.0x 11.5xmedian 13.9x
P/B now vs peer median -12.1xmedian 4.4x 2,015xmedian 4.4x -3.7xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median 3.34median 0.38 0.31median 0.38 0.52median 0.92

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsVRSNGDDYCMPR
Revenue $1.73B $5.10B $3.74B
Gross profit $1.53B $3.26B $1.73B
Operating income $1.17B $1.27B $251.03M
Net income $849.80M $910.30M $97.92M
Free cash flow $1.02B $1.70B $158.07M
R&D $108.00M – $352.54M
EPS (diluted) $9.40 $6.95 $3.79
Cash & equivalents $206.80M $1.16B $248.85M
Total debt $7.70B $15.12B $1.61B
Shares (diluted) 90.40M 130.99M 25.33M
Enterprise value $24.83B $9.33B $574.85M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricVRSNGDDYCMPR
P/E 32.6x 15.3x 19.1x
P/FCF 26.9x 7.9x 11.5x
P/Operating cash flow 26.0x 7.8x 6.4x
P/S 15.9x 2.6x 0.5x
P/B -12.1x 2,015x -3.7x
P/Tangible book -11.2x -14.1x -3.2x
EV/EBITDA 24.1x 11.9x 7.9x
EV/EBIT 24.7x 12.7x 12.7x
EV/Revenue 16.7x 3.2x 0.9x
EV/FCF 28.2x 9.5x 20.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 27.2x 9.3x 11.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 3.34 0.31 0.52

Growth

14 metrics
MetricVRSNGDDYCMPR
Revenue growth (1Y) 6.5% 7.4% 9.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 5.3% 7.1% 6.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 7.2% 7.1% 6.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 6.1% 7.4% 6.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) 6.5% 23.8% 10.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 5.8% 40.7% 63.6%
Net income growth (1Y) 4.8% 12.6% 598.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 5.1% 41.1% 36.2%
EPS growth (1Y) 8.5% 21.5% 549.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 9.8% 49.0% 36.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 2.8% 16.8% -4.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 7.0% 22.3% 29.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 1.9% 17.2% -23.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 7.8% 24.2% 41.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricVRSNGDDYCMPR
Gross margin 88.6% 63.8% 46.3%
EBITDA margin 69.2% 26.6% 10.8%
Operating margin 67.6% 24.8% 6.7%
Pretax margin 64.2% 22.7% 4.1%
Net margin 49.1% 17.8% 2.6%
FCF margin 59.1% 33.4% 4.2%
Operating cash flow margin 61.3% 33.9% 7.6%
Return on equity – 746.1% –
Return on assets 55.1% 11.3% 4.6%
Return on invested capital – 25.5% 14.6%
Return on capital employed 730.9% 25.6% 18.6%
Asset turnover 1.1x 0.6x 1.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.2x 1.9x 2.9x
Stock comp / revenue 4.4% 5.9% 1.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricVRSNGDDYCMPR
Debt / assets 139.5% 47.2% 73.2%
Debt / equity -0.8x 563.3x -3.3x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.1x 1.9x 3.4x
Debt / FCF 1.7x 2.2x 10.2x
Liabilities / assets 278.5% 99.9% 122.4%
Equity / assets -178.5% 0.1% -22.4%
Interest coverage 15.0x 8.4x –
Current ratio 0.4x 0.6x 0.7x
Quick ratio 0.4x 0.4x 0.4x
Cash ratio 0.3x 0.4x 0.3x
Altman Z-score -3.92 1.45 2.54

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricVRSNGDDYCMPR
Dividend yield 1.0% – –
Net buyback yield 3.1% 12.1% 2.6%
Shareholder yield 4.2% 12.1% 2.6%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusVRSNGDDYCMPR
Forward P/E 32.9xFY2026 13.9xFY2026 15.6xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $9.34FY2026 $7.68FY2026 $4.78FY2027
EPS growth, next FY +6.0%FY2026 +23.5%FY2026 +26.1%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after +13.6% +15.4% +50.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.86BFY2026 $5.55BFY2026 $3.74BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +12.0%FY2026 +12.1%FY2026 +0.1%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +8.9% +3.8% +20.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersVRSNGDDYCMPR
Held by institutions 96.9% 100.0% 87.4%
Institutions holding 881 622 209
Change in shares held, QoQ +17.8% -0.6% +1.8%
Institutions buying 490 321 130
Institutions selling 286 250 54
Buyers to sellers 1.71 1.28 2.41

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

VRSNGDDYCMPR
VRSN 1.00 0.40 0.09
GDDY 0.40 1.00 0.12
CMPR 0.09 0.12 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, VRSN, GDDY and CMPR?

Verisign (VRSN) is the largest by market capitalisation: Verisign (VRSN) $27.48B, GoDaddy (GDDY) $13.75B, Cimpress (CMPR) $1.47B.

Which stock is cheaper, VRSN, GDDY and CMPR?

GoDaddy (GDDY) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Verisign (VRSN) 32.3x, GoDaddy (GDDY) 15.1x, Cimpress (CMPR) 15.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, GoDaddy (GDDY) is cheapest (Verisign (VRSN) 32.9x, GoDaddy (GDDY) 13.9x, Cimpress (CMPR) 15.6x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Cimpress (CMPR) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Verisign (VRSN) +6.5%, GoDaddy (GDDY) +7.4%, Cimpress (CMPR) +9.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Verisign (VRSN) has the highest net margin (Verisign (VRSN) 49.1%, GoDaddy (GDDY) 17.8%, Cimpress (CMPR) 2.6%). On return on invested capital, GoDaddy (GDDY) leads (GoDaddy (GDDY) 25.5%, Cimpress (CMPR) 14.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Verisign (VRSN) returned the most: Verisign (VRSN) +27.7%, GoDaddy (GDDY) -18.6%, Cimpress (CMPR) +12.1%. Over five years, GoDaddy (GDDY) compounded fastest (Verisign (VRSN) +6.6%/yr, GoDaddy (GDDY) +9.0%/yr, Cimpress (CMPR) -3.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Verisign (VRSN) has been the steadiest (Verisign (VRSN) 28.8%, GoDaddy (GDDY) 50.8%, Cimpress (CMPR) 42.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, VRSN, GDDY and CMPR?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Verisign (VRSN) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.