VRSN vs Peers Stock Comparison

Verisign Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
VRSN Verisign Inc/Ca
$308.72 +7.5% 1M +24.9% 1Y
Market cap
$27.72B
P/E
32.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.73B
Div. yield
1.04%
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Percentile Scorecard

VRSN

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

AxisVRSN
Valuation 47 #10 of 18
Growth 31 #12 of 17
Profitability 100 #1 of 16
Financial Health 29 #13 of 18
Shareholder Returns –
Overall 52
  • VRSN ranked among 19 companies in Cloud Computing

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodVRSNSPY
1 month +7.5% -0.8%
3 months +12.3% +3.5%
6 months +15.2% +7.0%
Year to date +27.1% +12.2%
1 year +24.9% +13.0%
3 years +60.3% +86.3%
3 years, per year +17.0% +23.1%
5 years +45.7% +68.6%
5 years, per year +7.8% +11.0%
10 years +289.7% +258.0%
10 years, per year +14.6% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureVRSNSPY
Volatility, 1Y 28.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 30.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.03 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.86 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -38.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -0.4% -1.8%
52-week high $310.00 $779.14
52-week low $211.49 $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.

MultipleVRSN
P/E now vs peer median 32.7xmedian 15.8x
P/S now vs peer median 16.0xmedian 2.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 24.2xmedian 24.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median 27.1xmedian 10.3x
P/B now vs peer median -12.1xmedian 1.8x
PEG now vs peer median 3.36median 0.35

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 monthsVRSN
Revenue $1.73B
Gross profit $1.53B
Operating income $1.17B
Net income $849.80M
Free cash flow $1.02B
R&D $108.00M
EPS (diluted) $9.40
Cash & equivalents $206.80M
Total debt $7.70B
Shares (diluted) 90.40M
Enterprise value $25.08B

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
MetricVRSN
P/E 32.7x
P/FCF 27.1x
P/Operating cash flow 26.1x
P/S 16.0x
P/B -12.1x
P/Tangible book -11.3x
EV/EBITDA 24.2x
EV/EBIT 24.8x
EV/Revenue 16.8x
EV/FCF 28.4x
EV/Operating cash flow 27.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 3.36

Growth

14 metrics
MetricVRSN
Revenue growth (1Y) 6.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 5.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 7.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 6.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) 6.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 5.8%
Net income growth (1Y) 4.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 5.1%
EPS growth (1Y) 8.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 9.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 2.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 7.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 1.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 7.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricVRSN
Gross margin 88.6%
EBITDA margin 69.2%
Operating margin 67.6%
Pretax margin 64.2%
Net margin 49.1%
FCF margin 59.1%
Operating cash flow margin 61.3%
Return on equity –
Return on assets 55.1%
Return on invested capital –
Return on capital employed 730.9%
Asset turnover 1.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue 4.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricVRSN
Debt / assets 139.5%
Debt / equity -0.8x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.1x
Debt / FCF 1.7x
Liabilities / assets 278.5%
Equity / assets -178.5%
Interest coverage 15.0x
Current ratio 0.4x
Quick ratio 0.4x
Cash ratio 0.3x
Altman Z-score -3.89

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricVRSN
Dividend yield 1.0%
Net buyback yield 3.1%
Shareholder yield 4.1%
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.

ConsensusVRSN
Forward P/E 33.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $9.34FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +6.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +13.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.86BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +12.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +8.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersVRSN
Held by institutions 96.9%
Institutions holding 880
Change in shares held, QoQ +17.8%
Institutions buying 489
Institutions selling 286
Buyers to sellers 1.71

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Frequently Asked Questions

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Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Verisign (VRSN) 1.04%.

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.