Verisign (VRSN) Change in Receivables (2009 - 2016)

Verisign (VRSN) has reported Change in Receivables for 8 consecutive years, with -$2.7 million the latest figure, recorded in Q4 2016.

• For the quarter ending Q4 2016, Change in Receivables fell 34.6% year-over-year to -$2.7 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2016 stood at $871000.0 (up 231.77% YoY), and the FY2016 full-year result was $871000.0, up 231.77% from the prior year.
• Change in Receivables retreated to -$2.7 million in Q4 2016 per VRSN's latest filing, from $738000.0 in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Change in Receivables topped out at $3.8 million in Q1 2016 and bottomed at -$2.7 million in Q4 2016.
• Historically, Change in Receivables has averaged -$27200.0 across 5 years, with a median of -$140500.0 in 2013.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2013 and 2014: Change in Receivables soared 263.79% in 2013, then slumped 9152.94% in 2014.
• Over 5 years, Change in Receivables stood at $275000.0 in 2012, then tumbled by 472.73% to -$1.0 million in 2013, then sank by 141.66% to -$2.5 million in 2014, then gained by 20.06% to -$2.0 million in 2015, then slumped by 34.6% to -$2.7 million in 2016.
• According to Business Quant data, Change in Receivables over the past three periods registered -$2.7 million, $738000.0, and -$981000.0 for Q4 2016, Q3 2016, and Q2 2016 respectively.