Verisign (VRSN) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)
Verisign (VRSN) recorded Operating Margin of 66.93% in Q3 2026, down 0.91 percentage points from 67.84% a year earlier and down 1.25 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Verisign (VRSN) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a TTM basis, Verisign's Operating Margin came in at 67.63% as of Sep 30, 2026, up 0.01 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at 67.67%, down 0.28 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Operating Margin has a five-year change of +2.52 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Across earlier years, Operating Margin came in at 67.95% in FY2024 (+0.93 pp), 67.01% in FY2023 (+0.83 pp), 66.19% in FY2022 (+0.90 pp) and 65.29% in FY2021 (+0.14 pp).
- The Q3 2026 figure is the lowest quarterly Operating Margin since Q4 2024.
- On a year-over-year basis, Operating Margin rose in three of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.24 percentage points.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Operating Margin in the last five years was a gain of 2.40 percentage points in Q2 2022, against a drop of 1.11 percentage points in Q3 2025 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at 68.18% (Q2 2026), 68.45% (Q1 2026) and 66.96% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft | 3,944.62 Bn | 3,880.11 Bn | 62.56 Bn | 49.76% |
| 2 | International Business Machines | 231.10 Bn | 185.71 Bn | 9.71 Bn | 15.88% |
| 3 | Equinix | 100.11 Bn | 88.01 Bn | 1.31 Bn | 23.34% |
| 4 | Cloudflare | 96.02 Bn | 78.46 Bn | 557.23 Mn | -8.68% |
| 5 | Nebius | 31.44 Bn | 4.87 Bn | 448.70 Mn | -30.21% |
| 6 | Verisign | 27.82 Bn | 25.17 Bn | 393.20 Mn | 66.93% |
| 7 | CoreWeave | 25.57 Bn | 12.66 Bn | 1.70 Bn | -1.90% |
| 8 | Nutanix | 15.68 Bn | 7.37 Bn | 651.35 Mn | 9.24% |
| 9 | GoDaddy | 14.30 Bn | 9.69 Bn | 843.00 Mn | 27.02% |
| 10 | Akamai Technologies | 12.01 Bn | 5.41 Bn | 613.75 Mn | 7.30% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 66.93% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 68.18% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 68.45% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 66.96% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 67.84% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 68.48% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 67.41% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 66.72% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 68.95% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 68.77% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 67.37% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 67.38% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 67.58% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 66.85% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 66.22% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 66.50% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 66.35% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 67.06% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 64.80% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 65.27% |
API Access
Verisign Operating Margin API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=VRSN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-margin", "ticker": "VRSN", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=VRSN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();