Verisign (VRSN) Purchase of Investments (2009 - 2026)
Verisign (VRSN) posted Purchase of Investments - Total of $154.1 million for Q3 2026, up 34.0% from $115 million a year earlier and up 36.6% from the prior quarter.
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Verisign (VRSN) Purchase of Investments (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Sep 30, 2026, Purchase of Investments - Total at Verisign was $524.9 million, down 11.1% year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at $572.2 million, down 35.0% from FY2024.
- Annual Purchase of Investments - Total has declined for four consecutive years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of -24.6% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Verisign's Purchase of Investments - Total was $880.7 million in FY2024 (-33.8%), $1.33 billion in FY2023 (-0.6%), $1.34 billion in FY2022 (-53.4%) and $2.87 billion in FY2021 (+21.9%).
- Quarterly Purchase of Investments - Total has run from a low of $35.2 million in Q1 2025 to a high of $551.1 million in Q2 2023 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Purchase of Investments - Total increased in two of the last eight quarters, with an average decline of 12.8%.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Purchase of Investments - Total in the past five years was Q1 2026, with growth of 125.6%; the weakest was Q1 2022, with a decline of 82.9%.
- According to Business Quant data, Purchase of Investments - Total for the three prior quarters was $112.8 million (Q2 2026), $79.4 million (Q1 2026) and $178.6 million (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Investments Purchased (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft | 3,944.62 Bn | 3,880.11 Bn | 62.56 Bn | 5.39 Bn |
| 2 | International Business Machines | 231.10 Bn | 185.71 Bn | 9.71 Bn | 1.90 Bn |
| 3 | Equinix | 100.11 Bn | 88.01 Bn | 1.31 Bn | 1.07 Bn |
| 4 | Cloudflare | 96.02 Bn | 78.46 Bn | 557.23 Mn | 1.33 Bn |
| 5 | Nebius | 31.44 Bn | 4.87 Bn | 448.70 Mn | - |
| 6 | Verisign | 27.82 Bn | 25.17 Bn | 393.20 Mn | 154.10 Mn |
| 7 | CoreWeave | 25.57 Bn | 12.66 Bn | 1.70 Bn | - |
| 8 | Nutanix | 15.68 Bn | 7.37 Bn | 651.35 Mn | 488.20 Mn |
| 9 | GoDaddy | 14.30 Bn | 9.69 Bn | 843.00 Mn | - |
| 10 | Akamai Technologies | 12.01 Bn | 5.41 Bn | 613.75 Mn | 2.11 Bn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 154.10 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 112.80 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 79.40 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 178.60 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 115.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 243.40 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 35.20 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 196.70 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 215.90 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 310.30 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 157.80 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 419.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 213.90 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 551.10 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 146.50 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 429.10 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 444.10 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 300.30 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 164.90 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 449.00 Mn |
API Access
Verisign Purchase of Investments API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=purchase-of-investments&ticker=VRSN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "purchase-of-investments", "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=purchase-of-investments&ticker=VRSN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();