Growth Metrics

Verisign (VRSN) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Verisign has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 18 years, most recently at 26.25% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 3387.0% to 26.25% in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 26.25% through Mar 2026, down 3387.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 33.87% for FY2025, 1118.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 26.25% for Q1 2026 at Verisign, down from 35.36% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 35.36% in Q4 2025 and troughed at 26.25% in Q1 2026.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 1.69% (2023), against an average of 0.9%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: skyrocketed 4629bps in 2025 and later plummeted -3387bps in 2026.
  • Tracing VRSN's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 1.52% in 2022, then increased by 24bps to 1.87% in 2023, then plummeted by -683bps to 10.93% in 2024, then soared by 424bps to 35.36% in 2025, then plummeted by -174bps to 26.25% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed over the past three periods came in at 26.25%, 35.36%, and 11.15% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.