Growth Metrics

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

Verisign has reported Return on Invested Capital over the past 18 years, most recently at 0.4% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Invested Capital rose 5.0% to 0.4% in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.4% through Mar 2026, up 5.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.45% for FY2025, 35.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital was 0.4% for Q1 2026 at Verisign, up from 0.41% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Invested Capital peaked at 0.09% in Q4 2022 and troughed at 0.69% in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Invested Capital is 0.45% (2025), against an average of 0.41%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Invested Capital: soared 59bps in 2023 and later crashed -39bps in 2024.
  • Tracing VRSN's Return on Invested Capital over 5 years: stood at 0.09% in 2022, then decreased by -22bps to 0.11% in 2023, then crashed by -348bps to 0.5% in 2024, then grew by 17bps to 0.41% in 2025, then increased by 2bps to 0.4% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Invested Capital over the past three periods came in at 0.4%, 0.41%, and 0.42% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.