Verisign (VRSN) Shares Outstanding (2009 - 2026)
Verisign (VRSN) posted Shares Outstanding of 90.8 million for Q2 2026, down 3.2% from 93.8 million a year earlier and down 0.9% from the prior quarter.
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Verisign (VRSN) Shares Outstanding (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Verisign's Shares Outstanding came in at 93.5 million, down 4.7% from FY2024.
- Annual Shares Outstanding has declined for six consecutive years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of -4.1% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Verisign's Shares Outstanding was 98.1 million in FY2024 (-5.1%), 103.4 million in FY2023 (-4.2%), 107.9 million in FY2022 (-3.7%) and 112.02 million in FY2021 (-2.6%).
- The Q2 2026 figure stands as the lowest quarterly Shares Outstanding in data going back to Q1 2009.
- On a year-over-year basis, Shares Outstanding has declined in each of the last 26 quarters, with an average decline of 4.6% over the last eight quarters.
- Across the past five years, year-over-year decline in Shares Outstanding ran from 2.6% in Q1 2022 to 6.2% in Q1 2025.
- According to Business Quant data, Shares Outstanding for the three prior quarters was 91.6 million (Q1 2026), 93.5 million (Q4 2025) and 93.3 million (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Shares Outstanding (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft | 3,833.59 Bn | 3,756.75 Bn | 60.48 Bn | 7.43 Bn |
| 2 | International Business Machines | 212.47 Bn | 163.37 Bn | 9.91 Bn | 941.20 Mn |
| 3 | Cloudflare | 112.40 Bn | 95.93 Bn | 499.52 Mn | 354.33 Mn |
| 4 | Equinix | 99.47 Bn | 88.02 Bn | 1.40 Bn | 98.64 Mn |
| 5 | Nebius | 60.05 Bn | 33.48 Bn | 448.70 Mn | 242.53 Mn |
| 6 | CoreWeave | 48.26 Bn | 35.35 Bn | 1.70 Bn | 551.00 Mn |
| 7 | Verisign | 25.97 Bn | 23.18 Bn | 384.60 Mn | 90.80 Mn |
| 8 | Nutanix | 18.41 Bn | 10.09 Bn | 651.35 Mn | 268.69 Mn |
| 9 | Akamai Technologies | 16.36 Bn | 9.77 Bn | 613.75 Mn | 144.66 Mn |
| 10 | DigitalOcean Holdings | 14.67 Bn | 12.67 Bn | 154.66 Mn | 104.61 Mn |
Historic Data
Download Data
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 90.80 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 91.60 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 93.50 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 93.30 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 93.80 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 94.60 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 98.10 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 97.30 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 98.90 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 100.80 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 103.40 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 102.90 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 103.90 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 104.90 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 107.90 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 107.10 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 108.80 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 110.20 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 112.02 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 111.66 Mn |
API Access
Verisign Shares Outstanding 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=shares-outstanding&ticker=VRSN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "shares-outstanding", "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=shares-outstanding&ticker=VRSN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();