Verisign (VRSN) Shares Repurchased (2009 - 2026)
Verisign's Shares Repurchased came in at $193.2 million for Q3 2026, down 11.7% from $218.7 million a year earlier and down 4.1% from the prior quarter.
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Verisign (VRSN) Shares Repurchased (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Sep 30, 2026, Verisign reported Shares Repurchased of $874.4 million, down 1.7% year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at $881.6 million, down 28.1% from FY2024.
- Shares Repurchased carries a five-year compound annual growth rate of 2.5% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Shares Repurchased was $1.23 billion in FY2024 (+36.0%), $901.4 million in FY2023 (-14.0%), $1.05 billion in FY2022 (+45.0%) and $722.6 million in FY2021 (-7.1%).
- The Q3 2026 figure represents the lowest quarterly Shares Repurchased since Q2 2025.
- Year-over-year, Shares Repurchased increased in two of the last eight quarters, with an average decline of 10.0%.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Shares Repurchased over five years came in Q2 2022 (growth of 99.9%), and the weakest in Q2 2025 (a decline of 57.3%).
- Business Quant data shows VRSN's Shares Repurchased at $201.4 million (Q2 2026), $225.4 million (Q1 2026) and $254.4 million (Q4 2025) in the three quarters before Q3 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Shares Repurchased (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft | 3,766.38 Bn | 3,701.87 Bn | 62.56 Bn | 4.38 Bn |
| 2 | International Business Machines | 237.97 Bn | 188.88 Bn | 9.91 Bn | - |
| 3 | Equinix | 98.36 Bn | 86.25 Bn | 1.31 Bn | - |
| 4 | Cloudflare | 85.46 Bn | 68.99 Bn | 499.52 Mn | - |
| 5 | Nebius | 35.77 Bn | 9.21 Bn | 448.70 Mn | - |
| 6 | Verisign | 27.69 Bn | 25.05 Bn | 393.20 Mn | 193.20 Mn |
| 7 | CoreWeave | 27.63 Bn | 14.72 Bn | 1.70 Bn | - |
| 8 | Nutanix | 17.43 Bn | 9.12 Bn | 651.35 Mn | 50.30 Mn |
| 9 | GoDaddy | 14.80 Bn | 10.38 Bn | 828.20 Mn | 543.90 Mn |
| 10 | Akamai Technologies | 12.45 Bn | 5.86 Bn | 613.75 Mn | 409.86 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 193.20 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 201.40 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 225.40 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 254.40 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 218.70 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 166.80 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 241.70 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 262.30 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 303.10 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 390.30 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 269.90 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 225.60 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 222.40 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 222.90 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 230.50 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 214.10 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 277.90 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 351.50 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 204.60 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 185.80 Mn |
API Access
Verisign Shares Repurchased 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-repurchased&ticker=VRSN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "shares-repurchased", "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-repurchased&ticker=VRSN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();