Verisign (VRSN) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)
Verisign (VRSN) reported Tax Rate of 23.12% for Q2 2026, up 0.71 percentage points from 22.41% a year earlier but down 0.11 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Verisign (VRSN) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jun 30, 2026, Verisign's Tax Rate came in at 22.99%, up 0.26 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at 22.72%, down 0.39 percentage points from FY2024.
- Tax Rate has a five-year change of +31.35 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Tax Rate came in at 23.11% in FY2024 (+6.84 pp), 16.27% in FY2023 (-7.18 pp), 23.45% in FY2022 (+23.78 pp) and -0.33% in FY2021 (+8.29 pp).
- Five-year quarterly Tax Rate spans a low of -62.29% in Q4 2021 and a high of 24.18% in Q3 2023.
- Year over year, Tax Rate has now increased in each of the last three quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +3.27 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Tax Rate in five years was Q4 2022 (a gain of 85.02 percentage points); the low point was Q4 2021 (a drop of 76.25 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at 23.23% (Q1 2026), 23.94% (Q4 2025) and 21.68% (Q3 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft | 3,833.59 Bn | 3,756.75 Bn | 60.48 Bn | 18.80% |
| 2 | International Business Machines | 212.47 Bn | 163.37 Bn | 9.91 Bn | 12.63% |
| 3 | Cloudflare | 112.40 Bn | 95.93 Bn | 499.52 Mn | - |
| 4 | Equinix | 99.47 Bn | 88.02 Bn | 1.40 Bn | 8.80% |
| 5 | Nebius | 60.05 Bn | 33.48 Bn | 448.70 Mn | - |
| 6 | CoreWeave | 48.26 Bn | 35.35 Bn | 1.70 Bn | - |
| 7 | Verisign | 25.97 Bn | 23.18 Bn | 384.60 Mn | 23.12% |
| 8 | Nutanix | 18.41 Bn | 10.09 Bn | 651.35 Mn | - |
| 9 | Akamai Technologies | 16.36 Bn | 9.77 Bn | 613.75 Mn | 20.62% |
| 10 | DigitalOcean Holdings | 14.67 Bn | 12.67 Bn | 154.66 Mn | - |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 23.12% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 23.23% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 23.94% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 21.68% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 22.41% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 22.87% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 22.81% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 22.84% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 23.21% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 23.58% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 24.18% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 23.42% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 23.57% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 22.73% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 23.96% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 23.50% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 23.65% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 22.70% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 21.39% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 20.13% |
Verisign Tax Rate 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=tax-rate&ticker=VRSN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "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=tax-rate&ticker=VRSN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();