Verisign (VRSN) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)
Verisign (VRSN) reported Tax Rate of 23.96% for Q3 2026, up 2.28 percentage points from 21.68% a year earlier and up 0.84 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Verisign (VRSN) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Sep 30, 2026, Verisign's Tax Rate came in at 23.56%, up 1.13 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at 22.72%, down 0.39 percentage points from FY2024.
- Tax Rate has a three-year change of -0.73 percentage points (FY2022 to FY2025).
- By year, Tax Rate came in at 23.11% in FY2024 (+6.84 pp), 16.27% in FY2023 (-7.18 pp) and 23.45% in FY2022.
- The Q3 2026 figure ranks as the highest quarterly Tax Rate since Q3 2023.
- Year over year, Tax Rate has now increased in each of the last four quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.26 percentage points over the last seven quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Tax Rate in five years was Q1 2022 (a gain of 3.53 percentage points); the low point was Q3 2024 (a drop of 1.33 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q3 2026 came in at 23.12% (Q2 2026), 23.23% (Q1 2026) and 23.94% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft | 3,944.62 Bn | 3,880.11 Bn | 62.56 Bn | 20.29% |
| 2 | International Business Machines | 231.10 Bn | 185.71 Bn | 9.71 Bn | 11.93% |
| 3 | Equinix | 100.11 Bn | 88.01 Bn | 1.31 Bn | 8.94% |
| 4 | Cloudflare | 96.02 Bn | 78.46 Bn | 557.23 Mn | - |
| 5 | Nebius | 31.44 Bn | 4.87 Bn | 448.70 Mn | - |
| 6 | Verisign | 27.82 Bn | 25.17 Bn | 393.20 Mn | 23.96% |
| 7 | CoreWeave | 25.57 Bn | 12.66 Bn | 1.70 Bn | - |
| 8 | Nutanix | 15.68 Bn | 7.37 Bn | 651.35 Mn | - |
| 9 | GoDaddy | 14.30 Bn | 9.69 Bn | 843.00 Mn | 21.29% |
| 10 | Akamai Technologies | 12.01 Bn | 5.41 Bn | 613.75 Mn | 20.62% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 23.96% |
| 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% |
API Access
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_KEYimport 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();