VRSN Stock Analysis: VeriSign | NASDAQ
Software - Infrastructure | NASDAQ, USA | Market Cap: 23.804m USD | 12M Return: -9.1% | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 202M
EPS Trend: 84.9%
Qual. Beats: 0
Rev. Trend: 99.2%
Qual. Beats: 0
Warnings
Tailwinds
No distinct edge detected
Seasonality 10.5 years of data
How good or bad each month usually is (without trend). The score below shows how much you can trust it: 0 = pure chance, >40 gets interesting and >55 is strong.
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) is a US-based internet infrastructure company that provides domain name registry services critical to global internet navigation. The company serves as a root zone maintainer, operating two of the worlds thirteen internet root servers, and holds registry rights for the .com and .net top-level domains under agreements with ICANN, which support the backbone of global e-commerce. VeriSign also operates the .name and .cc directories and provides back-end registry systems for .edu. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, and incorporated in 1995, VeriSign sits within the Information Technology sector and benefits from a recurring revenue model tied to domain name registrations and renewals.
- .com and .net renewals drive recurring revenue growth
- ICANN agreement caps wholesale price increases
- Aggressive buybacks return capital to shareholders
| Net Income: 850.0m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.47 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA -14.87 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: -45.48% < 20% (prev -36.12%; Δ -9.36% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.61 > 3% & CFO 1.10b > Net Income 850.0m |
| Net Debt (2.26b) to EBITDA (1.20b): 1.88 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 0.59 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (91.1m) vs 12m ago -3.09% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 88.47% > 18% (prev 87.88%; Δ 0.59% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 106.4% > 50% (prev 113.5%; Δ -7.13% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 15.48 > 6 (EBIT TTM 1.18b / Interest Expense TTM 75.9m) |
| A: -0.43 (Total Current Assets 1.12b - Total Current Liabilities 1.90b) / Total Assets 1.80b |
| B: -6.29 (Retained Earnings -11.3b / Total Assets 1.80b) |
| C: 0.73 (EBIT TTM 1.18b / Avg Total Assets 1.61b) |
| D: -0.56 (Book Value of Equity -2.25b / Total Liabilities 4.06b) |
| Altman-Z'' = -19.00 = D |
| DSRI: 0.81 (Receivables 24.2m/27.8m, Revenue 1.71b/1.60b) |
| GMI: 0.99 (GM 87.88% / 88.47%) |
| AQI: 0.71 (AQ_t 0.25 / AQ_t-1 0.35) |
| SGI: 1.07 (Revenue 1.71b / 1.60b) |
| TATA: -0.14 (NI 850.0m - CFO 1.10b) / TA 1.80b) |
| Beneish M = -3.32 (Cap -4..+1) = AA |
As of July 28, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 274.82 with a total of 795,393 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by -1.00%, over one month by +8.84%, over three months by +2.86% and over the past year by -9.07%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 264.00 (which is 3.9% or 1.2 ATR below the current price).
VeriSign has received a consensus analysts rating of 3.50. Therefore, it is recommended to hold VRSN.
- StrongBuy: 2
- Buy: 0
- Hold: 1
- Sell: 0
- StrongSell: 1
| Analysts Target Price | 313.2 | 14% |
P/E Trailing = 29.0
P/E Forward = 28.0899
P/S = 14.142
P/B = 10.819
P/EG = 3.1734
Revenue TTM = 1.71b USD
EBIT TTM = 1.18b USD
EBITDA TTM = 1.20b USD
Long Term Debt = 1.79b USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 555.2m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 2.34b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 5.90m
Net Debt = 2.26b USD (calculated: Debt 2.34b - CCE 80.3m)
Enterprise Value = 26.1b USD (23.8b + Debt 2.34b - CCE 80.3m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 15.48 (Ebit TTM 1.18b / Interest Expense TTM 75.9m)
EV/FCF = 30.77x (Enterprise Value 26.1b / FCF TTM 847.1m)
FCF Yield = 3.25% (FCF TTM 847.1m / Enterprise Value 26.1b)
FCF Margin = 49.60% (FCF TTM 847.1m / Revenue TTM 1.71b)
Net Margin = 49.77% (Net Income TTM 850.0m / Revenue TTM 1.71b)
Gross Margin = 88.47% ((Revenue TTM 1.71b - Cost of Revenue TTM 197.0m) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 88.50% (prev 88.53%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 14.46 (Enterprise Value 26.1b / Total Assets 1.80b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 3.24% (Interest Expense 75.9m / Debt 2.34b)
Taxrate = 22.99% (253.8m / 1.10b)
NOPAT = 905.0m (EBIT 1.18b * (1 - 22.99%))
Current Ratio = 0.52 (Total Current Assets 1.12b / Total Current Liabilities 2.16b)
Debt / Equity = -1.04 (negative equity) (Debt 2.34b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter -2.25b)
Debt / EBITDA = 1.88 (Net Debt 2.26b / EBITDA 1.20b)
Debt / FCF = 2.67 (Net Debt 2.26b / FCF TTM 847.1m)
Total Stockholder Equity = -2.17b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 52.95% (Net Income 850.0m / Total Assets 1.80b)
RoE = -39.21% (negative equity) (Net Income TTM 850.0m / Total Stockholder Equity -2.17b)
RoCE = -306.9% (out of range, set to none) (EBIT 1.18b / Capital Employed (Equity -2.17b + L.T.Debt 1.79b))
RoIC = 239.0% (NOPAT 905.0m / Invested Capital 378.6m)
WACC = 6.60% (E(23.8b)/V(26.1b) * Re(7.0%) + D(2.34b)/V(26.1b) * Rd(3.24%) * (1-Tc(0.23)))
Discount Rate = 7.0% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: -97.78 | Cagr: -4.44%
[DCF] Terminal Value 75.06% ; FCFF base≈856.6m ; Y1≈840.5m ; Y5≈850.2m
[DCF] Fair Price = 121.2 (EV 13.3b - Net Debt 2.26b = Equity 11.0b / Shares 91.0m; r=8.35% [WACC [floored]]; 5y FCF grow -2.73% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: 84.86 | EPS CAGR: 6.98% | SUE: 0.42 | # QB: 0
Revenue Correlation: 99.24 | Revenue CAGR: 5.32% | SUE: 0.38 | # QB: 0
EPS current Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=2.37 | Chg30d=-0.17% | Revisions=+25% | Analysts=4
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=9.46 | Chg30d=-0.15% | Revisions=+25% | GrowthEPS=+7.4% | GrowthRev=+5.3%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=10.38 | Chg30d=+0.25% | Revisions=+25% | GrowthEPS=+9.7% | GrowthRev=+6.3%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: +50% (up=3, down=0)