Verisign Inc (VRSN) concluded trading on Thursday at a closing price of $286.32, with 0.44 million shares of worth about $125.73 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained positive as price took a surge of 39.60% during that period and on July 03, 2025 the price saw a gain of about 1.52%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 94.10M shares, out of which, 92.93M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of 1.10% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of 3.83%. Year-to-date (YTD), VRSN shares are showing a performance of 62.95% which increased to 38.35% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $172.49 but also hit the highest price of $290.38 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Verisign Inc shares is 901.29K. The stock is currently trading 1.22% above its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is up 2.52% for SMA50 and it goes to 26.23% higher than SMA200.
Verisign Inc (NASDAQ: VRSN) currently have 94.10M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 95.89% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $26.89B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 0.79. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 35.00, while it has posted earnings per share of $8.18 in the same period. Its PEG reads 3.22 and has Quick Ratio of 0.56. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for VRSN, volatility over the week remained 2.25% while standing at 1.80% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 9.82% while it is estimated to increase by 7.15% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 10.88% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of 9.22% made by the stock over the past 5-years.
Digging deeper we find that several firms have released their research notes about the support levels of the stock. Most recent of them is a note released by Robert W. Baird on December 09, 2024 offering an Outperform rating for the stock and assigned a target price range of between $200 and $250 to it. Coverage by Robert W. Baird stated Verisign Inc (VRSN) stock as a Neutral in their note to investors on July 11, 2023, suggesting a price target of $245 for the stock. On December 15, 2022, Robert W. Baird Upgrade their recommendations, while on December 13, 2022, Citigroup Initiated their ratings for the stock with a price target of $243. Stock get a Neutral rating from Robert W. Baird on April 29, 2022.
