VRSN
Verisign
Information Technology · Internet Services & Infrastructure · US
$294.92
Data: 2025-12-31
✗ ETHICAL FAIL

UNKNOWN MOAT
HIGH
Data Confidence: 85.7%
Key Metrics

How this company measures up on the fundamentals that matter

Market Cap
$26.2B
Total market value of the company
Trailing P/E
31.80
Premium valuation
Forward P/E
27.10
Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper
Rev Growth
+6.6%
Year-over-year revenue change
Profit Margin
0.0%
How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue
ROE
N/A
Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money
Analyst Target
N/A
Recommendation
BUY
Consensus view from ? analysts covering this stock
About Verisign

VeriSign, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides internet infrastructure and domain name registry services that enables internet navigation for various recognized domain names worldwide. The company provides root zone maintainer services, operating two of thirteen internet root servers; and offering registration services and authoritative resolution for the .com and .net domains, which supports global e-commerce. It operates directory for .name and .cc; and back-end systems for .edu, domain names. The company was incorporated in 1995 and is headquartered in Reston, Virginia.

https://www.verisign.com

Country: United States Employees: 926 Industry: Software - Infrastructure
Ethical Screening

Five compliance checks based on AAOIFI standards — all must pass for ethical clearance

Business Activity
PASS
Core business does not involve prohibited activities
Debt Ratio
135.6% FAIL
Debt must be below 33% of total assets
Cash Ratio
20.6% PASS
Interest-bearing cash below 33% of assets
Receivables
23.8% PASS
Receivables below 49% of assets
Revenue Purity
1.6% PASS
Non-compliant revenue below 5% — any excess requires purification
Valuation
Fair Value Est.
$213.00
What our model estimates this business is worth per share
Margin of Safety
-38.5%
Trading above fair value — no margin of safety
Rating
AVOID
Overall assessment combining ethics, valuation, and quality
Percentile
18.5th
Ranks in the top 82% of our 13,571 screened universe
Ethical Score
10.0
Valuation Score
44.5
Quality Score
35.0
Combined
30.1

Trading at $288, 35% above fair value of $213. Fails ethical screen (Debt ratio). Ranks better than 8% of screened stocks.

Quantitative Intelligence

Statistical analysis of price behaviour, risk, and market regime — independent of fundamental data

Regime
MARKUP
Price trending up with increasing momentum
Sharpe Ratio
1.348
Excellent risk-adjusted returns
Kelly Fraction
0.1213
Suggested allocation is meaningful — the edge justifies a position
Calmar Ratio
1.168
Returns exceed worst-case losses — strong risk profile
Annual Return
35.3%
Historical annualised return based on price data
Max Drawdown
-30.2%
Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been
HMM State
BULL
Statistical model sees bullish momentum
Days in State
11
How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable
Market Data

Trading characteristics and market positioning

Beta
0.68
Less volatile than the market — more defensive
52W High
$310.60
5% below the year high
52W Low
$208.86
41% above the year low
Avg Volume
829,254
Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell
Short Ratio
2.3
Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded
Short % Float
2.3%
Low short interest — limited bearish positioning
Div Yield
112.0%
Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price
EPS (TTM)
$9.05
Earnings per share over the last 12 months
Financial Health

Balance sheet strength and cash generation — the foundation of long-term value

Debt/Equity
N/A
Current Ratio
0.46
Below 1 means short-term obligations exceed liquid assets — risk flag
Quick Ratio
0.42
Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test
Gross Margin
88.3%
Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power
Operating Margin
68.5%
Profit from core operations before interest and tax
Free Cash Flow
$807M
Positive — the business generates more cash than it spends
Revenue (TTM)
$1.7B
Total revenue over the last 12 months
Net Income
$841M
Profitable — the bottom line is positive
Recent Insider Activity

SEC Form 4 filings — what company insiders are buying and selling

Date Insider Title Type Shares Value
2026-04-28 MCPHERSON DANNY R Officer 5,000 $1,355,106
2026-04-14 INDELICARTO THOMAS C General Counsel 498 $134,490
2026-04-07 INDELICARTO THOMAS C General Counsel 498 $136,452
2026-03-25 INDELICARTO THOMAS C General Counsel 498 $124,500
2026-03-10 INDELICARTO THOMAS C General Counsel 332 $79,886
2026-03-03 INDELICARTO THOMAS C General Counsel 498 $115,426
2026-02-27 ARMSTRONG COURTNEY D. Director 22 $4,912
2026-02-10 INDELICARTO THOMAS C General Counsel 166 $36,394
2026-02-05 BIDZOS DEMETRIOS JAMES Chief Executive Officer 18,039 —
2026-02-05 INDELICARTO THOMAS C General Counsel 4,810 —
Source: SEC Form 4 filings via public data. View all insider activity at
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Data sourced from public filings and market feeds. Not financial advice. Updated: 2025-12-31

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