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The Screen · Technology · Software - Infrastructure
Verisign
VRSN · a US exchange · USD · Market cap $25.9B · 926 employees
VeriSign, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides internet infrastructure and domain name registry services that enables internet navigation for various recognized domain names worldwide.
FAIL · Does not pass the screen
286.94 USD
At the last full screen 2026-09-09
Screened 2026-09-09 · the tape above runs as of 23:00 UTC · 20 Sep · two dates, stated on purpose · verdict and workings shown in full · never trimmed
PRICE · FAIR-VALUE RANGE1M3M6MYTD1Y3Y5Y
What this means: price 286.94 against the desk's fair-value range, base estimate 281.39, over the last year.
Positioning no disclosures inside 60 days, left as found
Options no verdict drawn today, left as found
Ethical does not pass the values gate
Price286.94 USD
Fair value281.39
Ethical score10.0/100
RatingAVOID
Our investment reviews on this name
2026-07-02Read Markup294.92-2.7% to today
Our analytic regime reads on this name, dated and marked against today's price. Small sample per name, and separate from the daily-framework accuracy on the Track Record page.
Verisign holds its Markup at $286.94. The statistical read favours the buyers, held for 11 days.
As held on the ledger · 2026-09-09
Phase
Markup
Quantitative state
The statistical read favours the buyers, held for 11 days
Price at the screen
$286.94
Valuation
31.19 trailing · 26.11 forward price to earnings
Values screen
FAIL· score 10.0
Beta
0.70
The Workings
Five Screens, Shown in Full
Does not pass. Debt ratio
Test
Figure
Limit
What it means
Status
Business activity
Permissible
Core business clean
Its core business isn't built on prohibited lines: no gambling, alcohol, tobacco, weapons, or interest-based lending.
Pass
Debt load
135.61%
Below 33%
Interest-bearing debt is 135.6% of its assets, above the one-third ceiling the screen allows.
Fail
Interest-bearing cash
20.56%
Below 33%
Cash held in interest-bearing accounts and securities is 20.6% of assets, under the one-third limit.
Pass
Receivables
23.80%
Below 49%
Money owed to the company is 23.8% of assets, under the 49% limit.
Pass
Revenue purity
1.60%
Below 5%
Only 1.6% of revenue comes from non-compliant sources, under the 5% line.
Pass
Five checks adapted from AAOIFI screening standards: business activity plus four balance-sheet ratios. All five must pass for ethical clearance. Every figure is arithmetic on public accounts, not judgement.
What the Numbers Say It Is Worth
The Fair Value Range
Our framework reads AVOID: it trades above our $281.39 fair value estimate, 6.00% revenue growth.
Fair value range in USD, drawn from the 2026-09-09 screen. The gold marker is the market price at the same screen. The price runs 1.9% above the base estimate.
Third-party analyst targets: 5 covering, consensus Buy. The average target sits +13% from the screen price.
Reading the gap · Our more conservative model reads it as roughly fairly valued here, while the Street is more bullish: a quality-at-a-fair-price name rather than a deep-value one.
Price History & Projections
Where it has been, where the models see it going. History from market close data; projection points are our fair-value estimates and third-party analyst targets, dated to the 2026-09-09 screen.
Fair value and rating are our own model estimates; the Street's range reflects third-party analyst estimates. Analysis, not advice.
The Business, in Plain Words
Verisign Runs the Dot Com Backbone
Every time someone types a .com address the query hits Verisign's registry before anything else loads. The business sits on near fifty percent profit margins and steady seven percent revenue growth, yet the shares trade at two hundred seventy eight dollars against our fair value of two hundred fifty nine. We pass.
The forward multiple of twenty six point five times leaves no margin of safety. Analyst targets sit higher, but those forecasts ignore the simple fact that the price already exceeds what the cash flows justify today. High margins alone do not turn an expensive stock into a fair one.
The ethical screen fails on the debt ratio, a hard stop regardless of the numbers. Currency or cyclical traps are absent here, yet the combination of stretched valuation and leverage is enough to keep us away. Analysis, not advice.
The risks · The main risks here are ordinary market swings and the chance our fair-value read proves too optimistic.
Plain-English interpretation of our own screen data. Analysis, not advice.
Where & How to Trade
VRSN trades on a US exchange. As a listed security it is accessible through almost any international broker offering its home market. New to this, or investing from abroad? Our guide to accessing global markets covers brokers, currencies and the practical steps.
The Dated Journal · Newest First, Never Edited
Every Entry, As Written
2026-09-16Markup$286.94-2.2%Entry 5
The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved down 2.2% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it A, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is momentum reading overbought. Over the past year the shares are up 5%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 23%.
2026-08-16Markup$293.41-0.5%Entry 4
The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved down 0.5% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it A, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is momentum reading overbought. Over the past year the shares are up 5%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 23%.
2026-07-18Markup$294.92+0.0%Entry 3
The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it A, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is momentum reading overbought. Over the past year the shares are up 5%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 23%.
2026-07-03Markup$294.92+0.0%Entry 2
The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent risk-adjusted returns.
2026-07-02Markup$294.92Entry 1
The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent risk-adjusted returns.
Each entry above was written on its date, before the outcome. A journal you can prune is not a journal.
