VRSN · VeriSign, Inc
Price
Snapshot
50 fields · last close| Market Cap | $27.30B |
| P/E | 32.12 |
| Float | 80.71M |
| Beta | 0.68 |
| Volatility | 17.0% |
| Exchange | NASDAQ |
| Sector | Technology |
| Cap tier | Large cap |
| Macro sensitivity | Moderate |
| Clavix score | 82.3 |
| Price | 305.40 |
| Change | +1.01% |
| Prev Close | 302.33 |
| Open | 307.60 |
| Day Low | 296.92 |
| Day High | 309.97 |
| Avg Vol | 1 |
| Avg $ Vol | $308.0M |
| 52W High | 312.48 |
| 52W Low | 208.86 |
| 52W Pos | 93.2% |
| From High | −2.27% |
| From Low | +46.22% |
| Max DD 1Y | −20.77% |
| Spread | 0.10% |
| Liquidity | Normal |
| SMA 20 | +3.66% |
| SMA 50 | +4.80% |
| SMA 200 | +13.70% |
| RSI (14) | 59.6 |
| Vol 30D | 22.3% |
| Vol 90D | 29.7% |
| 1Y Range | 209–312 |
| Daily bars | 536 |
| Perf Week | −0.46% |
| Perf Month | +0.09% |
| Perf Quarter | +8.91% |
| Perf Half Y | +10.32% |
| Perf Year | +13.77% |
| Perf YTD | +26.97% |
| Prev Day | +1.01% |
| Clavix | A- |
| Debt / Eq | 0.86 |
| Curr Ratio | 0.49 |
| Int Cover | 21.8× |
| FCF Margin | 64.5% |
| Rev Growth | +6.4% |
| Profit | Profitable |
| Leverage | Moderate |
| Sector rank | 1 / 100 |
What VRSN does
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.
Clavix risk grade
regraded every trading dayVRSN grades A-, 82.3 of 100. Steadiest on Sector Resilience (81), most exposed on Price Stability (64, mixed). 4 of the 4 weighted dimensions sit above the Technology median. Ranks 1 of 100 in Technology by Clavix score.
How rough the ride is
| VRSN | Technology median | |
|---|---|---|
| Betavs the overall market · lower is steadier | 0.68 | 1.29 |
| Volatilityannualized | 17.0% | 32.7% |
| Max drawdown, past yearworst peak-to-trough fall | −20.8% | — |
| Typical daily movemedian absolute daily change | 0.98% | — |
| Days beyond ±3%of the last 252 sessions | 27 (11%) | — |
How its days are spread
Daily returns over the last 252 sessions in 1% bins. Moves beyond ±6% land in the end bins.
52-week range
The bar runs from the lowest to the highest close of the last 252 sessions; the marker is the latest close.
Drawdown from the 1-year peak
Percent below the running high over the last 12 months. Zero is a fresh high.
Market sensitivity
| VRSN | Technology median | |
|---|---|---|
| Beta to the markethow much it swings with the S&P 500 · lower is safer | 0.68 | 1.29 |
| Macro sensitivityrate, dollar and credit exposure bucket | Moderate | Moderate 39% of 102 |
Where it sits on the macro scale
Low means rates, the dollar and credit spreads barely move it. Very High means they drive a large share of its swings. The counts are how many Technology names sit in each bucket.
Where it ranks in its sector
Rank by Clavix score within the sector. Right is the top of the sector.
Price performance
| VRSN | |
|---|---|
| 1 week | −0.5% |
| 1 month | +0.1% |
| Year to date | +27.0% |
| 1 year | +13.8% |
Context for the rank, not itself a risk measure.
Recent coverage, scored
| VRSN | |
|---|---|
| Articles scoredthe most recent scored coverage, up to 30 | 30 since 3 Jul |
| Average score0 most bearish, 100 most bullish | 55 |
| Bullish · bearisharticles above 60 · below 40 | 17 · 11 |
| Directionarticles whose tone is improving vs worsening | 17 ↑ 11 ↓ |
Where the article scores land
Each bar is a 10-point band of article scores. Below 40 reads bearish, above 60 bullish.
Balance sheet, against the sector
The shaded band is the middle half of the 100 Technology names Clavix covers; the tick is the sector median.
Growth
| VRSN | |
|---|---|
| Revenue growthyear over year | +6.4% |
Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade. Why
0–100, higher is safer. The tick on each bar is the Technology median. Click a dimension for the evidence behind it. Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade.
Recent news
most recent scored articles · the chip is the article’s score · click to openVerisign announced a new product called Verisign Informed that checks the current status of digital certificates to prevent the use of outdated ones. The article provides no details on pricing, customers, or expected financial impact.
An analytical piece questioning whether VeriSign's 39.3% three-year return and current $279.84 share price are supported by the company's cash flow, noting recent pullbacks over the past week and month.
An article reports VeriSign's CEO sold 3,300 shares in a discretionary transaction at a weighted average price of $296.58, totaling about $979,000, or 0.84% of his prior holdings. The body text is very short and offers no further context.
Zacks Research downgraded VeriSign (VRSN) from a 'strong-buy' rating to a 'hold' rating on Wednesday. No reason for the downgrade was given in the article.
Traders bought an unusually large number of call options on VeriSign on Tuesday, with 3,556 contracts traded versus a recent daily average of 884. Call options give buyers the right to purchase the stock at a set price, so heavy call buying usually means traders are betting the share price will rise. The article does not give a reason for the activity.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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