VRSN Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (Verisign | NASDAQ:VRSN)

Verisign is an operator of critical infrastructure within the domain name system, or DNS. As the registry for some of the world's most popular TLDs, .com and .net, Verisign directs DNS resolvers to the appropriate registry where IP addresses are stored. Verisign's control over its TLDs is regulated by ICANN and the NTIA and are subject to contract renewal every six years. The company generates revenue through annual subscriptions allowing customers to use .com and .net as their TLD of choice for their respective websites.

Verisign trades on the NASDAQ stock market under the symbol VRSN.

As of February 4, 2026, VRSN stock price declined to $240.97 with 1,157,043 million shares trading.

VRSN has a beta of 0.63, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. VRSN has a correlation of 0.17 to the broad based SPY ETF.

VRSN has a market cap of $22.34 billion. This is considered a Large Cap stock.

Last quarter Verisign reported $419 million in Revenue and $2.27 earnings per share. This beat revenue expectation by $2 million and exceeded earnings estimates by $.03.

In the last 3 years, VRSN traded as high as $310.60 and as low as $167.05.

The top ETF exchange traded funds that VRSN belongs to (by Net Assets): VTI, VOO, VO, VUG, IVV.

VRSN has underperformed the market in the last year with a price return of +11.3% while the SPY ETF gained +15.2%. VRSN has also underperformed the stock market ETF in the last 3 month and 2 week periods returning +0.6% and -4.7%, respectively, while the SPY returned +1.9% and +0.1%, respectively.

VRSN support price is $239.93 and resistance is $247.21 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that VRSN shares will trade within this expected range on the day.