What is the 13F Pro Quality Score for VRSN?

13F Pro ranks VERISIGN INC/CA (VRSN) on the 13F Pro Quality Score, a 0–100 composite of 32 fundamental signals including return on invested capital, free cash flow consistency, balance-sheet strength, earnings quality, growth durability, and valuation discipline. The score refreshes after each 10-K and 10-Q filing on SEC EDGAR. View VRSN's current score at https://13fpro.ai/company/VRSN (free sign-up required for the full ranking).

Which hedge funds own the most VRSN stock?

Based on the most recent Form 13F-HR filings on SEC EDGAR, the largest reported institutional holders of VRSN include BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY, BlackRock,, VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT. Holdings are reported quarterly within 45 days of quarter-end and updated on https://13fpro.ai/company/VRSN as soon as new 13F filings post.

Where does 13F Pro source VRSN data?

All VERISIGN INC/CA fundamentals and ownership data come directly from SEC EDGAR. VERISIGN INC/CA files with the SEC under CIK 1014473. 13F Pro ingests XBRL financial facts from 10-K and 10-Q filings, Form 13F-HR institutional holdings, and Form 4 insider transactions, with no third-party rewrites or estimates.

What sector is VRSN in?

VERISIGN INC/CA (VRSN) is classified in the Technology sector. 13F Pro publishes sector-level fund flow analysis and quality leaders at https://13fpro.ai/research/sector/technology.

What drives VRSN's revenue?

Per VERISIGN INC/CA's latest 10-Q filed with the SEC on 2026-07-23, the biggest revenue drivers are: U.S. ($287.7M, +6% YoY); EMEA ($75.9M, +10% YoY); APAC ($47.5M, +4% YoY). Figures are extracted from the filing text and machine-verified against the document. Full breakdown at https://13fpro.ai/company/VRSN.

What are VRSN's largest expenses?

VERISIGN INC/CA's latest 10-Q reports these as the largest expense items: Selling, general and administrative ($60.8M, +12% YoY); Cost of revenues ($50.0M, +2% YoY); Research and development ($27.5M, +7% YoY). Sourced directly from SEC EDGAR filing text for Q2 FY2026 (quarter ended June 30, 2026).

How often is VRSN research updated on 13F Pro?

VRSN's fundamentals refresh within hours of each new 10-K or 10-Q filing on SEC EDGAR. Institutional ownership updates after each quarterly 13F filing window. Insider transactions update after each Form 4 filing. The 13F Pro Quality Score recalculates after every fundamentals refresh.

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13F Pro Quality Score

71.3/100

Rank #190 of 2,961 stocksTOP 10%

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Revenue Growth

46.7/100

Profitability

97.6/100

Balance Sheet

99.5/100

Earnings Quality

49.4/100

Free Cash Flow

97.5/100

Institutional Flow

95.5/100

Revenue Scale

60.3/100

Dilution Risk

27.3/100

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Why VRSN Scores 71/100

exact factor attribution · 2026-09-11

VRSN's composite is driven by profitability and free cash flow, held back by shareholder dilution. Bars show each factor's exact push vs. a median company, using the same weights the ranking engine applies.

Profitability

+7.1 pts

98th pct

Free cash flow

+7.1 pts

98th pct

Capital efficiency

+5.0 pts

100th pct

Institutional flow

+2.3 pts

96th pct

Scale

+1.5 pts

60th pct

Earnings growth

+0.1 pts

52th pct

Earnings quality

-0.1 pts

49th pct

Revenue growth

-0.7 pts

47th pct

Shareholder dilution

-1.1 pts

27th pct

Factor percentiles are cross-sectional ranks across the ~2,800-stock scored universe, computed from SEC EDGAR filings. Not investment advice.

VRSN Stock Analysis & AI Quality Score

Data updated 2026-09-11

AI stock analysis and institutional research for VERISIGN INC/CA (VRSN), a Technology sector company. 13F Pro's AI-powered ranking engine scores VRSN at 71.3/100 on a 32-signal composite quality model, placing it at rank #190 of 2,961 stocks — the top 10% of the AI-ranked universe. VRSN scores in the top quartile across balance sheet strength (99.5), profitability (97.6), free cash flow (97.5). Shareholder dilution risk is elevated at 27.3/100, reflecting ongoing share issuance or stock-based compensation. Based on the latest XBRL financial filings (Q2 2026), VERISIGN INC/CA reports quarterly revenue of $434.6M, net income of $216.5M, an operating margin of 68.2%. Top institutional holders of VRSN by reported 13-F value include BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY, BlackRock, VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, based on the most recent SEC filings. VRSN trades on the Nasdaq exchange and files with the SEC under CIK 1014473. 13F Pro's AI research platform runs 10 specialized AI analysts — value, growth, momentum, macro, and activist specialists — that debate VRSN daily and publish AI-generated analysis with cited SEC sources. The platform aggregates historical XBRL financial facts, 10-Q and 10-K filings, insider Form 4 transactions, and institutional 13-F holdings for VERISIGN INC/CA directly from SEC EDGAR. VERISIGN INC/CA's 13F Pro composite quality score has ranged between 66 and 78 since 2021, currently 71.3 — a declining long-term trajectory across 68 quarterly and live scoring snapshots.

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Fun facts about VERISIGN INC/CA

Quirks, history, and lore behind VRSN — the kind of stuff that makes a stock memorable.

1
The Basics
U.S. internet infrastructure company · large-cap · listed on Nasdaq · headquartered in Virginia.
2
The Numbers
Annual revenue around $1.5 billion with operating margins that would make a software CEO weep with envy — consistently above 60%. Very few customers, very little competition.
3
The History
Founded in 1995, it once had sprawling security and authentication businesses before stripping down to its purest, most essential function — the kind of thing the whole internet depends on.
4
The Secret
It operates two of the world's 13 root nameservers and holds the exclusive contract to manage the .com and .net top-level domains — renewed by ICANN on a rolling basis.
5
The Lore
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is a major shareholder — fitting, since this company is basically a toll booth on the internet that almost nobody can route around.
6
The Giveaway
Every time someone types a .com address, this company's infrastructure is quietly involved — it processes roughly 200 billion DNS queries per day and charges registrars a small fee per domain, forever.

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What's Driving VRSN's Business? Latest 10-Q Breakdown

✓ 25/25 datapoints verified

AI-extracted from VERISIGN INC/CA's 10-Q filed 2026-07-23 — Q2 FY2026 (quarter ended June 30, 2026). Every figure is machine-verified against the filing text on SEC EDGAR.

Verisign revenue rose 6% to $434.6M as the .com/.net domain name base grew 5% to 179.1 million and .com price increases took hold.

Biggest Revenue Drivers

U.S.$287.7M+6% YoY

Revenue growth generated from registrars based in the U.S., EMEA and APAC

EMEA$75.9M+10% YoY

Growth from registrars based in EMEA; region attribution reflects registrar domicile

Biggest Revenue Drivers

Total revenue: $434.6M+6% YoY

U.S.$287.7M+6% YoY

Revenue growth generated from registrars based in the U.S., EMEA and APAC

EMEA$75.9M+10% YoY

Growth from registrars based in EMEA; region attribution reflects registrar domicile

APAC$47.5M+4% YoY

Growth from registrars based in APAC

Other$23.5M-6% YoY

Includes Canada and Latin American countries; may reflect registrars reincorporating or relocating

Largest Expense Items

Selling, general and administrative$60.8M+12% YoY

Stock-based compensation rose $3.1M on higher projected achievement for certain performance-based RSU grants

Cost of revenues$50.0M+2% YoY

Increased slightly due to a combination of individually insignificant factors

Research and development$27.5M+7% YoY

Increased due to a combination of individually insignificant factors

Margins: Operating margin was 68.2% of revenues versus 68.5% a year ago, as SG&A rose to 14.0% of revenues from 13.2% while cost of revenues fell to 11.5% from 12.0%.

Watch Items from the Filing

U.S. registrars generated $287.7M of $434.6M total revenue, a heavy single-geography concentration; 'Other' region revenue declined 6% to $23.5M.
Domain name base reached 179.1 million, up 5.1% YoY, with 12.7 million new .com/.net registrations processed versus 10.4 million a year ago.
Total stockholders' deficit widened to $2,254.1M; total liabilities of $4,056.9M against $1,802.8M of assets, driven by buybacks and debt.
Issued $550.0M of 5.10% notes due 2031 to redeem $550.0M of 4.75% 2017 Notes on July 20, 2026, raising the coupon on that tranche.
.com wholesale fee rises from $10.26 to $10.97 effective November 1, 2026; .web TLD delegated to Verisign after disputes with ICANN were resolved.

AI-extracted and verified against SEC EDGAR filing text. Not investment advice.

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Revenue

Q2 2026

$434.6M

Net Income

Q2 2026

$216.5M

Free Cash Flow

Q2 2026

$212.8M

Operating Margin

Q2 2026

68.2%

Period

Revenue & Net Income

Earnings Per Share

Key Financials Over Time

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Revenue

+6.4% YoY

$1.66BFY 2025

FY22 $1.42BFY23 $1.49BFY24 $1.56BFY25 $1.66B

Net Income

+5.1% YoY

$825.7MFY 2025

FY22 $673.8MFY23 $817.6MFY24 $785.7MFY25 $825.7M

Operating Income

+5.9% YoY

$1.12BFY 2025

FY22 $943.1MFY23 $1.00BFY24 $1.06BFY25 $1.12B

EPS (Diluted)

—FY 2025

FY22 $6.24FY23 —FY24 —FY25 —

Total Assets

-5.7% YoY

$1.33BFY 2025

FY22 $1.73BFY23 $1.75BFY24 $1.41BFY25 $1.33B

Op. Cash Flow

+20.9% YoY

$1.09BFY 2025

FY22 $831.1MFY23 $853.8MFY24 $902.6MFY25 $1.09B

Free Cash Flow

+22.2% YoY

$1.07BFY 2025

FY22 $803.7MFY23 $808.0MFY24 $874.5MFY25 $1.07B

Metric	FY 2025	FY 2024	FY 2023	FY 2022	FY 2021	FY 2020
Revenue	$1.66B +6.4%	$1.56B +4.3%	$1.49B +4.8%	$1.42B +7.3%	$1.33B +4.9%	$1.27B
Net Income	$825.7M +5.1%	$785.7M -3.9%	$817.6M +21.3%	$673.8M -14.1%	$784.8M	—
Operating Income	$1.12B +5.9%	$1.06B +5.8%	$1.00B +6.1%	$943.1M +8.8%	$866.8M +5.2%	$824.2M
EPS (Diluted)	—	—	—	$6.24 -10.9%	$7.00 -1.0%	$7.07
Total Assets	$1.33B -5.7%	$1.41B -19.6%	$1.75B +0.9%	$1.73B -12.6%	$1.98B +12.3%	$1.77B
Operating Cash Flow	$1.09B +20.9%	$902.6M +5.7%	$853.8M +2.7%	$831.1M +3.0%	$807.2M +10.5%	$730.2M
Free Cash Flow	$1.07B +22.2%	$874.5M +8.2%	$808.0M +0.5%	$803.7M +6.6%	$754.2M +9.8%	$686.8M

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Top Institutional Holders of VRSN

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC
$2.3B8,989,880 sh
BlackRock, Inc.
$2.1B8,412,124 sh
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
$1.3B5,348,923 sh
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC
$1.3B5,075,673 sh
AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
$1.2B4,949,848 sh
STATE STREET CORP
$1.0B4,150,727 sh
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
$622.3M2,473,235 sh
RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
$616.3M2,449,771 sh
MORGAN STANLEY
$571.0M2,269,680 sh
Ninety One UK Ltd
$522.0M2,075,004 sh

Fund	Value	Shares
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC	$2.3B	8,989,880
BlackRock, Inc.	$2.1B	8,412,124
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC	$1.3B	5,348,923
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC	$1.3B	5,075,673
AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC	$1.2B	4,949,848
STATE STREET CORP	$1.0B	4,150,727
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC	$622.3M	2,473,235
RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC	$616.3M	2,449,771
MORGAN STANLEY	$571.0M	2,269,680
Ninety One UK Ltd	$522.0M	2,075,004

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