VRSN
Verisign Inc/ca Information Technology Services-Computer Programming Services S&P 500Russell 3000
$307.21Close
$28.2BMarket cap
$210.31 – $309.0952-week range
Late-januaryNext report · estimated
Highlights
Strengths
- In a stage-2 uptrend all 8 trend conditions pass
- Near its high 1% below its 52-week high
- Accumulation up-day volume 1.8× down-day volume over 50 sessions
Cautions
- Financial distress Altman Z″ in the distress zone
Price
Filing Results Screen pick 52-week high and low Adjusted prices
Key figures
Off 12-month high
1%
1wk
up 2.3%
price change
1mo
up 8.9%
price change
12-month return
up 32%
market up 11% ·
its own up 23%
F-score
8 / 9
Exceptional
Altman Z″
-27.29
Elevated risk
P/E
34.2×
price / earnings
PEG
3.41
P/E / EPS growth
P/B
—
price / book
Earnings yield
up 3.8%
EBIT / enterprise value
Cheaper than
54%
of the market · around average
Revenue growth
up 6%
year on year
EPS growth
up 3%
latest quarter · -4 pts
Sales growth
up 6%
latest quarter · -0 pts
ROE
—
return on equity
Free cash margin
up 64%
$1.1B FCF
D/E
—
long-term debt / equity
Net debt / EBITDA
1.3×
Interest cover
14.6×EBIT / interest
Piotroski tests
- took on more long-term debt
- profitable on its assets
- generating cash from operations
- profitability improving
- profits backed by cash
- short-term liquidity improved
- no new shares issued
- gross margin widened
- assets working harder
Trade setup
ATR%
2.7%
$8.22 a day · 2×ATR $290.77
RS
72 / 99
vs the universe
Trend
8 / 8
trend template
Relative volume
1.8×
vs 50-day average
Up/down volume
1.77
50 sessions
Implied move
—
no scheduled report
Trend template · 8 of 8
Screen verdict
Did not qualify for any screen.
Warning signs
- Liabilities exceed assets Shareholders' equity is negative at -$2.2B as of Dec 31, 2025. What is left for shareholders after creditors is, on the balance sheet, less than nothing.
- Bankruptcy model reads distressed The Altman score sits inside the range historically associated with financial distress. It is used here only to exclude, never to rank, and it is a statistical band rather than a prediction about this company.
Last reported
Oct 22, 2026
Results reaction
Oct 22, 2026-1% vs market2 sessions after results
Options
$66,52231.2% IV · activity
Financials
- Gross 88%
- Net 50%
- Free cash 64%
- Cash
- Long-term debt
| FY2020Dec 31, 2020 | FY2021Dec 31, 2021 | FY2022Dec 31, 2022 | FY2023Dec 31, 2023 | FY2024Dec 31, 2024 | FY2025Dec 31, 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.3B | $1.3B | $1.4B | $1.5B | $1.6B | $1.7B |
| Gross margin | 86% | 86% | 86% | 87% | 88% | 88% |
| Operating income | $824.2M | $866.8M | $943.1M | $1.0B | $1.1B | $1.1B |
| Net income | $814.9M | $784.8M | $673.8M | $817.6M | $785.7M | $825.7M |
| Net margin | 64% | 59% | 47% | 55% | 50% | 50% |
| Earnings per share | $7.07 | $6.99 | $6.24 | $7.90 | $8.00 | $8.80 |
| Free cash flow | $686.8M | $754.2M | $803.7M | $808.0M | $874.5M | $1.1B |
| Free cash margin | 54% | 57% | 56% | 54% | 56% | 64% |
| Cash | $401.2M | $223.5M | $373.6M | $240.1M | $206.7M | $307.9M |
| Long-term debt | $1.8B | $1.8B | $1.8B | $1.8B | $1.5B | $1.8B |
| Shareholders' equity | -$1.4B | -$1.3B | -$1.6B | -$1.6B | -$2.0B | -$2.2B |
| Shares outstanding | 113.47m | 110.50m | 105.30m | 101.30m | 95m | 91.90m |
What options price now
- Expected 1-month range The at-the-money straddle for the expiry nearest a month out, as a share of the price: the move, either way, the option market is pricing by then. The range is the price plus and minus that move; the stock ends inside it a little more often than not. Methodology
- $289 – $326 ±6.0% by Nov 20, 2026
- Swings expected vs recent The daily swings the options are priced for (implied volatility) against the swings the stock actually had over the last 20 sessions (realised volatility). Bigger means options charge for more movement than the stock has been delivering; smaller, less. On a contract row, that contract's own implied volatility over the stock's realised. Methodology
- Bigger 31.2% priced · 17.3% recent
- Next month vs later At-the-money implied volatility for 8-45 day expiries over 46-90 day ones: whether options price the coming month as choppier or calmer than the two after it. Ahead of a report it usually reads choppier, and the extra comes out once the report is out. Methodology
- Choppier
- Crash protection What options that pay off in a fall cost against options that pay off in a rise (the 25-delta skew), compared with this company's own normal - the median of its stored nightly readings, once there are 20 - and with five sessions ago. Protection costs a little more than upside on most shares. More than usual means readers of the chain are paying up to insure against a drop; it does not say which way the stock will go. Methodology
- past week: costs more
Positioning
- Premium traded
- $66,522 calls $54,088 · puts $12,435 · latest session
- 0.23× -0.21 over the week
- Open interest added The change over five sessions in option positions left open overnight, calls and puts. A rise means positions were added. It cannot say whether they were bought or sold, so more calls is not a vote for a rise: a call is as often sold against shares already held. Methodology
- calls +2.30k · puts +942 past week
For options traders: ATM IV 31.2% (-6.1% 1w) · 1m ÷ 3m IV 1.03 · 25Δ skew 1.1 pts · Net GEX $7.8M
Most traded contracts
No contract passed the liquidity filters this week.
Filings
| Filed | Report | Period to | Lag |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Sep 30, 2026 | 22d |
| Jul 23, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Jun 30, 2026 | 23d |
| Apr 23, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Mar 31, 2026 | 23d |
| Feb 5, 2026 | Annual ↗ | Dec 31, 2025 | 36d |
| Oct 23, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Sep 30, 2025 | 23d |
| Jul 24, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Jun 30, 2025 | 24d |
| Apr 24, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Mar 31, 2025 | 24d |
| Feb 13, 2025 | Annual ↗ | Dec 31, 2024 | 44d |
| Oct 24, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Sep 30, 2024 | 24d |
| Jul 25, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Jun 30, 2024 | 25d |
| Apr 25, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Mar 31, 2024 | 25d |
| Feb 15, 2024 | Annual ↗ | Dec 31, 2023 | 46d |
Current reports
| Filed | Disclosed |
|---|---|
| Oct 22, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Aug 27, 2026 | Other events ↗ |
| Jul 23, 2026 | Results · Other events ↗ |
| Jun 26, 2026 | Material agreement ↗ |
| Jun 26, 2026 | Other events ↗ |
| May 21, 2026 | Director or officer change · Shareholder vote ↗ |
| Apr 23, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Feb 5, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Nov 25, 2025 | Director or officer change ↗ |
| Oct 24, 2025 | Regulation FD ↗ |
| Oct 23, 2025 | Results ↗ |
| Oct 8, 2025 | Director or officer change ↗ |