VeriSign, Inc. (VRSN) Stock

About VeriSign, Inc.

VeriSign, Inc. is led by CEO D. James Bidzos, employs 929 people, headquartered in Reston, US, publicly traded since 1998.

VeriSign, Inc. (VRSN) stock trades at $302.33 with a market capitalization of $27.33B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 32.89, a negative price-to-book of -12.23, reflecting negative shareholders' equity, price-to-sales of 16.07. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $208.86 and $312.48, and currently trades 3.2% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 1.07%.

On profitability, VeriSign, Inc. generates a return on equity (ROE) of -39.21% (not meaningful, as shareholders' equity is negative), return on capital employed of -18683.33%, an operating margin of 67.65%, a net profit margin of 49.77%.

In its most recent fiscal year, VeriSign, Inc. reported annual revenue of $1.7B, net profit of $826.0M. Over the last 5 fiscal years, revenue grew at an average annual rate of 5.5%, and net profit grew at an average annual rate of 0.3%.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of -1.04 (negative because shareholders' equity is negative), a current ratio of 0.49, total assets of $1.3B, $308.0M in cash and equivalents.

VRSN has a beta of 0.69 (historically less volatile than the overall market).