With 1.32 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.88 million shares. During the session, the Software – Infrastructure company that operates in wider Technology sector, reached to the highest price of $256.125 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $250.09. The 52-week range on VRSN shows that it touched its highest point at $258.67 and its lowest point at $167.04 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $286.50. VRSN paid its most recent dividend on 1304553600, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1304553600. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.82.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of VRSN was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 2.71%, but this was up by 2.76% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 22.23% while six-month performance rose 34.95%. The stock gained 36.73% in the past year, while it has gained 22.05% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for VRSN yields 8.00 with Next year EPS estimates of 9.38. For the next quarter, that number is 2.20. This implies an EPS growth rate of 9.82% for this year and 6.78% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 10.68% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 9.22%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 95.00 million VRSN shares are outstanding with a float of 93.10 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-03-31, short shares totaled 1.94 million, which was 204.99999 higher than short shares on 1740700800. In addition to Mr. D. James Bidzos as the firm’s Executive Chairman, CEO & President, Mr. George E. Kilguss III serves as its Executive VP & CFO.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.83002 of VRSN’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2024-12-31, VRSN reported revenue of $395400000.0 and operating income of $263800000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $275700000.0 and diluted EPS was $2.0.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for VRSN since 2 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 2 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 0 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With VRSN analysts setting a high price target of 288.0 and a low target of 196.11, the average target price over the next 12 months is 242.2775. Based on these targets, VRSN could surge 14.02% to reach the target high and fall by -22.36% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a decline of -4.08% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $8.09014 being high and $7.93776 being low. For VRSN, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $7.99916. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $2.23 and the low estimate is $2.23. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $2.23.
