VeriSign (VRSN) Set to Announce Earnings on Thursday

VeriSign (NASDAQ:VRSN) is anticipated to release its Q3 2026 results after the market closes on Thursday, October 22nd. Analysts expect VeriSign to announce earnings of $2.46 per share and revenue of $440.58 million for the quarter. Parties may visit the company’s upcoming Q3 2026 earnings summary page for the latest details on the call scheduled for Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 4:30 PM ET.

VeriSign (NASDAQ:VRSN) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 23rd. The information services provider reported $2.38 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.36 by $0.02. VeriSign had a negative return on equity of 39.20% and a net margin of 49.76%. The firm had revenue of $434.60 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $433.19 million. During the same period last year, the company earned $2.21 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 6.0% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, analysts expect VeriSign to post $9.59 EPS for the current fiscal year and $10.86 EPS for the next fiscal year.

VeriSign Stock Up 0.0%

Shares of VeriSign stock opened at $306.53 on Wednesday. VeriSign has a 12-month low of $208.86 and a 12-month high of $312.48. The stock has a market cap of $27.68 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.25 and a beta of 0.69. The business’s 50 day moving average is $291.99 and its 200-day moving average is $282.81.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other VeriSign news, CEO D. Bidzos sold 3,300 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $291.09, for a total transaction of $960,597.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 394,927 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $114,959,300.43. The trade was a 0.83% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold a total of 39,800 shares of company stock worth $11,563,601 in the last three months. Company insiders own 0.56% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

VRSN has been the subject of several analyst reports. Wedbush raised their target price on shares of VeriSign from $341.00 to $351.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on shares of VeriSign from $308.00 to $316.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, July 24th. Zacks Research cut shares of VeriSign from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 23rd. Finally, Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of VeriSign from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “buy (b)” rating in a research note on Monday, October 12th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, VeriSign presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $335.50.

VeriSign Company Profile

VeriSign, Inc (NASDAQ: VRSN) provides internet infrastructure services that support the global domain name system. The company operates the authoritative registry for the .com and .net top-level domains and provides registry services for certain other domains, helping maintain the databases that connect domain names with internet addresses.

The company’s services include domain name registry operations, domain name registration-related support for accredited registrars, and infrastructure designed to improve the availability, stability, and security of internet naming services.