VeriSign

VRSN

Software - Infrastructure · Technology

Price

$277.66

+2.44 (+0.89%)

Market Cap

$25.27B

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is curious

A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.

Share count falling — buybacks

−17.4% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 112.2M (2021) → 92.6M (2025)

VeriSign, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides domain name registry services and internet infrastructure that enables internet navigation for various recognized domain names worldwide. It enables the security, stability, and resiliency of internet infrastructure and services, including providing root zone maintainer services, operating two of the 13 internet root servers; and offering registration services and authoritative resolution for the .com and .net domains, which support global

Winston Score History

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+6.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+10.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady EPS growth

R&D Spend

$104M/ year

↑ Rising (+7% vs prior year)

6.3% of revenue

Below sector average (15%)

R&D investment increasing — building for the future

Insider Activity

0.7%ownership

Relatively low insider ownership

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$477M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth context

VeriSign is growing revenue at 7% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin

88.5%

Premium pricing power — 88.5% gross margin

Operating Margin

68.5%

Excellent — 68.5% operating margin

ROCE

N/A

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Growth

Sales YoY

+6.8%

Slow sales growth (6.8% YoY)

EPS YoY

+10.6%

Earnings growing (10.6% YoY)

Healthy double-digit earnings growth — what compounders look like.

EPS Consistency

8/8 quarters

Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

128%

Turns 128% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

62.3%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (62.3%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

N/A

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Interest Cover

15.12x

Comfortably covers interest (15.1x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

30.6x

Pricey — P/E 30.6

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

P/E vs Forward

+3.8

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (30.6 → 26.8)

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

1.20%

Small dividend — 1.20% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend Growth

N/A

no trend

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