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Verisign VRSN

Verisign is the 340th largest S&P 500 company by market cap, worth $26.9 billion. 7 directors have filed with the SEC in the last 12 months (who counts), 1 of them an executive. 3 other officers are on file. At 30 Jun 2026, Vanguard was its largest institutional holder, with 12.4% of the company.

CEO
D. James Bidzos
Sector
Information Technology
Sub-industry
Internet Services & Infrastructure
Headquarters
Reston, Virginia
Founded
1995
More
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Market cap
$26.9B
340th largest, 23 Oct 2026 close
Revenue
$1.7B
Fiscal year 2025
Price to sales
16.3
Market cap over revenue
Employees
928
10-K, 31 Dec 2025
Market cap per employee
$29M
Market cap over employees
Connections
1
S&P 500 companies sharing a director or officer

Largest institutional holders

Each fund group's share of Verisign. Where a company has several share classes, the share is of its total value.

13F filings for the quarter to 30 Jun 2026

These five hold 41.5% of Verisign.

Source: SEC Form 13F data sets, SEC XBRL shares outstanding 路 All holders

Board and officers

1 person here also holds roles at other S&P 500 companies.

Roles filed up to 30 Sep 2026

NameTitle
Directors (7)
D. James BidzosExec. Chairman, Pres, & CEOExec. Chairman, Pres, & CEO
Courtney D. ArmstrongDirectorDirector
Yehuda Ari BuchalterDirectorDirector
Kathleen A. CoteDirectorDirector
Matthew J. DeschDirectorDirector
Jamie S. GorelickDirectorAlso at AmazonDirector
Debra McCannDirectorDirector
Officers (3)
John CalysEVP, Chief Financial OfficerLast filed 16 Sep 2026EVP, Chief Financial Officer
Thomas C. IndelicartoEVP, Gen Counsel & SecretaryLast filed 9 Sep 2026EVP, Gen Counsel & Secretary
Danny R. McPhersonEVP - Technology & CSOLast filed 16 Sep 2026EVP - Technology & CSO

Source: SEC insider filings (Forms 3, 4 and 5), Verisign's Form 4 filings 路 All directors and officers

Companies that share people with Verisign

Each person's title here, then at the other company.

  • Amazon AMZN
    • Jamie S. Gorelick: Director here, Director there

Source: SEC insider filings 路 See the whole network

Verisign's market cap since December 2008

Marked weeks are changes in the share count, such as a merger, not market moves.

Weekly, up to 23 Oct 2026

Show equal percentage changes as equal steps.
201020122014201620182020202220242026$26.9B

Source: Yahoo Finance closing prices, SEC XBRL shares outstanding

Workforce

Headcount at 31 Dec 2025

Employees
928
As of December 31, 2025, we had 928 employees, of which 926 were full-time.
Verisign Form 10-K

Source: Verisign Form 10-K

Insider trades

Open-market buys and sales by directors and officers. Grants, option exercises and shares withheld for tax are left out.

Trades from 30 Sep 2025 to 30 Sep 2026

Directors and officers sold $37.8 million of stock in 69 sales and bought $19,492 in 4 purchases in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026.

DatePersonTitleTypeSharesValue
29 Sep 2026SaleD. James BidzosExec. Chairman, Pres, & CEOExec. Chairman, Pres, & CEOSale3,300$920K
22 Sep 2026SaleD. James BidzosExec. Chairman, Pres, & CEOExec. Chairman, Pres, & CEOSale3,300$1.0M
15 Sep 2026SaleD. James BidzosExec. Chairman, Pres, & CEOExec. Chairman, Pres, & CEOSale3,300$979K
8 Sep 2026SaleD. James BidzosExec. Chairman, Pres, & CEOExec. Chairman, Pres, & CEOSale3,300$939K
8 Sep 2026SaleThomas C. IndelicartoEVP, Gen Counsel & SecretaryEVP, Gen Counsel & SecretarySale500$145K
1 Sep 2026SaleD. James BidzosExec. Chairman, Pres, & CEOExec. Chairman, Pres, & CEOSale3,300$961K
1 Sep 2026SaleThomas C. IndelicartoEVP, Gen Counsel & SecretaryEVP, Gen Counsel & SecretarySale500$145K
27 Aug 2026BuyCourtney D. ArmstrongDirectorDirectorBuy19$6K
25 Aug 2026SaleD. James BidzosExec. Chairman, Pres, & CEOExec. Chairman, Pres, & CEOSale3,300$961K
18 Aug 2026SaleD. James BidzosExec. Chairman, Pres, & CEOExec. Chairman, Pres, & CEOSale3,300$917K

Showing 10 of 73 trades

Source: SEC insider transactions data sets, Verisign's Form 4 filings

Trades by members of Congress and officials

Trades members of Congress and senior executive branch officials disclosed, including their families'. Amounts are filed as ranges.

Trades from 20 Oct 2023 to 20 Oct 2026

7 people disclosed 12 purchases and 8 sales of Verisign stock since October 2023.

DateMember or officialTypeAmount
16 Jun 2026Donald J Trump (President)President 路 SoldSale$1,001 to $15,000$1K to $15K
15 Apr 2026Donald J Trump (President)President 路 BoughtPurchase$1,001 to $15,000$1K to $15K
10 Apr 2026Donald J Trump (President)President 路 BoughtPurchase$50,001 to $100,000$50K to $100K
7 Apr 2026Donald J Trump (President)President 路 BoughtPurchase$1,001 to $15,000$1K to $15K
30 Mar 2026Alan Armstrong (Senate, R-OK)Senate, R-OK 路 BoughtPurchase$1,001 to $15,000$1K to $15K
13 Mar 2026Gilbert Cisneros (House, D-CA)House, D-CA 路 SoldSale$1,001 to $15,000$1K to $15K
19 Feb 2026Donald J Trump (President)President 路 SoldSale$1,001 to $15,000$1K to $15K
10 Feb 2026Donald J Trump (President)President 路 BoughtPurchase$500,001 to $1,000,000$500K to $1M
10 Feb 2026Gilbert Cisneros (House, D-CA)House, D-CA 路 BoughtPurchase$1,001 to $15,000$1K to $15K
29 Jan 2026Rohit Khanna (House, D-CA)House, D-CA 路 BoughtPurchase$1,001 to $15,000$1K to $15K

Showing 10 of 20 trades

Source: House, Senate and OGE disclosures via the Congress trading monitor

Not on file: no WARN layoff notices under its own name since October 2023.