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Verisign
EMEA was Verisign's fastest-growing region in FY2025, up 11.9%
Revenue rose 6.4% to $1.7B in FY2025, from $1.6B in FY2024. Net income rose 5.1% to $826M. United States was the largest region, at 66% of revenue.
Key facts
Verisign (Nasdaq: VRSN) closed fiscal 2025 on Dec 31, 2025 with revenue of $1.7B, up 6.4% from a year before; net income came to $826M, up 5.1%. Its newest quarterly report covers the three months to Sep 30, 2026: revenue of $443M, up 5.7% on the same stretch of the prior year, and net income of $213M. Broken down by region, United States led with 66% of fiscal 2025 revenue. Sources: 10-K for fiscal 2025 (filed Feb 5, 2026) and 10-Q for the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026 (filed Oct 22, 2026).
Source: 10-K FY2025, filed Feb 5, 2026
Source: 10-Q filed Apr 23, 2026 · 10-Q filed Jul 23, 2026 · 10-Q filed Oct 22, 2026
How it makes money
By region, FY2025
- LineAmountSharevs FY2024
- United States$1.1B66%+5.6%
- EMEA$279M17%+11.9%
- Asia Pacific$185M11%+5.1%
- Other Geographical Areas$100M6%+3.0%
Source: 10-K FY2025, XBRL breakdown
By region in FY2025: United States (66%), EMEA (17%), Asia Pacific (11%) and Other Geographical Areas (6%), as shares of total revenue. Total revenue was $1.7B.
Source: 10-K FY2025
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What changed last quarter
Comparing Q3 2026 (Jul to Sep 2026) compared with Q3 2025 (Jul to Sep 2025)
Each pair of bars shows the dollar amount for both quarters. Longer bar, more money. Bars in a group share one scale.
Q3 2026Q3 2025
Company
Source: Verisign 10-Q for the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026, filed Oct 22, 2026
By region
Source: Verisign 10-Q for the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026, filed Oct 22, 2026
The bull case and the bear case
The bull case
- Revenue rose 6.4% in FY2025 to $1.7B, from $1.6B a year earlier. 10-K, FY2025
- Net income rose 5.1% in FY2025 to $826M, from $786M. 10-K, FY2025
- Operating cash flow rose 20.9% in FY2025 to $1.1B. 10-K, FY2025
- Diluted shares fell 4.5% in FY2025, so each share represents a larger slice of profit. 10-K, FY2025
The bear case
- Net income in the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026 was $213M, down 0.1% on a year earlier. 10-Q, quarter ended Sep 30, 2026
- The company's own risk factors are in Item 1A of its 10-K. Risks common in this industry include competition; customer demand; security and privacy. 10-K, Item 1A
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What the company does
Verisign is in the internet services & infrastructure industry, part of the information technology sector. The SEC files it under Services-Computer Programming Services.
The full description of Verisign's business is in Item 1 of its 10-K, linked below. This page shows its revenue by region.
Its fiscal year ends in December; the latest, FY2025, ended Dec 31, 2025.
Source: 10-K, Item 1 Business
Risks common in this industry
These are general risks for companies in the internet services & infrastructure industry. They are not a summary of Verisign’s own risk factors; for those, read Item 1A of its latest 10-K, linked below.
- CompetitionTechnology markets move fast, and rivals large and small can change prices or products.
- Customer demandSpending by customers on technology rises and falls with their budgets and the economy.
- Security and privacyCyberattacks, outages and data-privacy rules can raise costs or harm customer trust.
- Supply and tradeReliance on suppliers and exposure to tariffs or export rules can limit what it can sell or build.
- Intellectual propertyPatent claims and licensing disputes can lead to costs or limits on products.
Source: 10-K, Item 1A Risk Factors (the company's own list, in the company's words)
Three years of key numbers
Every number links to its filing; hover for the XBRL tag. A dash means the number isn't cleanly available, and we don't estimate it.
| US$ | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.5B | $1.6B | $1.7B |
| Net income | $818M | $786M | $826M |
| Operating cash flow | $854M | $903M | $1.1B |
| Cash & equivalents (year end) | $240M | $207M | $308M |
| Diluted shares | 104M | 98M | 94M |
- Revenue: Total revenue for the fiscal year, as the company reports it on its income statement.
- Net income: Net income including the share that belongs to minority owners of subsidiaries.
- Operating cash flow: Cash the business brought in from its day-to-day operations during the year (cash flow statement).
- Cash & equivalents: Cash and short-term investments that count as cash equivalents on the balance sheet. Excludes longer-dated marketable securities.
- Diluted shares: Weighted average shares outstanding for the year, including the effect of options and stock awards.
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Explainers for this page
- Risk factors (Item 1A)
- The cash flow statement
- Debt-to-equity ratio
- Market cap and enterprise value
- Return on equity (ROE)
- Forward-looking statements
- Inventory costing: LIFO vs. FIFO
Plain-English guides to terms this file uses, with real numbers from filings.
About these numbers
- Net income here includes the share that belongs to minority owners of subsidiaries, the figure the company's tagged data carries for the whole business.
What we left out
- Total debt: the company's filing data doesn't carry a consistent debt total for the years shown, so it isn't shown.
Recent filings
| Form | Filed | Period |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Q | Oct 22, 2026 | Sep 30, 2026 |
| 10-Q | Jul 23, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 |
| 10-Q | Apr 23, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 |
| DEF 14A | Apr 10, 2026 | May 21, 2026 |
| 10-K | Feb 5, 2026 | Dec 31, 2025 |
Learn more: 10-K vs. 10-Q vs. 8-K · Form 4 insider filings · Fiscal years and quarters
Common questions about Verisign
How does Verisign make money?
Fiscal 2025 revenue: $1.7B. By region in FY2025: United States (66%), EMEA (17%), Asia Pacific (11%) and Other Geographical Areas (6%), as shares of total revenue. Total revenue was $1.7B. Source: 10-K for fiscal 2025, filed Feb 5, 2026.
What was Verisign's revenue in fiscal 2025?
$1.7B, up 6.4% from fiscal 2024 ($1.6B). The year ended Dec 31, 2025; for fiscal 2023 the figure was $1.5B. Source: 10-K for fiscal 2025, filed Feb 5, 2026.
Is Verisign profitable?
Net income was $826M in fiscal 2025 (up 5.1%; fiscal 2024 was $786M). That counts as a GAAP profit. The latest quarter, ended Sep 30, 2026: net income was $213M. The page's About these numbers section explains what is included. Source: 10-K for fiscal 2025, filed Feb 5, 2026.
What did Verisign report in its latest quarterly filing?
For the three months to Sep 30, 2026: revenue $443M (up 5.7% from $419M) and net income $213M (down 0.1% from $213M). Source: 10-Q for the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026, filed Oct 22, 2026.
What are the main risks Verisign faces?
Verisign's own risk factors are in Item 1A of its 10-K for fiscal 2025, filed Feb 5, 2026. Risks that are common among companies in the internet services & infrastructure industry include Competition; customer demand; security and privacy; supply and trade; intellectual property. The first: Technology markets move fast, and rivals large and small can change prices or products. Source: 10-K, Item 1A Risk Factors.
Where do these Verisign numbers come from?
The 10-K filed Feb 5, 2026 (fiscal 2025) and the 10-Q filed Oct 22, 2026 (quarter ended Sep 30, 2026), as published in the SEC's XBRL data. Click any number to open the filing it came from. Methodology explains how fiscal years and missing numbers are handled.
Tracked funds that report owning Verisign
- Berkshire Hathaway: 8,989,880 shares, reported value $2.26B at Jun 30, 2026 (same number of shares as in the filing for Mar 31, 2026). Form 13F filed Aug 14, 2026.
- Renaissance Technologies: 2,449,771 shares, reported value $616.3M at Jun 30, 2026 (−13.1% in shares since the filing for Mar 31, 2026). Form 13F filed Aug 13, 2026.
- Point72 Asset Management: 379,395 shares, reported value $95.4M at Jun 30, 2026 (−25.0% in shares since the filing for Mar 31, 2026). Form 13F filed Aug 14, 2026.
- Millennium Management: 109,508 shares, reported value $27.5M at Jun 30, 2026 (−9.8% in shares since the filing for Mar 31, 2026). Form 13F filed Aug 14, 2026.
- Fundsmith: 55,713 shares, reported value $14.0M at Jun 30, 2026 (−50.9% in shares since the filing for Mar 31, 2026). Form 13F filed Aug 14, 2026.
- Two Sigma Investments: 52,248 shares, reported value $13.1M at Jun 30, 2026 (−88.6% in shares since the filing for Mar 31, 2026). Form 13F filed Aug 14, 2026.
- Bridgewater Associates: 37,001 shares, reported value $9.3M at Jun 30, 2026 (+748.3% in shares since the filing for Mar 31, 2026). Form 13F filed Aug 14, 2026.
- Citadel Advisors: 35,324 shares, reported value $8.9M at Jun 30, 2026 (−62.9% in shares since the filing for Mar 31, 2026). Form 13F filed Sep 2, 2026.
From each fund’s latest Form 13F, which is filed up to 45 days after quarter end and lists long positions in US-listed stocks only. A listing here is a fact about a filing, not a view on the stock. What a 13F does and doesn’t show.
Disclosures
- Editor holdings in VRSN
- The editor holds no position in Verisign (VRSN). As of Nov 11, 2026.
- Trading rule
- The editor does not buy or sell VRSN from 3 days before to 3 days after this page is published or substantively updated.
- Compensation
- Nobody paid for this page. No affiliate links on this page.
- Sources
- The company's SEC filings, linked next to each number or, for charts, in the source line under them.
- Last updated
- Nov 9, 2026
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| VerisignVRSN | FY2025 | $1.7B | +6.4% | $826M |
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