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Verisign Inc

VRSN
Exchange
Nasdaq
Industry
Services-Computer Programming Services
SEC CIK
0001014473

In the last 90 days, Verisign Inc insiders filed 1 open-market purchase and 21 sales; 889 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $22.1B in total; superinvestors Berkshire Hathaway and Fundsmith hold it.

13F holders, Q3 2021

Institutional positions in Verisign Inc as of Sep 30, 2021. Investment managers with $100 million or more in US stocks report their long positions on Form 13F within 45 days after each quarter ends. How 13F works

Institutional holders
556
−3 vs. Q2 2021
Shares held
100.7M
+1.11M (+1.1%) vs. Q2 2021
Total value
$20.6B
−$2.02B (−8.9%) vs. Q2 2021
New holders
48
202 more added
Sold out
51
198 more reduced

5 institutions that held it in Q2 2021 haven't filed for Q3 2021 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q2 2021: new holders, sold out and not filed yet

Holders and value by quarter

Institutions reporting VRSN on Form 13F each quarter since Q1 2021, and the total value they reported. Values are as of each quarter end, so they also move with the share price.

Institutional holdersQ3 2021: 556 institutions
Q1 2021: 547 institutionsQ2 2021: 564 institutionsQ3 2021: 556 institutionsQ4 2021: 596 institutionsQ1 2022: 613 institutionsQ2 2022: 572 institutionsQ3 2022: 574 institutionsQ4 2022: 621 institutionsQ1 2023: 618 institutionsQ2 2023: 628 institutionsQ3 2023: 601 institutionsQ4 2023: 669 institutionsQ1 2024: 646 institutionsQ2 2024: 655 institutionsQ3 2024: 678 institutionsQ4 2024: 710 institutionsQ1 2025: 761 institutionsQ2 2025: 851 institutionsQ3 2025: 862 institutionsQ4 2025: 859 institutionsQ1 2026: 858 institutionsQ2 2026: 889 institutions
Value heldQ3 2021: $20.6B
Q1 2021: $20.1BQ2 2021: $22.7BQ3 2021: $20.6BQ4 2021: $25.6BQ1 2022: $22.3BQ2 2022: $16.6BQ3 2022: $17.0BQ4 2022: $20.2BQ1 2023: $20.3BQ2 2023: $21.4BQ3 2023: $18.9BQ4 2023: $19.3BQ1 2024: $17.5BQ2 2024: $16.1BQ3 2024: $17.2BQ4 2024: $18.4BQ1 2025: $22.5BQ2 2025: $25.3BQ3 2025: $24.2BQ4 2025: $21.4BQ1 2026: $21.6BQ2 2026: $22.1B
Institutions holding VRSN and their total value by quarter
QuarterHoldersValue
Q2 2026889$22.1B
Q1 2026858$21.6B
Q4 2025859$21.4B
Q3 2025862$24.2B
Q2 2025851$25.3B
Q1 2025761$22.5B
Q4 2024710$18.4B
Q3 2024678$17.2B
Q2 2024655$16.1B
Q1 2024646$17.5B
Q4 2023669$19.3B
Q3 2023601$18.9B
Q2 2023628$21.4B
Q1 2023618$20.3B
Q4 2022621$20.2B
Q3 2022574$17.0B
Q2 2022572$16.6B
Q1 2022613$22.3B
Q4 2021596$25.6B
Q3 2021556$20.6B
Q2 2021564$22.7B
Q1 2021547$20.1B

Institutions, Q3 2021

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Verisign Inc; share changes are against Q2 2021.

Institutions holding VRSN in Q3 2021
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Berkshire Hathaway IncSuperinvestorBerkshire Hathaway12,815,613$2.63B0.90%00.0%Unchanged
Vanguard Group Inc10,404,742$2.13B0.05%−38,244−0.4%Reduced
BlackRock Inc.9,099,341$1.87B0.05%+130,450+1.5%Added
Capital International Investors5,798,393$1.19B0.27%+4660.0%Added
Renaissance Technologies LLC4,621,690$947.5M1.22%−219,600−4.5%Reduced
State Street Corp3,865,079$792.4M0.04%−34,631−0.9%Reduced
Ninety One UK Ltd3,641,886$746.6M1.91%+364,653+11.1%Added
Price T Rowe Associates Inc2,887,545$592.0M0.06%+23,418+0.8%Added
Principal Financial Group Inc2,596,762$532.4M0.35%−142,736−5.2%Reduced
First Trust Advisors LP2,081,875$426.8M0.46%+195,142+10.3%Added
Geode Capital Management, LLC2,079,158$425.5M0.06%+25,968+1.3%Added
Cantillon Capital Management LLC1,760,022$360.8M2.46%−28,816−1.6%Reduced
D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.1,314,527$269.5M0.34%−234,704−15.1%Reduced
Northern Trust Corp1,267,590$259.9M0.05%+74,666+6.3%Added
Goldman Sachs Group Inc1,162,183$238.3M0.06%−163,716−12.3%Reduced
Macquarie Group Ltd1,144,110$234.6M0.20%+138,485+13.8%Added
Ameriprise Financial Inc1,139,098$233.5M0.07%+98,131+9.4%Added
Stockbridge Partners LLC1,094,004$224.3M4.62%−185,698−14.5%Reduced
Invesco Ltd.1,059,599$217.2M0.06%+23,709+2.3%Added
Norges Bank926,404$189.9M0.04%−38,573−4.0%Reduced
Bank of New York Mellon Corp880,626$180.5M0.04%−12,186−1.4%Reduced
Legal & General Group Plc828,597$169.9M0.06%+4,640+0.6%Added
Liontrust Investment Partners LLP818,300$167.8M2.32%+818,300New
Echo Street Capital Management LLC790,560$162.1M1.14%+9,466+1.2%Added
California Public Employees Retirement System779,040$159.7M0.12%+3,351+0.4%Added
FMR LLC766,238$157.1M0.01%+127,618+20.0%Added
Fundsmith LLPSuperinvestorFundsmith693,291$142.1M0.39%+104,750+17.8%Added
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership686,092$140.7M0.18%−42,961−5.9%Reduced
Loomis Sayles & Co L P675,033$138.4M0.17%−64,142−8.7%Reduced
Bamco Inc663,767$136.1M0.31%−1,080−0.2%Reduced
UBS Asset Management Americas Inc606,651$124.4M0.05%+81,245+15.5%Added
Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC575,402$118.0M0.07%−12,100−2.1%Reduced
Lazard Asset Management LLC567,194$116.3M0.13%+88,283+18.4%Added
Atalan Capital Partners, LP530,000$108.7M6.77%+57,055+12.1%Added
FIL Ltd528,982$108.4M0.12%+85,389+19.2%Added
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc481,792$98.8M0.03%−2,022−0.4%Reduced
Royal Bank of Canada469,164$96.2M0.03%+2,562+0.5%Added
Baird Financial Group, Inc.462,054$94.7M0.24%+8,173+1.8%Added
Deutsche Bank AG430,909$88.3M0.04%+194,740+82.5%Added
Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Inc423,485$86.8M0.58%+3,140+0.7%Added
Swiss National Bank400,837$82.2M0.05%−14,200−3.4%Reduced
Ninety One North America, Inc.396,756$81.3M3.75%+31,034+8.5%Added
Mackenzie Financial Corp393,132$80.6M0.11%+22,231+6.0%Added
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP377,170$77.3M0.02%+391+0.1%Added
Nuveen Asset Management, LLC364,527$74.7M0.02%−40,863−10.1%Reduced
Morgan Stanley335,909$68.9M0.01%−47,858−12.5%Reduced
Two Creeks Capital Management, LP324,036$66.4M3.52%−19,639−5.7%Reduced
Schroder Investment Management Group322,491$66.1M0.11%+3,521+1.1%Added
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.321,216$65.9M0.04%−17,083−5.0%Reduced
Bank of America Corp308,911$63.3M0.01%−14,242−4.4%Reduced
AQR Capital Management LLC280,008$57.4M0.11%−33,944−10.8%Reduced
Ci Investments Inc.246,443$50.5M0.19%+88,866+56.4%Added
CCLA Investment Management Ltd245,947$50.4M0.87%+1,584+0.6%Added
Balyasny Asset Management LLC238,785$49.0M0.23%+69,584+41.1%Added
Prudential Financial Inc210,585$45.6M0.06%+18,457+9.6%Added
Boston Financial Mangement LLC221,496$45.4M1.85%+3,039+1.4%Added
Barclays PLC221,443$45.4M0.03%+6,150+2.9%Added
Jupiter Asset Management Ltd219,072$44.9M0.51%+67,257+44.3%Added
Amundi196,577$40.3M0.03%−3,647−1.8%Reduced
Martingale Asset Management L P192,844$39.5M0.52%−27,029−12.3%Reduced
Wells Fargo & Company188,330$38.6M0.01%+9,818+5.5%Added
BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A.188,331$38.6M0.14%−184,066−49.4%Reduced
Fiera Capital Corp182,189$37.4M0.10%+10,567+6.2%Added
Rhumbline Advisers181,104$37.1M0.05%−5,252−2.8%Reduced
Russell Investments Group, Ltd.176,024$36.1M0.06%−28,754−14.0%Reduced
Assenagon Asset Management S.A.173,007$35.5M0.15%+22,750+15.1%Added
Credit Suisse AG172,773$35.4M0.03%+305+0.2%Added
California State Teachers Retirement System171,438$35.1M0.05%+380.0%Added
PGGM Investments170,047$34.9M0.18%00.0%Unchanged
Public Sector Pension Investment Board166,922$34.2M0.20%+890+0.5%Added
Triple Frond Partners LLC165,790$34.0M3.71%+49,400+42.4%Added
New York State Common Retirement Fund164,546$33.7M0.04%+3,217+2.0%Added
Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.162,718$33.4M0.07%−73,440−31.1%Reduced
Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc160,276$32.9M0.07%+7,624+5.0%Added
Bridger Management, LLC158,714$32.5M3.81%−33,500−17.4%Reduced
National Pension Service156,697$32.1M0.06%−4,093−2.5%Reduced
Quantum Capital Management, LLC156,584$32.1M3.92%−510.0%Reduced
ETF Managers Group, LLC149,489$30.8M0.58%+24,830+19.9%Added
2Xideas AG149,841$30.7M2.34%+20,248+15.6%Added
Capital Group Private Client Services, Inc.141,175$28.9M0.34%+141,175New
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans140,724$28.9M0.06%+69,008+96.2%Added
Alliancebernstein L.P.137,188$28.1M0.01%+825+0.6%Added
ProShare Advisors LLC135,170$27.7M0.08%+11,522+9.3%Added
STRS Ohio133,842$27.4M0.10%−571−0.4%Reduced
State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System130,277$26.7M0.05%−9,188−6.6%Reduced
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ)127,927$26.2M0.14%+67,771+112.7%Added
Victory Capital Management Inc126,752$26.0M0.03%+504+0.4%Added
UBS Group AG124,514$25.5M0.01%+40,599+48.4%Added
Man Group plc118,974$24.4M0.09%+21,477+22.0%Added
Bank of Montreal110,868$22.9M0.01%+18,744+20.3%Added
Citigroup Inc106,266$21.8M0.02%+8,966+9.2%Added
Douglas Lane & Associates, LLC106,256$21.8M0.31%+10,802+11.3%Added
Gateway Investment Advisers LLC106,043$21.7M0.23%−105−0.1%Reduced
Pictet Asset Management SA105,803$21.7M0.02%+105,803New
Hudson Way Capital Management LLC105,703$21.7M5.28%+22,815+27.5%Added
Adage Capital Partners GP, L.L.C.104,340$21.4M0.04%−1,500−1.4%Reduced
TD Asset Management Inc104,045$21.3M0.02%−421−0.4%Reduced
New York State Teachers Retirement System103,637$21.2M0.04%−7,349−6.6%Reduced
Wellington Management Group LLP102,119$20.9M0.00%−65,066−38.9%Reduced
Allianz Asset Management GmbH98,031$20.1M0.02%+5,580+6.0%Added