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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, Q4 2021

Institutional positions in Verisign Inc as of Dec 31, 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
596
+49 vs. Q3 2021
Shares held
101.0M
+404.8K (+0.4%) vs. Q3 2021
Total value
$25.6B
+$4.98B (+24.1%) vs. Q3 2021
New holders
100
198 more added
Sold out
51
202 more reduced

9 institutions that held it in Q3 2021 haven't filed for Q4 2021 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q3 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 holdersQ4 2021: 596 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 heldQ4 2021: $25.6B
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, Q4 2021

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Verisign Inc; share changes are against Q3 2021.

Institutions holding VRSN in Q4 2021
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Berkshire Hathaway IncSuperinvestorBerkshire Hathaway12,815,613$3.25B0.98%00.0%Unchanged
Vanguard Group Inc10,385,992$2.64B0.06%−18,750−0.2%Reduced
BlackRock Inc.10,102,520$2.56B0.07%+1,003,179+11.0%Added
Capital International Investors4,994,122$1.27B0.27%−804,271−13.9%Reduced
Renaissance Technologies LLC4,149,890$1.05B1.31%−471,800−10.2%Reduced
State Street Corp4,029,345$1.02B0.05%+164,266+4.3%Added
Ninety One UK Ltd3,593,423$912.1M2.16%−48,463−1.3%Reduced
Macquarie Group Ltd2,796,168$709.7M0.59%+1,652,058+144.4%Added
Price T Rowe Associates Inc2,728,300$692.5M0.06%−159,245−5.5%Reduced
Principal Financial Group Inc2,486,415$625.9M0.37%−110,347−4.2%Reduced
Geode Capital Management, LLC2,093,456$530.4M0.06%+14,298+0.7%Added
Cantillon Capital Management LLC1,636,612$415.4M2.74%−123,410−7.0%Reduced
Goldman Sachs Group Inc1,470,687$373.3M0.09%+308,504+26.5%Added
Northern Trust Corp1,274,696$323.5M0.05%+7,106+0.6%Added
First Trust Advisors LP1,267,531$321.7M0.31%−814,344−39.1%Reduced
Stockbridge Partners LLC1,094,004$277.7M5.61%00.0%Unchanged
Invesco Ltd.1,070,616$271.7M0.07%+11,017+1.0%Added
FMR LLC1,015,119$257.7M0.02%+248,881+32.5%Added
D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.1,010,871$256.6M0.31%−303,656−23.1%Reduced
Ameriprise Financial Inc987,799$251.5M0.07%−151,299−13.3%Reduced
Norges Bank900,227$228.5M0.05%−26,177−2.8%Reduced
Liontrust Investment Partners LLP886,300$225.0M2.68%+68,000+8.3%Added
Bank of New York Mellon Corp848,148$215.3M0.04%−32,478−3.7%Reduced
Legal & General Group Plc801,143$203.3M0.06%−27,454−3.3%Reduced
Echo Street Capital Management LLC799,141$202.8M1.36%+8,581+1.1%Added
California Public Employees Retirement System756,365$192.0M0.13%−22,675−2.9%Reduced
Fundsmith LLPSuperinvestorFundsmith694,781$176.3M0.43%+1,490+0.2%Added
Bamco Inc663,767$168.5M0.36%00.0%Unchanged
UBS Asset Management Americas Inc655,109$166.3M0.06%+48,458+8.0%Added
Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC620,810$157.6M0.08%+45,408+7.9%Added
Royal Bank of Canada544,819$138.3M0.03%+75,655+16.1%Added
Lazard Asset Management LLC537,056$136.3M0.15%−30,138−5.3%Reduced
Atalan Capital Partners, LP530,000$134.5M8.59%00.0%Unchanged
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc491,036$124.6M0.04%+9,244+1.9%Added
Ninety One North America, Inc.479,839$121.8M4.26%+83,083+20.9%Added
APG Asset Management N.V.526,625$117.5M0.20%+443,700+535.1%Added
Baird Financial Group, Inc.450,698$114.4M0.27%−11,356−2.5%Reduced
BlueSpruce Investments, LP411,902$104.5M1.64%+382,827+1,316.7%Added
Morgan Stanley405,251$102.9M0.01%+69,342+20.6%Added
Mackenzie Financial Corp394,370$100.1M0.13%+1,238+0.3%Added
Swiss National Bank382,737$97.1M0.06%−18,100−4.5%Reduced
Loomis Sayles & Co L P379,903$96.4M0.12%−295,130−43.7%Reduced
Schroder Investment Management Group373,696$94.9M0.13%+51,205+15.9%Added
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership367,305$93.2M0.11%−318,787−46.5%Reduced
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP366,702$93.1M0.03%−10,468−2.8%Reduced
Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Inc359,016$91.1M0.61%−64,469−15.2%Reduced
Bank of America Corp342,459$86.9M0.01%+33,548+10.9%Added
Deutsche Bank AG341,846$86.8M0.04%−89,063−20.7%Reduced
Nuveen Asset Management, LLC337,057$85.6M0.03%−27,470−7.5%Reduced
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.335,298$85.1M0.05%+14,082+4.4%Added
Ci Investments Inc.247,865$62.9M0.22%+1,422+0.6%Added
BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A.240,056$60.9M0.20%+51,725+27.5%Added
Amundi252,398$58.0M0.04%+55,821+28.4%Added
AQR Capital Management LLC228,561$57.9M0.11%−51,447−18.4%Reduced
CCLA Investment Management Ltd227,917$57.9M0.95%−18,030−7.3%Reduced
Two Creeks Capital Management, LP224,091$56.9M2.91%−99,945−30.8%Reduced
Boston Financial Mangement LLC219,035$55.6M2.02%−2,461−1.1%Reduced
AustralianSuper Pty Ltd212,921$53.3M0.29%+119,021+126.8%Added
ProShare Advisors LLC209,325$53.1M0.10%+74,155+54.9%Added
Public Sector Pension Investment Board204,822$52.0M0.28%+37,900+22.7%Added
Credit Suisse AG199,650$50.7M0.04%+26,877+15.6%Added
TD Asset Management Inc187,164$47.5M0.04%+83,119+79.9%Added
Rhumbline Advisers185,448$47.1M0.06%+4,344+2.4%Added
Barclays PLC184,150$46.7M0.03%−37,293−16.8%Reduced
Wells Fargo & Company183,978$46.7M0.01%−4,352−2.3%Reduced
PGGM Investments182,985$46.4M0.23%+12,938+7.6%Added
Martingale Asset Management L P181,500$46.1M0.59%−11,344−5.9%Reduced
2Xideas AG180,417$45.8M2.76%+30,576+20.4%Added
Allianz Asset Management GmbH173,453$44.0M0.03%+75,422+76.9%Added
Fiera Capital Corp173,393$44.0M0.10%−8,796−4.8%Reduced
California State Teachers Retirement System173,211$44.0M0.05%+1,773+1.0%Added
Assenagon Asset Management S.A.165,626$42.0M0.16%−7,381−4.3%Reduced
Bridger Management, LLC158,714$40.3M5.21%00.0%Unchanged
Triple Frond Partners LLC157,525$40.0M4.51%−8,265−5.0%Reduced
UBS Group AG157,230$39.9M0.02%+32,716+26.3%Added
Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc157,220$39.9M0.08%−3,056−1.9%Reduced
New York State Common Retirement Fund156,097$39.6M0.04%−8,449−5.1%Reduced
Victory Capital Management Inc155,323$39.4M0.04%+28,571+22.5%Added
Citigroup Inc153,648$39.0M0.04%+47,382+44.6%Added
National Pension Service150,842$38.3M0.07%−5,855−3.7%Reduced
Quantum Capital Management, LLC146,307$37.1M4.12%−10,277−6.6%Reduced
Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.143,337$36.4M0.08%−19,381−11.9%Reduced
Capital Group Private Client Services, Inc.140,678$35.7M0.38%−497−0.4%Reduced
Alliancebernstein L.P.131,144$33.3M0.01%−6,044−4.4%Reduced
State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System127,995$32.5M0.06%−2,282−1.8%Reduced
Russell Investments Group, Ltd.127,330$32.3M0.05%−48,694−27.7%Reduced
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ)126,347$32.1M0.17%−1,580−1.2%Reduced
Point72 Asset Management, L.P.126,034$32.0M0.14%+126,034New
Baader Bank INC123,400$31.3M2.47%+123,400New
Prudential Financial Inc132,698$31.3M0.04%−77,887−37.0%Reduced
Douglas Lane & Associates, LLC122,525$31.1M0.41%+16,269+15.3%Added
ETF Managers Group, LLC114,643$29.2M0.58%−34,846−23.3%Reduced
Great West Life Assurance Co114,726$29.0M0.06%+33,650+41.5%Added
JPMorgan Chase & Co112,383$28.5M0.00%+32,253+40.3%Added
Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp109,474$27.8M0.06%+33,790+44.6%Added
STRS Ohio108,737$27.6M0.10%−25,105−18.8%Reduced
HSBC Holdings PLC108,149$27.5M0.03%+19,663+22.2%Added
FIL Ltd107,982$27.4M0.03%−421,000−79.6%Reduced
Pictet Asset Management SA107,863$27.4M0.03%+2,060+1.9%Added
Gateway Investment Advisers LLC106,197$27.0M0.26%+154+0.1%Added