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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, Q1 2022

Institutional positions in Verisign Inc as of Mar 31, 2022. 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
613
+25 vs. Q4 2021
Shares held
100.2M
−702.6K (−0.7%) vs. Q4 2021
Total value
$22.3B
−$3.31B (−13.0%) vs. Q4 2021
New holders
77
221 more added
Sold out
52
216 more reduced

8 institutions that held it in Q4 2021 haven't filed for Q1 2022 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q4 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 holdersQ1 2022: 613 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 heldQ1 2022: $22.3B
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, Q1 2022

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Verisign Inc; share changes are against Q4 2021.

Institutions holding VRSN in Q1 2022
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Berkshire Hathaway IncSuperinvestorBerkshire Hathaway12,815,613$2.85B0.78%00.0%Unchanged
Vanguard Group Inc10,445,949$2.32B0.05%+59,957+0.6%Added
BlackRock Inc.10,364,854$2.31B0.06%+262,334+2.6%Added
Renaissance Technologies LLC4,016,590$893.5M1.05%−133,300−3.2%Reduced
State Street Corp3,964,613$882.0M0.04%−64,732−1.6%Reduced
Capital International Investors3,875,516$862.1M0.20%−1,118,606−22.4%Reduced
Ninety One UK Ltd3,822,105$850.3M2.17%+228,682+6.4%Added
Macquarie Group Ltd3,379,155$751.7M0.68%+582,987+20.8%Added
Principal Financial Group Inc2,694,736$599.5M0.38%+208,321+8.4%Added
Price T Rowe Associates Inc2,507,376$557.8M0.06%−220,924−8.1%Reduced
Geode Capital Management, LLC2,211,171$491.1M0.06%+117,715+5.6%Added
Cantillon Capital Management LLC1,681,163$374.0M2.67%+44,551+2.7%Added
Goldman Sachs Group Inc1,484,066$330.1M0.08%+13,379+0.9%Added
First Trust Advisors LP1,298,025$288.8M0.30%+30,494+2.4%Added
Northern Trust Corp1,264,709$281.3M0.05%−9,987−0.8%Reduced
Ameriprise Financial Inc1,173,139$260.9M0.08%+185,340+18.8%Added
Invesco Ltd.1,171,136$260.5M0.07%+100,520+9.4%Added
Norges Bank911,581$202.8M0.04%+11,354+1.3%Added
D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.875,957$194.9M0.26%−134,914−13.3%Reduced
Echo Street Capital Management LLC851,890$189.5M1.37%+52,749+6.6%Added
Legal & General Group Plc846,814$188.4M0.06%+45,671+5.7%Added
Bank of New York Mellon Corp836,713$186.1M0.04%−11,435−1.3%Reduced
Liontrust Investment Partners LLP826,700$183.9M2.40%−59,600−6.7%Reduced
California Public Employees Retirement System744,900$165.7M0.13%−11,465−1.5%Reduced
Lazard Asset Management LLC678,134$150.9M0.17%+141,078+26.3%Added
Bamco Inc660,210$146.9M0.36%−3,557−0.5%Reduced
Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC656,079$146.0M0.08%+35,269+5.7%Added
UBS Asset Management Americas Inc642,081$142.8M0.06%−13,028−2.0%Reduced
Royal Bank of Canada633,938$141.0M0.04%+89,119+16.4%Added
Fundsmith LLPSuperinvestorFundsmith626,508$139.4M0.48%−68,273−9.8%Reduced
Atalan Capital Partners, LP570,000$126.8M9.36%+40,000+7.5%Added
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc503,351$112.0M0.03%+12,315+2.5%Added
Ninety One North America, Inc.495,399$110.2M4.04%+15,560+3.2%Added
APG Asset Management N.V.520,425$104.1M0.20%−6,200−1.2%Reduced
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership439,976$97.9M0.12%+72,671+19.8%Added
Swiss National Bank433,037$96.3M0.05%+50,300+13.1%Added
ETF Managers Group, LLC422,148$93.8M1.88%+307,505+268.2%Added
Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Inc411,049$91.4M0.62%+52,033+14.5%Added
BlueSpruce Investments, LP407,437$90.6M1.47%−4,465−1.1%Reduced
Baird Financial Group, Inc.403,478$89.8M0.22%−47,220−10.5%Reduced
CCLA Investment Management Ltd374,692$83.4M1.50%+146,775+64.4%Added
Morgan Stanley373,768$83.1M0.01%−31,483−7.8%Reduced
Schroder Investment Management Group370,312$82.3M0.11%−3,384−0.9%Reduced
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP367,279$81.7M0.03%+577+0.2%Added
FMR LLC360,327$80.2M0.01%−654,792−64.5%Reduced
Bank of America Corp348,703$77.6M0.01%+6,244+1.8%Added
BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A.340,009$75.6M0.26%+99,953+41.6%Added
Deutsche Bank AG335,901$74.7M0.03%−5,945−1.7%Reduced
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.329,807$73.4M0.05%−5,491−1.6%Reduced
Nuveen Asset Management, LLC318,086$68.4M0.02%−18,971−5.6%Reduced
AustralianSuper Pty Ltd290,226$64.6M0.38%+77,305+36.3%Added
Ci Investments Inc.278,551$62.0M0.23%+30,686+12.4%Added
Millennium Management LLC278,134$61.9M0.08%+172,748+163.9%Added
Mackenzie Financial Corp270,570$60.2M0.08%−123,800−31.4%Reduced
AQR Capital Management LLC239,216$53.2M0.10%+10,655+4.7%Added
Amundi228,719$50.5M0.03%−23,679−9.4%Reduced
Boston Financial Mangement LLC220,684$49.1M1.86%+1,649+0.8%Added
Two Sigma Advisers, LP215,795$48.0M0.13%+119,800+124.8%Added
PGGM Investments182,985$46.4M0.23%00.0%Unchanged
Credit Suisse AG208,590$46.4M0.04%+8,940+4.5%Added
Loomis Sayles & Co L P208,312$46.3M0.06%−171,591−45.2%Reduced
Wells Fargo & Company203,764$45.3M0.01%+19,786+10.8%Added
TD Asset Management Inc201,190$44.8M0.04%+14,026+7.5%Added
ProShare Advisors LLC199,335$44.3M0.10%−9,990−4.8%Reduced
Rhumbline Advisers191,226$42.5M0.05%+5,778+3.1%Added
Allianz Asset Management GmbH186,292$41.4M0.03%+12,839+7.4%Added
JPMorgan Chase & Co176,943$39.4M0.01%+64,560+57.4%Added
2Xideas AG173,395$38.6M2.72%−7,022−3.9%Reduced
Martingale Asset Management L P165,620$36.8M0.55%−15,880−8.7%Reduced
California State Teachers Retirement System162,239$36.1M0.05%−10,972−6.3%Reduced
Triple Frond Partners LLC157,525$35.0M4.34%00.0%Unchanged
New York State Common Retirement Fund154,497$34.4M0.04%−1,600−1.0%Reduced
Russell Investments Group, Ltd.152,021$33.8M0.06%+24,691+19.4%Added
National Pension Service149,649$33.3M0.06%−1,193−0.8%Reduced
Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.146,048$32.5M0.08%+2,711+1.9%Added
Jupiter Asset Management Ltd143,921$32.0M0.38%+136,682+1,888.1%Added
Barclays PLC140,093$31.2M0.03%−44,057−23.9%Reduced
Quantum Capital Management, LLC139,716$31.1M3.85%−6,591−4.5%Reduced
BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA137,931$30.7M0.06%+41,906+43.6%Added
Douglas Lane & Associates, LLC133,203$29.6M0.42%+10,678+8.7%Added
Alliancebernstein L.P.132,705$29.5M0.01%+1,561+1.2%Added
State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System128,631$28.6M0.06%+636+0.5%Added
Point72 Asset Management, L.P.125,975$28.0M0.12%−590.0%Reduced
Bridger Management, LLC122,314$27.2M4.46%−36,400−22.9%Reduced
Balyasny Asset Management LLC120,932$26.9M0.12%+109,245+934.8%Added
Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc117,615$26.2M0.05%−39,605−25.2%Reduced
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ)116,485$25.9M0.15%−9,862−7.8%Reduced
Great West Life Assurance Co108,872$25.6M0.05%−5,854−5.1%Reduced
Citigroup Inc114,951$25.6M0.03%−38,697−25.2%Reduced
Pictet Asset Management SA114,564$25.5M0.03%+6,701+6.2%Added
FIL Ltd112,334$25.0M0.03%+4,352+4.0%Added
Capital Group Private Client Services, Inc.111,737$24.9M0.27%−28,941−20.6%Reduced
Partners Capital Investment Group, LLP108,077$24.0M1.18%+108,077New
New York State Teachers Retirement System107,517$23.9M0.05%+4,600+4.5%Added
Prudential Financial Inc107,246$23.9M0.03%−25,452−19.2%Reduced
Hudson Way Capital Management LLC102,197$22.7M5.36%+8,990+9.6%Added
Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp101,941$22.7M0.05%−7,533−6.9%Reduced
Adage Capital Partners GP, L.L.C.100,940$22.5M0.04%−2,000−1.9%Reduced
Ossiam100,494$22.4M0.58%+3,330+3.4%Added
Victory Capital Management Inc121,004$21.6M0.02%−34,319−22.1%Reduced