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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 2022

Institutional positions in Verisign Inc as of Sep 30, 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
574
+9 vs. Q2 2022
Shares held
97.8M
−1.21M (−1.2%) vs. Q2 2022
Total value
$17.0B
+$426.5M (+2.6%) vs. Q2 2022
New holders
62
182 more added
Sold out
53
225 more reduced

7 institutions that held it in Q2 2022 haven't filed for Q3 2022 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q2 2022: 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 2022: 574 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 2022: $17.0B
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 2022

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Verisign Inc; share changes are against Q2 2022.

Institutions holding VRSN in Q3 2022
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Berkshire Hathaway IncSuperinvestorBerkshire Hathaway12,815,613$2.23B0.75%00.0%Unchanged
Vanguard Group Inc10,369,560$1.80B0.05%−110,434−1.1%Reduced
BlackRock Inc.9,266,085$1.61B0.05%+59,048+0.6%Added
Ninety One UK Ltd4,296,631$746.3M2.46%+221,742+5.4%Added
State Street Corp3,778,729$656.4M0.04%−45,794−1.2%Reduced
Renaissance Technologies LLC3,492,890$606.7M0.86%−464,000−11.7%Reduced
Macquarie Group Ltd2,843,307$493.9M0.61%−43,798−1.5%Reduced
Principal Financial Group Inc2,693,524$467.9M0.37%−17,736−0.7%Reduced
Geode Capital Management, LLC2,238,384$388.7M0.06%−23,482−1.0%Reduced
Cantillon Capital Management LLC1,751,262$304.2M2.76%−11,975−0.7%Reduced
American Century Companies Inc1,502,952$261.1M0.23%+203,809+15.7%Added
Capital International Investors1,454,909$252.7M0.07%+2390.0%Added
Goldman Sachs Group Inc1,435,817$249.4M0.07%+6,325+0.4%Added
First Trust Advisors LP1,257,143$218.4M0.28%−89,198−6.6%Reduced
Lazard Asset Management LLC1,246,907$216.6M0.32%−77,070−5.8%Reduced
Northern Trust Corp1,119,802$194.5M0.04%−26,951−2.4%Reduced
Wellington Management Group LLP1,061,184$184.3M0.04%+616,270+138.5%Added
Price T Rowe Associates Inc1,031,808$179.2M0.03%−1,391,017−57.4%Reduced
Morgan Stanley944,103$164.0M0.02%+28,681+3.1%Added
Norges Bank895,808$155.6M0.04%+9,932+1.1%Added
Ameriprise Financial Inc881,602$153.1M0.06%−193,787−18.0%Reduced
Alliancebernstein L.P.831,276$144.4M0.07%+130,091+18.6%Added
Liontrust Investment Partners LLP823,900$143.1M2.34%−40,500−4.7%Reduced
Invesco Ltd.817,442$142.0M0.05%−47,919−5.5%Reduced
Bank of New York Mellon Corp811,291$140.9M0.03%−24,235−2.9%Reduced
Legal & General Group Plc784,132$136.2M0.05%−70,695−8.3%Reduced
FIL Ltd775,934$134.8M0.17%−223,343−22.4%Reduced
Windacre Partnership LLC760,000$132.0M2.21%+760,000New
Echo Street Capital Management LLC736,948$128.0M1.23%−127,614−14.8%Reduced
D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.725,869$126.1M0.22%−32,267−4.3%Reduced
California Public Employees Retirement System696,096$120.9M0.11%−27,992−3.9%Reduced
Two Creeks Capital Management, LP690,443$119.9M8.68%+94,119+15.8%Added
Fundsmith LLPSuperinvestorFundsmith675,533$117.3M0.56%+8,035+1.2%Added
Bamco Inc660,068$114.7M0.37%00.0%Unchanged
UBS Asset Management Americas Inc648,886$112.7M0.06%+74,710+13.0%Added
Atalan Capital Partners, LP620,000$107.7M11.85%00.0%Unchanged
Ninety One North America, Inc.554,230$96.3M4.62%+4,562+0.8%Added
Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Inc551,607$95.8M0.76%+7,335+1.3%Added
AustralianSuper Pty Ltd468,660$81.4M0.64%+80,911+20.9%Added
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc459,284$79.8M0.03%+6,054+1.3%Added
Vaughan Nelson Investment Management, L.P.449,830$78.1M1.13%+449,830New
Royal Bank of Canada439,767$76.4M0.03%−136,683−23.7%Reduced
Swiss National Bank427,237$74.2M0.05%−2,800−0.7%Reduced
ETF Managers Group, LLC391,405$68.0M2.18%−33,308−7.8%Reduced
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP381,593$66.3M0.03%+7,850+2.1%Added
Nuveen Asset Management, LLC375,282$65.2M0.03%+61,553+19.6%Added
Parsifal Capital Management, LP370,671$64.4M6.78%+370,671New
CCLA Investment Management Ltd368,735$64.1M1.55%+368,735New
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership347,117$60.3M0.09%−11,002−3.1%Reduced
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.339,684$59.0M0.05%−260−0.1%Reduced
Schroder Investment Management Group339,339$58.9M0.10%−2,492−0.7%Reduced
Bank of America Corp332,051$57.7M0.01%−56,269−14.5%Reduced
APG Asset Management N.V.306,514$54.3M0.14%−195,739−39.0%Reduced
BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A.311,078$54.0M0.21%−34,954−10.1%Reduced
FMR LLC308,605$53.6M0.01%+110,681+55.9%Added
Ci Investments Inc.292,049$50.7M0.26%+14,966+5.4%Added
Two Sigma Advisers, LP285,095$49.5M0.14%−38,200−11.8%Reduced
Mackenzie Financial Corp272,270$47.3M0.08%−3,929−1.4%Reduced
AQR Capital Management LLC247,763$43.0M0.10%−7,820−3.1%Reduced
Deutsche Bank AG241,035$41.9M0.03%−6,307−2.5%Reduced
Amundi219,028$40.3M0.02%−77,910−26.2%Reduced
Boston Financial Mangement LLC219,904$38.2M1.66%−1,038−0.5%Reduced
Voya Investment Management LLC214,833$37.3M0.04%+177,603+477.0%Added
Rhumbline Advisers212,104$36.8M0.05%+2,496+1.2%Added
Russell Investments Group, Ltd.200,495$34.8M0.08%+56,969+39.7%Added
Citadel Advisors LLC194,974$33.9M0.04%+179,005+1,121.0%Added
Credit Suisse AG192,249$33.4M0.04%−9,404−4.7%Reduced
Baird Financial Group, Inc.167,922$29.2M0.09%−186,606−52.6%Reduced
BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA165,075$28.7M0.07%−48,531−22.7%Reduced
TD Asset Management Inc162,388$28.6M0.04%−14,814−8.4%Reduced
Triple Frond Partners LLC164,004$28.5M5.02%−33,707−17.0%Reduced
California State Teachers Retirement System159,042$27.6M0.05%−3,274−2.0%Reduced
Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.158,331$27.5M0.09%+10,674+7.2%Added
Natixis Advisors, L.P.156,068$27.1M0.11%+132,350+558.0%Added
National Pension Service146,917$25.9M0.05%−2,733−1.8%Reduced
New York State Common Retirement Fund140,446$24.4M0.04%−8,907−6.0%Reduced
Douglas Lane & Associates, LLC138,251$24.0M0.44%−1,987−1.4%Reduced
Victory Capital Management Inc137,156$23.8M0.03%+9,939+7.8%Added
JPMorgan Chase & Co132,801$23.1M0.00%−85,697−39.2%Reduced
Wells Fargo & Company130,010$22.6M0.01%−16,408−11.2%Reduced
Intech Investment Management LLC126,228$21.9M0.16%+89,181+240.7%Added
State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System124,770$21.7M0.06%−2,231−1.8%Reduced
Barclays PLC122,172$21.2M0.02%+7,641+6.7%Added
Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc119,130$20.7M0.05%+690+0.6%Added
STRS Ohio118,400$20.6M0.10%+27,500+30.3%Added
Hudson Way Capital Management LLC116,812$20.3M5.55%+24,836+27.0%Added
Pictet Asset Management SA115,924$20.1M0.03%−1,741−1.5%Reduced
Natixis Investment Managers International112,225$19.5M1.56%+112,225New
New York State Teachers Retirement System110,696$19.2M0.05%+3,169+2.9%Added
Great West Life Assurance Co110,551$19.2M0.05%+4,340+4.1%Added
Millennium Management LLC108,227$18.8M0.02%−179,612−62.4%Reduced
Citigroup Inc107,852$18.7M0.03%+8,971+9.1%Added
ProShare Advisors LLC105,970$18.4M0.07%−25,645−19.5%Reduced
KBC Group NV105,897$18.4M0.10%+74,257+234.7%Added
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ)104,502$18.2M0.15%−6,117−5.5%Reduced
Ossiam101,009$17.5M0.51%−2,036−2.0%Reduced
Jupiter Asset Management Ltd97,606$17.0M0.26%−81,052−45.4%Reduced
Adage Capital Partners GP, L.L.C.95,140$16.5M0.04%−4,100−4.1%Reduced
NS Partners Ltd94,676$16.4M1.07%+4,859+5.4%Added
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd.93,663$16.3M0.04%−3,355−3.5%Reduced