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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 20 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 2023

Institutional positions in Verisign Inc as of Mar 31, 2023. 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
618
+8 vs. Q4 2022
Shares held
96.0M
−2.26M (−2.3%) vs. Q4 2022
Total value
$20.3B
+$122.2M (+0.6%) vs. Q4 2022
New holders
71
232 more added
Sold out
63
208 more reduced

11 institutions that held it in Q4 2022 haven't filed for Q1 2023 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q4 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 holdersQ1 2023: 618 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 2023: $20.3B
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 2023

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Verisign Inc; share changes are against Q4 2022.

Institutions holding VRSN in Q1 2023
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Bank of Montreal70,420$14.9M0.01%+14,958+27.0%Added
Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co., Ltd.70,543$14.9M0.04%+5,370+8.2%Added
Prudential Financial Inc81,590$15.1M0.02%−39,256−32.5%Reduced
Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC72,572$15.3M0.14%+14,918+25.9%Added
Hudson Way Capital Management LLC83,507$17.6M4.39%−33,305−28.5%Reduced
Hutchinson Capital Management84,484$17.9M4.63%+661+0.8%Added
Overbrook Management Corp85,516$18.1M4.73%+35,493+71.0%Added
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ)86,404$18.3M0.13%−11,069−11.4%Reduced
Point72 Asset Management, L.P.88,129$18.6M0.07%+52,695+148.7%Added
UBS Group AG89,140$18.8M0.01%−12,290−12.1%Reduced
Gateway Investment Advisers LLC90,507$19.1M0.23%−854−0.9%Reduced
Adage Capital Partners GP, L.L.C.91,740$19.4M0.04%−2,100−2.2%Reduced
Minot Capital, LP92,258$19.5M3.53%00.0%Unchanged
Great West Life Assurance Co94,635$20.0M0.05%+2,998+3.3%Added
Natixis Investment Managers International95,420$20.2M1.52%−16,805−15.0%Reduced
Ossiam96,645$20.4M0.42%−3,072−3.1%Reduced
Vontobel Holding Ltd.96,835$20.5M0.19%−3,772−3.7%Reduced
Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp99,250$21.0M0.05%+25,658+34.9%Added
Korea Investment CORP105,838$22.4M0.07%+31,529+42.4%Added
NS Partners Ltd106,225$22.4M1.26%−220−0.2%Reduced
Intech Investment Management LLC106,814$22.6M0.18%+1,893+1.8%Added
New York State Teachers Retirement System107,582$22.7M0.05%−3,065−2.8%Reduced
Aviva PLC110,297$23.3M0.11%+27,929+33.9%Added
Citigroup Inc112,545$23.8M0.03%−148,356−56.9%Reduced
Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund113,295$23.9M0.51%+7,799+7.4%Added
Victory Capital Management Inc117,360$24.8M0.03%−2,209−1.8%Reduced
STRS Ohio118,400$25.0M0.11%00.0%Unchanged
Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc120,179$25.4M0.05%−677−0.6%Reduced
Douglas Lane & Associates, LLC121,222$25.6M0.43%−19,494−13.9%Reduced
Wells Fargo & Company121,802$25.7M0.01%−381−0.3%Reduced
State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System122,650$25.9M0.06%−2,520−2.0%Reduced
Man Group plc–$27.4M0.10%––
New York State Common Retirement Fund135,097$28.6M0.04%−6,300−4.5%Reduced
Citadel Advisors LLC136,970$28.9M0.03%−233,132−63.0%Reduced
Royal Bank of Canada141,356$29.9M0.01%−188,405−57.1%Reduced
Baird Financial Group, Inc.143,597$30.3M0.07%−6,327−4.2%Reduced
Virginia Retirement Systems Et Al148,991$31.5M0.33%+49,391+49.6%Added
APG Asset Management N.V.162,264$31.6M0.07%−26,695−14.1%Reduced
National Pension Service153,613$31.7M0.06%+8,565+5.9%Added
KBC Group NV156,038$33.0M0.14%−29,896−16.1%Reduced
California State Teachers Retirement System156,822$33.1M0.05%−2,871−1.8%Reduced
Pictet Asset Management SA157,585$33.3M0.04%+39,243+33.2%Added
HSBC Holdings PLC159,736$33.6M0.04%+55,422+53.1%Added
Triple Frond Partners LLC161,504$34.1M4.98%−2,500−1.5%Reduced
Nissay Asset Management Corp166,728$35.2M0.31%+16,165+10.7%Added
Assenagon Asset Management S.A.172,090$36.4M0.14%+141,222+457.5%Added
Natixis Advisors, L.P.172,106$36.4M0.13%+15,237+9.7%Added
TD Asset Management Inc172,800$36.5M0.04%+7,605+4.6%Added
Credit Suisse AG178,209$37.7M0.04%+4,422+2.5%Added
Russell Investments Group, Ltd.178,372$37.7M0.07%−6,245−3.4%Reduced
Barclays PLC183,335$38.7M0.04%+26,644+17.0%Added
Qube Research & Technologies Ltd184,169$38.9M0.22%+22,294+13.8%Added
AQR Capital Management LLC193,254$40.2M0.09%−5,148−2.6%Reduced
Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC190,626$40.3M0.07%−40,633−17.6%Reduced
Los Angeles Capital Management LLC196,136$41.4M0.18%+17,772+10.0%Added
Jupiter Asset Management Ltd209,125$44.2M0.61%+142,496+213.9%Added
Boston Financial Mangement LLC210,471$44.5M1.74%−6,498−3.0%Reduced
Rhumbline Advisers215,437$45.5M0.06%−1,513−0.7%Reduced
Voya Investment Management LLC216,813$45.8M0.05%+1,496+0.7%Added
Schroder Investment Management Group246,017$52.0M0.08%−11,319−4.4%Reduced
JPMorgan Chase & Co252,285$53.3M0.01%+128,174+103.3%Added
FMR LLC260,532$55.1M0.01%−56,008−17.7%Reduced
Two Sigma Investments, LP269,201$56.9M0.17%+114,239+73.7%Added
BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A.272,166$57.5M0.20%−27,847−9.3%Reduced
Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.282,021$59.6M0.16%+91,590+48.1%Added
Mackenzie Financial Corp293,726$62.1M0.10%+7,600+2.7%Added
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.295,618$62.5M0.05%−8,120−2.7%Reduced
Ci Investments Inc.299,598$63.3M0.32%+5,397+1.8%Added
BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA305,259$64.5M0.14%+110,161+56.5%Added
ETF Managers Group, LLC323,383$68.3M2.21%−5,390−1.6%Reduced
Nuveen Asset Management, LLC362,493$76.6M0.03%−14,065−3.7%Reduced
Deutsche Bank AG372,815$78.8M0.04%+137,046+58.1%Added
Swiss National Bank378,800$80.1M0.05%−13,600−3.5%Reduced
Two Creeks Capital Management, LP379,331$80.2M5.34%−239,719−38.7%Reduced
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP379,677$80.2M0.03%−1450.0%Reduced
FIL Ltd387,279$81.8M0.09%−55,761−12.6%Reduced
Ameriprise Financial Inc429,141$90.7M0.03%−65,986−13.3%Reduced
Two Sigma Advisers, LP450,195$95.1M0.25%+187,400+71.3%Added
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership450,409$95.2M0.12%+127,794+39.6%Added
Bank of America Corp460,571$97.3M0.01%+109,442+31.2%Added
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc466,728$98.6M0.03%+906+0.2%Added
Amundi469,137$99.7M0.05%+307,076+189.5%Added
Vaughan Nelson Investment Management, L.P.481,972$101.9M1.26%−2,093−0.4%Reduced
AustralianSuper Pty Ltd491,776$103.9M0.72%+57,277+13.2%Added
Ninety One North America, Inc.513,755$108.6M4.92%+24,854+5.1%Added
UBS Asset Management Americas Inc535,602$113.2M0.05%+19,355+3.7%Added
Millennium Management LLC535,844$113.2M0.13%−88,545−14.2%Reduced
Echo Street Capital Management LLC548,535$115.9M1.04%−103,615−15.9%Reduced
D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.553,544$117.0M0.19%+66,271+13.6%Added
California Public Employees Retirement System595,343$125.8M0.11%−44,168−6.9%Reduced
Bamco Inc647,247$136.8M0.41%−5,896−0.9%Reduced
Fundsmith LLPSuperinvestorFundsmith674,791$142.6M0.62%00.0%Unchanged
Price T Rowe Associates Inc690,692$146.0M0.02%−334,443−32.6%Reduced
Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Inc721,162$152.4M0.93%+36,746+5.4%Added
Legal & General Group Plc733,357$155.0M0.06%−4,881−0.7%Reduced
Bank of New York Mellon Corp748,864$158.3M0.03%−29,781−3.8%Reduced
Liontrust Investment Partners LLP802,500$169.6M2.55%+22,900+2.9%Added
First Trust Advisors LP841,458$177.8M0.21%−2,371−0.3%Reduced
Alliancebernstein L.P.849,044$179.4M0.08%−4,936−0.6%Reduced
Goldman Sachs Group Inc884,231$186.9M0.05%−532,408−37.6%Reduced