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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, Q2 2023

Institutional positions in Verisign Inc as of Jun 30, 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
628
+12 vs. Q1 2023
Shares held
94.9M
−683.1K (−0.7%) vs. Q1 2023
Total value
$21.4B
+$1.22B (+6.0%) vs. Q1 2023
New holders
62
224 more added
Sold out
50
237 more reduced

2 institutions that held it in Q1 2023 haven't filed for Q2 2023 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q1 2023: 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 holdersQ2 2023: 628 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 heldQ2 2023: $21.4B
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, Q2 2023

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Verisign Inc; share changes are against Q1 2023.

Institutions holding VRSN in Q2 2023
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Bamco Inc614,947$139.0M0.38%−32,300−5.0%Reduced
Vaughan Nelson Investment Management, L.P.643,633$145.4M1.61%+161,661+33.5%Added
Fundsmith LLPSuperinvestorFundsmith674,791$152.5M0.64%00.0%Unchanged
Goldman Sachs Group Inc687,769$155.4M0.04%−196,462−22.2%Reduced
Legal & General Group Plc722,201$163.2M0.05%−11,156−1.5%Reduced
Bank of New York Mellon Corp732,645$165.6M0.03%−16,219−2.2%Reduced
First Trust Advisors LP746,986$168.8M0.19%−94,472−11.2%Reduced
Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Inc752,520$170.0M0.98%+31,358+4.3%Added
Liontrust Investment Partners LLP777,077$175.6M2.53%−25,423−3.2%Reduced
Price T Rowe Associates Inc781,578$176.6M0.02%+90,886+13.2%Added
Alliancebernstein L.P.849,921$192.1M0.08%+877+0.1%Added
Invesco Ltd.964,167$217.9M0.06%+54,899+6.0%Added
American Century Companies Inc973,454$220.0M0.17%−197,739−16.9%Reduced
Norges Bank985,681$222.7M0.04%−4,946−0.5%Reduced
Northern Trust Corp1,012,915$228.9M0.04%−85,026−7.7%Reduced
Lazard Asset Management LLC1,072,314$242.3M0.30%−264,728−19.8%Reduced
Morgan Stanley1,593,025$360.0M0.04%+186,132+13.2%Added
Cantillon Capital Management LLC1,799,073$406.5M2.84%+107,824+6.4%Added
Wellington Management Group LLP2,229,611$503.8M0.10%−42,848−1.9%Reduced
Geode Capital Management, LLC2,296,415$518.2M0.06%+50,202+2.2%Added
Principal Financial Group Inc2,405,204$543.5M0.37%−62,636−2.5%Reduced
Macquarie Group Ltd2,735,677$618.2M0.71%−406,621−12.9%Reduced
Renaissance Technologies LLC3,056,590$690.7M1.00%−126,500−4.0%Reduced
State Street Corp3,715,753$839.6M0.04%+22,517+0.6%Added
Ninety One UK Ltd5,470,589$1.24B3.61%−58,147−1.1%Reduced
BlackRock Inc.9,312,767$2.10B0.06%+160,767+1.8%Added
Vanguard Group Inc10,407,812$2.35B0.06%+37,551+0.4%Added
Berkshire Hathaway IncSuperinvestorBerkshire Hathaway12,815,613$2.90B0.83%00.0%Unchanged
Point72 Asset Management, L.P.0$00.00%−88,129−100.0%Sold out
Hudson Way Capital Management LLC0$00.00%−83,507−100.0%Sold out
NFJ Investment Group, LLC0$00.00%−50,027−100.0%Sold out
Bridger Management, LLC0$00.00%−47,300−100.0%Sold out
Baader Bank INC0$00.00%−31,400−100.0%Sold out
Jump Financial, LLC0$00.00%−30,800−100.0%Sold out
Strategic Global Advisors, LLC0$00.00%−15,325−100.0%Sold out
Aquatic Capital Management LLC0$00.00%−9,900−100.0%Sold out
Edgestream Partners, L.P.0$00.00%−8,744−100.0%Sold out
Prelude Capital Management, LLC0$00.00%−5,421−100.0%Sold out
Duality Advisers, LP0$00.00%−4,921−100.0%Sold out
Prospera Financial Services Inc0$00.00%−4,637−100.0%Sold out
XTX Topco Ltd0$00.00%−4,113−100.0%Sold out
Martingale Asset Management L P0$00.00%−3,973−100.0%Sold out
Wolverine Trading, LLC0$00.00%−3,984−100.0%Sold out
Industrial Alliance Investment Management Inc.0$00.00%−3,815−100.0%Sold out
Simplex Trading, LLC0$00.00%−3,224−100.0%Sold out
Mercer Global Advisors Inc0$00.00%−3,143−100.0%Sold out
Graham Capital Management, L.P.0$00.00%−3,106−100.0%Sold out
Capula Management Ltd0$00.00%−2,460−100.0%Sold out
Axq Capital, LP0$00.00%−2,200−100.0%Sold out
AXS Investments LLC0$00.00%−2,056−100.0%Sold out
Empowered Funds, LLC0$00.00%−1,767−100.0%Sold out
Asahi Life Asset Management Co., Ltd.0$00.00%−1,590−100.0%Sold out
Acrisure Capital Management, LLC0$00.00%−1,520−100.0%Sold out
Boothbay Fund Management, LLC0$00.00%−1,370−100.0%Sold out
Power Corp of Canada0$00.00%−1,420−100.0%Sold out
Petrus Trust Company, LTA0$00.00%−1,312−100.0%Sold out
Y.D. More Investments Ltd0$00.00%−1,272−100.0%Sold out
Wexford Capital LP0$00.00%−1,271−100.0%Sold out
NinePointTwo Capital0$00.00%−1,222−100.0%Sold out
AIA Group Ltd0$00.00%−1,190−100.0%Sold out
Sherbrooke Park Advisers LLC0$00.00%−1,100−100.0%Sold out
Blair William & Co0$00.00%−1,052−100.0%Sold out
Albert D Mason Inc0$00.00%−963−100.0%Sold out
TCI Wealth Advisors, Inc.0$00.00%−540−100.0%Sold out
Ameritas Advisory Services, LLC0$00.00%−503−100.0%Sold out
PEAK6 Investments LLC0$00.00%−425−100.0%Sold out
Advisory Services Network, LLC0$00.00%−299−100.0%Sold out
Fred Alger Management, LLC0$00.00%−212−100.0%Sold out
Ten Capital Wealth Advisors, LLC0$00.00%−177−100.0%Sold out
Belpointe Asset Management LLC0$00.00%−136−100.0%Sold out
Exchange Traded Concepts, LLC0$00.00%−65−100.0%Sold out
Ellevest, Inc.0$00.00%−55−100.0%Sold out
Steward Financial Group LLC0$00.00%−25−100.0%Sold out
Schubert & Co0$00.00%−15−100.0%Sold out
Core Alternative Capital0$00.00%−5−100.0%Sold out
25 LLC0$00.00%−2−100.0%Sold out
WestEnd Advisors, LLC0$00.00%–Sold out
Summit Wealth Group, LLC0$00.00%−19,020−100.0%Sold out
ETF Managers Group, LLC––––Not filed
Kula Investments, LLC––––Not filed