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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 2023

Institutional positions in Verisign Inc as of Sep 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
601
−22 vs. Q2 2023
Shares held
93.3M
−1.52M (−1.6%) vs. Q2 2023
Total value
$18.9B
−$2.48B (−11.6%) vs. Q2 2023
New holders
42
226 more added
Sold out
64
240 more reduced

5 institutions that held it in Q2 2023 haven't filed for Q3 2023 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q2 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 holdersQ3 2023: 601 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 2023: $18.9B
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 2023

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Verisign Inc; share changes are against Q2 2023.

Institutions holding VRSN in Q3 2023
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Berkshire Hathaway IncSuperinvestorBerkshire Hathaway12,815,613$2.60B0.82%00.0%Unchanged
Vanguard Group Inc10,333,602$2.09B0.05%−74,210−0.7%Reduced
BlackRock Inc.9,624,002$1.95B0.06%+311,235+3.3%Added
Ninety One UK Ltd5,296,459$1.07B3.39%−174,130−3.2%Reduced
State Street Corp3,573,851$723.8M0.04%−141,902−3.8%Reduced
Renaissance Technologies LLC3,094,490$626.7M1.07%+37,900+1.2%Added
Principal Financial Group Inc2,386,232$483.3M0.35%−18,972−0.8%Reduced
Geode Capital Management, LLC2,360,188$477.6M0.06%+63,773+2.8%Added
Macquarie Group Ltd2,273,668$460.5M0.58%−462,009−16.9%Reduced
Morgan Stanley1,826,836$370.0M0.04%+233,811+14.7%Added
Cantillon Capital Management LLC1,792,051$362.9M2.69%−7,022−0.4%Reduced
Wellington Management Group LLP1,658,003$335.8M0.07%−571,608−25.6%Reduced
Invesco Ltd.1,090,068$220.8M0.06%+125,901+13.1%Added
Northern Trust Corp1,056,995$214.1M0.04%+44,080+4.4%Added
Norges Bank983,456$199.2M0.04%−2,225−0.2%Reduced
Lazard Asset Management LLC902,072$182.7M0.25%−170,242−15.9%Reduced
D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.883,700$179.0M0.30%+398,773+82.2%Added
Alliancebernstein L.P.845,907$171.3M0.07%−4,014−0.5%Reduced
Goldman Sachs Group Inc762,979$154.5M0.04%+75,210+10.9%Added
Vaughan Nelson Investment Management, L.P.749,534$151.8M1.71%+105,901+16.5%Added
Liontrust Investment Partners LLP744,892$150.9M2.41%−32,185−4.1%Reduced
Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Inc739,476$149.8M0.89%−13,044−1.7%Reduced
Bank of New York Mellon Corp705,819$142.9M0.03%−26,826−3.7%Reduced
Legal & General Group Plc695,976$141.0M0.05%−26,225−3.6%Reduced
American Century Companies Inc684,197$138.6M0.11%−289,257−29.7%Reduced
Fundsmith LLPSuperinvestorFundsmith670,166$135.7M0.62%−4,625−0.7%Reduced
JPMorgan Chase & Co660,463$133.8M0.02%+96,676+17.1%Added
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership627,467$127.1M0.15%+129,120+25.9%Added
Bamco Inc603,174$122.2M0.35%−11,773−1.9%Reduced
UBS Asset Management Americas Inc586,369$118.8M0.05%+50,767+9.5%Added
California Public Employees Retirement System574,475$116.3M0.10%−2,037−0.4%Reduced
Amundi518,507$107.6M0.05%+96,571+22.9%Added
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc460,123$93.2M0.03%−251−0.1%Reduced
Price T Rowe Associates Inc455,296$92.2M0.01%−326,282−41.7%Reduced
Ninety One North America, Inc.452,421$91.6M4.49%−60,008−11.7%Reduced
Millennium Management LLC445,854$90.3M0.09%+206,769+86.5%Added
AQR Capital Management LLC442,523$89.6M0.19%+220,106+99.0%Added
FIL Ltd435,397$88.2M0.10%−24,496−5.3%Reduced
Bank of America Corp409,105$82.9M0.01%+44,823+12.3%Added
AustralianSuper Pty Ltd386,360$78.2M0.51%−7,559−1.9%Reduced
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP385,879$78.2M0.03%−1,584−0.4%Reduced
BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A.367,513$74.4M0.23%+84,528+29.9%Added
BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA358,478$72.6M0.16%+70,345+24.4%Added
Schroder Investment Management Group356,011$72.1M0.11%+70,423+24.7%Added
Two Creeks Capital Management, LP351,414$71.2M4.59%−27,917−7.4%Reduced
Qube Research & Technologies Ltd339,728$68.8M0.20%−12,270−3.5%Reduced
Ameriprise Financial Inc331,347$67.1M0.02%+4,249+1.3%Added
Deutsche Bank AG321,065$65.0M0.04%−105,412−24.7%Reduced
Ci Investments Inc.302,426$61.3M0.34%+5,519+1.9%Added
Credit Suisse AG301,010$61.0M0.06%+132,278+78.4%Added
Swiss National Bank301,000$61.0M0.05%−38,100−11.2%Reduced
Nuveen Asset Management, LLC289,865$58.7M0.02%−7,200−2.4%Reduced
Two Sigma Advisers, LP284,995$57.7M0.15%−73,600−20.5%Reduced
Royal Bank of Canada276,632$56.0M0.02%−38,167−12.1%Reduced
FMR LLC254,335$51.5M0.00%−54,209−17.6%Reduced
Natixis Advisors, L.P.253,703$51.4M0.16%+25,136+11.0%Added
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.246,464$49.9M0.04%−7,729−3.0%Reduced
Two Sigma Investments, LP243,599$49.3M0.14%+88,602+57.2%Added
Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.243,166$49.2M0.13%−530−0.2%Reduced
TD Asset Management Inc218,380$44.2M0.05%−5,392−2.4%Reduced
Rhumbline Advisers217,938$44.1M0.05%−1,483−0.7%Reduced
Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC214,894$43.5M0.08%+49,195+29.7%Added
Boston Financial Mangement LLC211,652$42.9M1.60%+969+0.5%Added
Nissay Asset Management Corp211,332$42.8M0.38%−2,108−1.0%Reduced
Squarepoint Ops LLC208,524$42.2M0.20%+137,272+192.7%Added
Voya Investment Management LLC207,099$41.9M0.05%−6,317−3.0%Reduced
Russell Investments Group, Ltd.206,646$41.9M0.08%+37,301+22.0%Added
HSBC Holdings PLC198,535$40.4M0.04%+840.0%Added
Barclays PLC194,710$39.4M0.03%+5,258+2.8%Added
Balyasny Asset Management LLC164,978$33.4M0.09%−124,799−43.1%Reduced
National Pension Service165,426$33.1M0.05%+4,789+3.0%Added
Man Group plc–$31.6M0.10%––
Triple Frond Partners LLC154,694$31.3M3.97%00.0%Unchanged
Virginia Retirement Systems Et Al148,991$30.2M0.30%00.0%Unchanged
Los Angeles Capital Management LLC147,929$30.0M0.13%−60,199−28.9%Reduced
California State Teachers Retirement System143,934$29.2M0.04%−6,027−4.0%Reduced
Citigroup Inc143,841$29.1M0.04%−3,349−2.3%Reduced
APG Asset Management N.V.142,316$28.8M0.06%−9,726−6.4%Reduced
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans137,296$27.8M0.07%+4,176+3.1%Added
Baird Financial Group, Inc.136,994$27.7M0.08%−1,111−0.8%Reduced
Natixis Investment Managers International134,670$27.3M2.11%+16,855+14.3%Added
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ)132,402$26.8M0.18%+19,781+17.6%Added
Pictet Asset Management Holding SA123,545$25.0M0.03%+123,545New
Caisse de Depot Et Placement du Quebec122,701$24.9M0.07%+41,654+51.4%Added
Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp119,181$24.1M0.06%+4,602+4.0%Added
Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc118,835$24.1M0.05%−2,359−1.9%Reduced
Great West Life Assurance Co117,046$23.7M0.06%+2,231+1.9%Added
Douglas Lane & Associates, LLC114,945$23.3M0.39%−2,243−1.9%Reduced
Victory Capital Management Inc111,241$22.5M0.03%+5,334+5.0%Added
New York State Common Retirement Fund110,956$22.5M0.03%−14,919−11.9%Reduced
UBS Group AG108,662$22.0M0.01%−59,136−35.2%Reduced
STRS Ohio108,400$22.0M0.10%00.0%Unchanged
Pinebridge Investments, L.P.106,745$21.6M0.24%+85,259+396.8%Added
Teacher Retirement System of Texas105,347$21.3M0.14%+2,489+2.4%Added
NS Partners Ltd104,969$21.3M1.14%−207−0.2%Reduced
First Trust Advisors LP104,748$21.2M0.03%−642,238−86.0%Reduced
State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System103,400$20.9M0.05%−10,040−8.9%Reduced
Wells Fargo & Company102,156$20.7M0.01%−18,054−15.0%Reduced
Twinbeech Capital LP99,875$20.2M0.39%−31,371−23.9%Reduced
HRT Financial LP95,330$19.3M0.19%+89,466+1,525.7%Added