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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, Q4 2023

Institutional positions in Verisign Inc as of Dec 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
669
+76 vs. Q3 2023
Shares held
93.9M
+730.5K (+0.8%) vs. Q3 2023
Total value
$19.3B
+$427.8M (+2.3%) vs. Q3 2023
New holders
122
201 more added
Sold out
46
253 more reduced

8 institutions that held it in Q3 2023 haven't filed for Q4 2023 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q3 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 holdersQ4 2023: 669 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 heldQ4 2023: $19.3B
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, Q4 2023

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Verisign Inc; share changes are against Q3 2023.

Institutions holding VRSN in Q4 2023
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Berkshire Hathaway IncSuperinvestorBerkshire Hathaway12,815,613$2.64B0.75%00.0%Unchanged
BlackRock Inc.10,818,300$2.23B0.06%+1,194,298+12.4%Added
Vanguard Group Inc10,322,432$2.13B0.05%−11,170−0.1%Reduced
Ninety One UK Ltd5,234,855$1.08B3.21%−61,604−1.2%Reduced
State Street Corp3,710,638$764.2M0.04%+136,787+3.8%Added
Renaissance Technologies LLC3,045,490$627.2M0.97%−49,000−1.6%Reduced
Geode Capital Management, LLC2,384,884$490.5M0.05%+24,696+1.0%Added
Principal Financial Group Inc2,374,995$489.2M0.31%−11,237−0.5%Reduced
Macquarie Group Ltd2,068,238$426.0M0.49%−205,430−9.0%Reduced
Morgan Stanley1,942,109$400.0M0.04%+115,273+6.3%Added
Cantillon Capital Management LLC1,749,432$360.3M2.41%−42,619−2.4%Reduced
Invesco Ltd.1,353,765$278.8M0.07%+263,697+24.2%Added
D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.1,071,302$220.6M0.32%+187,602+21.2%Added
Citadel Advisors LLC1,058,401$218.0M0.22%+1,054,714+28,606.3%Added
Norges Bank1,005,833$207.2M0.04%+22,377+2.3%Added
Goldman Sachs Group Inc1,005,583$207.1M0.05%+242,604+31.8%Added
Northern Trust Corp970,917$200.0M0.04%−86,078−8.1%Reduced
Alliancebernstein L.P.837,573$172.5M0.07%−8,334−1.0%Reduced
Wellington Management Group LLP804,156$165.6M0.03%−853,847−51.5%Reduced
Vaughan Nelson Investment Management, L.P.772,330$159.1M1.59%+22,796+3.0%Added
Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Inc762,763$157.1M0.79%+23,287+3.1%Added
Lazard Asset Management LLC743,540$153.1M0.19%−158,532−17.6%Reduced
Amundi767,989$151.7M0.07%+249,482+48.1%Added
Liontrust Investment Partners LLP701,816$144.5M2.10%−43,076−5.8%Reduced
Bank of New York Mellon Corp685,877$141.3M0.03%−19,942−2.8%Reduced
Fundsmith LLPSuperinvestorFundsmith661,533$136.2M0.57%−8,633−1.3%Reduced
Legal & General Group Plc659,551$135.8M0.04%−36,425−5.2%Reduced
JPMorgan Chase & Co618,791$127.4M0.01%−41,672−6.3%Reduced
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership609,589$125.6M0.13%−17,878−2.8%Reduced
AQR Capital Management LLC586,635$120.8M0.23%+144,112+32.6%Added
UBS Asset Management Americas Inc580,488$119.6M0.05%−5,881−1.0%Reduced
Bamco Inc574,274$118.3M0.31%−28,900−4.8%Reduced
California Public Employees Retirement System559,628$115.3M0.09%−14,847−2.6%Reduced
Qube Research & Technologies Ltd491,556$101.2M0.23%+151,828+44.7%Added
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc462,829$95.3M0.02%+2,706+0.6%Added
Deutsche Bank AG412,058$84.9M0.04%+90,993+28.3%Added
BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA393,273$81.0M0.15%+34,795+9.7%Added
Bank of America Corp389,210$80.2M0.01%−19,895−4.9%Reduced
Schroder Investment Management Group388,874$80.1M0.10%+32,863+9.2%Added
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP388,400$80.0M0.02%+2,521+0.7%Added
Ninety One North America, Inc.386,202$79.5M3.88%−66,219−14.6%Reduced
Millennium Management LLC370,783$76.4M0.07%−75,071−16.8%Reduced
BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A.357,523$73.6M0.21%−9,990−2.7%Reduced
TD Asset Management Inc330,291$68.0M0.07%+111,911+51.2%Added
HSBC Holdings PLC316,132$65.0M0.06%+117,597+59.2%Added
Swiss National Bank290,300$59.8M0.04%−10,700−3.6%Reduced
Nuveen Asset Management, LLC288,218$59.4M0.02%−1,647−0.6%Reduced
Ci Investments Inc.281,020$57.9M0.30%−21,406−7.1%Reduced
Barclays PLC278,979$57.5M0.03%+84,269+43.3%Added
Natixis Advisors, L.P.273,477$56.3M0.15%+19,774+7.8%Added
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.272,103$56.0M0.04%+25,639+10.4%Added
FMR LLC259,918$53.5M0.00%+5,583+2.2%Added
Ameriprise Financial Inc257,011$52.9M0.02%−74,336−22.4%Reduced
APG Asset Management N.V.267,566$49.9M0.10%+125,250+88.0%Added
Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.239,980$49.4M0.12%−3,186−1.3%Reduced
Assenagon Asset Management S.A.238,978$49.2M0.15%+197,169+471.6%Added
Two Creeks Capital Management, LP237,823$49.0M3.07%−113,591−32.3%Reduced
Triple Frond Partners LLC233,415$48.1M5.72%+78,721+50.9%Added
Rhumbline Advisers218,555$45.0M0.05%+617+0.3%Added
Voya Investment Management LLC207,658$42.8M0.04%+559+0.3%Added
Boston Financial Mangement LLC206,024$42.4M1.44%−5,628−2.7%Reduced
Russell Investments Group, Ltd.203,625$41.9M0.07%−3,021−1.5%Reduced
Royal Bank of Canada200,172$41.2M0.01%−76,460−27.6%Reduced
Two Sigma Advisers, LP194,395$40.0M0.09%−90,600−31.8%Reduced
Price T Rowe Associates Inc192,663$39.7M0.01%−262,633−57.7%Reduced
Citigroup Inc188,191$38.8M0.05%+44,350+30.8%Added
Credit Suisse AG181,636$37.4M0.04%−119,374−39.7%Reduced
Aware Super Pty Ltd as trustee of Aware Super149,130$36.2M0.50%+149,130New
Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC165,487$34.1M0.06%−49,407−23.0%Reduced
National Pension Service165,426$34.1M0.05%00.0%Unchanged
Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp157,196$32.4M0.08%+38,015+31.9%Added
Baird Financial Group, Inc.147,618$30.4M0.07%+10,624+7.8%Added
California State Teachers Retirement System145,535$30.0M0.04%+1,601+1.1%Added
Natixis Investment Managers International144,125$29.7M2.10%+9,455+7.0%Added
Woodline Partners LP143,199$29.5M0.32%+143,199New
UBS Group AG142,422$29.3M0.01%+33,760+31.1%Added
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans140,475$28.9M0.06%+3,179+2.3%Added
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ)134,353$27.7M0.16%+1,951+1.5%Added
Twinbeech Capital LP133,498$27.5M0.44%+33,623+33.7%Added
Man Group plc128,024$26.4M0.08%––
Pictet Asset Management Holding SA127,149$26.2M0.03%+3,604+2.9%Added
Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc121,920$25.1M0.05%+3,085+2.6%Added
Wells Fargo & Company115,013$23.7M0.01%+12,857+12.6%Added
STRS Ohio108,400$22.3M0.09%00.0%Unchanged
Great West Life Assurance Co108,812$22.3M0.05%−8,234−7.0%Reduced
Douglas Lane & Associates, LLC105,981$21.8M0.34%−8,964−7.8%Reduced
NS Partners Ltd105,293$21.7M1.05%+324+0.3%Added
FIL Ltd104,777$21.6M0.02%−330,620−75.9%Reduced
New York State Common Retirement Fund102,573$21.1M0.03%−8,383−7.6%Reduced
Bank of Montreal100,941$20.8M0.01%+29,521+41.3%Added
Los Angeles Capital Management LLC100,874$20.8M0.08%−47,055−31.8%Reduced
Victory Capital Management Inc100,282$20.7M0.02%−10,959−9.9%Reduced
State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System98,367$20.3M0.04%−5,033−4.9%Reduced
Epoch Investment Partners, Inc.96,882$20.0M0.09%+69,217+250.2%Added
KBC Group NV96,576$19.9M0.07%+10,699+12.5%Added
Envestnet Asset Management Inc94,726$19.5M0.01%+6,668+7.6%Added
Franklin Resources Inc94,422$19.4M0.01%−386−0.4%Reduced
Gateway Investment Advisers LLC91,178$18.8M0.22%−87−0.1%Reduced
New York State Teachers Retirement System87,503$18.0M0.04%−60.0%Reduced
Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co., Ltd.88,009$17.7M0.03%+736+0.8%Added