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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, Q1 2024

Institutional positions in Verisign Inc as of Mar 31, 2024. 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
646
−14 vs. Q4 2023
Shares held
92.5M
−1.13M (−1.2%) vs. Q4 2023
Total value
$17.5B
−$1.75B (−9.1%) vs. Q4 2023
New holders
63
234 more added
Sold out
77
260 more reduced

9 institutions that held it in Q4 2023 haven't filed for Q1 2024 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q4 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 holdersQ1 2024: 646 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 2024: $17.5B
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 2024

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Verisign Inc; share changes are against Q4 2023.

Institutions holding VRSN in Q1 2024
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Berkshire Hathaway IncSuperinvestorBerkshire Hathaway12,815,613$2.43B0.73%00.0%Unchanged
Vanguard Group Inc10,316,027$1.95B0.04%−6,405−0.1%Reduced
BlackRock Inc.9,731,691$1.84B0.04%−1,086,609−10.0%Reduced
Ninety One UK Ltd4,731,540$896.7M2.52%−503,315−9.6%Reduced
State Street Corp3,757,399$712.1M0.03%+46,761+1.3%Added
Renaissance Technologies LLC3,043,790$576.8M0.91%−1,700−0.1%Reduced
Geode Capital Management, LLC2,459,317$465.6M0.04%+74,433+3.1%Added
Principal Financial Group Inc2,327,226$441.0M0.26%−47,769−2.0%Reduced
Morgan Stanley2,176,919$412.5M0.03%+234,810+12.1%Added
Macquarie Group Ltd1,978,813$375.0M0.43%−89,425−4.3%Reduced
Cantillon Capital Management LLC1,715,147$325.0M2.04%−34,285−2.0%Reduced
Invesco Ltd.1,542,185$292.3M0.06%+188,420+13.9%Added
D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.1,461,197$276.9M0.36%+389,895+36.4%Added
FIL Ltd1,113,928$211.1M0.21%+1,009,151+963.1%Added
Norges Bank1,107,028$209.8M0.03%+101,195+10.1%Added
Alliancebernstein L.P.1,036,770$196.5M0.07%+199,197+23.8%Added
Northern Trust Corp922,897$174.9M0.03%−48,020−4.9%Reduced
Liontrust Investment Partners LLP833,022$157.9M2.20%+131,206+18.7%Added
Lazard Asset Management LLC793,507$150.4M0.18%+49,967+6.7%Added
Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Inc716,021$135.7M0.61%−46,742−6.1%Reduced
JPMorgan Chase & Co704,144$133.4M0.01%+85,353+13.8%Added
Citadel Advisors LLC686,171$130.0M0.13%−372,230−35.2%Reduced
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership672,721$127.5M0.12%+63,132+10.4%Added
Goldman Sachs Group Inc656,059$124.3M0.03%−349,524−34.8%Reduced
Bank of New York Mellon Corp648,662$122.9M0.02%−37,215−5.4%Reduced
Legal & General Group Plc646,703$122.6M0.04%−12,848−1.9%Reduced
Fundsmith LLPSuperinvestorFundsmith644,143$122.1M0.48%−17,390−2.6%Reduced
TD Asset Management Inc643,173$121.9M0.11%+312,882+94.7%Added
UBS Asset Management Americas Inc549,608$104.2M0.04%−30,880−5.3%Reduced
BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA546,308$103.5M0.13%+153,035+38.9%Added
AQR Capital Management LLC545,803$103.4M0.18%−40,832−7.0%Reduced
Amundi553,160$101.2M0.04%−214,829−28.0%Reduced
Bank of America Corp532,340$100.9M0.01%+143,130+36.8%Added
California Public Employees Retirement System523,503$99.2M0.07%−36,125−6.5%Reduced
Qube Research & Technologies Ltd494,084$93.6M0.17%+2,528+0.5%Added
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc470,164$89.1M0.02%+7,335+1.6%Added
Millennium Management LLC440,765$83.5M0.07%+69,982+18.9%Added
HSBC Holdings PLC401,306$76.0M0.05%+85,174+26.9%Added
Ninety One North America, Inc.394,057$74.7M3.63%+7,855+2.0%Added
Barclays PLC390,851$74.1M0.03%+111,872+40.1%Added
Bamco Inc386,380$73.2M0.20%−187,894−32.7%Reduced
Schroder Investment Management Group376,049$71.3M0.08%−12,825−3.3%Reduced
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP373,828$70.8M0.02%−14,572−3.8%Reduced
BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A.369,044$69.9M0.19%+11,521+3.2%Added
Wellington Management Group LLP337,986$64.1M0.01%−466,170−58.0%Reduced
Epoch Investment Partners, Inc.334,652$63.4M0.28%+237,770+245.4%Added
Nuveen Asset Management, LLC292,617$55.5M0.02%+4,399+1.5%Added
Assenagon Asset Management S.A.288,083$54.6M0.14%+49,105+20.5%Added
Ci Investments Inc.281,942$53.4M0.21%+922+0.3%Added
Swiss National Bank275,200$52.2M0.04%−15,100−5.2%Reduced
Two Sigma Advisers, LP273,095$51.8M0.12%+78,700+40.5%Added
UBS Group AG270,553$51.3M0.02%+128,131+90.0%Added
Deutsche Bank AG269,598$51.1M0.02%−142,460−34.6%Reduced
Russell Investments Group, Ltd.266,104$50.4M0.08%+62,479+30.7%Added
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.262,987$49.8M0.03%−9,116−3.4%Reduced
FMR LLC242,289$45.9M0.00%−17,629−6.8%Reduced
Triple Frond Partners LLC233,415$44.2M5.03%00.0%Unchanged
APG Asset Management N.V.251,345$44.1M0.08%−16,221−6.1%Reduced
Rhumbline Advisers228,378$43.3M0.04%+9,823+4.5%Added
Boston Financial Mangement LLC204,718$38.8M1.24%−1,306−0.6%Reduced
Citigroup Inc202,701$38.4M0.04%+14,510+7.7%Added
Balyasny Asset Management LLC196,659$37.3M0.10%+143,124+267.3%Added
Credit Suisse AG184,117$34.9M0.03%+2,481+1.4%Added
Ameriprise Financial Inc178,311$33.8M0.01%−78,700−30.6%Reduced
National Pension Service171,730$32.5M0.04%+6,304+3.8%Added
Price T Rowe Associates Inc149,989$28.4M0.00%−42,674−22.1%Reduced
California State Teachers Retirement System145,199$27.5M0.03%−336−0.2%Reduced
Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC142,392$27.0M0.04%−23,095−14.0%Reduced
State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System122,650$25.9M0.06%+24,283+24.7%Added
Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.133,395$25.3M0.05%−106,585−44.4%Reduced
Wells Fargo & Company129,002$24.4M0.01%+13,989+12.2%Added
Pictet Asset Management Holding SA127,485$24.2M0.03%+336+0.3%Added
Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp122,832$23.3M0.05%−34,364−21.9%Reduced
Voloridge Investment Management, LLC122,396$23.2M0.08%+83,894+217.9%Added
Baird Financial Group, Inc.118,899$22.5M0.05%−28,719−19.5%Reduced
Woodline Partners LP116,257$22.0M0.20%−26,942−18.8%Reduced
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ)115,811$21.9M0.11%−18,542−13.8%Reduced
Twinbeech Capital LP115,026$21.8M0.45%−18,472−13.8%Reduced
Two Sigma Investments, LP113,549$21.5M0.05%+27,628+32.2%Added
Great West Life Assurance Co110,284$20.9M0.04%+1,472+1.4%Added
Envestnet Asset Management Inc109,604$20.8M0.01%+14,878+15.7%Added
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans108,731$20.6M0.04%−31,744−22.6%Reduced
Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co., Ltd.107,224$20.3M0.03%+19,215+21.8%Added
NS Partners Ltd105,549$20.0M0.92%+256+0.2%Added
Victory Capital Management Inc103,443$19.6M0.02%+3,161+3.2%Added
Douglas Lane & Associates, LLC102,491$19.4M0.27%−3,490−3.3%Reduced
Man Group plc102,375$19.4M0.05%−25,649−20.0%Reduced
Intech Investment Management LLC101,622$19.3M0.27%+68,103+203.2%Added
Engineers Gate Manager LP101,453$19.2M0.51%+63,668+168.5%Added
Royal Bank of Canada96,934$18.4M0.00%−103,238−51.6%Reduced
ING Groep NV95,777$18.2M0.12%+16,816+21.3%Added
New York State Common Retirement Fund95,058$18.0M0.02%−7,515−7.3%Reduced
KBC Group NV92,946$17.6M0.06%−3,630−3.8%Reduced
Gateway Investment Advisers LLC91,144$17.3M0.20%−340.0%Reduced
DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale91,916$17.0M0.03%+27,241+42.1%Added
Nitorum Capital, L.P.89,000$16.9M1.72%+89,000New
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board88,368$16.7M0.02%+57,454+185.9%Added
Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P.85,875$16.3M0.47%+21,340+33.1%Added
Vontobel Holding Ltd.84,516$16.0M0.13%+645+0.8%Added
Bank of Montreal84,353$16.0M0.01%−16,588−16.4%Reduced