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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 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
Wellington Management Group LLP337,986$64.1M0.01%−466,170−58.0%Reduced
BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A.369,044$69.9M0.19%+11,521+3.2%Added
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP373,828$70.8M0.02%−14,572−3.8%Reduced
Schroder Investment Management Group376,049$71.3M0.08%−12,825−3.3%Reduced
Bamco Inc386,380$73.2M0.20%−187,894−32.7%Reduced
Barclays PLC390,851$74.1M0.03%+111,872+40.1%Added
Ninety One North America, Inc.394,057$74.7M3.63%+7,855+2.0%Added
HSBC Holdings PLC401,306$76.0M0.05%+85,174+26.9%Added
Millennium Management LLC440,765$83.5M0.07%+69,982+18.9%Added
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc470,164$89.1M0.02%+7,335+1.6%Added
Qube Research & Technologies Ltd494,084$93.6M0.17%+2,528+0.5%Added
California Public Employees Retirement System523,503$99.2M0.07%−36,125−6.5%Reduced
Bank of America Corp532,340$100.9M0.01%+143,130+36.8%Added
Amundi553,160$101.2M0.04%−214,829−28.0%Reduced
AQR Capital Management LLC545,803$103.4M0.18%−40,832−7.0%Reduced
BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA546,308$103.5M0.13%+153,035+38.9%Added
UBS Asset Management Americas Inc549,608$104.2M0.04%−30,880−5.3%Reduced
TD Asset Management Inc643,173$121.9M0.11%+312,882+94.7%Added
Fundsmith LLPSuperinvestorFundsmith644,143$122.1M0.48%−17,390−2.6%Reduced
Legal & General Group Plc646,703$122.6M0.04%−12,848−1.9%Reduced
Bank of New York Mellon Corp648,662$122.9M0.02%−37,215−5.4%Reduced
Goldman Sachs Group Inc656,059$124.3M0.03%−349,524−34.8%Reduced
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership672,721$127.5M0.12%+63,132+10.4%Added
Citadel Advisors LLC686,171$130.0M0.13%−372,230−35.2%Reduced
JPMorgan Chase & Co704,144$133.4M0.01%+85,353+13.8%Added
Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Inc716,021$135.7M0.61%−46,742−6.1%Reduced
Lazard Asset Management LLC793,507$150.4M0.18%+49,967+6.7%Added
Liontrust Investment Partners LLP833,022$157.9M2.20%+131,206+18.7%Added
Northern Trust Corp922,897$174.9M0.03%−48,020−4.9%Reduced
Alliancebernstein L.P.1,036,770$196.5M0.07%+199,197+23.8%Added
Norges Bank1,107,028$209.8M0.03%+101,195+10.1%Added
FIL Ltd1,113,928$211.1M0.21%+1,009,151+963.1%Added
D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.1,461,197$276.9M0.36%+389,895+36.4%Added
Invesco Ltd.1,542,185$292.3M0.06%+188,420+13.9%Added
Cantillon Capital Management LLC1,715,147$325.0M2.04%−34,285−2.0%Reduced
Macquarie Group Ltd1,978,813$375.0M0.43%−89,425−4.3%Reduced
Morgan Stanley2,176,919$412.5M0.03%+234,810+12.1%Added
Principal Financial Group Inc2,327,226$441.0M0.26%−47,769−2.0%Reduced
Geode Capital Management, LLC2,459,317$465.6M0.04%+74,433+3.1%Added
Renaissance Technologies LLC3,043,790$576.8M0.91%−1,700−0.1%Reduced
State Street Corp3,757,399$712.1M0.03%+46,761+1.3%Added
Ninety One UK Ltd4,731,540$896.7M2.52%−503,315−9.6%Reduced
BlackRock Inc.9,731,691$1.84B0.04%−1,086,609−10.0%Reduced
Vanguard Group Inc10,316,027$1.95B0.04%−6,405−0.1%Reduced
Berkshire Hathaway IncSuperinvestorBerkshire Hathaway12,815,613$2.43B0.73%00.0%Unchanged
Transamerica Financial Advisors, Inc.1––+1New
Vaughan Nelson Investment Management, L.P.0$00.00%−772,330−100.0%Sold out
Two Creeks Capital Management, LP0$00.00%−237,823−100.0%Sold out
Natixis Investment Managers International0$00.00%−144,125−100.0%Sold out
Pinebridge Investments, L.P.0$00.00%−59,617−100.0%Sold out
2Xideas AG0$00.00%−53,376−100.0%Sold out
Mizuho Markets Americas LLC0$00.00%−37,207−100.0%Sold out
Meritage Portfolio Management0$00.00%−36,900−100.0%Sold out
Carderock Capital Management Inc0$00.00%−29,682−100.0%Sold out
Chiron Investment Management, LLC0$00.00%−20,674−100.0%Sold out
Point72 Middle East FZE0$00.00%−20,408−100.0%Sold out
Summit Global Investments0$00.00%−16,377−100.0%Sold out
Quantum Capital Management, LLC0$00.00%−15,594−100.0%Sold out
Fiera Capital Corp0$00.00%−13,636−100.0%Sold out
Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board0$00.00%−9,538−100.0%Sold out
Redwood Investment Management, LLC0$00.00%−6,868−100.0%Sold out
Migdal Insurance & Financial Holdings Ltd.0$00.00%−6,530−100.0%Sold out
Quadrature Capital Ltd0$00.00%−6,464−100.0%Sold out
Mercer Global Advisors Inc0$00.00%−4,940−100.0%Sold out
Inceptionr LLC0$00.00%−4,345−100.0%Sold out
XTX Topco Ltd0$00.00%−3,255−100.0%Sold out
FDx Advisors, Inc.0$00.00%−3,081−100.0%Sold out
HighTower Advisors, LLC0$00.00%−3,073−100.0%Sold out
ClearAlpha Technologies LP0$00.00%−2,900−100.0%Sold out
Transform Wealth, LLC0$00.00%−2,161−100.0%Sold out
Cetera Advisor Networks LLC0$00.00%−2,127−100.0%Sold out
Cipher Capital LP0$00.00%−2,041−100.0%Sold out
Nomura Holdings Inc0$00.00%−1,802−100.0%Sold out
Systematic Portfolios LLC0$00.00%−1,766−100.0%Sold out
Fox Run Management, L.L.C.0$00.00%−1,753−100.0%Sold out
Federated Hermes, Inc.0$00.00%−1,747−100.0%Sold out
Cooper Financial Group0$00.00%−1,700−100.0%Sold out
Morningstar Investment Services LLC0$00.00%−1,696−100.0%Sold out
Icon Wealth Advisors, LLC0$00.00%−1,630−100.0%Sold out
Winton Group Ltd0$00.00%−1,547−100.0%Sold out
Congress Asset Management Co0$00.00%−1,287−100.0%Sold out
Semanteon Capital Management, LP0$00.00%−1,269−100.0%Sold out
LM Advisors LLC0$00.00%−1,339−100.0%Sold out
Perigon Wealth Management, LLC0$00.00%−1,250−100.0%Sold out
Loomis Sayles & Co L P0$00.00%−1,228−100.0%Sold out
HBK Sorce Advisory LLC0$00.00%−1,223−100.0%Sold out
Donoghue Forlines LLC0$00.00%−1,162−100.0%Sold out
Oversea-Chinese Banking CORP Ltd0$00.00%−1,110−100.0%Sold out
Gries Financial LLC0$00.00%−1,062−100.0%Sold out
Trust Asset Management LLC0$00.00%−1,054−100.0%Sold out
WSFS Capital Management, LLC0$00.00%−1,035−100.0%Sold out
Sivia Capital Partners, LLC0$00.00%−1,022−100.0%Sold out
Siemens Fonds Invest GmbH0$00.00%−1,020−100.0%Sold out
Cumberland Partners Ltd0$00.00%−1,000−100.0%Sold out
NEOS Investment Management LLC0$00.00%−996−100.0%Sold out
Morningstar Investment Management LLC0$00.00%−991−100.0%Sold out
Cigna Investments Inc0$00.00%−976−100.0%Sold out
DAGCO, Inc.0$00.00%−537−100.0%Sold out
Sentry Investment Management LLC0$00.00%−470−100.0%Sold out
Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P.0$00.00%−325−100.0%Sold out