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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 2024

Institutional positions in Verisign Inc as of Sep 30, 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
678
+29 vs. Q2 2024
Shares held
90.5M
+9.15M (+11.3%) vs. Q2 2024
Total value
$17.2B
+$2.71B (+18.8%) vs. Q2 2024
New holders
86
235 more added
Sold out
57
245 more reduced

6 institutions that held it in Q2 2024 haven't filed for Q3 2024 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q2 2024: 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 2024: 678 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 2024: $17.2B
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 2024

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Verisign Inc; share changes are against Q2 2024.

Institutions holding VRSN in Q3 2024
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Berkshire Hathaway IncSuperinvestorBerkshire Hathaway12,815,613$2.43B0.91%00.0%Unchanged
Vanguard Group Inc10,513,177$2.00B0.04%−24,868−0.2%Reduced
BlackRock, Inc.8,529,533$1.62B0.03%+8,529,533New
Ninety One UK Ltd3,929,199$746.4M1.99%−74,432−1.9%Reduced
State Street Corp3,829,236$727.4M0.03%−34,839−0.9%Reduced
Renaissance Technologies LLC3,175,990$603.3M0.91%+148,294+4.9%Added
Morgan Stanley2,495,509$474.0M0.03%−152,449−5.8%Reduced
Geode Capital Management, LLC2,270,483$430.3M0.03%−220,823−8.9%Reduced
Invesco Ltd.1,665,828$316.4M0.06%+35,890+2.2%Added
D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.1,366,959$259.7M0.34%−105,844−7.2%Reduced
FIL Ltd1,358,102$258.0M0.23%−2,542−0.2%Reduced
Macquarie Group Ltd1,231,416$233.9M0.25%−199,553−13.9%Reduced
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership1,167,926$221.9M0.19%+375,184+47.3%Added
Principal Financial Group Inc1,109,734$210.8M0.12%−1,016,935−47.8%Reduced
Norges Bank1,104,033$209.7M0.03%+37,749+3.5%Added
AQR Capital Management LLC1,097,819$208.2M0.29%+309,132+39.2%Added
Goldman Sachs Group Inc888,449$168.8M0.03%−276,607−23.7%Reduced
Northern Trust Corp875,632$166.3M0.03%−44,786−4.9%Reduced
Liontrust Investment Partners LLP881,366$156.7M2.23%00.0%Unchanged
BLS Capital Fondsmaeglerselskab A/S753,605$143.2M4.14%+498,055+194.9%Added
TD Asset Management Inc746,436$142.3M0.13%+86,245+13.1%Added
Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Inc693,369$131.7M0.51%+47,412+7.3%Added
FMR LLC676,550$128.5M0.01%−13,755−2.0%Reduced
Legal & General Group Plc651,445$123.7M0.03%+5,038+0.8%Added
Fundsmith LLPSuperinvestorFundsmith624,500$118.6M0.47%00.0%Unchanged
UBS Asset Management Americas Inc622,699$118.3M0.03%−98,599−13.7%Reduced
Bank of New York Mellon Corp618,753$117.5M0.02%−33,593−5.1%Reduced
Troy Asset Management Ltd613,276$116.5M3.67%00.0%Unchanged
Amundi595,961$110.5M0.04%+40,570+7.3%Added
BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA580,613$110.3M0.11%+120,958+26.3%Added
Millennium Management LLC534,871$101.6M0.09%+120,497+29.1%Added
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc527,551$100.2M0.02%+9,574+1.8%Added
Epoch Investment Partners, Inc.501,149$95.2M0.43%+104,935+26.5%Added
Alliancebernstein L.P.500,586$95.1M0.03%−270,579−35.1%Reduced
Bank of America Corp496,321$94.3M0.01%−222,237−30.9%Reduced
HSBC Holdings PLC483,886$91.9M0.06%+174,924+56.6%Added
Mackenzie Financial Corp479,395$91.1M0.13%+6,208+1.3%Added
Soroban Capital Partners LP449,669$85.4M1.18%00.0%Unchanged
Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc428,647$81.4M0.33%+46,677+12.2%Added
Deutsche Bank AG419,960$79.8M0.03%+85,379+25.5%Added
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP401,884$76.3M0.02%+9,786+2.5%Added
California Public Employees Retirement System389,195$73.9M0.05%−23,657−5.7%Reduced
Citadel Advisors LLC388,702$73.8M0.08%+271,744+232.3%Added
Two Sigma Advisers, LP385,795$73.3M0.17%+40,800+11.8%Added
BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A.365,532$69.4M0.17%+10,206+2.9%Added
Two Sigma Investments, LP335,942$63.8M0.14%+151,376+82.0%Added
First Trust Advisors LP334,705$63.6M0.06%+276,566+475.7%Added
JPMorgan Chase & Co333,000$63.3M0.01%−134,907−28.8%Reduced
Royal Bank of Canada325,790$61.9M0.01%+244,295+299.8%Added
UBS Group AG318,412$60.5M0.02%+67,221+26.8%Added
Nuveen Asset Management, LLC279,156$53.0M0.01%−6,225−2.2%Reduced
Qube Research & Technologies Ltd272,588$51.8M0.09%−85,013−23.8%Reduced
Swiss National Bank266,100$50.5M0.03%−2,700−1.0%Reduced
Barclays PLC260,446$49.5M0.02%−77,245−22.9%Reduced
Russell Investments Group, Ltd.250,053$47.5M0.07%+12,971+5.5%Added
Rhumbline Advisers248,858$47.3M0.04%+35,174+16.5%Added
Canoe Financial LP243,677$46.5M1.12%+243,677New
Assenagon Asset Management S.A.244,304$46.4M0.10%+74,883+44.2%Added
Citigroup Inc233,323$44.3M0.04%+20,914+9.8%Added
Ninety One North America, Inc.233,319$44.3M3.01%−116,211−33.2%Reduced
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.231,474$44.0M0.03%−5,518−2.3%Reduced
Schroder Investment Management Group225,853$43.1M0.04%+80,398+55.3%Added
Point72 Asset Management, L.P.187,750$35.7M0.12%+187,750New
Los Angeles Capital Management LLC184,387$35.0M0.14%+94,917+106.1%Added
National Pension Service175,665$33.4M0.03%−6,833−3.7%Reduced
Boston Financial Mangement LLC170,548$32.4M0.97%−21,104−11.0%Reduced
Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc168,240$32.0M0.06%−3,403−2.0%Reduced
Worldquant Millennium Advisors LLC157,677$30.0M0.22%+39,094+33.0%Added
Bamco Inc154,738$29.4M0.08%−46,628−23.2%Reduced
Bank of Montreal149,124$28.4M0.01%−8,447−5.4%Reduced
Price T Rowe Associates Inc149,112$28.3M0.00%−3,335−2.2%Reduced
CIBC World Markets Corp145,382$27.6M0.20%+134,027+1,180.3%Added
Wellington Management Group LLP140,225$26.6M0.00%−13,212−8.6%Reduced
Bridgewater Associates, LP137,408$26.1M0.15%+55,953+68.7%Added
California State Teachers Retirement System134,403$25.5M0.03%−3,639−2.6%Reduced
APG Asset Management N.V.148,541$25.3M0.17%−180,080−54.8%Reduced
Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.132,737$25.2M0.05%+3,588+2.8%Added
Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co., Ltd.131,338$24.9M0.03%+5,795+4.6%Added
Voloridge Investment Management, LLC130,156$24.7M0.09%−73,566−36.1%Reduced
Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp127,365$24.2M0.06%+8,030+6.7%Added
Ossiam126,322$24.0M0.46%+74,459+143.6%Added
Great West Life Assurance Co119,134$22.7M0.04%+6,303+5.6%Added
ING Groep NV113,726$21.6M0.13%−39,034−25.6%Reduced
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ)113,319$21.5M0.10%−11,000−8.8%Reduced
Envestnet Asset Management Inc112,342$21.3M0.01%−9,115−7.5%Reduced
Ameriprise Financial Inc110,246$20.9M0.01%−22,933−17.2%Reduced
Pictet Asset Management Holding SA109,450$20.8M0.02%−5,310−4.6%Reduced
NS Partners Ltd106,052$20.1M0.85%−180−0.2%Reduced
Wells Fargo & Company104,198$19.8M0.00%−10,308−9.0%Reduced
Victory Capital Management Inc104,110$19.8M0.02%+5,303+5.4%Added
Balyasny Asset Management LLC103,070$19.6M0.05%+103,070New
Vontobel Holding Ltd.102,306$19.4M0.06%+4,020+4.1%Added
Franklin Resources Inc102,042$19.2M0.01%+38,036+59.4%Added
New York State Common Retirement Fund100,422$19.1M0.03%+5,900+6.2%Added
Engineers Gate Manager LP94,084$17.9M0.35%+31,840+51.2%Added
Nitorum Capital, L.P.93,644$17.8M1.79%−3,087−3.2%Reduced
Gateway Investment Advisers LLC92,139$17.5M0.19%+817+0.9%Added
Alta Capital Management LLC90,861$17.3M1.03%+4,108+4.7%Added
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board88,768$16.9M0.02%−32,277−26.7%Reduced
Baird Financial Group, Inc.88,621$16.8M0.03%−22,667−20.4%Reduced