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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 2024

Institutional positions in Verisign Inc as of Dec 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
710
+47 vs. Q3 2024
Shares held
89.0M
−1.37M (−1.5%) vs. Q3 2024
Total value
$18.4B
+$1.27B (+7.4%) vs. Q3 2024
New holders
110
218 more added
Sold out
63
282 more reduced

15 institutions that held it in Q3 2024 haven't filed for Q4 2024 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q3 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 holdersQ4 2024: 710 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 2024: $18.4B
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 2024

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Verisign Inc; share changes are against Q3 2024.

Institutions holding VRSN in Q4 2024
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Berkshire Hathaway IncSuperinvestorBerkshire Hathaway13,271,457$2.75B1.03%+455,844+3.6%Added
Vanguard Group Inc10,394,735$2.15B0.04%−118,442−1.1%Reduced
BlackRock, Inc.8,324,819$1.72B0.03%−204,714−2.4%Reduced
Ninety One UK Ltd3,911,460$809.5M2.17%−17,739−0.5%Reduced
State Street Corp3,826,814$792.0M0.03%−2,422−0.1%Reduced
Renaissance Technologies LLC2,915,271$603.3M0.89%−260,719−8.2%Reduced
Morgan Stanley2,399,064$496.5M0.03%−96,445−3.9%Reduced
Geode Capital Management, LLC2,262,562$467.6M0.04%−7,921−0.3%Reduced
Invesco Ltd.1,701,154$352.1M0.07%+35,326+2.1%Added
FIL Ltd1,359,569$281.4M0.26%+1,467+0.1%Added
AQR Capital Management LLC1,327,130$273.9M0.35%+229,311+20.9%Added
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership1,284,759$265.9M0.21%+116,833+10.0%Added
Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Inc1,097,129$227.1M0.80%+403,760+58.2%Added
Norges Bank1,076,729$222.8M0.03%−27,304−2.5%Reduced
Northern Trust Corp974,617$201.7M0.03%+98,985+11.3%Added
Macquarie Group Ltd936,888$193.2M0.23%−294,528−23.9%Reduced
D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.915,977$189.6M0.21%−450,982−33.0%Reduced
Troy Asset Management Ltd914,543$189.3M6.23%+301,267+49.1%Added
BLS Capital Fondsmaeglerselskab A/S814,098$168.5M5.16%+60,493+8.0%Added
Amundi702,055$148.6M0.05%+106,094+17.8%Added
UBS Asset Management Americas Inc704,279$145.8M0.03%+81,580+13.1%Added
Point72 Asset Management, L.P.692,498$143.3M0.39%+504,748+268.8%Added
TD Asset Management Inc669,954$138.7M0.12%−76,482−10.2%Reduced
FMR LLC647,235$134.0M0.01%−29,315−4.3%Reduced
Legal & General Group Plc631,029$130.6M0.03%−20,416−3.1%Reduced
Fundsmith LLPSuperinvestorFundsmith624,500$129.2M0.55%00.0%Unchanged
Bank of New York Mellon Corp611,718$126.6M0.02%−7,035−1.1%Reduced
BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA609,795$126.2M0.10%+29,182+5.0%Added
Deutsche Bank AG575,976$119.2M0.05%+156,016+37.2%Added
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc570,016$118.0M0.02%+42,465+8.0%Added
Soroban Capital Partners LP485,997$100.6M1.35%+36,328+8.1%Added
Epoch Investment Partners, Inc.474,554$98.2M0.48%−26,595−5.3%Reduced
Goldman Sachs Group Inc458,991$95.0M0.02%−429,458−48.3%Reduced
Liontrust Investment Partners LLP453,695$93.9M1.36%−427,671−48.5%Reduced
Mackenzie Financial Corp452,944$93.7M0.13%−26,451−5.5%Reduced
Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc424,823$87.9M0.39%−3,824−0.9%Reduced
Millennium Management LLC409,000$84.6M0.07%−125,871−23.5%Reduced
Citadel Advisors LLC408,478$84.5M0.08%+19,776+5.1%Added
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP398,964$82.6M0.02%−2,920−0.7%Reduced
Nordea Investment Management AB391,319$81.0M0.08%+330,561+544.1%Added
California Public Employees Retirement System386,815$80.1M0.05%−2,380−0.6%Reduced
Assenagon Asset Management S.A.383,100$79.3M0.14%+138,796+56.8%Added
Principal Financial Group Inc377,684$78.2M0.04%−732,050−66.0%Reduced
UBS Group AG374,354$77.5M0.02%+55,942+17.6%Added
Schroder Investment Management Group375,610$77.0M0.07%+149,757+66.3%Added
First Trust Advisors LP326,932$67.7M0.06%−7,773−2.3%Reduced
JPMorgan Chase & Co321,080$66.5M0.01%−11,920−3.6%Reduced
BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A.317,144$65.6M0.16%−48,388−13.2%Reduced
Barclays PLC287,298$59.5M0.03%+26,852+10.3%Added
Balyasny Asset Management LLC285,072$59.0M0.14%+182,002+176.6%Added
Russell Investments Group, Ltd.282,837$58.5M0.08%+32,784+13.1%Added
Bank of America Corp276,060$57.1M0.01%−220,261−44.4%Reduced
Nuveen Asset Management, LLC265,113$54.9M0.02%−14,043−5.0%Reduced
Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC261,526$53.6M0.09%+199,583+322.2%Added
Swiss National Bank248,200$51.4M0.03%−17,900−6.7%Reduced
Rhumbline Advisers245,727$50.9M0.05%−3,131−1.3%Reduced
Canoe Financial LP241,361$50.0M0.81%−2,316−1.0%Reduced
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.232,307$48.1M0.03%+833+0.4%Added
HSBC Holdings PLC229,688$47.4M0.03%−254,198−52.5%Reduced
Ninety One North America, Inc.224,106$46.4M2.87%−9,213−3.9%Reduced
Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH219,975$45.5M0.09%+219,975New
Qube Research & Technologies Ltd213,516$44.2M0.07%−59,072−21.7%Reduced
Boston Financial Mangement LLC181,746$37.6M1.14%+11,198+6.6%Added
Aware Super Pty Ltd as trustee of Aware Super169,157$35.0M0.56%+169,157New
Royal Bank of Canada168,722$34.9M0.01%−157,068−48.2%Reduced
Kodai Capital Management LP168,230$34.8M1.43%+168,230New
National Pension Service167,735$34.7M0.03%−7,930−4.5%Reduced
Bridgewater Associates, LP167,086$34.6M0.16%+29,678+21.6%Added
Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc159,442$33.0M0.06%−8,798−5.2%Reduced
Teacher Retirement System of Texas155,551$32.2M0.12%+73,463+89.5%Added
Price T Rowe Associates Inc148,409$30.7M0.00%−703−0.5%Reduced
CIBC World Markets Corp147,002$30.4M0.18%+1,620+1.1%Added
Los Angeles Capital Management LLC145,187$30.0M0.12%−39,200−21.3%Reduced
APG Asset Management N.V.149,180$29.8M0.08%+639+0.4%Added
Citigroup Inc140,583$29.1M0.03%−92,740−39.7%Reduced
Alliancebernstein L.P.137,101$28.4M0.01%−363,485−72.6%Reduced
California State Teachers Retirement System135,520$28.0M0.03%+1,117+0.8%Added
Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp133,146$27.6M0.06%+5,781+4.5%Added
Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.131,625$27.2M0.05%−1,112−0.8%Reduced
Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co., Ltd.131,604$27.1M0.03%+266+0.2%Added
Ossiam126,305$26.1M0.45%−170.0%Reduced
Great West Life Assurance Co118,127$24.4M0.04%−1,007−0.8%Reduced
Franklin Resources Inc117,807$24.4M0.01%+15,765+15.4%Added
Worldquant Millennium Advisors LLC108,789$22.5M0.15%−48,888−31.0%Reduced
KLP Kapitalforvaltning AS107,680$22.3M0.11%+107,680New
Pictet Asset Management Holding SA107,008$22.1M0.02%−2,442−2.2%Reduced
SEI Investments Co106,766$22.1M0.03%+45,830+75.2%Added
Bank of Montreal105,482$21.8M0.01%−43,642−29.3%Reduced
Bamco Inc105,393$21.8M0.06%−49,345−31.9%Reduced
Vontobel Holding Ltd.104,844$21.7M0.07%+2,538+2.5%Added
Ameriprise Financial Inc104,630$21.7M0.01%−5,616−5.1%Reduced
NS Partners Ltd104,610$21.7M0.90%−1,442−1.4%Reduced
Envestnet Asset Management Inc104,554$21.6M0.01%−7,788−6.9%Reduced
Intech Investment Management LLC104,288$21.6M0.21%+32,757+45.8%Added
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board100,917$20.9M0.02%+12,149+13.7%Added
GCQ Funds Management Pty Ltd98,665$20.4M7.17%+98,665New
Verition Fund Management LLC97,386$20.2M0.10%+59,751+158.8%Added
Caisse de Depot Et Placement du Quebec94,935$19.6M0.04%+92,701+4,149.6%Added
New York State Common Retirement Fund93,922$19.4M0.03%−6,500−6.5%Reduced
DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale88,470$19.1M0.04%00.0%Unchanged