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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 2026

Institutional positions in Verisign Inc as of Mar 31, 2026. 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
858
+12 vs. Q4 2025
Shares held
86.8M
+11.5M (+15.3%) vs. Q4 2025
Total value
$21.6B
+$3.27B (+17.9%) vs. Q4 2025
New holders
130
311 more added
Sold out
118
306 more reduced

13 institutions that held it in Q4 2025 haven't filed for Q1 2026 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q4 2025: 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 2026: 858 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 2026: $21.6B
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 2026

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Verisign Inc; share changes are against Q4 2025.

Institutions holding VRSN in Q1 2026
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Engineers Gate Manager LP43,305$10.8M0.13%+36,789+564.6%Added
Mercer Global Advisors Inc43,425$10.8M0.02%+1,638+3.9%Added
GFI Investment Counsel Ltd.43,470$10.8M1.48%+43,470New
CIBC Asset Management Inc43,473$10.8M0.03%+1,618+3.9%Added
Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The43,941$10.9M0.01%−4,000−8.3%Reduced
Nordea Investment Management AB44,351$11.0M0.01%−11,391−20.4%Reduced
Victory Capital Management Inc44,389$11.0M0.01%−35,609−44.5%Reduced
American Century Companies Inc44,517$11.1M0.01%+1,782+4.2%Added
State of Wisconsin Investment Board44,677$11.1M0.03%−3,754−7.8%Reduced
Pictet Asset Management Holding SA44,730$11.1M0.01%−64,719−59.1%Reduced
Cadian Capital Management, LP45,000$11.2M1.36%+45,000New
Banque Pictet & Cie SA45,153$11.2M0.13%−3,212−6.6%Reduced
Kepler Cheuvreux (Suisse) SA46,364$11.5M0.77%−9,772−17.4%Reduced
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans49,305$12.2M0.02%−2,263−4.4%Reduced
Asset Management One Co.,Ltd.50,190$12.5M0.04%+502+1.0%Added
Rockefeller Capital Management L.P.50,375$12.5M0.02%+3,644+7.8%Added
Alta Capital Management LLC50,497$12.5M0.97%−3,331−6.2%Reduced
Vontobel Holding Ltd.52,320$13.0M0.04%−54,565−51.1%Reduced
Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc.52,963$13.2M0.15%+52,963New
Bank of Nova Scotia53,759$13.4M0.02%+32,810+156.6%Added
Massachusetts Financial Services Co54,074$13.4M0.00%−19,799−26.8%Reduced
Handelsbanken Fonder AB55,123$13.7M0.05%+8,089+17.2%Added
Hutchinson Capital Management55,869$13.9M2.55%−1,282−2.2%Reduced
Te Ahumairangi Investment Management Ltd56,678$14.1M2.36%+4,782+9.2%Added
LPL Financial LLC56,746$14.1M0.00%+3,475+6.5%Added
CWM, LLC57,080$14.2M0.04%−18,376−24.4%Reduced
National Bank of Canada57,381$14.3M0.01%+1,780+3.2%Added
Bank of Montreal59,326$14.7M0.01%−19,606−24.8%Reduced
New York State Teachers Retirement System60,990$15.1M0.03%−7,039−10.3%Reduced
Longaeva Partners L.P.61,259$15.2M0.73%−10,019−14.1%Reduced
Assetmark, Inc61,317$15.2M0.03%+20,173+49.0%Added
Danske Bank A/S61,546$15.3M0.04%−2,700−4.2%Reduced
Swedbank AB63,182$15.7M0.02%−2,017−3.1%Reduced
Mirae Asset Global ETFs Holdings Ltd.63,450$15.8M0.02%+16,498+35.1%Added
Voleon Capital Management LP63,670$15.8M0.34%+30,865+94.1%Added
Mill Capital Management, LLC66,973$16.6M1.27%+65+0.1%Added
Gateway Investment Advisers LLC68,466$17.0M0.19%−12,856−15.8%Reduced
State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System69,383$17.2M0.03%−1,258−1.8%Reduced
Susquehanna Fundamental Investments, LLC70,031$17.4M0.65%−55,189−44.1%Reduced
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board70,517$17.5M0.01%−13,183−15.8%Reduced
SEB Asset Management AB72,207$17.9M0.08%+72,207New
Toronto Dominion Bank72,878$18.1M0.03%+2,992+4.3%Added
Mariner, LLC73,323$18.2M0.02%+3,007+4.3%Added
Adage Capital Partners GP, L.L.C.73,640$18.3M0.03%−1,700−2.3%Reduced
Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund74,365$18.5M0.23%+222+0.3%Added
Aviva PLC77,100$19.1M0.03%+4,337+6.0%Added
Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank)79,329$19.7M0.04%+52,666+197.5%Added
Ceredex Value Advisors LLC80,400$20.0M0.63%+80,400New
O'Shaughnessy Asset Management, LLC83,374$20.7M0.10%+6,263+8.1%Added
Vestcor Inc83,810$20.8M0.57%−2,034−2.4%Reduced
Cerity Partners LLC84,036$20.9M0.03%−14,221−14.5%Reduced
Holocene Advisors, LP89,537$22.2M0.05%+89,537New
DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale88,470$22.5M0.04%00.0%Unchanged
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension90,645$22.5M0.56%−5,026−5.3%Reduced
APG Asset Management N.V.107,002$23.1M0.07%−26,868−20.1%Reduced
Citadel Advisors LLC95,182$23.6M0.02%+27,034+39.7%Added
Great West Life Assurance Co95,969$23.9M0.04%−4,224−4.2%Reduced
Korea Investment CORP99,148$24.6M0.05%+19,007+23.7%Added
Mackenzie Financial Corp101,388$25.2M0.03%−75,394−42.6%Reduced
NS Partners Ltd101,770$25.3M1.13%−2,387−2.3%Reduced
Fjarde Ap-Fonden /Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund102,429$25.4M0.14%+36,040+54.3%Added
SEI Investments Co109,940$27.3M0.03%+10,195+10.2%Added
Amiral Gestion112,666$28.0M15.54%+2,309+2.1%Added
Principal Financial Group Inc113,251$28.1M0.02%−363−0.3%Reduced
Fundsmith LLPSuperinvestorFundsmith113,467$28.2M0.22%−157,167−58.1%Reduced
California State Teachers Retirement System114,798$28.5M0.03%−3,187−2.7%Reduced
Sora Investors LLC115,701$28.7M2.65%+52,241+82.3%Added
Alliancebernstein L.P.119,270$29.0M0.01%−39,003−24.6%Reduced
Toroso Investments, LLC117,452$29.2M0.09%−26,562−18.4%Reduced
Millennium Management LLC121,416$30.2M0.02%−109,833−47.5%Reduced
SG Americas Securities, LLC122,623$30.5M0.03%+45,584+59.2%Added
Ieq Capital, LLC130,622$32.4M0.15%−47,467−26.7%Reduced
Citigroup Inc130,667$32.5M0.02%+19,028+17.0%Added
Ameriprise Financial Inc130,740$32.5M0.01%−475,218−78.4%Reduced
Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd.131,537$32.7M0.08%+30,459+30.1%Added
Baird Financial Group, Inc.132,702$33.0M0.05%+4,411+3.4%Added
Gotham Asset Management, LLC136,015$33.8M0.10%−63,606−31.9%Reduced
Price T Rowe Associates Inc137,014$34.0M0.00%−42,702−23.8%Reduced
PFA Pension, Forsikringsaktieselskab139,193$34.6M0.10%00.0%Unchanged
Aware Super Pty Ltd as trustee of Aware Super141,265$35.1M0.53%+141,265New
Marshall Wace, LLP141,543$35.2M0.04%+141,543New
Vanguard Asset Management, Ltd141,821$35.2M0.03%+141,821New
Eurizon Capital SGR S.p.A.142,452$35.4M0.11%+1,044+0.7%Added
Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC147,403$36.6M0.30%−12,397−7.8%Reduced
Vinva Investment Management Ltd146,734$36.6M0.46%−20,118−12.1%Reduced
Man Group plc149,764$37.2M0.08%−167,603−52.8%Reduced
Balyasny Asset Management LLC154,993$38.5M0.08%−132,285−46.0%Reduced
KLP Kapitalforvaltning AS158,700$39.4M0.15%+12,600+8.6%Added
Franklin Resources Inc161,435$40.1M0.01%+19,683+13.9%Added
Voloridge Investment Management, LLC161,444$40.1M0.16%+56,329+53.6%Added
Ninety One North America, Inc.162,220$40.3M1.81%+3,286+2.1%Added
Worldquant Millennium Advisors LLC166,106$41.3M0.16%−96,868−36.8%Reduced
Vanguard Global Advisers, LLC182,372$45.3M0.02%+182,372New
Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp186,655$46.4M0.11%−56,139−23.1%Reduced
Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co., Ltd.188,402$46.8M0.03%+14,262+8.2%Added
California Public Employees Retirement System202,628$50.3M0.03%−15,659−7.2%Reduced
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.204,658$50.8M0.03%−10,028−4.7%Reduced
HRT Financial LP223,952$55.6M0.14%+78,229+53.7%Added
Quantinno Capital Management LP234,224$58.2M0.10%+152,478+186.5%Added
HSBC Holdings PLC237,966$59.3M0.04%+33,064+16.1%Added