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Verisign Inc

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SEC CIK
0001014473

In the last 90 days, Verisign Inc insiders filed 1 open-market purchase and 19 sales; 892 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $22.1B in total; superinvestors Berkshire Hathaway and Fundsmith hold it.

Four kinds of short-selling data, each measuring something different:

  • Short interest: shares sold short and not yet bought back, as of a settlement date. FINRA publishes it twice a month, about eight business days after the settlement date.
  • Daily short volume: shares sold short each day in off-exchange trades reported to FINRA. It counts trades, not open positions, and is published the next day.
  • Fails-to-deliver: shares not delivered by the settlement date. The SEC publishes them twice a month, about two weeks late.
  • ATS (dark pool) volume: weekly volume on alternative trading systems and other off-exchange venues. FINRA publishes it two to four weeks after the week.

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Short interest

Shares sold short and not yet bought back, from FINRA, on every settlement date in the last two years.

Short interest
2.18M
Shares, settlement Oct 30, 2026
Change
−46.2K
−2.1% vs. Oct 15, 2026
Days to cover
2.17
Short interest ÷ average daily volume
Average daily volume
1.01M
Shares, as reported by FINRA
Short interest by settlement date
Oct 31, 2024: 2,230,083 sharesNov 15, 2024: 1,865,720 sharesNov 29, 2024: 1,569,057 sharesDec 13, 2024: 1,713,077 sharesDec 31, 2024: 1,887,241 sharesJan 15, 2025: 1,918,721 sharesJan 31, 2025: 1,603,602 sharesFeb 14, 2025: 1,535,051 sharesFeb 28, 2025: 1,824,373 sharesMar 14, 2025: 2,223,005 sharesMar 31, 2025: 1,942,949 sharesApr 15, 2025: 1,919,362 sharesApr 30, 2025: 1,789,985 sharesMay 15, 2025: 2,039,201 sharesMay 30, 2025: 1,606,582 sharesJun 13, 2025: 1,826,491 sharesJun 30, 2025: 1,834,238 sharesJul 15, 2025: 1,747,492 sharesJul 31, 2025: 1,783,501 sharesAug 15, 2025: 2,098,841 sharesAug 29, 2025: 1,840,700 sharesSep 15, 2025: 2,039,178 sharesSep 30, 2025: 1,854,333 sharesOct 15, 2025: 1,692,512 sharesOct 31, 2025: 2,283,133 sharesNov 14, 2025: 2,293,508 sharesNov 28, 2025: 2,579,255 sharesDec 15, 2025: 2,329,621 sharesDec 31, 2025: 2,442,212 sharesJan 15, 2026: 2,665,860 sharesJan 30, 2026: 2,298,249 sharesFeb 13, 2026: 1,782,420 sharesFeb 27, 2026: 1,681,365 sharesMar 13, 2026: 1,800,285 sharesMar 31, 2026: 1,915,345 sharesApr 15, 2026: 1,717,527 sharesApr 30, 2026: 2,096,604 sharesMay 15, 2026: 2,071,667 sharesMay 29, 2026: 2,128,589 sharesJun 15, 2026: 2,460,901 sharesJun 30, 2026: 1,901,907 sharesJul 15, 2026: 1,831,555 sharesJul 31, 2026: 1,897,590 sharesAug 14, 2026: 1,489,143 sharesAug 31, 2026: 1,619,265 sharesSep 15, 2026: 1,957,572 sharesSep 30, 2026: 1,978,336 sharesOct 15, 2026: 2,225,204 sharesOct 30, 2026: 2,179,000 shares
Short interest in VRSN by settlement date
Settlement dateShort interestChangeChange %Avg. daily volumeDays to cover
Oct 30, 20262.18M−46.2K−2.1%1.01M2.17
Oct 15, 20262.23M+246.9K+12.5%998.7K2.23
Sep 30, 20261.98M+20.8K+1.1%769.8K2.57
Sep 15, 20261.96M+338.3K+20.9%661.8K2.96
Aug 31, 20261.62M+130.1K+8.7%635.4K2.55
Aug 14, 20261.49M−408.4K−21.5%789.7K1.89
Jul 31, 20261.90M+66.0K+3.6%937.1K2.02
Jul 15, 20261.83M−70.4K−3.7%644.9K2.84
Jun 30, 20261.90M−559.0K−22.7%1.03M1.85
Jun 15, 20262.46M+332.3K+15.6%717.3K3.43
May 29, 20262.13M+56.9K+2.8%899.2K2.37
May 15, 20262.07M−24.9K−1.2%767.2K2.70
Apr 30, 20262.10M+379.1K+22.1%874.2K2.40
Apr 15, 20261.72M−197.8K−10.3%947.7K1.81
Mar 31, 20261.92M+115.1K+6.4%831.3K2.30
Mar 13, 20261.80M+118.9K+7.1%677.4K2.66
Feb 27, 20261.68M−101.1K−5.7%741.9K2.27
Feb 13, 20261.78M−515.8K−22.4%1.14M1.56
Jan 30, 20262.30M−367.6K−13.8%663.6K3.46
Jan 15, 20262.67M+223.6K+9.2%561.6K4.75
Dec 31, 20252.44M+112.6K+4.8%579.4K4.22
Dec 15, 20252.33M−249.6K−9.7%870.4K2.68
Nov 28, 20252.58M+285.7K+12.5%1.20M2.14
Nov 14, 20252.29M+10.4K+0.5%834.7K2.75
Oct 31, 20252.28M+590.6K+34.9%1.27M1.79
Oct 15, 20251.69M−161.8K−8.7%623.4K2.71
Sep 30, 20251.85M−184.8K−9.1%756.7K2.45
Sep 15, 20252.04M+198.5K+10.8%692.7K2.94
Aug 29, 20251.84M−258.1K−12.3%687.2K2.68
Aug 15, 20252.10M+315.3K+17.7%1.05M2.01
Jul 31, 20251.78M+36.0K+2.1%1.22M1.47
Jul 15, 20251.75M−86.7K−4.7%617.6K2.83
Jun 30, 20251.83M+7.75K+0.4%690.1K2.66
Jun 13, 20251.83M+219.9K+13.7%666.2K2.74
May 30, 20251.61M−432.6K−21.2%841.5K1.91
May 15, 20252.04M+249.2K+13.9%1.06M1.92
Apr 30, 20251.79M−129.4K−6.7%969.8K1.85
Apr 15, 20251.92M−23.6K−1.2%1.09M1.75
Mar 31, 20251.94M−280.1K−12.6%834.1K2.33
Mar 14, 20252.22M+398.6K+21.9%808.8K2.75
Feb 28, 20251.82M+289.3K+18.9%961.0K1.90
Feb 14, 20251.54M−68.6K−4.3%807.3K1.90
Jan 31, 20251.60M−315.1K−16.4%594.8K2.70
Jan 15, 20251.92M+31.5K+1.7%846.4K2.27
Dec 31, 20241.89M+174.2K+10.2%691.3K2.73
Dec 13, 20241.71M+144.0K+9.2%606.4K2.83
Nov 29, 20241.57M−296.7K−15.9%647.9K2.42
Nov 15, 20241.87M−364.4K−16.3%625.0K2.99
Oct 31, 20242.23M+132.0K+6.3%703.8K3.17

Fails-to-deliver

Shares that weren't delivered by the settlement date, from the SEC, for the last 30 dates with fails. The price is the previous day's closing price published by the SEC.

Fails-to-deliver in VRSN by settlement date
Settlement dateSharesPriceValue
Oct 9, 2026153$297.79$45.6K
Sep 28, 20266$287.25$1.72K
Sep 21, 2026124$303.12$37.6K
Sep 14, 202670,000$292.71$20.5M
Sep 3, 202617$289.96$4.93K
Aug 3, 20261,096$290.02$317.9K
Jul 30, 202621$290.92$6.11K
Jul 29, 202643$281.15$12.1K
Jul 24, 20265$261.58$1.31K
Jul 23, 20265$262.59$1.31K
Jul 22, 20265$266.15$1.33K
Jul 7, 202612$259.13$3.11K
Jun 30, 202616$252.49$4.04K
Jun 12, 20264,015$279.57$1.12M
Jun 2, 202611$296.59$3.26K
May 28, 202619$295.65$5.62K
May 27, 202646$306.86$14.1K
May 26, 2026815$310.00$252.7K
May 4, 2026432$272.44$117.7K
Apr 29, 202647$270.40$12.7K
Apr 27, 20261,933$269.20$520.4K
Apr 24, 2026521$276.95$144.3K
Apr 23, 20261,040$269.83$280.6K
Apr 14, 20263,363$271.44$912.9K
Apr 6, 2026811$259.85$210.7K
Mar 31, 2026512$249.67$127.8K
Mar 25, 20268$241.14$1.93K
Mar 23, 202612,500$240.78$3.01M
Mar 17, 202625$241.26$6.03K
Mar 6, 20267,293$238.70$1.74M

Daily short volume

Off-exchange short-sale volume, not short interest: shares sold short each day in trades reported to FINRA, for the last 30 trading days.

The short volume ratio isn't a sentiment gauge: market makers sell short to fill buy orders and to hedge, so short sales are usually about half of off-exchange volume.

Off-exchange short volume in VRSN by trade date
Trade dateShort volumeShort exemptOff-exchange volumeShort volume ratio
Nov 10, 2026117,128108256,19745.7%
Nov 9, 2026122,7560301,14840.8%
Nov 6, 2026108,261636180,39860.0%
Nov 5, 2026273,8755488,97056.0%
Nov 4, 2026209,8980718,36629.2%
Nov 3, 2026362,4573291,309,97327.7%
Nov 2, 2026185,591166303,06261.2%
Oct 30, 2026293,637255683,53443.0%
Oct 29, 2026156,108114297,23152.5%
Oct 28, 2026145,148585283,87951.1%
Oct 27, 2026153,84113275,36955.9%
Oct 26, 2026176,08471388,19545.4%
Oct 23, 2026313,0650566,95455.2%
Oct 22, 2026267,2910536,56449.8%
Oct 21, 2026155,396207300,99651.6%
Oct 20, 2026193,697100323,01760.0%
Oct 19, 2026193,3000398,64848.5%
Oct 16, 2026145,21691326,02244.5%
Oct 15, 2026153,4621548,06028.0%
Oct 14, 2026118,2990311,21138.0%
Oct 13, 202696,03111255,83937.5%
Oct 12, 202687,8380215,50940.8%
Oct 9, 202695,151475190,15350.0%
Oct 8, 2026179,9530379,21047.5%
Oct 7, 2026301,4484540,53155.8%
Oct 6, 2026260,3432,146421,65661.7%
Oct 5, 2026222,930132373,55059.7%
Oct 2, 202698,135306234,39141.9%
Oct 1, 2026149,3930272,20954.9%
Sep 30, 2026110,42516253,75743.5%

ATS (dark pool) volume

Weekly volume on alternative trading systems (ATS) and other off-exchange (OTC) venues, from FINRA, for the last 12 weeks. ATS share is ATS volume ÷ (ATS + OTC volume), not a share of all trading.

Weekly ATS and OTC volume in VRSN
Week ofTierATS sharesATS tradesOther OTC sharesOther OTC tradesATS share
Oct 19, 2026T11,628,87745,734683,90515,77870.4%
Oct 12, 2026T11,393,01441,106380,68613,35578.5%
Oct 5, 2026T11,618,94945,1442,400,99715,66540.3%
Sep 28, 2026T11,007,27937,5981,080,83514,60848.2%
Sep 21, 2026T11,338,99039,776420,60614,55776.1%
Sep 14, 2026T1947,23334,659531,08813,00264.1%
Sep 7, 2026T1742,66228,729662,10110,24152.9%
Aug 31, 2026T1968,24333,139407,33315,09470.4%
Aug 24, 2026T1815,98834,477552,38012,87459.6%
Aug 17, 2026T1900,70735,392502,57819,41464.2%
Aug 10, 2026T11,001,55141,4811,116,55417,36547.3%
Aug 3, 2026T11,051,40039,852743,59914,14858.6%