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VeriSign Inc (VRSN) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for VRSN, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25
How it trades on rate days beta 0.20 to TLT · on the worst bond days it held up better than the market

How it trades on rate days

How VRSN has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.20 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), VeriSign Inc moved 0.20% on average · correlation 0.06 · higher than 21% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.12 about the same as over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days +0.12% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −0.48% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Software - Infrastructure · United States · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Software - Infrastructure · United States

This name carries no Closelooknet score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against VRSN on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — VeriSign Inc

VRSN in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
VeriSign operates the registry infrastructure behind two of the most used top-level domains, .com and .net, plus back-end systems for .name, .cc and .edu, and runs two of the internet's thirteen root servers. It earns fees each time a domain is registered or renewed rather than selling directly to end users. It is headquartered in Reston, Virginia.
Where it sits in the stack
VeriSign carries no seat in Rubin or Halo, our indices for the AI build-out; it sits in the internet-infrastructure sleeve of the wider technology universe, the layer that keeps domain names resolving for any internet-facing service, AI systems included.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group carries no defined set for VeriSign; the comparison the market draws is with GoDaddy, though that company sells retail registration rather than operating the registry itself.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
It holds a seat only in the S&P 500 among the indices we track; it carries no Closelooknet score yet, and the diary has not quoted it in its editions.
What the diary watches
Whether renewal rates on .com and .net hold steady as terms with ICANN evolve, which is what would move the registry's fee income.

VeriSign Inc (VRSN) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: price target by Wedbush, 2026-09-01

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for VRSN from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Wedbush — target 341 from 324 Target raised to $341 from $324 (+18.3% to spot) 2026-09-01

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 1.11%, quarterly · last 0.81 USD on 2026-08-19

Dividends and capital return

What VRSN pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 3.20 USD per share · a 1.11% yield on the 2026-09-25 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-25
  • Change on the year +107.8% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.54 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.81 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-19
  • By calendar year 2025: 2.31 USD (partial) · 2026: 2.43 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-05-19

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is VeriSign Inc (VRSN)?

VeriSign Inc trades as VRSN on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

Is VRSN in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — VeriSign Inc is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-09-26.

Where does VRSN trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -0.2% vs the 50-day and +8.7% vs the 200-day average, 8.1% below the 52-week high and +38.4% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-25 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does VeriSign Inc trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year VeriSign Inc had a beta of 0.20 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 21% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved +0.12% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does VeriSign Inc do?

VeriSign operates the registry infrastructure behind two of the most used top-level domains, .com and .net, plus back-end systems for .name, .cc and .edu, and runs two of the internet's thirteen root servers. It earns fees each time a domain is registered or renewed rather than selling directly to end users. It is headquartered in Reston, Virginia. Closelooknet's peer group carries no defined set for VeriSign; the comparison the market draws is with GoDaddy, though that company sells retail registration rather than operating the registry itself.

Where does VeriSign Inc sit in the AI build-out?

VeriSign carries no seat in Rubin or Halo, our indices for the AI build-out; it sits in the internet-infrastructure sleeve of the wider technology universe, the layer that keeps domain names resolving for any internet-facing service, AI systems included. It holds a seat only in the S&P 500 among the indices we track; it carries no Closelooknet score yet, and the diary has not quoted it in its editions.

Does VeriSign Inc pay a dividend?

VeriSign Inc has paid 3.20 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 1.11% on the 2026-09-25 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.81 USD on 2026-08-19. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on VeriSign Inc recently?

The most recent analyst action on VeriSign Inc on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by Wedbush on 2026-09-01 (target 341 from 324). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for VRSN, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Software - Infrastructure. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.