After Hours
After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility.
Stocks Info
VRSN belongs to the Technology sector of the NASDAQ while operating in the Software – Infrastructure industry. The current market capitalization of Verisign Inc is $20.49B. A total of 0.66 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 689.04K shares.
In the most recent transaction, BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC bought 12,544 shares of VRSN for 204.63 per share on Jan 03 ’25. After the transaction, the 10% Owner now owns 13,289,880 company shares. In a previous transaction on Jan 02 ’25, BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC bought 5,879 shares at 204.84 per share. VRSN shares that 10% Owner owns now total 13,277,336.
Among the insiders who bought shares, BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC acquired of 1,621 shares on Dec 31 ’24 at a per-share price of $204.83. This resulted in the 10% Owner holding 13,271,457 shares of VRSN after the transaction. In another insider transaction, BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC bought 32,105 shares at $203.73 per share on Dec 27 ’24. Company shares held by the 10% Owner now total 13,243,365.
While price targets are rarely accurate, they tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often taken into account by investors. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, VRSN has a high of $214.79 and a low of $167.04.
As of this writing, VRSN has an earnings estimate of $2.01 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 1.0 estimates, with a high estimate of $2.01 per share and a lower estimate of $2.01.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
An organization’s balance sheet depicts the assets and liabilities it has, as well as the amount of equity invested. Investors can measure a company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios using this information. VRSN’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $1.21B in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $1.79B in debt and $1.07B in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was -$19.72, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was -$1.26B.
Analysts Opinion
There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for VRSN is Buy with a score of 5.00.