VeriSign's book value per share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $-19.72.
During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -8.40% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -5.50% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -10.80% per year.
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During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of VeriSign was 729.40% per year. The lowest was -442.20% per year. And the median was -5.90% per year.
VeriSign's current price is $197.40. Its book value per share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $-19.72. Hence, today's PB Ratio of VeriSign is .
During the past 13 years, the highest P/B Ratio of VeriSign was 11.52. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 11.28.
VeriSign Book Value per Share Historical Data
The historical data trend for VeriSign's Book Value per Share can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Competitive Comparison of VeriSign's Book Value per Share
For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, VeriSign's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
VeriSign's PB Ratio Distribution in the Software Industry
For the Software industry and Technology sector, VeriSign's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where VeriSign's PB Ratio falls into.
VeriSign Book Value per Share Calculation
VeriSign's Book Value Per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Book value may include intangible items which may come from the company's past acquisitions. Book value less intangibles is called Tangible Book.
VeriSign (NAS:VRSN) Book Value per Share Explanation
Usually a company's book value and Tangible Book per Share may not reflect its true value. The assets may be carried on the balance sheets at the original cost minus depreciation. This may underestimate the true economic values of the assets. It also may over-estimate their true economic value because the assets can become obsolete.
For financial companies such as banks and insurance companies, their assets may be reported in current market value of the assets owned. Book values of financial companies are more accurate indicator of the economic value of the company.
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Verisign is the sole authorized registry for several generic top-level domains, including the widely utilized .com and .net top-level domains. The company operates critical internet infrastructure to support the domain name system, including operating two of the world's 13 root servers that are used to route internet traffic. In 2018, the firm sold off its Security Services business, signalling a renewed focus on the core registry business.
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