VeriSign (FRA:VRS) Buyback Yield % : 5.97 (As of Dec. 11, 2024)

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What is VeriSign Buyback Yield %?

Buyback yield is the net repurchase of shares outstanding over the market capital of the company. It is a measure of shareholder return.

VeriSign's current buyback yield was 5.97%.

VeriSign Buyback Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for VeriSign's Buyback Yield % can be seen below:

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VeriSign Buyback Yield % Chart

VeriSign Annual Data

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3.50

3.21

2.57

4.92

4.39

VeriSign Quarterly Data
	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23	Mar24	Jun24	Sep24
Buyback Yield %	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															4.26	4.40	5.69	9.05	6.79

Competitive Comparison of VeriSign's Buyback Yield %

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, VeriSign's Buyback Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Buyback Yield % 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 Buyback Yield % Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, VeriSign's Buyback Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

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VeriSign Buyback Yield % Calculation

Buyback yield is a measure of shareholder return.

VeriSign's Buyback Yield for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Buyback Yield	=	Net Issuance of Stock			/	Market Cap
	=	- (Repurchase of Stock	+	Issuance of Stock)	/	Market Cap
	=	- (-826.584	+	0)	/	18826.605
	=	4.39%

VeriSign's annualized Buyback Yield for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Buyback Yield	=	Net Issuance of Stock		(Annualized)			/	Market Cap
	=	- (Repurchase of Stock	+	Issuance of Stock)	*	Annualized Factor	/	Market Cap
	=	- (-273.093	+	0)	*	4	/	16093.98
	=	6.79%

In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the Repurchase of Stock and Issuance of Stock data used here is four times the quarterly (Sep. 2024) data.

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12061 Bluemont Way, Reston, VA, USA, 20190

Website

https://www.verisign.com

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.