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VRSN (VeriSign) Dividend Yield % : 0.27% (As of Jul. 23, 2025)


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What is VeriSign Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2025-07-23), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of VeriSign is 0.27%.

The historical rank and industry rank for VeriSign's Dividend Yield % or its related term are showing as below:

VRSN' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0   Med: 0   Max: 0.27
Current: 0.27

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of VeriSign was 0.27%. The lowest was 0.00%. And the median was 0.00%.

VRSN's Dividend Yield % is ranked worse than
89.54% of 1023 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.7 vs VRSN: 0.27

VeriSign's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was 0.00.

As of today (2025-07-23), the Forward Dividend Yield % of VeriSign is 1.07%.

VeriSign's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $0.00.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.

* Please note that "special dividend" is not included in the calculation of dividend per share and related fields.


VeriSign Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for VeriSign's Dividend Yield % 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.

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VeriSign Dividend Yield % Chart

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Competitive Comparison of VeriSign's Dividend Yield %

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

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

* The bar in red indicates where VeriSign's Dividend Yield % falls into.


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VeriSign Dividend Yield % Calculation

Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.

VeriSign Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 0.7700002025-05-192025-05-192025-05-28Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000

* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.

VeriSign's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.77/289.09
=0.27 %

Current Share Price is $289.09.
VeriSign's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $0.77.

VeriSign's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=3.08/289.09
=1.07 %

Current Share Price is $289.09.
VeriSign's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.77 * 4 = $3.08.

* 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.


VeriSign  (NAS:VRSN) Dividend Yield % Explanation

Over the long term, the return from dividends has been a significant contributor to the total returns produced by equity securities. Studies by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, and Mike Staunton of Princeton University (2002) found that a market-oriented portfolio, which included reinvested dividends, would have generated nearly 85 times the wealth generated by the same portfolio relying solely on capital gains.

Dividends may also qualify a lower tax rate for investors.

In dividends investing, Payout Ratio and Dividend Growth Rate are the two most important variables for consideration. A lower payout ratio may indicate that the company has more room to increase its dividends.

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VeriSign Business Description

Address
12061 Bluemont Way, Reston, VA, USA, 20190
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.
Executives
Thomas C Indelicarto officer: SVP, Gen Counsel & Secretary 12061 BLUEMONT WAY, ATTN: GENERAL COUNSEL, RESTON VA 20190
D James Bidzos director 12061 BLUEMONT WAY, ATTN: GENERAL COUNSEL, RESTON VA 20190
Yehuda Ari Buchalter director 12061 BLUEMONT WAY, RESTON VA 20190
John Calys officer: VP, Interim CFO 12061 BLUEMONT WAY, ATTN: OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL, RESTON VA 20190
Danny R Mcpherson officer: EVP- Engineering, Ops. & CSO 12061 BLUEMONT WAY, RESTON VA 20190
Kathleen A Cote director 12061 BLUEMONT WAY, RESTON VA 20190
Berkshire Hathaway Inc 10 percent owner 3555 FARNAM STREET, OMAHA NE 68131
Timothy Tomlinson director 12061 BLUEMONT WAY, ATTN: GENERAL COUNSEL, RESTON VA 20190
Todd B Strubbe officer: EVP and COO VERISIGN, 12061 BLUEMONT WAY, RESTON VA 20190
Kilguss George E Iii officer: EVP and CFO C/O VERISIGN, INC., 12061 BLUEMONT WAY, RESTON VA 20190
Frist Thomas F Iii director 3100 WEST END AVENUE SUITE 1225, NASHVILLE TN 37203
Armstrong Courtney D director 12061 BLUEMONT WAY, RESTON VA 20190
Jamie S Gorelick director 12061 BLUEMONT WAY, RESTON VA 20190
Richard H Goshorn officer: SVP, GC and Secretary 12061 BLUEMONT WAY, ATTN: GENERAL COUNSEL, RESTON VA 20190
John D Roach director PMI GROUP INC, 601 MONTGOMERY ST, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111