VRSN Stock Ownership Breakdown

A company's 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides investors with comprehensive information about institutional ownership in a listed company, a sign of strength in terms of how many institutions have confidence in that company. The number of institutional investors who currently own VRSN shares is 1033, representing 83.8% of the company's common stock.

AMUNDI, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in VRSN by -27.97% restricting it's holding to 553.16 thousand shares of worth nearly $101.21M. MITSUBISHI UFJ TRUST & BANKING CORP also lessened -21.86% of the VRSN shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 122.83 thousand shares of worth $23.27M. LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP PLC also shunned VRSN shares holding by -2.08% last quarter which brought its holding to 767.19 thousand shares worth $145.39M.

As per its latest 13F filing, WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN increased its stake in VRSN by 12.16% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 129 thousand shares having worth more than $24.45M. PICTET ASSET MANAGEMENT HOLDING SA also added 0.26% more shares of VRSN to its portfolio, raising its holding to 127.49 thousand shares of worth $24.16M. STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM also increased its VRSN shares holding by 24.69% which brought its holding to 122.65 thousand shares worth $25.92M.

The insider with the most stakes in VRSN is BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC , 10 percent owner at the company. Additionally, VRSN stock is highly held by Exec. Chairman & CEO BIDZOS D JAMES and President & COO STRUBBE TODD B among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 14.46% percent of VeriSign, Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 6 transaction(s) in which VRSN insiders have sold stock, totaling 11.93K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include MCPHERSON DANNY R, CALYS JOHN, and INDELICARTO THOMAS C.

There have been 12 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which VeriSign, Inc. insiders have bought stock, totalling 118336 shares

Around 157.82M VeriSign, Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 14.46% of VRSN stock.

VRSN 10 percent owner, BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. VRSN shares owned by BERKSHIRE total nearly 13.29 million.

AMUNDI is the largest institutional owner in VRSN which holds 553.16 thousand shares worth $101.21M or 0.55% of the total VRSN shares outstanding followed by WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN with ownership of 129 thousand shares representing 0.12% of the VRSN ownership. PICTET ASSET MANAGEMENT HOLDING SA is the third largest stakeholder with 127.49 thousand shares or 0.12% of the ownership worth more than $24.16M.

Stock options give the owner the ability but not the obligation to buy or sell a security at a predetermined price and date. Stock options can be classified into two types: puts and calls. A put is a bet on falling stock, and a call is a bet on rising stock. As far as the VRSN is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.

Number of VRSN shares short is 1.89M. Shares short is a market sentiment in which investors have sold their shares short in a given stock but have not yet covered them or closed them out.

As of today, 96.10M shares of VRSN are outstanding.

Float represents the number of tradeable shares in a specific stock. By subtracting restricted and closely-held shares from a firm's total outstanding shares, we can calculate its floating stock. The term "closely-held shares" refers to shares held by employees, major shareholders, and company insiders. At present, VRSN has 95.16M shares in float.

Short ratio is calculated by dividing the number of short shares, short interest or bets that shareholders will sell short from the average daily volume. A higher ratio indicates longer times needed to repurchase borrowed shares (sold). The short ratio for VRSN is 2.86.