VeriSign Ownership | Who Owns VeriSign?

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VeriSign Ownership Summary

VeriSign is owned by 1.40% institutional investors, 15.01% insiders, and 83.59% retail investors. Berkshire hathaway is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 14.05% of VRSN shares. Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund, with 2.77% of its assets in VeriSign shares.

VRSN Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	VeriSign	1.40%	15.01%	83.59%
Sector	Technology Stocks	35.54%	12.05%	52.42%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Berkshire hathaway	13.29M	14.05%	$3.37B
Vanguard group	10.39M	10.68%	$2.15B
Blackrock	9.02M	8.95%	$1.60B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	8.32M	8.56%	$1.72B
Ninety one uk	3.91M	4.09%	$809.52M
State street	3.83M	4.00%	$791.96M
Renaissance	2.92M	3.00%	$603.34M
Morgan stanley	2.65M	2.63%	$470.81M
Geode capital management	2.26M	2.33%	$467.63M
Invesco	1.70M	1.75%	$352.07M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Troy asset management	914.54K	6.35%	$189.27M
Palo ds manager	59.63K	5.77%	$12.34B
Asset management advisors	29.20K	4.40%	$6.04M
Hutchinson capital management/ca	77.11K	3.01%	$15.96M
Ninety one north america	224.11K	2.87%	$46.38M
Te ahumairangi investment management	61.49K	2.66%	$12.73M
Guardian wealth management	16.46K	2.32%	$3.41M
Ninety one uk	3.91M	2.17%	$809.52M
Soros capital management	46.95K	1.52%	$9.72M
Kodai capital management lp	168.23K	1.43%	$34.82M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Norges bank	1.08M	0.03%	1.08M
Bank of america corp /de/	718.56K	0.01%	520.29K
Point72 asset management	692.50K	0.32%	504.75K
Morgan stanley	2.65M	0.04%	471.04K
Nordea investment management ab	391.32K	0.08%	330.56K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Cantillon capital management	-	-	-1.72M
Bls capital fondsmaeglerselskab	-	-	-814.10K
Blackrock	9.02M	0.04%	-710.72K
Principal financial group	377.68K	0.04%	-694.52K
C2p capital advisory group, llc d.b.a. prosperity capital advisors	-	-	-681.91K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	1.08M	0.03%	1.08M	$222.84M
Kodai capital management lp	168.23K	1.43%	168.23K	$34.82M
Proficio capital partners	57.33K	0.00%	57.33K	$57.33K
Raymond james financial	40.15K	0.00%	40.15K	$8.31M
Fjarde ap-fonden (the fourth swedish national pensionfund)	39.13K	0.08%	39.13K	$6.96M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Transamerica financial advisors	-1.00
Sittner & nelson	-1.00
Colonial trust advisors	-1.00
Creekmur asset management	-1.00
Creative capital management investments	-1.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Mar 31, 2025	11	-98.47%	1,323,280	-98.52%	1	0.02%	4	-98.78%	4	-98.57%
Dec 31, 2024	692	0.58%	88,834,785	-0.01%	92	1.11%	311	-0.32%	276	14.52%
Sep 30, 2024	678	2.88%	87,634,662	-2.81%	90	1.08%	308	-8.33%	238	6.73%
Jun 30, 2024	653	2.03%	90,034,193	-0.88%	89	1.10%	332	16.90%	222	-13.28%
Mar 31, 2024	640	-4.62%	90,830,957	-2.59%	90	1.07%	284	-9.84%	256	3.23%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	2.62M	2.77%	-87.43K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	2.54M	2.68%	-39.30K
Vanguard Institutional 500 Index Trust	2.30M	2.45%	36.72K
Vanguard Mid Cap Index Institutional	1.75M	1.86%	16.89K
Ninety One GSF Glb Frchs I Acc USD	1.70M	1.81%	-
Ninety One Global Franchise	1.70M	1.80%	-
Vanguard Growth Index Investor	1.06M	1.13%	10.40K
Fidelity 500 Index	1.02M	1.09%	-14.39K
SPDR® S&P 500 ETF	1.01M	1.07%	-31.95K
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF	986.70K	1.05%	816.00

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
May 06, 2025	Buchalter Yehuda Ari	-	Sell	$170.27K
May 02, 2025	CALYS JOHN	SVP, Cont., Chief Acct Officer	Sell	$112.79K
Feb 24, 2025	CALYS JOHN	SVP, Cont., Chief Acct Officer	Sell	$103.59K
Feb 18, 2025	COTE KATHLEEN A	-	Sell	$690.00K
Feb 18, 2025	McPherson Danny R	EVP - Technology & CSO	Sell	$1.27M

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2025 Q2	-	2
2025 Q1	3	3
2024 Q4	38	3
2024 Q3	-	3
2024 Q2	-	6

VRSN Ownership FAQ

Who owns the most shares of VeriSign?

VeriSign’s largest shareholders are Berkshire hathaway (13.29M shares, 14.05%), Vanguard group (10.39M shares, 10.68%), and Blackrock (9.02M shares, 8.95%). Together, they hold 33.68% of VeriSign’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own VeriSign?

Yes, BlackRock owns 8.95% of VeriSign, totaling 9.02M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.04% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 1.6B$. In the last quarter, BlackRock decreased its holdings by -711K shares, a -7.30% change.

Who is VeriSign’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Troy asset management is VeriSign’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 6.35% of its assets in 914.54K VeriSign shares, valued at 189.27M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of VeriSign shares?

Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund holder of VeriSign shares, with 2.77% of its total shares outstanding invested in 2.62M VeriSign shares.

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