VeriSign Ownership | Who Owns VeriSign?

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VeriSign Ownership Summary

VeriSign is owned by 89.57% institutional investors, 10.44% insiders. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 12.20% of VRSN shares. Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv is the top mutual fund, with 2.82% of its assets in VeriSign shares.

VRSN Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	VeriSign	89.57%	10.44%	-0.01%
Sector	Technology Stocks	50.69%	12.56%	36.75%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	11.44M	12.20%	$3.20B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	9.75M	10.39%	$2.73B
Berkshire hathaway	8.99M	9.58%	$2.51B
Blackrock	9.02M	8.95%	$1.60B
State street	4.25M	4.54%	$1.19B
Renaissance	3.17M	3.38%	$886.31M
Geode capital management	2.45M	2.61%	$684.07M
Morgan stanley	2.27M	2.42%	$634.29M
Ninety one uk	2.11M	2.25%	$589.91M
Arrowstreet capital, limited partnership	1.38M	1.47%	$386.17M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Soros capital management	59.07K	4.08%	$16.52M
Axecap investments	23.41K	4.04%	$6.55M
Asset management advisors	20.35K	3.47%	$5.69M
Seven grand managers	125.00K	2.84%	$34.95M
Hutchinson capital management/ca	56.86K	2.75%	$15.90M
Fcf advisors	68.71K	2.55%	$19.21M
Burkehill global management, lp	150.73K	2.39%	$42.14M
Te ahumairangi investment management	47.38K	2.25%	$13.25M
Sora investors	78.57K	2.03%	$21.97M
Ninety one north america	153.89K	2.01%	$43.02M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Norges bank	1.08M	0.03%	1.08M
Vanguard group	11.44M	0.05%	861.07K
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	9.75M	0.05%	591.31K
Bank of america corp /de/	718.56K	0.01%	520.29K
Point72 asset management	1.01M	0.47%	492.63K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Berkshire hathaway	8.99M	0.94%	-4.30M
Cantillon capital management	-	-	-1.72M
Troy asset management	-	-	-916.75K
Bls capital fondsmaeglerselskab	-	-	-814.10K
Blackrock	9.02M	0.04%	-710.72K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	1.08M	0.03%	1.08M	$222.84M
Jupiter asset management	222.58K	0.53%	222.58K	$62.23M
Kodai capital management lp	168.23K	1.43%	168.23K	$34.82M
Axa investment managers	156.57K	0.12%	156.57K	$43.77M
Burkehill global management, lp	150.73K	2.39%	150.73K	$42.14M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Sittner & nelson	-1.00
Colonial trust advisors	-1.00
Beacon capital management	-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 %
Sep 30, 2025	845	-2.31%	84,018,034	-3.37%	89	1.04%	446	-9.16%	261	3.98%
Jun 30, 2025	845	9.60%	86,429,353	-0.47%	92	1.09%	481	21.46%	246	-3.15%
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%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	2.64M	2.82%	74.05K
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	2.62M	2.77%	-87.43K
Vanguard Institutional 500 Index Trust	2.31M	2.46%	14.57K
Vanguard 500 Index Investor	2.08M	2.22%	-211.25K
Vanguard Mid Cap Index Institutional	1.87M	2.00%	113.47K
Ninety One Global Franchise	1.70M	1.81%	-
Ninety One GSF Glb Frchs I Acc USD	1.21M	1.29%	-
Fidelity 500 Index	1.07M	1.14%	42.45K
Vanguard Growth Index Investor	1.04M	1.11%	55.91K
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	1.01M	1.08%	-

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Dec 02, 2025	Indelicarto Thomas C	EVP, Gen Counsel & Secretary	Sell	$126.56K
Nov 19, 2025	BIDZOS D JAMES	Exec. Chairman, Pres, & CEO	Sell	$151.18K
Nov 18, 2025	BIDZOS D JAMES	Exec. Chairman, Pres, & CEO	Sell	$320.36K
Nov 18, 2025	BIDZOS D JAMES	Exec. Chairman, Pres, & CEO	Sell	$676.49K
Nov 18, 2025	BIDZOS D JAMES	Exec. Chairman, Pres, & CEO	Sell	$253.40K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2025 Q4	-	58
2025 Q3	-	73
2025 Q2	2	33
2025 Q1	3	3
2024 Q4	38	3

VRSN Ownership FAQ

Who owns the most shares of VeriSign?

VeriSign’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (11.44M shares, 12.20%), Blackrock funding, inc. /de (9.75M shares, 10.39%), and Berkshire hathaway (8.99M shares, 9.58%). Together, they hold 32.18% 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?

Soros capital management is VeriSign’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 4.08% of its assets in 59.07K VeriSign shares, valued at 16.52M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of VeriSign shares?

Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv is the top mutual fund holder of VeriSign shares, with 2.82% of its total shares outstanding invested in 2.64M VeriSign shares.

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