VeriSign Ownership | Who Owns VeriSign?

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VeriSign Ownership Summary

VeriSign is owned by 91.73% institutional investors, 10.57% insiders. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 12.17% of VRSN shares. Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv is the top mutual fund, with 2.85% of its assets in VeriSign shares.

VRSN Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	VeriSign	91.73%	10.57%	-2.30%
Sector	Technology Stocks	37.01%	14.89%	48.10%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	11.35M	12.17%	$2.76B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	9.32M	10.09%	$2.32B
Berkshire hathaway	8.99M	9.73%	$2.23B
Blackrock	9.02M	8.95%	$1.60B
State street	4.08M	4.41%	$1.01B
Aqr capital management	3.75M	4.06%	$931.94M
Renaissance	2.82M	3.05%	$699.92M
Geode capital management	2.47M	2.67%	$613.07M
Morgan stanley	2.31M	2.50%	$573.38M
Ninety one uk	2.08M	2.25%	$515.90M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Amiral gestion	112.67K	15.54%	$27.98M
Hawk ridge capital management lp	915.01K	8.26%	$227.25M
Troy asset management	783.35K	5.80%	$194.55M
Asset management advisors	20.38K	3.06%	$5.06M
Sora investors	115.70K	2.65%	$28.74M
Hutchinson capital management/ca	55.87K	2.55%	$13.88M
Burkehill global management, lp	150.73K	2.39%	$42.14M
Te ahumairangi investment management	56.68K	2.36%	$14.08M
Soros capital management	20.61K	2.23%	$5.12M
Schwartz investment counsel	244.30K	2.16%	$60.67M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Norges bank	1.29M	0.03%	1.29M
Troy asset management	783.35K	5.80%	783.35K
Bank of america corp /de/	718.56K	0.01%	520.29K
Vanguard fiduciary trust	464.32K	0.03%	464.32K
Royal bank of canada	412.50K	0.02%	308.41K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Cantillon capital management	-	-	-1.72M
Bls capital fondsmaeglerselskab	-	-	-814.10K
Blackrock	9.02M	0.04%	-710.72K
C2p capital advisory group, llc d.b.a. prosperity capital advisors	-	-	-681.91K
Soroban capital partners lp	-	-	-486.00K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	1.29M	0.03%	1.29M	$312.90M
Troy asset management	783.35K	5.80%	783.35K	$194.55M
Vanguard fiduciary trust	464.32K	0.03%	464.32K	$115.32M
Vanguard global advisers	182.37K	0.02%	182.37K	$45.29M
Kodai capital management lp	168.23K	1.43%	168.23K	$34.82M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Sittner & nelson	-1.00
Colonial trust advisors	-1.00
Beacon capital management	-1.00
Creekmur asset management	-1.00
Jessup wealth management	-1.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Mar 31, 2026	849	-2.64%	84,759,194	-3.57%	91	1.03%	426	1.91%	296	-10.30%
Dec 31, 2025	545	-37.86%	43,262,465	-49.48%	46	0.56%	255	-45.40%	213	-21.11%
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%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	2.62M	2.85%	-15.55K
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	2.62M	2.77%	-87.43K
Vanguard 500 Index Investor	2.10M	2.29%	-43.25K
Vanguard Mid Cap Index Institutional	1.78M	1.94%	-30.44K
Vanguard Growth Index Investor	1.09M	1.19%	-64.15K
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	1.07M	1.17%	3.12K
Fidelity 500 Index	1.05M	1.16%	-7.79K
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF	1.01M	1.08%	12.40K
State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF	976.44K	1.07%	-1.06K
SPDR® S&P 500 ETF	1.01M	1.07%	-31.95K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Apr 28, 2026	McPherson Danny R	EVP - Technology & CSO	Sell	$1.36M
Apr 14, 2026	Indelicarto Thomas C	EVP, Gen Counsel & Secretary	Sell	$134.49K
Apr 07, 2026	Indelicarto Thomas C	EVP, Gen Counsel & Secretary	Sell	$136.45K
Mar 25, 2026	Indelicarto Thomas C	EVP, Gen Counsel & Secretary	Sell	$124.50K
Nov 25, 2025	Armstrong Courtney D	-	Buy	$3.98K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2026 Q2	-	3
2026 Q1	2	25
2025 Q4	-	84
2025 Q3	-	73
2025 Q2	2	33

VRSN Ownership FAQ

Who owns the most shares of VeriSign?

VeriSign’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (11.35M shares, 12.17%), Blackrock funding, inc. /de (9.32M shares, 10.09%), and Berkshire hathaway (8.99M shares, 9.73%). Together, they hold 31.99% 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?

Amiral gestion is VeriSign’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 15.54% of its assets in 112.67K VeriSign shares, valued at 27.98M$.

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 2.85% of its total shares outstanding invested in 2.62M VeriSign shares.

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