VeriSign Ownership | Who Owns VeriSign?

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VeriSign Ownership Summary

VeriSign is owned by 46.37% institutional investors, 10.58% insiders, and 43.05% retail investors. 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 2.87% of its assets in VeriSign shares.

VRSN Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	VeriSign	46.37%	10.58%	43.05%
Sector	Technology Stocks	35.30%	13.07%	51.63%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	11.35M	12.17%	$2.76B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	9.56M	10.35%	$2.32B
Berkshire hathaway	8.99M	9.58%	$2.51B
Blackrock	9.02M	8.95%	$1.60B
State street	4.25M	4.54%	$1.19B
Renaissance	2.78M	3.01%	$675.24M
Geode capital management	2.42M	2.62%	$587.78M
Morgan stanley	2.11M	2.28%	$512.85M
Ninety one uk	2.07M	2.22%	$503.03M
Arrowstreet capital, limited partnership	1.38M	1.47%	$386.17M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Amiral gestion	110.36K	9.86%	$26.81M
Axecap investments	27.64K	4.14%	$6.72M
Soros capital management	59.07K	4.08%	$16.52M
Asset management advisors	20.34K	2.99%	$4.94M
Burkehill global management, lp	150.73K	2.39%	$42.14M
Hutchinson capital management/ca	57.15K	2.38%	$13.88M
Te ahumairangi investment management	51.90K	2.26%	$12.61M
Sora investors	78.57K	2.03%	$21.97M
Ninety one north america	158.93K	1.57%	$38.61M
Taylor hoffman capital management	20.34K	1.50%	$4.94M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Norges bank	1.29M	0.03%	1.29M
Bank of america corp /de/	718.56K	0.01%	520.29K
Point72 asset management	1.01M	0.47%	492.63K
Ubs group	626.57K	0.02%	411.73K
State street	4.25M	0.04%	321.74K

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	1.29M	0.03%	1.29M	$312.90M
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
Union bancaire privee, ubp sa	99.58K	0.25%	99.58K	$21.03M

Sold Out

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

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
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%
Dec 31, 2024	692	0.58%	88,834,785	-0.01%	92	1.11%	311	-0.32%	276	14.52%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	2.63M	2.87%	15.66K
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	2.62M	2.77%	-87.43K
Vanguard 500 Index Investor	2.13M	2.32%	13.02K
Vanguard Mid Cap Index Institutional	1.81M	1.97%	-9.31K
Vanguard Growth Index Investor	1.15M	1.26%	7.12K
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	1.06M	1.16%	147.20K
Fidelity 500 Index	1.06M	1.15%	-6.62K
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF	1.01M	1.08%	12.40K
State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF	986.05K	1.08%	-1.76K
SPDR® S&P 500 ETF	1.01M	1.07%	-31.95K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Feb 27, 2026	Armstrong Courtney D	-	Buy	$4.20K
Feb 27, 2026	Armstrong Courtney D	-	Buy	$711.86
Feb 10, 2026	Indelicarto Thomas C	EVP, Gen Counsel & Secretary	Sell	$36.39K
Feb 03, 2026	Indelicarto Thomas C	EVP, Gen Counsel & Secretary	Sell	$41.50K
Feb 03, 2026	Indelicarto Thomas C	EVP, Gen Counsel & Secretary	Sell	$82.54K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2026 Q1	-	21
2025 Q4	-	84
2025 Q3	-	73
2025 Q2	2	33
2025 Q1	3	3

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 (9.56M shares, 10.35%), and Berkshire hathaway (8.99M shares, 9.58%). Together, they hold 32.10% 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 9.86% of its assets in 110.36K VeriSign shares, valued at 26.81M$.

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 2.87% of its total shares outstanding invested in 2.63M VeriSign shares.

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