VRSN
VeriSign, Inc.

Technology · Software - Infrastructure · valued as of 2026-11-03 · statements 2025-12-31

Average Intrinsic Value

1.79B USD

Market Cap

25.96B USD

Margin of Safety

-1350.6%

Intrinsic / Market Ratio

0.07×

Projections, not exact values. Intrinsic Values are projected from each company's past reports. They show which stocks look cheap compared with the others, not exactly what a stock is worth.

How Each Value Is Built

The screener's three formulas on the reported figures. Each card reads the same way: the value as a sum of numbered terms, each term's calculation opened under it, from the reported figures to the value. The list ranks companies by their plain average over the market cap.

EPV + Growth

9.88B USD

what the normal year's earnings are worth for ever, plus growth that pays

Profit

-2.26B USD

15 years of cash the shareholders can take out, and the equity left at year 15

FCFF

-2.26B USD

15 years of cash for shareholders and lenders, less what is owed

Intrinsic Value

1.79B USD

the plain average of the three, uncapped, as the screener averages them

Intrinsic Value

1.79B USD

from the sum above

Market Cap

25.96B USD

the price on the date above times the shares

Intrinsic Value ÷ Market Cap

0.07×

the ratio the screener ranks by; Margin of Safety -1350.6% (1 − Market Cap ÷ Intrinsic Value)

Each card below builds one of the three values from the reported years.

Earnings power value plus growth: 9.88B USD
What the normal year's operating profit after tax is worth if it lasts for ever, plus what the new investment adds beyond its cost, less the net debt that comes before the shareholders (or plus the net cash).
①EPV (earnings power value)10.70B USD
−②Net Debt Today1.31B USD
+③Growth Value486.01M USD
=Value9.88B USD

EPV of the Operations (NOPAT over WACC)

10.70B USD

Net debt today

-1.31B USD

Growth Value

+486.01M USD

Value

9.88B USD

①EPV (earnings power value)

10.70B USD

②Net Debt Today

1.31B USD

③Growth Value

486.01M USD

Market value

Market Cap25.96B USD

The price on the date above times the shares.

Value vs market

Margin of Safety-162.7%

1 minus the market cap as a share of the value.

Profit value: today's value of the shareholders' equity, from the cash it can pay them (FCFE): -2.26B USD
Fifteen years of free cash flow to equity (FCFE), each brought to today at the cost of equity, plus the equity at year 15 brought to today.

The projection was not made (no book value at the start of the latest year), so the value is the book value today, -2.26B USD, as the screener leaves it.

①Present Value of the 15 Years of FCFE

Not in the value

②Equity at Year 15, Today

Not in the value

Market value

Market Cap25.96B USD

The price on the date above times the shares.

Value vs market

Margin of Safety—

1 minus the market cap as a share of the value.

FCFF value: today's value of the shareholders' equity, from the cash the firm can pay its shareholders and lenders (FCFF): -2.26B USD
Fifteen years of free cash flow to the firm (FCFF), each brought to today at the WACC, plus the invested capital at year 15 brought to today, less the net debt today (or plus the net cash).

The projection was not made (no invested capital or measured change in working capital for the latest year), so the value is the book value today, -2.26B USD, as the screener leaves it.

①Present Value of the 15 Years of FCFF

Not in the value

②Invested Capital at Year 15, Today

Not in the value

③Net Debt Today

Not in the value

Market value

Market Cap25.96B USD

The price on the date above times the shares.

Value vs market

Margin of Safety—

1 minus the market cap as a share of the value.

The Rates and the Capital the Values Read

The WACC and the cost of equity each value is discounted at, the book value and the net debt each starts from, and the seven quality metrics, from the same run.

WACC: 8.18%
Cost of Equity =Risk-Free Rate 4.50%+Beta 0.70×Market Risk Premium 6.00%= 8.69%

The yearly return the shareholders require for the risk they carry; it is the rate that brings their future cash to today.

Tax Rate for WACC =Tax Provision 243.04M USDPretax Income 1.07B USD= 22.72%

The tax the interest saves.

Interest Expense =EBIT 1.15B USD−Pretax Income 1.07B USD= 77.08M USD

The interest the company paid: EBIT is the profit before tax plus the interest.

Cost of Debt =Interest Expense 77.08M USDTotal Debt 2.34B USD×(1 − Tax Rate for WACC 22.72%)= 2.54%

What the lenders are paid a year after the tax the interest saves.

Debt Weight =Total Debt 2.34B USDMarket Cap + Total Debt 25.96B USD + 2.34B USD= 8.28%

The part of the capital the lenders put in, at market value.

WACC =Equity Weight 91.72%×Cost of Equity 8.69%+Debt Weight 8.28%×Cost of Debt 2.54%= 8.18%

Weighted average cost of capital: the yearly return the shareholders and the lenders together require, weighted by what each puts in; the rate that brings the firm's future cash to today.

Book value and net debt today
Both from the balance sheet of the newest quarter, 2026-06-30.

Total Assets 1.80B USD − Total Liabilities 4.06B USD = Book Value Today -2.26B USD

Total Debt 2.34B USD − Cash and Short-Term Investments 1.04B USD = Net Debt Today 1.31B USD

The book value is what Profit starts from and what stands when a projection is not made; the book value plus the net debt is what FCFF starts from; the net debt comes off Greenwald's and FCFF's values before the shareholders.

Quality metrics
Read beside the value, never a condition for it: every company is valued, and a filter in the list is the reader's choice.
MetricFrom
Share dilutionShares Today ÷ Shares Two Years Back − 1-10.8%at most 5%passes90,400,000 / 101,300,000
Accrual quality(Operating Cash Flow − Net Income) ÷ Total Assets14.7%at least -10.0%passes(1.09B USD − 826.53M USD) ÷ 1.80B USD
Price to bookMarket Cap ÷ Book Value Today—at most 3×not measured25.96B USD ÷ -2.26B USD
Operating marginOperating Income ÷ Revenue67.7%above 10.0%passes1.12B USD ÷ 1.66B USD
Revenue growthRevenue ÷ Revenue a Year Before − 16.4%above 10.0%does not pass1.66B USD / 1.56B USD
Net cash(Cash − Total Debt) ÷ Market Cap-5.8%above -30%passes(841.74M USD − 2.34B USD) ÷ 25.96B USD
Operating efficiencyOperating Income ÷ Gross Profit76.8%above 25.0%passes1.12B USD ÷ 1.46B USD

Market Data

The provider's ratios and the analysts' consensus beside the argument; none of them enters a value.

Share price

287.19 USD

Enterprise value

27.24B USD

the provider's own figure

EV / EBITDA

22.95×

Price / book

-11.51×

the provider's book

Price / earnings

31.15×

Return on equity

—

the provider's figure, not this page's

Profit margin

49.8%

Revenue growth

6.0%

Analyst target, mean

324.72 USD

Analysts

5

opinions in the consensus

Financial Statements

The annual lines the screener holds, year by year, in USD at each period's rate; the figures this valuation read are in its calculation above.

USD2022202320242025
Income statement

Revenue

1.43B1.49B1.56B1.66B

Gross profit

1.23B1.30B1.37B1.46B

Operating income

944.04M1.00B1.06B1.12B

EBITDA

operating income before depreciation and amortisation

1.00B1.10B1.14B1.18B

Pretax income

881.08M977.48M1.02B1.07B

Net income

674.47M818.42M786.49M826.53M

Normalized income

net income without one-off items, as the data provider prints it; Profit's line when printed

674.47M818.42M786.49M826.53M

R&D

85.79M91.09M96.80M103.70M
Balance sheet, year end

Total assets

1.74B1.75B1.41B1.33B

Total liabilities

3.30B3.33B3.37B3.48B

Shareholders' equity

the equity the parent's shareholders own, as printed, without minority interest; the book value the values read is total assets less total liabilities, in Book Value and Net Debt above

-1.56B-1.58B-1.96B-2.16B

Total debt

1.80B1.80B1.80B1.80B

Cash and equivalents

373.97M240.34M206.91M308.21M

Net PP&E

fixed assets after depreciation

239.44M240.84M234.03M223.72M

Working capital

current assets less current liabilities

-78.28M-200.40M-868.17M-681.28M
Cash flow

Operating cash flow

831.93M854.65M903.50M1.09B

Capital expenditure

paid out, so below zero

-27.43M-45.85M-28.13M-22.82M

Depreciation and amortisation

46.95M44.14M36.94M31.23M

Free cash flow

operating cash flow plus capital expenditure

804.50M808.81M875.37M1.07B