Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
Market Information
Our common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol VRSN. On January 30, 2026, there were 268 holders of record of our common stock. We cannot estimate the number of beneficial owners since many brokers and other institutions hold our stock on behalf of stockholders.
Dividends
In April 2025, we initiated a quarterly cash dividend. We declared dividends that totaled $2.31 per share of outstanding common stock, or $215.2 million, in 2025. On February 3, 2026, our Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $ 0.81 per share of the Company’s outstanding common stock to stockholders of record as of the close of business on February 19, 2026, payable on February 27, 2026. We intend to continue to pay a cash dividend on a quarterly basis, subject to market conditions and approval by our Board of Directors.
Share Repurchases
The following table presents the share repurchase activity during the three months ended December 31, 2025:
Total Number
of Shares
Purchased
Average
Price Paid
per Share Total Number
of Shares
Purchased as
Part of Publicly
Announced
Plans or
Programs (1)
Approximate
Dollar Value of
Shares That May
Yet Be Purchased
Under the Plans or
Programs (1)(2)
(Shares in thousands)
October 1 – 31, 2025
406 $251.66 406 $ 1,226.1 million
November 1 – 30, 2025
309 $248.26 309 $ 1,149.4 million
December 1 – 31, 2025
291 $247.76 291 $ 1,077.2 million
1,006 1,006
(1) Effective July 24, 2025, our Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of our common stock in the amount of $913.1 million, in addition to the $586.9 million that remained available for repurchases under the share repurchase program, for a total repurchase authorization of up to $1.50 billion under the program. The share repurchase program has no expiration date. Purchases made under the program could be effected through open market transactions, block purchases, accelerated share repurchase agreements or other negotiated transactions.
(2) Amounts presented are exclusive of the excise tax on share repurchases.
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Performance Graph
The information contained in the Performance Graph shall not be deemed to be “soliciting material” or “filed” with the SEC or subject to the liabilities of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, except to the extent that we specifically incorporate it by reference into a document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the Exchange Act.
The following graph compares the cumulative total stockholder return on our common stock, the Standard and Poor’s (“S&P”) 500 Index, and the S&P 500 Information Technology Index. The graph assumes that $100 (and the reinvestment of any dividends thereafter) was invested in our common stock, the S&P 500 Index and the S&P 500 Information Technology Index on December 31, 2020, and calculates the return annually through December 31, 2025. The stock price performance on the following graph is not necessarily indicative of future stock price performance.
12/31/20 12/31/21 12/31/22 12/31/23 12/31/24 12/31/25
VeriSign, Inc. $ 100 $ 117 $ 95 $ 95 $ 96 $ 113
S&P 500 Index $ 100 $ 129 $ 105 $ 133 $ 166 $ 196
S&P 500 Information Technology Index $ 100 $ 135 $ 97 $ 152 $ 208 $ 258
ITEM 6. [Reserved]
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