Stock Risk Measures for Verisign Inc

1. Company Info - Description, identity and sector data.
2. Share Data - Stock earnings and key dates.
3. Market Risk - Beta, size, liquidity and momentum measures.
4. Financial Risk - Earnings and dividends.

by Paul Alan Davis, CFA

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VRSN Risk Report

Overview

Our quantitative data points are meant to provide a high-level understanding of factors in equity risk models for Verisign Inc. Portfolio managers use these models to forecast risk, optimize portfolios and review performance.

We show how VRSN stock compares to 2,000+ US-based stocks, and to peers in the Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services sector and Custom Computer Programming Services industry.

Please do not consider this data as investment advice. Data is downloaded from sources we deem reliable, but errors may occur.

Company Info

Business Description

Identity

• Symbol: VRSN
• FactorPad FPID: f54qnf
• SEC CIK: 0001014473
• Share Class FIGI: BBG001S7BCF6
• Location: Reston, Virginia US
• Web: https://www.verisign.com/

Sector and Industry

• Sector: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
• Industry: Custom Computer Programming Services
• SIC Code: 7371

Share Data

Shares

• Shares Outstanding: 113,094,561

Earnings and Dividends

• Trailing 12-month earnings: 7.07
• Next earnings date: 2021-04-22

• Dividend yield in last 12 months: 0%
• Ex-dividend date:

Market Risk Measures

Many of the following risk metrics are standardized and transformed into quantitative factors in institutional-level risk models.

Rankings below represent percentiles from 1 to 100, with 1 being the lowest rating of risk.

Systematic Risk

Stocks with higher beta exhibit higher sensitivity to the ups and downs in the market. (↑↑)

• Beta: 0.75 | All: 14 | Sector: 18 | Industry: 27

Company Size

Stocks with higher market capitalization often have lower risk. (↑↓)

• Market Capitalization: $22,478,674,944 | All: 18 | Sector: 8 | Industry: 14

Trading Liquidity

Higher average daily dollar volume over the past 30 days implies lower liquidity risk. (↑↓)

• Daily Dollar Volume: $140,989,653 | All: 23 | Sector: 18 | Industry: 27

Price Momentum

Higher price momentum stocks, aka recent winners, equate to lower risk for many investors. (↑↓)

• Stock Price Change (1-Year): 10.37% | All: 94 | Sector: 96 | Industry: 100

Financial Risk Measures

Style risk factors often include measures of profitability and payout levels.

Earnings Yield

Companies with higher earnings generally provide lower risk. (↑↓)

• Earnings Yield (E/P): 3.63% | All: 37 | Sector: 24 | Industry: 14

Dividend Yield

Companies with higher dividend yields, if sustaintable, are perceived to have lower risk. (↑↓)

• Dividend Yield (D/P): 0% | All: 81 | Sector: 72 | Industry: 60

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