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VERISIGN INC (VRSN) Price Targets From Analysts
Use the tables below to see what analysts covering VERISIGN INC think about its future price and what recommendations they have for investors and traders.
| Date | Number of Analysts | Highest Target Price | Lowest Target Price | Average Target Price | Current Price | Upside Potential |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-19 | 1 | $260 | $258 | $259 | $197.57 | 31.09% |
| 2022-02-11 | 1 | $283 | $260 | $271.5 | $197.57 | 37.42% |
| 2022-04-29 | 2 | $283 | $210 | $246.5 | $197.57 | 24.77% |
| 2022-12-15 | 1 | $265 | $265 | $265 | $197.57 | 34.13% |
| 2023-02-13 | 2 | $265 | $252 | $258.5 | $197.57 | 30.84% |
| 2023-07-11 | 2 | $252 | $245 | $248.5 | $197.57 | 25.78% |
| 2023-07-25 | 2 | $249 | $245 | $247 | $197.57 | 25.02% |
| 2023-10-27 | 2 | $245 | $245 | $245 | $197.57 | 24.01% |
The Trend in the Analyst Price Target
Over the past 26 months, VRSN's average price target has gone down $7.25.
VRSN reports an average of 19.7% for its upside potential over the past 37 weeks.
| Date | Number of Analysts | Highest Target Price | Lowest Target Price | Average Target Price | Share Price | Upside Potential |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-02-13 | 2 | 265 | 252 | 258.5 | 212.87 | 21.44% |
| 2023-07-11 | 2 | 252 | 245 | 248.5 | 213.73 | 16.27% |
| 2023-07-24 | 2 | 249 | 245 | 247.0 | 211.88 | 16.58% |
| 2023-07-25 | 2 | 249 | 245 | 247.0 | 211.05 | 17.03% |
| 2023-10-27 | 2 | 245 | 245 | 245.0 | 192.63 | 27.19% |
VRSN Broker Recommendations Summary
| Average Broker Rating | Strong Buy | Buy | Hold | Sell | Strong Sell | Analysts Issuing Recs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
The Trend in the Broker Recommendations
VRSN's average broker recommendation rating improved by 0.75 over the prior 44 months.
The points below can provide you with additional insight regarding what the price target and recommendations metrics in the table above mean for investors.
- VERISIGN INC's number of analysts covering the stock is higher than 22.64% of all US stocks.
- To contextualize these metrics, consider that out of stocks in the large market cap category, VERISIGN INC's variance in analysts' estimates is lower than 63.24% of them.
- In the context of Technology stocks, VERISIGN INC's average analyst price target is higher than 1153% of them.
- In terms of how VERISIGN INC fares relative to stocks in the large market cap category, note that its upside potential (average analyst target price relative to current price) is greater than 888.12% of that group.
In terms of price targets and recommendations offered by analysts, the stocks in the Business Services industry with the ratings most similar to VERISIGN INC are DOCS, HCP, and AZPN.
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