VeriSign Inc. (VRSN) Social Stream



VeriSign Inc. (VRSN): $217.39

0.38 (-0.17%)

POWR Rating

Component Grades

Momentum

C

Stability

B

Sentiment

Quality

A

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Industry: Internet - Services

Industry

C

Ranked

#8 of 28

in industry

VERISIGN INC (VRSN) Price Targets From Analysts

The tables below show price targets and recommendations from analysts covering VERISIGN INC.

Date Number of Analysts Highest Target Price Lowest Target Price Average Target Price Current Price Upside Potential
2021-10-19 1 $260 $258 $259 $213.96 21.05%
2022-02-11 1 $283 $260 $271.5 $213.96 26.89%
2022-04-29 1 $210 $210 $210 $213.96 -1.85%
2022-12-15 2 $265 $265 $265 $213.96 23.85%
2023-02-13 2 $265 $252 $258.5 $213.96 20.82%
2023-07-11 2 $252 $245 $248.5 $213.96 16.14%
2023-07-25 2 $249 $245 $247 $213.96 15.44%
2023-10-27 2 $245 $245 $245 $213.96 14.51%

The Trend in the Analyst Price Target


Over the past 29 months, VRSN's average price target has gone down $5.33.

VRSN reports an average of 24.26% for its upside potential over the past 45 weeks.

Date Number of Analysts Highest Target Price Lowest Target Price Average Target Price Share Price Upside Potential
2022-12-15 1 265 243 254.0 199.67 27.21%
2022-12-15 1 265 265 265.0 199.67 32.72%
2022-12-15 2 265 243 254.0 199.67 27.21%
2023-02-13 2 265 252 258.5 212.87 21.44%
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 0.25 over the prior 27 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.

  • In the context of all US stocks, VERISIGN INC's number of analysts covering the stock is higher than 23.36% of them.
  • VRSN has a lower variance in analysts' estimates than 63.19% of stocks in the large market cap category.
  • In terms of how VERISIGN INC fares relative to Technology stocks, note that its average analyst price target is greater than 1153.99% of that group.
  • In the context of Business Services stocks, VERISIGN INC's upside potential (average analyst target price relative to current price) is greater than 503.35% of them.

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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