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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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