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VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSN)

CAPS Rating: 2 out of 5

The Company operates intelligent infrastructure services that enable and protect billions of interactions every day across the world's voice and data networks.

Current Price $36.87 Mkt Cap $6.14B
Open $0.00 P/E Ratio 6.90
Prev. Close $36.87 Div. (Yield) N/A (N/A)
Daily Range $36.41 - $36.96 Volume 1,055,291
52-Wk Range $27.00 - $37.73 Avg. Daily Vol. 0

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Wall Street

11 Outperform
2 Underperform
 

Top VRSN Bull/Bear Pitches

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djbouch55 (97.29)
Submitted May 31, 2007

Pros:Steadily increasing cash flow, and revenue. Good fundamentals. Practically has a monopoly on internet domains. ICANN also granted VeriSign the rights to raise the pricing up to 7% per year. Although 7% is only 42 cents the first year, VeriSign… More

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xscottx (< 20)
Submitted July 27, 2007

VeriSign makes 80% of its revenue from domain names. This is a monopoly that will not last forever - once this monopoly is broken VRSN is history.Additionally, their numbers are horrible. Their EPS is going from $1.70 to $0.18 which will raise its… More

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Member Avatar kallikalla (< 20) Submitted: 9/19/2011 6:16:15 AM : Underperform Start Price: $28.66 VRSN Score: -15.40

First the CEO leaves, then the CFO leaves and now under investigation.

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Member Avatar btthus (66.46) Submitted: 5/26/2011 12:47:50 AM : Underperform Start Price: $36.10 VRSN Score: +0.39

Price to Earnings (P/E) ?   73.9   AVG
Price to Book (P/B) ?   11.2   VERY HIGH
Price to Sales (P/S) ?   8.72   HIGH
Return on Assets (ROA) ?   35.5%   VERY HIGH
Return on Equity (ROE) ?   145.4%   VERY HIGH
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Debt / Equity ?   3.27   VERY HIGH
Current Ratio ?   3.19   HIGH
Quick Ratio ?   3.19   HIGH
Interest Coverage Ratio ?   4.01   AVG
Book Value Per Share ?   3.24   AVG
Cash Per Share ?   8.55   VERY HIGH
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Revenue ?   700M   AVG
EBITDA ?   202M   AVG
Net Income ?   820M   HIGH
Revenue Growth ?   -32.7%   VERY LOW
Net Income Growth ?   253.8%   VERY HIGH
Operating Margin ?   17.4%   AVG
Net Margin ?   11.8%   AVG

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Member Avatar mgeurts (25.27) Submitted: 5/11/2011 12:53:40 PM : Outperform Start Price: $35.38 VRSN Score: +3.39

Verisign has made a mistake in the purchase of their mobile business (mqube) but has sold their assets and is now on the way back to what they are good at (internet security).
They have a vested interest in making mobile security work and i believe they are well placed to make this happen.

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vbhernando

vbhernando (82.46) Score: +118.89

The Score Leader is the player with the highest score across all their picks in VRSN.

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Pick 		Member Name Member
Rating 		Start
Date 		Call Time
Frame 		Start
Price 		Stock
Gain 		Index
Gain 		Score Commentary
vbhernando 82.46 8/24/2006 5/20/2008 Outperform 3Y $16.00 +130.45% +11.56% +118.89 0 Comment
TradinFoolCanada 74.81 8/24/2006 Outperform 3M $16.09 +129.12% +10.93% +118.19 1 Comment
woodasnew < 20 8/24/2006 Outperform 5Y $16.09 +129.12% +10.93% +118.19 0 Comment
tom4fairtax < 20 8/28/2006 Outperform 3M $16.41 +124.73% +11.29% +113.45 1 Comment
stoboncas < 20 8/28/2006 Outperform 3M $16.41 +124.73% +11.29% +113.45 0 Comment
sneezyfosheezy 48.32 10/9/2006 Outperform 5Y $17.12 +115.38% +6.54% +108.84 0 Comment
orj1012 < 20 10/9/2006 Outperform 1Y $17.12 +115.38% +6.54% +108.84 0 Comment
HemWhit 55.56 10/24/2006 Outperform 3M $17.26 +113.58% +4.93% +108.65 0 Comment
stmelillo 34.13 10/9/2006 Outperform 1Y $17.14 +115.17% +6.74% +108.44 0 Comment
bellboy159 97.22 10/2/2006 Outperform NS $17.07 +116.02% +7.61% +108.41 0 Comment
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Wall Street

See what the Wall Street professionals think, according to their public statements and filings.

Player Name Player
Rating		 Start
Date		 Call Time
Frame		 Start
Price		 Stock
Gain		 S&P
Gain		 Score End Date Commentary
TrackUltraLong 88.71 1/30/2012 Underperform NS $37.04 -0.46% +3.13% +3.59 1 Comment
TrackZacks 70.75 12/28/2011 Outperform 3M $35.66 +3.39% +8.44% -5.04 1 Comment
TrackZacks 70.75 5/23/2011 Underperform 3M $36.68 -22.00% -14.32% +7.68 9/30/2011 @ $28.61 1 Comment
TrackOppenheimer 79.30 7/7/2010 Outperform NS $24.46 +37.76% +20.49% +17.27 12/16/2010 @ $33.70 0 Comment
TrackDeutscheSec 92.40 5/20/2010 Outperform NS $23.76 +55.17% +23.55% +31.62 0 Comment
TrackCitigroup 93.11 3/4/2010 Outperform NS $21.69 +69.98% +20.37% +49.60 0 Comment
TrackGoldmanSach 71.30 12/7/2009 Underperform 1Y $19.04 +93.69% +21.73% -71.96 0 Comment
TrackOppenheimer 79.30 10/23/2009 Outperform NS $24.17 +8.19% +7.01% +1.19 3/22/2010 @ $26.15 0 Comment
TrackDreman 90.06 9/30/2009 Outperform 1Y $21.89 +37.91% +21.59% +16.32 12/31/2010 @ $30.18 0 Comment
TrackCreditSuiss 93.26 8/13/2009 Outperform NS $16.63 +121.75% +36.61% +85.14 0 Comment
TrackJPMorgan < 20 6/22/2009 Outperform NS $18.84 +44.80% +30.39% +14.41 4/30/2010 @ $27.28 0 Comment
TrackLazardCapit 78.98 10/2/2008 Outperform NS $21.17 +74.20% +22.62% +51.59 0 Comment
TrackBroadpointAmTech 90.21 9/24/2008 Outperform NS $21.84 +68.85% +16.36% +52.49 0 Comment
TrackWedbush 86.37 8/11/2008 Outperform NS $31.99 -33.29% -15.59% -17.71 11/20/2009 @ $21.34 0 Comment
TrackJefferies 86.14 8/11/2008 Outperform NS $30.85 -16.50% -9.42% -7.08 3/29/2010 @ $25.76 0 Comment
TrackOppenheimer 79.30 5/9/2008 Outperform NS $36.94 -19.44% -7.51% -11.93 8/7/2008 @ $29.76 0 Comment
TrackRichAster 98.68 3/31/2008 Outperform NS $28.20 +30.76% +7.51% +23.24 1 Comment
TrackZacks 70.75 8/10/2007 Outperform 3M $29.26 +29.73% -2.94% +32.67 5/12/2008 @ $37.96 1 Comment
TrackJefferies 86.14 7/13/2007 Outperform NS $33.64 -3.39% -15.51% +12.13 3/11/2008 @ $32.50 0 Comment
TrackStifel 96.90 2/1/2007 Outperform NS $21.11 +74.69% -0.33% +75.02 0 Comment
TrackCreditSuiss 93.26 2/1/2007 Outperform NS $24.88 +34.65% +5.56% +29.09 9/26/2007 @ $33.50 0 Comment
TrackDeutscheSec 92.40 12/13/2006 Outperform NS $25.37 -15.73% -22.47% +6.74 2/3/2010 @ $21.38 0 Comment
TrackJimCramer 78.02 12/11/2006 Outperform 3W $21.46 +71.79% +1.36% +70.43 0 Comment
TrackLehmanBros 88.86 11/6/2006 Outperform NS $18.61 +98.10% +4.90% +93.21 0 Comment
TrackRBCCapMkts 93.26 9/15/2006 Outperform NS $18.21 +102.44% +8.48% +93.95 0 Comment
TrackJimCramer 78.02 9/15/2006 Underperform 3W $21.60 +17.13% +7.06% -10.07 12/12/2006 @ $25.30 0 Comment

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