VeriSign, Inc.
Hedge Funds Holdings

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VeriSign, Inc.‘s stocks are currently a part of 580 hedge funds’ portfolios, which represents 88.65% of the total amount of its stocks outstanding. This makes up a total of 99.43M shares of VeriSign, Inc.. Compared to the previous quarter, the number fell by -1.87% or -1.89M shares fewer. As for the holding position changes, 36.03% (209) of current hedge fund investors increased the number of shares held, 36.55% (212) of current holders sold a part of the shares held, and 9.48% (55) closed the holdings completely. 72 hedge funds are new holders of VeriSign, Inc. stock in Q1 2022, it is 12.41% of total holders.

Hedge funds holding VeriSign (Q2 2017 – Q1 2022)

Number of hedge funds
Q2 2017 404
Q3 2017 411
Q4 2017 452
Q1 2018 485
Q2 2018 458
Q3 2018 487
Q4 2018 493
Q1 2019 519
Q2 2019 513
Q3 2019 515
Q4 2019 554
Q1 2020 532
Q2 2020 549
Q3 2020 556
Q4 2020 552
Q1 2021 530
Q2 2021 549
Q3 2021 538
Q4 2021 575
Q1 2022 580

Hedge funds changes in VeriSign positions (Q2 2017 – Q1 2022)

Changes in positions
Q2 2017 491331643127
Q3 2017 461251673538
Q4 2017 811411643432
Q1 2018 781431833645
Q2 2018 50171155739
Q3 2018 781821584425
Q4 2018 78162182701
Q1 2019 741701944536
Q2 2019 681711986610
Q3 2019 611971655834
Q4 2019 951612174635
Q1 2020 70167206863
Q2 2020 781752275811
Q3 2020 581902194841
Q4 2020 7418022576-3
Q1 2021 521952006914
Q2 2021 692011904544
Q3 2021 492031935637
Q4 2021 981981915533
Q1 2022 722092125532

Hedge funds changes in VeriSign stock options (Q2 2017 – Q1 2022)

Changes in stock options
Q2 2017 38,583,545 37,424,275
Q3 2017 61,563,990 63,803,622
Q4 2017 65,164,888 84,623,480
Q1 2018 39,201,284,000 9,107,009,360
Q2 2018 127,163,000 72,556,520
Q3 2018 143,522,000 114,569,720
Q4 2018 48,074,198,000 132,083,264,740
Q1 2019 58,036,725,000 19,080,085,000
Q2 2019 58,398,000 11,079,130,000
Q3 2019 58,982,000 4,067,712,000
Q4 2019 14,062,286,000 9,061,859,000
Q1 2020 75,391,000 256,092,054,000
Q2 2020 64,895,000 63,074,306,000
Q3 2020 49,552,000 1,581,067,772,000
Q4 2020 44,847,000 1,606,056,335,000
Q1 2021 86,220,000 1,606,068,382,000
Q2 2021 81,784,000 1,606,045,015,000
Q3 2021 76,352,000 1,606,056,376,000
Q4 2021 70,460,000 1,953,024,622,000
Q1 2022 46,025,000 23,552,000

Top 50 hedge fund holders of VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSN)

Hedge fund Value Shares owned Portfolio share
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC Warren Buffett 2.22B 12.81M 0.752%
VANGUARD GROUP INC 1.80B 10.36M 0.053%
BLACKROCK INC. Larry Fink 1.60B 9.26M 0.055%
NINETY ONE UK LTD 746.32M 4.29M 2.462%
STATE STREET CORP 656.36M 3.77M 0.042%
RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC Jim Simons 606.71M 3.49M 0.858%
MACQUARIE GROUP LTD 493.88M 2.84M 0.606%
PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 467.86M 2.69M 0.372%
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 388.73M 2.23M 0.059%
CANTILLON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 304.19M 1.75M 2.755%
AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 261.06M 1.50M 0.230%
CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS 252.71M 1.45M 0.074%
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 249.40M 1.43M 0.058%
FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 218.36M 1.25M 0.283%
LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 216.58M 1.24M 0.317%
NORTHERN TRUST CORP 194.50M 1.11M 0.044%
WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP Jean Hynes 184.32M 1.06M 0.039%
PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 179.22M 1.03M 0.029%
MORGAN STANLEY 163.99M 944.10K 0.022%
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 153.13M 881.60K 0.057%
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 144.39M 831.27K 0.070%
LIONTRUST INVESTMENT PARTNERS LLP 143.11M 823.9K 2.289%
INVESCO LTD. 141.99M 817.44K 0.046%
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP 140.92M 811.29K 0.034%
LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP PLC 136.20M 784.13K 0.053%
FIL LTD 134.78M 775.93K 0.173%
WINDACRE PARTNERSHIP LLC 132.01M 760K 2.211%
ECHO STREET CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 128.00M 736.94K 1.226%
D. E. SHAW & CO., INC. David E. Shaw 126.08M 725.86K 0.151%
CALIFORNIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM 120.91M 696.09K 0.111%
TWO CREEKS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP 119.93M 690.44K 8.677%
FUNDSMITH LLP 117.34M 675.53K 0.557%
BAMCO INC /NY/ 114.65M 660.06K 0.370%
UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS INC 112.71M 648.88K 0.063%
ATALAN CAPITAL PARTNERS, LP 107.69M 620K 11.846%
NINETY ONE NORTH AMERICA, INC. 96.27M 554.23K 4.620%
JACOBS LEVY EQUITY MANAGEMENT, INC 95.81M 551.60K 0.757%
AUSTRALIANSUPER PTY LTD 81.40M 468.66K 0.579%
CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 79.77M 459.28K 0.029%
VAUGHAN NELSON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, L.P. 78.13M 449.83K 1.131%
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 76.38M 439.76K 0.024%
SWISS NATIONAL BANK 74.21M 427.23K 0.053%
ETF MANAGERS GROUP, LLC 67.98M 391.40K 2.182%
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 66.28M 381.59K 0.025%
NUVEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC 65.18M 375.28K 0.026%
PARSIFAL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP 64.38M 370.67K 3.663%
CCLA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT 64.13M 368.73K 1.549%
ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 60.29M 347.11K 0.089%
SUMITOMO MITSUI TRUST HOLDINGS, INC. 59.00M 339.68K 0.049%
SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP 58.94M 339.33K 0.098%