VRSN Institutional Ownership
Who owns Verisign Inc and what the big funds did with it last quarter, from every SEC 13F filing. 882 funds reported holding VRSN at Jun 30, 2026, together owning 97.9% of the company.
- ▲471 buying vs 370 selling
- ▲Held by funds +1.8 pts
- ▲Funds holding +28
- ▼Superinvestors: 1 added, 5 cut
- ▼Put/call 0.06 to 0.07
What the filings show, not a forecast. Positions can be up to 45 days old and leave out short sales.
Funds holding and ownership
8 quartersQuarter over quarter
all 13F filers| Q2 2026 | This quarter | Q1 2026 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Funds holding | 882 | 854 | +3.3% |
| In funds' top 10 | 8 | 6 | +33.3% |
| 13F shares | 87.8M | 86.1M | +1.9% |
| Held by funds | 97.9% | 96.0% | +1.8 pts |
| New positions | 115 | 106 | +8.5% |
| Increased | 356 | 308 | +15.6% |
| Reduced | 284 | 308 | −7.8% |
| Sold out | 86 | 121 | −28.9% |
| Calls (shares) | 694K | 508K | +36.6% |
| Puts (shares) | 56K | 35K | +58.2% |
| Put/call ratio | 0.07 | 0.06 | +24.8% |
Buyers vs sellers
adding or new vs cutting or sold outSuperinvestors in VRSN
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Who owns VRSN
share of fund held shares- Index and passive funds35.7%
- Active managers and hedge funds49.3%
- Banks and brokers11.6%
- Pensions, insurers and other3.4%
The top 10 holders own 52.6% of all VRSN shares that funds reported. Groups are our own grouping of filers by name.
Put/call ratio
funds' options, market makers left outAbove 1 means funds hold more puts than calls, a sign of hedging or bets on a fall. Options are valued at the underlying shares.
Filed so far for Q3 2026
290 funds changed their position- Assenagon Asset Management S.A.Trimmed−286K sh
- Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.Added+137K sh
- Troy Asset Management LtdAdded+131K sh
- Ninety One UK LtdTrimmed−75K sh
- Achmea Investment Management B.V.New+68K sh
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Top holders
Q2 2026| # | Fund | Of company | Shares | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Berkshire Hathaway Inc | 10.02% | 9M | $2.3B | 0 |
| 2 | BlackRock, Inc. | 9.38% | 8.4M | $2.1B | −912K |
| 3 | Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 5.96% | 5.3M | $1.3B | −15K |
| 4 | Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC | 5.66% | 5.1M | $1.3B | −172K |
| 5 | AQR Capital Management LLC | 5.52% | 4.9M | $1.2B | +1.2M |
| 6 | State Street Corp | 4.63% | 4.2M | $1B | +74K |
| 7 | Geode Capital Management, LLC | 2.76% | 2.5M | $622M | +3,902 |
| 8 | Renaissance Technologies LLC | 2.73% | 2.4M | $616M | −368K |
| 9 | Morgan Stanley | 2.53% | 2.3M | $571M | −39K |
| 10 | Ninety One UK Ltd | 2.31% | 2.1M | $522M | −2,229 |
- AQR Capital Management LLC+1.2M sh+$301M
- Norges Bank+1.1M sh+$281M
- Fmr LLC+503K sh+$126M
- Holocene Advisors, LP+407K sh+$102M
- Voya Investment Management LLC+391K sh+$98.5M
- Foxhaven Asset Management, LP+374K sh+$94.1M
- Scopus Asset Management, L.P.+218K sh+$54.7M
- Nishkama Capital, LLC+195K sh+$48.9M
- BlackRock, Inc.−912K sh−$229M
- Two Sigma Investments, LP−406K sh−$102M
- Renaissance Technologies LLC−368K sh−$92.7M
- Royal Bank of Canada−308K sh−$77.4M
- Pacer Advisors, Inc.−254K sh−$64M
- Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC−172K sh−$43.2M
- Worldquant Millennium Advisors LLC−161K sh−$40.5M
- Jupiter Asset Management Ltd−146K sh−$36.8M
VRSN institutional ownership FAQ
Who owns the most VRSN stock?
In Q2 2026 13F filings the largest holder of VRSN was Berkshire Hathaway Inc, followed by BlackRock, Inc. and Vanguard Capital Management LLC. Index fund managers are usually the biggest holders of large companies.
What percentage of VRSN is owned by institutions?
Funds that file 13F reports held 97.9% of VRSN's shares at Jun 30, 2026, compared with 96.0% a quarter earlier. That counts every manager with more than $100 million in US stocks.
Are hedge funds buying VRSN?
In Q2 2026, 471 funds bought VRSN (115 of them new positions) and 370 sold (86 sold out completely). Among well known investors, 1 added and 5 cut. Our fund sentiment for VRSN is neutral.
What is VRSN's institutional put/call ratio?
Funds reported $12.7M of VRSN puts against $175M of calls, a put/call ratio of 0.07 (0.06 the quarter before). Market makers and bank trading desks are left out, since their options are mostly hedges.
How current is this VRSN ownership data?
13F filings show holdings at the end of each quarter and are due within 45 days, so positions can be up to six weeks old when they appear. We add each new filing within minutes, and the "filed so far" list shows funds that have already reported the next quarter.
For informational and educational purposes only. Not investment advice, and not a recommendation to buy or sell any security. Fund sentiment summarises what 13F filings show and is not a forecast. Holdings come from SEC Form 13F filings as reported and show positions at the end of the quarter, up to 45 days before the filing. A 13F leaves out short positions, cash, bonds and most foreign holdings. See all hedge fund holdings.