VeriSign

Verisign operates the infrastructure for the com, net, tv, cc, name, jobs, edu and gov top-level domains.

Launch date

1995

Employees

1001-5000 people

Market cap

Enterprise valuation

$18.7b (Public information from Sep 2024)

Bluemont Virginia (HQ)

http://verisigninc.com

https://twitter.com/verisign https://www.facebook.com/verisign https://www.linkedin.com/company/verisign

Revenues, earnings & profits over time

USD	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Revenues	1.3b	1.3b	1.4b	1.5b	1.6b	1.6b	1.7b
% growth	3 %	5 %	7 %	5 %	4 %	4 %	3 %
EBITDA	887m	913m	1.0b	1.1b	1.1b	1.2b	1.2b
% EBITDA margin	70 %	69 %	70 %	73 %	72 %	73 %	72 %
Profit	815m	785m	674m	818m	797m	838m	840m
% profit margin	64 %	59 %	47 %	55 %	51 %	52 %	51 %
EV / revenue	20.0x	21.2x	15.3x	14.7x	12.5x	11.8x	11.7x
EV / EBITDA	28.6x	30.9x	21.7x	20.0x	17.2x	16.2x	16.2x
R&D budget	74.7m	80.5m	85.7m	91.0m	-	-	-
R&D % of revenue	6 %	6 %	6 %	6 %	-	-	-

Source: Dealroom estimates

Date	Investors	Amount	Round
Apr 1995	Intel Capital	$5.2m	Series A
Feb 1996	Kleiner Perkins	$5.1m	Series B
Nov 1996	Microsoft Cisco SoftBank Intuit First Data Corporation Merrill Lynch RVC (Reuters Venture Capital) Microsoft for Startups MEA	$29.0m	Series C
Jan 1998	N/A	$42.0m Valuation: $282m	IPO
Total Funding		$39.3m

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