VRSN
Daily closes · 1Y (252 sessions) · +7.6% · range 211.49–310.00
The Businesswhat the company reports
Business & cash flow
| FCF / assets | 80.6% |
|---|---|
| OCF / assets | 82.3% |
| FCF / revenue | 65.9% |
| Gross margin | 88.5% |
| ROIC | 0.0% |
| Forward P/E | 25.8 |
FCF/assets and OCF/assets are the cash-flow measures Brown Bear's own testing found to survive; FCF/revenue is shown alongside for context. Assets are from the latest annual filing (FY2025).
Price vs Earnings growth
Forward EPS growth has outpaced trailing price return by +13.7pp
Confidence 95.0/100
Drivers
| Forward EPS growth | +21.3% |
|---|---|
| Trailing price return (1y) | +7.6% |
| Forward P/E compression | +17.6% |
Figures
| Trailing EPS | 9.05 |
|---|---|
| Forward EPS | 10.98 |
| Trailing P/E | 31.26 |
| Forward P/E | 25.77 |
Revisions
Stable (+0.0%, 10 dates)
Takeaway Earnings growth is outpacing price — consistent with the stock not yet fully reflecting its improving forward estimates.
Reported earnings
Revenue Net incomeEPS (GAAP) (1.83–2.38, own scale) Derived Q4
12 quarters to Q2 26. Revenue and net income share one scale, so the gap between them is the margin. The line is GAAP EPS — it spans every quarter shown, where the reported figure only goes back as far as the consensus feed does.
| Quarter ending | Revenue | YoY | Net income | EPS (GAAP) | EPS reported | vs consensus | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 434.60m | +6.0% | 216.50m | 2.38 | 2.38 | -1.4% | 2026-07-23 |
| 2026-03-31 | 428.90m | +6.6% | 214.50m | 2.34 | 2.34 | +2.1% | 2026-04-23 |
| 2025-12-31 (derived) | 425.30m | +7.6% | — | — | 2.23 | -4.3% | 2026-02-05 |
| 2025-09-30 | 419.10m | +7.3% | 212.80m | 2.27 | 2.27 | -1.1% | 2025-10-23 |
| 2025-06-30 | 409.90m | +5.9% | 207.40m | 2.21 | — | — | 2025-07-24 |
| 2025-03-31 | 402.30m | +4.7% | 199.30m | 2.10 | — | — | 2025-04-24 |
| 2024-12-31 (derived) | 395.40m | +3.9% | — | — | — | — | 2025-02-13 |
| 2024-09-30 | 390.60m | +3.8% | 201.30m | 2.07 | — | — | 2024-10-24 |
| 2024-06-30 | 387.10m | — | 198.80m | 2.01 | — | — | 2024-07-25 |
| 2024-03-31 | 384.30m | — | 194.10m | 1.92 | — | — | 2024-04-25 |
| 2023-12-31 (derived) | 380.40m | — | — | — | — | — | 2024-02-15 |
| 2023-09-30 | 376.30m | — | 188.50m | 1.83 | — | — | 2023-10-26 |
Earnings response
| Typical move around a filing | ±5.3% |
|---|---|
| On an ordinary two days | ±1.1% — filings move it 4.9× as much |
| Direction | 6 up, 6 down over 12 filings |
Revenue up year on year Revenue down Price move around the filing separate scales — a crossing means nothing
| Quarter ending | Filed | Revenue YoY | Move around filing | Next 20 sessions vs SPY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 2026-07-23 | +6.0% | +6.6% | — |
| 2026-03-31 | 2026-04-23 | +6.6% | -0.2% | +11.0% |
| 2025-09-30 | 2025-10-23 | +7.3% | -1.9% | +4.8% |
| 2025-06-30 | 2025-07-24 | +5.9% | +5.7% | -12.9% |
| 2025-03-31 | 2025-04-24 | +4.7% | +8.5% | -2.3% |
| 2024-09-30 | 2024-10-24 | +3.8% | -2.4% | -3.1% |
| 2024-06-30 | 2024-07-25 | +4.1% | +5.2% | -5.8% |
| 2024-03-31 | 2024-04-25 | +5.5% | -5.4% | -6.6% |
| 2023-09-30 | 2023-10-26 | +5.4% | -6.7% | +0.4% |
| 2023-06-30 | 2023-07-27 | +5.7% | -1.2% | +2.5% |
| 2023-03-31 | 2023-04-27 | +5.0% | +4.5% | +0.9% |
| 2022-09-30 | 2022-10-27 | +6.8% | +9.9% | -4.5% |
Share count
Diluted shares Return since the previous filing
| Direction | Shrinking — shares retired |
|---|---|
| Diluted shares | 91.1M as at 2026-06-30 |
| Change over 1 year | -3.1% |
| Change over 3 years | -12.4% |
| Public float | $16.40bn as at 2025-06-30 (10-K) |
The Pricewhat the chart is doingTop ↑
Price Levels
| Strategy | Fair Value Anchor |
|---|---|
| Reference band | 252.60 — 284.35 |
| Protective stop | 243.19 (Atr, 9.4% risk) |
| Support | 265.57 (2 touches, 6.5% away) |
| Resistance | 302.99 (7.1% away) |
Takeaway The shares are nearer the floor than the ceiling: about 6.5% above 265.57, a price buyers have stepped in at before, and 7.1% below 302.99, where sellers have turned up before. That floor has held 2 times, which is how it was spotted. If someone bought at today's price and sold if it dropped through the level below, they would be about 9.4% out of pocket. That is all this figure means — an illustration of the risk, not a price to sell at.
Levels are computed from price structure. They describe where the engine locates support and extension — they are not targets, and not advice.
Ichimoku Cloud (Adaptive)
| Daily cloud | Price INSIDE the cloud | periods 5/14/28 (54% of classic 9/26/52) |
|---|---|
| Lines | Tenkan/Kijun BULL | cloud twist BULL |
| Cloud thickness | 18% percentile (thin — little structure to fight through) |
| Chikou span | Above price from 26 periods ago |
| Weekly cloud | Price ABOVE the weekly cloud (context only, not scored) |
Takeaway The stock is trading inside its cloud — a shaded band drawn from several of its own moving averages, currently 278.48 to 284.40. Inside the band those averages disagree with each other, so the indicator is not saying much either way. Its shorter-term averages point the other way, so this is a mixed reading rather than a clear one.
Trailing returns
| 21 days | +5.2% |
|---|---|
| 63 days | -1.0% |
| 126 days | +28.6% |
| 252 days | +5.8% |
| Below 252d high | 8.7% |
Trend context
| Position | Above trend |
|---|---|
| Extension | Extended |
| Trend slope | Flat |
| Direction of travel | Converging back to trend |
Takeaway The share price is above the level its own longer-run trend suggests is fair, and that fair level is going sideways. The gap between the two has been closing. Being stretched this far above trend measures how much room there is to fall back — it does not say the stock will stop rising.
Volatility
| State | No recent compression |
|---|---|
| Current band width | 16.1% of price |
| Recent tightest | 13.1% (9 sessions ago, narrower than 71.0% of its history) |
| Expansion since | 1.22× |
| Band | 260.60 — 306.08 |
Takeaway Lately this share price has been swinging around inside a range roughly 16% wide. That is normal for this stock, so there is nothing unusual to read into it either way.
Historical trends
History begins when the site started recording, not when the company listed, so a short line means a short record and nothing more.
Who's Tradingthe flow behind the priceTop ↑
Insider activity
| Activity | No filings in the window |
|---|---|
| Buy filings | 0 |
| Sell filings | 0 |
Open-market Form 4 purchases and sales over the last 75 days, read from SEC EDGAR Form 4. Grants, option exercises, gifts and shares withheld for tax are excluded — they are compensation mechanics, not a decision to buy or sell. Reported Form 4 activity. Brown Bear tested insider cluster-buying as a return signal and rejected it as era-unstable; shown as fact, not signal.
Volume confirmation
| Volume-price trend | Above its signal line |
|---|---|
| Confirmation | Marginal |
| Event | Distribution (2 session(s) ago) |
|---|---|
| Volume percentile | 93% |
| Range percentile | 17% |
| Close within the bar | 25% of range |
| Event level | 296.95 (held) |
The bearish mirror of this detector failed testing. A distribution event is reported as an observation, not as a warning that has been shown to work.
Takeaway Slightly more shares change hands on rising days than on falling ones, but the gap is too small to read anything into. There was also a day 2 session(s) ago when a great many shares changed hands and the price still failed to rise. Recorded as an observation only: Brown Bear tested this as a warning sign and it did not work.
Options Positioning
No binary-event flag
VRSN: no binary-event flag. Near IV 28%, far IV 26% (ratio 1.11), implied move 3.6%.
| Implied volatility | 28% near (9d) · 26% far (65d) — Term structure inverted — the market is pricing an event in the near window |
|---|---|
| Term structure | 1.11× near/far |
| Historical volatility | 39% |
| Implied vs historical | 0.73× |
| Implied move | ±3.6% by 2026-08-21 |
| Implied move vs ATR | 0.33× |
| Skew | Put Skew (1.16×) |
| Call wall | 290.00 (+2.5% away) |
| Put wall | 280.00 (-1.0% away) |
| Gamma pin | 290.00 |
- Term structure inverted (near 28% IV vs far 26% IV, ratio 1.11)
Takeaway Insuring against a move in this stock costs more for the next few weeks than for the next few months. Traders usually pay up like that when they know something is coming soon — results, a court ruling, a regulatory decision. Options traders are positioned for a move of around 3.6% in either direction by 2026-08-21.
Chain as at 2026-08-12. This is a risk read on whether a specific event is being priced — not a directional view.
Context & Methodthe record, and how it was builtTop ↑
Relative Rotation
Repair Attempt
Rotation health 64.7/100; Positive Rotation.
| Rotation health | 64.7 |
|---|---|
| Rotation strength | 62.0 |
| Leg | Quadrant | RS-Ratio | RS-Mom |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stock vs sector | Weakening | 100.5 | 89.2 |
| Stock vs SPY | Weakening | 104.9 | 86.9 |
| Sector vs SPY | Leading | 113.6 | 115.9 |
Direction of travel: North-West / early recovery
Position only. Brown Bear's RRG redesign programme is closed — five constructions, none beat an appropriate null — so this section describes where the name sits, and is not a signal.
News Headlines
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Detailed Scoring
Positive signals
- Piotroski F-score 6/9 (+15.0)
- Insider conviction score (+5.0)
- Gross margin quality: 88.5% (+22.0)
- FCF margin quality: 65.9% (+20.0)
- FCF margin improving by 7.9 pts (+4.0)
- High earnings quality (accrual ratio -0.200) (+10.0)
- Accrual ratio improving (-0.08 -> -0.20) (+5.0)
- Track 1: 20-day momentum acceleration 0.05 (+3.0)
- Track 1: bullish DI spread 20.2 (+5.0)
- Track 1: ADX 29.5 and rising (+5.0)
- Track 1: EMA20 slope improving 1.2% (+3.0)
- Track 1: RSI recovery 63.9, 5-day change +2.6 (+0.8)
- Track 1: VPT strength 0.04 (+0.9)
- Track 1: price above EMA50 by 1.6% (+1.0)
- Track 1: EMA50 slope improving 2.4% (+3.0)
- Track 1: EMA50 support proximity 1.6% (+3.6)
- Track 1: EMA200 support proximity 6.6% (+2.4)
- Track 1: Bollinger position 0.49 (+4.1)
Negative signals
- Track 1: weak volume confirmation (0.69x average)
- Relative strength versus sector deteriorating
- Weak relative momentum rank (0.40)
- Track 1: price below EMA20 by 0.5%
- Track 1: MACD histogram deteriorating (-3.03)
- Track 1: weak MACD line/signal structure (-8.0)
- Below-average Altman Z-score (-14.01)
Chase risk is not elevated for this name, so extension penalties are omitted from the negative signals above.