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VERISIGN INC (NASD)
VRSN 21.56 -0.32 (-1.46%) Vol.  6,581,073 15:59 ET

Day Low - High 21.28 - 21.76
52wk Low - High 16.89 - 24.99
Avg Volume 4,025,773
Industry INTERNET SOFTWARE
Market Cap 4.16 B
Div - Yield 0.00 - 0.00
PE (forward) 19.14
PEG Ratio 1.45
Current Year Est. 1.13
EPS Last Year 1.07
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#2 Buy 16.63%
#3 Hold 7.53%
#4 Sell 2.01%
#5 Strong Sell -0.07%
S&P 500 8.70%
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Top Peers Ticker Zacks Rank
VERISIGN INC VRSN PREMIUM
SXC HEALTH S-TS T.SXC PREMIUM
RADWARE LTD RDWR PREMIUM
SABA SOFTWARE SABA PREMIUM
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BROKERAGE RECOMMENDATIONS
Current ABR 1.44
ABR (Last Week) 1.44
# of Recs in ABR 18
Average Target Price 25.55
Industry Rank by ABR 17 out of 217
Rank in Industry 7 out of 27
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ZACKS COMMENTARY FOR VRSN
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Nov 09, 2009
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Nov 06, 2009
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Nov 06, 2009
Zacks Blog: VeriSign Teams Up with iLoop
Oct 09, 2009
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Oct 05, 2009
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NEWS
Downgrades: VRSN, DELL, DRI
Nov 20, 2009
xtremepicks.com: www.Xtremepicks.Com: Xtremepicks Alerts November 18, 2009 : NTWK, AVII, CDCS and VRSN
Nov 18, 2009
VeriSign, Inc. (VRSN) Chief Executive Officer to Ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell
Nov 18, 2009
VeriSign Provides Digital Identity Management to Aerospace andDefense Industry
Nov 18, 2009
VeriSign to provide security and authentication for Windows Azure platform
Nov 17, 2009
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EARNINGS ESTIMATES
  This Quarter
12/2009
Next Quarter
03/2010
This Year
12/2009
Next Year
12/2010
Average Estimate 0.30 0.31 1.13 1.29
Number of Estimates 6 5 8 8
Low Estimates 0.28 0.30 1.08 1.27
High Estimate 0.30 0.32 1.15 1.33
Year Ago EPS 0.25 0.27 0.80 1.13
EPS Growth 18.00% 13.33% 40.78% 14.87%

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COMPANY DESCRIPTION
VeriSign is one of the leading providers of trusted infrastructure services to website owners, enterprises, electronic commerce service providers and individuals. The company's domain name registration, digital certificate, global registry and payment services provide the critical web identity, authentication and transaction infrastructure that online businesses need to establish their web identities and to conduct secure electronic commerce, or e-commerce, and communications.

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FINANCIALS
EPS TTM 1.07
Sales 961.73
Net Income 192.38
Price/Earnings 20.15
Price/Book 5.32
Price/Cash Flow 4.61
Price/Sales 4.09


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