All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)

Total Real Returns

VRSN: Total Real Return Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

VRSN real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VRSN returned +4.41% over the past year and +21.75% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jan. 30, 1998, VRSN is up +2,648.45% in real purchasing-power return, or +12.42%/yr, and is currently āˆ’27.23% below its real total-return high on Feb. 29, 2000.

Fri 1998-01-30? to Tue 2026-05-19 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
VRSN × 		+21.75%
2026-05-19 		+4.41%
2026-05-19
VeriSign Inc NASDAQ Common Stock

Returns

Fri 1998-01-30? to Tue 2026-05-19 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
VRSN × 		+2,648.45%
+12.42%/yr 		+8.80%/yr
(R2=0.536)
VeriSign Inc NASDAQ Common Stock

Growth of $10,000

Fri 1998-01-30? to Tue 2026-05-19 Start
Value 		End
Value
VRSN × 		$10,000.00
1998-01-30 		$274,844.60
2026-05-19
VeriSign Inc NASDAQ Common Stock

Annual Returns

Year VRSN
2026 (YTD) +21.75%
2025 +15.33%
2024 āˆ’2.33%
2023 āˆ’3.00%
2022 āˆ’23.98%
2021 +9.58%
2020 +10.80%
2019 +27.03%
2018 +27.15%
2017 +47.33%
2016 āˆ’14.69%
2015 +52.15%
2014 āˆ’5.37%
2013 +51.71%
2012 +6.83%
2011 +14.91%
2010 +44.50%
2009 +23.68%
2008 āˆ’49.31%
2007 +50.23%
2006 +7.12%
2005 āˆ’36.98%
2004 +99.64%
2003 +99.49%
2002 āˆ’79.41%
2001 āˆ’49.51%
2000 āˆ’62.42%
1999 +1,157.99%
1998 +128.60%

Drawdowns

Fri 1998-01-30? to Tue 2026-05-19 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
VRSN × 		āˆ’27.23%
from 2000-02-29 peak 		āˆ’98.47%
2002-10-08
from 2000-02-29 peak
VeriSign Inc NASDAQ Common Stock

Rolling Returns

Period ending Tue 2026-05-19 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
VRSN × 		+4.41% +69.23%
+30.02%/yr 		+23.01%
+7.15%/yr 		+13.33%
+2.54%/yr 		+166.39%
+10.30%/yr
VeriSign Inc NASDAQ Common Stock