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 +4.97% over the past year and +17.97% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jan. 30, 1998, VRSN is up +2,563.12% in real purchasing-power return, or +12.20%/yr, and is currently −29.49% below its real total-return high on Feb. 29, 2000.

Data ending Fri Aug. 7, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Fri 1998-01-30💬 to Fri 2026-08-07 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
VRSN
×
+2,563.12%
+12.20%/yr
+8.81%/yr
R2=0.542
VeriSign Inc NASDAQ Common Stock

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Fri 1998-01-30💬 to Fri 2026-08-07 Start
Value
End
Value
VRSN
×
$10,000.00
1998-01-30
$266,312.35
2026-08-07

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-08-07

  YTD YoY
VRSN
×
+17.97% +4.97%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
VRSN
×
−29.49%
on 2026-08-07
from 2000-02-29 peak
−98.47%
on 2002-10-08
from 2000-02-29 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-08-07 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
VRSN
×
+4.97% +60.18%
+26.56%/yr
+33.00%
+9.97%/yr
+13.91%
+2.64%/yr
+153.43%
+9.75%/yr

Annual Returns

Year VRSN
2026 (YTD) +17.97%
2025 +15.33%
2024 −2.33%
2023 −3.00%
2022 −23.98%
2021 +9.58%
2020 +10.80%
2019 +27.03%
2018 +27.15%
2017 +47.33%
2016 −14.69%
2015 +52.15%
2014 −5.37%
2013 +51.71%
2012 +6.83%
2011 +14.91%
2010 +44.50%
2009 +23.68%
2008 −49.31%
2007 +50.23%
2006 +7.12%
2005 −36.98%
2004 +99.64%
2003 +99.49%
2002 −79.41%
2001 −49.51%
2000 −62.42%
1999 +1,157.99%
1998 +128.60%