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Profile - VeriSign, Inc. (NasdaqNM:VRSN)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
487 East Middlefield Road
Mountain View, CA 94043
Phone: (650) 961-7500
Fax: (650) 961-7300
Email: ryan@verisign.com
Employees (last reported count): 2,291
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 ·Industry: Software & Programming
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 22%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 19 insider sells; 809.0K shares
  (1.8% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 84% (107% of float)
(916 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 9.84M shares (+5.48%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
VeriSign, Inc. is a provider of infrastructure services to Website owners, enterprises, e-commerce service providers and individuals. Effective January 1, 2001, the Company was organized into two customer-focused lines of business. The Mass Markets Division focuses on delivering all of its products and services to small and medium-size enterprises, as well as to consumers that wish to establish a presence on the Web. The Enterprise and Service Provider Division focuses on delivering all of its products and services to larger enterprises and service providers around the world that want to establish and deliver secure Internet-based services to their customers in both business-to-consumer and business-to-business environments.
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Financial Summary
VRSN provides Internet-based trust services needed by websites, enterprises and individuals to conduct secure communications and electronic commerce on-line. For the six months ended 6/30/01, revenues rose from $104.3 million to $444.6 million. Net loss totaled $12.57 billion, up from $4.79 billion. Results reflect the acquisition of THAWTE, Signio and Network Solutions, higher sales of website digital certificates and VeriSign OnSite services, offset by $12.64 billion in amortization expenses.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

D. James Bidzos, 46
Chairman
--  --  
Stratton Sclavos, 39
Pres, CEO
$438K$29M
James Rutt, 47
Pres, Mass Market Division and CSO
197K35M
Dana Evan, 41
Exec. VP- Fin. and Admin., CFO
244K13M
Quentin Gallivan, 43
Exec. VP of Worldwide Sales
300K24M
Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year.
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Statistics at a Glance -- NasdaqNM:VRSNAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 4-Apr-2001
$26.25 
Recent Price$41.05 
52-Week High
on 29-Sep-2000
$214.375
Beta2.86 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)7.08M
Daily Volume (10-day avg)7.09M
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-77.9%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-70.4%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$8.33B
Shares Outstanding202.9M
Float158.2M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 7-Dec-1999
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$29.47 
Earnings (ttm)-$75.81 
Earnings (mrq)-$55.49 
Sales (ttm)$4.11 
Cash (mrq)$3.94 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)1.39 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)10.00 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$815.1M
EBITDA (ttm)$92.9M
Income available to common (ttm)-$15.2B
Profitability
Profit MarginN/A 
Operating MarginN/A 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-88.48%
Return on Equity (ttm)-92.86%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)1.55 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0 
Total Cash (mrq)$798.2M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short21.1M
Percent of Float13.3%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
21.2M
Short Ratio2.75 
Daily Volume7.68M
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   B = billions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001)

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