Insider trade

CEO sold ~$224K of VRSN shares in the open market

Traded Aug 18, 2026 · Filed Aug 20, 2026

VerisignVRSN

~$224K
Approx. value · 800 sh @ $279.75: 401K
Holds after · shares reported: +5.9%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +1.5%, $276.74 → $293.10 on Oct 6

Why it stands out

The CEO of Verisign sold $224K of Verisign shares. The filing does not indicate a pre-arranged trading plan.

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: Aug 18, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Aug 20, 2026

CEO$100K–$500K

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$223,800

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

26 days after results of Jul 23, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Price at the time

Closed at $276.74 on Aug 18, 2026, 31% above its 52-week low and 11% below its high, after a 4% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $211.49 (Feb 23, 2026) to $310.00 (May 22, 2026), 66% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $266.78 on Jul 7, 2026. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

None found in footnotes

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	+6.4%	+1.1%	+5.3%
30 days	+11.3%	+1.4%	+9.9%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001204816-26-000036
Filed / recorded: Aug 20, 2026, 12:35 AM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 2, 2026, 12:28 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: VERISIGN INC/CA
Issuer CIK: 1014473
Ticker: VRSN
Reporting person: D James Bidzos
Relationship: Director, Officer
Officer title: Exec. Chairman, Pres, & CEO
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Aug 18, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 800
Price per share: $279.75
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 401,388.6626
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

The price reported in Column 4 is the weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $279.53 to $280.07, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range.