VeriSign Payments for Repurchase of Common Stock decreased by 11.4% to $225.40M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 6.7%, from $241.70M to $225.40M. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Payments for Repurchase of Common Stock shows an upward trend with a 5.1% CAGR. This is a positive signal — lower values indicate better performance for this metric.
Higher spending indicates a commitment to returning capital to shareholders or offsetting dilution from stock-based compensation.
The cash outflow associated with the company's repurchase of its own common shares from the open market. This is a prima...
Standard capital return metric for mature public companies.
other_payments_for_repurchase_of_common_stock| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $175.80M | $175.60M | $185.80M | $204.60M | $351.50M | $277.90M | $214.10M | $230.50M | $222.90M | $222.40M | $225.60M | $269.90M | $390.30M | $303.10M | $262.30M | $241.70M | $166.80M | $218.70M | $254.40M | $225.40M |
| QoQ Change | — | -0.1% | +5.8% | +10.1% | +71.8% | -20.9% | -23.0% | +7.7% | -3.3% | -0.2% | +1.4% | +19.6% | +44.6% | -22.3% | -13.5% | -7.9% | -31.0% | +31.1% | +16.3% | -11.4% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +99.9% | +58.3% | +15.2% | +12.7% | -36.6% | -20.0% | +5.4% | +17.1% | +75.1% | +36.3% | +16.3% | -10.4% | -57.3% | -27.8% | -3.0% | -6.7% |