7 Green Days In A Row: VeriSign Stock Is Up 6.4%
Shares of VeriSign (VRSN) have closed higher in each of the last 7 sessions, a cumulative gain of 6.4%. That added about $1.6 billion to the company’s market value, which now stands at about $27.0 billion. The stock closed at $297.79 on Thursday, October 8, 3.7% below its 52-week high of $309.09 and 41.6% above its low of $210.31.
How The Streak Stacks Up Against The S&P 500
Returns for VRSN and the S&P 500 over the streak and the periods around it, all ending Thursday, October 8 and including dividends:
| Return Period | VRSN | S&P 500 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Day | 1.2% | -0.5% |
| 7 Days (Current Streak) | 6.4% | 1.3% |
| 1 Month (21 Trading Days) | 3.8% | 1.8% |
| 3 Months (63 Trading Days) | 10.6% | 2.8% |
| Year To Date | 23.7% | 14.4% |
| 1 Year (252 Trading Days) | 11.5% | 17.0% |
Is This Move About VeriSign Or The Market?
The market explains little of this: the S&P 500 gained 1.3% over the same 7 sessions, including dividends, against VeriSign’s +6.4%. 1 other S&P 500 stock is currently on winning streaks of 7 days or longer. Over the past three months the stock is up 10.6%, a window that includes the streak; over the other 56 sessions of that window it was up 3.9%.
Is The Business Keeping Up With The Stock?
On the fundamentals, revenue grew 6.9% over the last twelve months, against a median of 17.9% for S&P 500 Information Technology stocks; its operating margin is 67.9%, versus a median of 21.6%; and the stock trades at 31.8 times trailing earnings against a median of 36.0. The read is mixed: margins above the median and a multiple below the median on one side, revenue growth below the median on the other.
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Streaks End. Discipline Compounds
A run like this is genuinely useful information: something about this business has the market’s full attention. But streaks are where discipline gets tested, because the urge to chase strength is strongest right before it pauses.
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