Dividends

VRSNVeriSign

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−0.9% today · +28.0% over a year

8/10 A 1–10 summary of how an instrument compares with similar ones (same sector and region) by published rules. It describes today's data; it is not a price forecast. More in the glossary → «Balanced» — higher than 88% of the instruments we score

Quality, Stability: among the best of its peers. Dividend yield 1.05%.

VeriSign (VRSN) dividends: trailing yield 1.05%, next ex-dividend date 17 Nov 2026, Dividend Safety 39/100.

Trailing 12-month yieldA high yield can signal risk rather than safety: payouts may be cut, and part of a fund's distribution may be your own capital returned.
1.05%
Forward yield (next or typical regular payment, annualised)
1.06%
Dividends per share, last 12 months
$3.20
Payments per year
4
Dividend safety0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, years without a lower dividend and how stretched the yield looks.
39 / 100
Unsafe

Yield after tax (estimate)

Before tax → After tax, CY non-dom

Last 12 months
1.05% → 0.86%
Forward
1.06% → 0.87%

Of every 100 paid out

Withheld at source (United States)
15.00%
Cyprus Special Defence Contribution (after credit for foreign tax)
0.00%
Cyprus GeSY health contribution
2.65%
You keep
82.35%
  • Source country assumed: United States (from the issuer’s data). Depositary receipts and companies listed outside their home country may be taxed by that home country.
  • US rate 15 % assumes a W-8BEN form is on file with your broker (US–Cyprus treaty); without it the US withholds 30 %.
  • GeSY 2.65 % applies to dividends and interest of every Cyprus resident, domiciled or not, up to €180,000 of income a year.

Cyprus resident, domiciled: 0.86%

Estimate, not tax advice: published rules as of 2026-10-14 for the profile chosen; your broker’s withholding and your own situation can differ. How we estimate tax

Next payment

Ex-dividend date
17 Nov 2026
Payment date
24 Nov 2026
Amount per share
$0.81
Status
Announced

Dividend profile

Years without a lower dividend
1
Years without a cut of over 10 %
1
Payout ratio (free cash flow)
29%

Annual total matches the company's SEC filing

Our rules see a meaningful risk that this dividend is cut.

Caution. Dividend Safety below 40 points. More in the glossary →Dividend Safety below 40 points.

Payment history

Amounts are per share on today's share count (adjusted for splits), before withholding tax.

Status
17 Nov 202624 Nov 2026$0.81RegularAnnounced1
19 Aug 202628 Aug 2026$0.81RegularVerified2
19 May 202628 May 2026$0.81RegularVerified2
19 Feb 202602 Mar 2026$0.81RegularVerified2

Each payment is checked against up to 2 data feeds. Several feeds can share one upstream, so Verified needs two independent ones. Verified: two or more sources agree. Single source: not cross-checked yet. Sources disagree: the median is shown. Announced: declared, may still change.

What dividend safety is made of

0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, years without a lower dividend and how stretched the yield looks.

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A high yield is not a high return: payouts can come from your own capital and can be cut. Dividend calculator →