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BlackRock Fund Advisors’s VeriSign VRSN Stock Holding History

BlackRock Fund Advisors’s Portfolio VRSN Stock Details VRSN Fund Activity
Bought
Maintained
Sold
Quarter Market Value Status Shares Change in
Stake 		Trade Value Portfolio Weight Portfolio Position
2016
Q4 		$129M Buy
1,698,441
+39,045
+2% +$3.09M 0.02% 997
2016
Q3 		$130M Buy
1,659,396
+12,396
+0.8% +$994K 0.03% 880
2016
Q2 		$142M Buy
1,647,000
+19,788
+1% +$1.71M 0.03% 719
2016
Q1 		$144M Sell
1,627,212
-103,323
-6% -$8.44M 0.03% 668
2015
Q4 		$151M Buy
1,730,535
+102,229
+6% +$8.52M 0.03% 649
2015
Q3 		$115M Sell
1,628,306
-11,923
-0.7% -$812K 0.03% 797
2015
Q2 		$101M Sell
1,640,229
-65,673
-4% -$4.23M 0.02% 983
2015
Q1 		$114M Sell
1,705,902
-30,771
-2% -$1.87M 0.03% 885
2014
Q4 		$99M Buy
1,736,673
+64,983
+4% +$3.75M 0.02% 960
2014
Q3 		$92.1M Sell
1,671,690
-107,501
-6% -$5.81M 0.03% 897
2014
Q2 		$86.8M Sell
1,779,191
-144,621
-8% -$7.21M 0.02% 992
2014
Q1 		$104M Buy
1,923,812
+136,848
+8% +$7.75M 0.03% 820
2013
Q4 		$107M Sell
1,786,964
-90,321
-5% -$4.97M 0.03% 787
2013
Q3 		$95.5M Sell
1,877,285
-95,451
-5% -$4.61M 0.03% 787
2013
Q2 		$88.1M Buy
+1,972,736
New +$91.4M 0.03% 745

Other funds holding VRSN

T. Rowe Price Associates
T. Rowe Price Associates Baltimore, Maryland $999B AUM 46.22% 1-Year Est. Return
Berkshire Hathaway
Berkshire Hathaway Omaha, Nebraska $299B AUM 27.55% 1-Year Est. Return
Capital World Investors
Capital World Investors Los Angeles, California $846B AUM 46.74% 1-Year Est. Return
Vanguard Group
Vanguard Group Malvern, Pennsylvania $6.9T AUM 27.45% 1-Year Est. Return
Renaissance Technologies
Renaissance Technologies New York $72.6B AUM 54.88% 1-Year Est. Return
State Street
State Street Boston, Massachusetts $3.37T AUM 44.26% 1-Year Est. Return
AL
AJO LP Philadelphia, Pennsylvania $199M AUM 109.68% 1-Year Est. Return
D.E. Shaw & Co
D.E. Shaw & Co New York $210B AUM 57.28% 1-Year Est. Return
Principal Financial Group
Principal Financial Group Des Moines, Iowa $204B AUM 27.99% 1-Year Est. Return
Wellington Management Group
Wellington Management Group Boston, Massachusetts $580B AUM 38.23% 1-Year Est. Return

BlackRock Fund Advisors's VRSN Position: Q4 2016 in Review

BlackRock Fund Advisors increased its VeriSign (VRSN) stake by 2.4% in Q4 2016, buying an estimated $3.09M and bringing the position to 1,698,441 shares worth $129M. The position accounts for 0.02% of the portfolio, ranked #997.

BlackRock Fund Advisors first reported a position in VRSN in Q2 2013 and has held it in 15 quarters since. The position peaked at $151M in Q4 2015. 416 funds tracked by Wall St. Rank hold VRSN as of Q4 2016.

  • BlackRock Fund Advisors held 1,698,441 shares of VeriSign worth $129M as of Q4 2016.
  • BlackRock Fund Advisors bought 39,045 VeriSign shares in Q4 2016, an estimated $3.09M.
  • VeriSign made up 0.02% of BlackRock Fund Advisors's portfolio in Q4 2016, its #997 holding.
  • BlackRock Fund Advisors first reported a position in VeriSign in Q2 2013 and has held it in 15 quarters since.
  • BlackRock Fund Advisors's VeriSign position peaked at $151M in Q4 2015.
  • 416 funds tracked by Wall St. Rank held VeriSign as of Q4 2016.

Based on BlackRock Fund Advisors's 13F filing for Q4 2016, filed 10 Feb 2017.