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Tops $200 per share — Verisign stock

Tops $200 per share — Verisign stock

It’s not quite the dot.com boom, but Verisign’s share price has hit a key number.

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Verisign’s (NASDAQ: VRSN) stock price has eclipsed $200 per share for the first time since the dot com boom. Shares briefly traded for above $250 in March 2000 ahead of the bubble burst.

The firm’s market cap is regarding $24 billion. It peaked at nearly $40 billion in 2000. Verisign’s market cap has tripled since January 2017.

Shares are up 6% today following the firm disclosed earnings yesterday.

While revenue growth is slow, operating margins hovers near 70%. Investors are also hoping that the firm will be able to increase prices on .com domains starting in a couple of years. This would give the firm a jolt of additional revenue at 100% margin.

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