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VRSN · CIK 0001014473 · FY2025 live · 2025-12-31

VERISIGN INC/CA

DistressSEC 10-KZ″Technology2nd percentile in Technology · 395 names

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Model

Z″

FY2025

−27.29

Zone

Distress

Prior

Market DD

1y PD

−27.29

Classic Z −9.38

−21.12.68+

Z″ −27.29 · distress below 1.10, grey to 2.60, safe above.

Z″ factor contributions

  • X1 Working capital / assets

    Short-term liquidity. Carries more weight in Z″ than in classic Z.

    −0.51
    6.56 × = −3.37
  • X2 Retained earnings / assets

    Cushion from years of profits. Share buybacks can push this negative at otherwise healthy firms.

    −8.88
    3.26 × = −28.95
  • X3 EBIT / assets

    Operating return on assets. Highest weight in Z″.

    0.85
    6.72 × = 5.68
  • X4 Book equity / liabilities

    Book equity versus the liability stack. Sales / assets is omitted so asset-light names are not punished for turnover.

    −0.62
    1.05 × = −0.65

Five-year path

Need two annual 10-Ks to draw a path. The desk will pull this issuer’s filings rather than invent a series.

Overview

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VERISIGN INC/CA is on Z″ at −27.29 (distress) for FY2025, from an SEC 10-K. Retained earnings / assets is the line that sets the print. This is the first live year on the desk. No market tape loaded. Z″ drops sales/assets so asset-light names are not punished for turnover. X4 is book equity on every name.

Book screen Distress; market PD —. Tape not priced — not a single default call.

Market DD · naive Merton

No market tape yet.

Pull a year of closes (Yahoo, Nasdaq if Yahoo is limited) and size equity from Nasdaq cap or EDGAR shares. Distance-to-default and 1-year PD stay blank until then.

Sector peers

Closest Z″ scores · 2nd percentile in Technology.

KPI widgets

Current assets

$653M

Total assets

$1.3B

Current liabilities

$1.3B

Total liabilities

$3.5B

Working capital

−$681M

Retained earnings

−$11.8B

EBIT

$1.1B

Total sales

$1.7B

Book equity

−$2.2B

Accession 0001014473-26-000006. Live rank is the latest 10-K on EDGAR (FY2025, period 2025-12-31). Z″ is the live score. View as does not rewrite the live rank. X4 is book equity. Pulled 12 Sept 2026.