Nasdaq Inc vs Verisign, Inc. — how do they compare? Nasdaq Inc trades at $90.25 (market cap $51.96B), while Verisign, Inc. trades at $277.5 (market cap $25.26B). The key difference: Nasdaq Inc is far larger — about 2.1× Verisign, Inc.'s market cap, and Nasdaq Inc pays the higher dividend (1.22%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| NDAQ | VRSN | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $51.96B | $25.26B |
Sector | Financials | Technology |
52-Week High | $100.98 | $310.00 |
52-Week Low | $76.85 | $211.49 |
Enterprise Value | $59.02B | $26.50B |
Dividend Yield | 1.22% | 1.17% |
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Founded in 1971, Nasdaq is primarily known for its equity exchange, but in addition to its market-services business (about 35% of sales), the company sells and distributes market data as well as offers Nasdaq-branded indexes to asset managers and investors through its information-services segment (30%). Nasdaq's corporate-services business (20%) offers listing services and related investor relations products to publicly traded companies and through the company's market technology group (15%), Nasdaq facilitates the exchange operations of other exchanges throughout the world and provides financial compliance services.
Read more on NDAQ →Verisign is the sole authorized registry for several generic top-level domains, including the widely utilized .com and .net top-level domains. The company operates critical Internet infrastructure to support the domain name system, including operating two of the world's 13 root servers that are used to route Internet traffic. In 2018, the firm sold off its Security Services business, signalling a renewed focus on the core registry business.
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