Banco Santander SA vs Verisign, Inc. — how do they compare? Banco Santander SA trades at $13.66 (market cap $191.46B), while Verisign, Inc. trades at $277.5 (market cap $25.26B). The key difference: Banco Santander SA is far larger — about 7.6× Verisign, Inc.'s market cap, and Banco Santander SA pays the higher dividend (2.09%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| SAN | VRSN | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $191.46B | $25.26B |
Sector | Financials | Technology |
52-Week High | $14.37 | $310.00 |
52-Week Low | $8.40 | $211.49 |
Dividend Yield | 2.09% | 1.17% |
Enterprise Value | — | $26.50B |
Trailing returns across standard periods
Santander's focus is on retail and commercial banking. Latin America is geographically the largest operation, with Brazil by far the largest. Its continental European business is still mainly Iberian. Santander's U.K. presence is the result of the acquisition of building society Abbey. In the U.S., Santander operates a vehicle finance business and a regional bank focused on the Northeastern states.
Read more on SAN →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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