Verisign (VRSN) Protective Put Calculator
Calculator · free · no signup · VRSNPrice a protective put, zero-cost collar, or put spread on Verisign. Annual cost, max loss, upside cap, tax treatment, auto-filled from current VRSN option chain.
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About Verisign
Verisign (VRSN) is a public Cloud/SaaS company, incorporated in Delaware and headquartered in Reston, VA.
Last close: $276.74 per share (as of 2026-08-18).
Equity grants at Verisign typically include restricted stock units (RSUs).
Verisign, Inc. is an American company based in Reston, Virginia, that operates a diverse array of network infrastructure, including two of the Internet's thirteen root nameservers, the authoritative registry for the .com, .net, .web and .name generic top-level domains and the .cc country-code top-level domains, and the back-end systems for the .jobs and .edu sponsored top-level domains.
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The company operates the authoritative registries for .com and .net under agreements with ICANN and the United States government, which makes it infrastructure rather than a conventional software business. Every .com domain in existence pays a wholesale fee, and the contract sets the terms under which those fees can rise, so revenue is close to a function of domain count and a regulated price. Operating costs barely move with volume, producing margins few businesses sustain. The risk is concentrated in contract renewal and regulatory review rather than competition. Headquarters are in Reston, Virginia.
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A protective put caps your downside on the VRSN position at a chosen floor; a zero-cost collar pays for that floor by capping the upside. This calculator prices both structures off the current VRSN option chain, with annual cost, max loss, and tax-treatment notes.
Example: a 5,000-share VRSN position at $276.74 is worth $1,383,700. A 1-year 30%-OTM put on that position typically runs 2-4% of position value per year (about $27,674 to $55,348) before any premium offset from a short call. The calculator prices both structures off VRSN's current option chain so you see the actual cost for your chosen floor, tenor, and cap.
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Verisign equity questions
- How much does it cost to hedge VRSN stock?
- The cost of a protective put depends on how far below the current price you set the floor, how long the protection lasts, and VRSN's option-implied volatility. A zero-cost collar lowers that cost by selling away some upside. The calculator above prices both structures off the current VRSN option chain and shows the annual cost, maximum loss, and tax treatment.
- Does Verisign grant ISOs, NSOs, or RSUs?
- Equity compensation at Verisign typically takes the form of restricted stock units (RSUs). Restricted stock units are taxed as ordinary income when they vest.
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