Down Almost 5% In The Past Week, How Quickly Could Verisign Stock Bounce Back?

The stock price of Verisign (NASDAQ:VRSN) reached its 52-week high of $234 last week before the recent sell-off, leading to an almost 5% drop in Verisign stock within a week, to levels of around $218 currently. This can be attributed to Verisign’s mixed Q2 2021 earnings, where revenue came in higher at $329 million, up from $314 million in Q1 2020. However, rising operating and non-operating expenses saw pre-tax income come in lower at $188 million, from $192 million for the same period last year. Despite an almost 3% drop in the outstanding share count, EPS came in marginally lower at $1.31.

Now, after a 5% fall in a week, will VRSN stock continue its downward trajectory over the coming weeks, or is a recovery in the stock imminent? According to the Trefis Machine Learning Engine, which identifies trends in the company’s stock price using ten years of historical data, returns for VRSN stock average 4.5% in the next one-month (twenty-one trading days) period after experiencing a 4.5% drop over the previous week (five trading days).

But how would these numbers change if you are interested in holding VRSN stock for a shorter or a longer time period? You can test the answer and many other combinations on the Trefis Machine Learning Engine to test Verisign stock chances of a rise after a fall. You can test the chance of recovery over different time intervals of a quarter, month, or even just 1 day!

MACHINE LEARNING ENGINE – try it yourself:

IF VRSN stock moved by -5% over five trading days, THEN over the next twenty-one trading days VRSN stock moves an average of 4.8%, with a strong 70.9% probability of a positive return over this period.

Some Fun Scenarios, FAQs & Making Sense of Verisign Stock Movements:

Question 1: Is the average return for Verisign stock higher after a drop?

Answer: Consider two situations,

Case 1: Verisign stock drops by 5% or more in a week

Case 2: Verisign stock rises by 5% or more in a week

Is the average return for Verisign stock higher over the subsequent month after Case 1 or Case 2?

Verisign stock fares better after Case 1, with an average return of 4.8% over the next month (21 trading days) under Case 1 (where the stock has just suffered a 5% loss over the previous week), versus, an average return of 2.9% for Case 2.

In comparison, the S&P 500 has an average return of 3.1% over the next 21 trading days under Case 1, and an average return of just 0.5% for Case 2 as detailed in our dashboard that details the average return for the S&P 500 after a fall or rise.

Try the Trefis machine learning engine above to see for yourself how Verisign stock is likely to behave after any specific gain or loss over a period.

Question 2: Does patience pay?

Answer: If you buy and hold Verisign stock, the expectation is over time the near-term fluctuations will cancel out, and the long-term positive trend will favor you – at least if the company is otherwise strong.

Overall, according to data and Trefis machine learning engine’s calculations, patience absolutely pays for most stocks!

For VRSN stock, the returns over the next N days after a -5% change over the last 5 trading days is detailed in the table below, along with the returns for the S&P500:

You can try the engine to see what this table looks like for Verisign after a larger loss over the last week, month, or quarter.

Question 3: What about the average return after a rise if you wait for a while?

Answer: The average return after a rise is understandably lower than after a fall as detailed in the previous question. Interestingly, though, if a stock has gained over the last few days, you would do better to avoid short-term bets for most stocks.

It’s pretty powerful to test the trend for yourself for Verisign stock by changing the inputs in the charts above.

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