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Consumer Internet · US · VeriSign, Inc.

6 of 6 ratios computed · receipts verified server-side

Idiot Index
99
out of 100 · 6/6 ratios · FY 2023

The full receipt

Latest published value for each ratio, with the sector median for context and year-over-year change where the prior year is available.

  • Markup →

    How much revenue per dollar of cost.

    6.9182× revenue / costverified
    $1 of cost becomes $6.92 of revenue
    Sector median: 3.5586Top 2% for extraction in sector
    FY 2023v1.0.0
  • Operational Markup →

    Revenue per dollar of cost + operating expenses. The multiplier after legitimate operations.

    2.8811× revenue / (cost + opex)verified
    $1 of cost+opex becomes $2.88 of revenue
    Sector median: 1.1416Top 2% for extraction in sector
    FY 2023v1.0.0
  • Labor Share →

    How much of every revenue dollar reaches workers.

    0.1931of revenue → workersapprox.verified
    19¢ of every $1 of revenue reaches workers
    Sector median: 0.2475Median range for extraction in sector
    FY 2023v1.0.0
  • Executive Extraction →

    How many times a CEO out-earns the median employee.

    56.38× CEO / median workerverified
    CEO earns 56× the median worker
    Sector median: 56.38Median range for extraction in sector
    FY 2023v1.0.0
  • Shareholder Extraction →

    Dollars sent to shareholders for every dollar invested in R&D.

    8.9764× buybacks+dividends / R&Dverified
    $8.98 to shareholders for every $1 in R&D
    Sector median: 0.0000Top 2% for extraction in sector
    FY 2023v1.0.0
  • Capital Extraction →

    How much of net profit goes to shareholders rather than back into the business.

    0.9207× buybacks+dividends / net incomeverified
    92% of net profit returned to shareholders, 8% reinvested
    Sector median: 0.5034Median range for extraction in sector
    FY 2023v1.0.0