$VRSN
VeriSign, Inc Stock $vrsn

$vrsn Overview Financials Valuation SEC Filings Company Website

2016 Q4 Form 10-K Financial Statement

#000101447318000018 Filed on February 16, 2018

Income Statement

Concept	2016 Q4	2016	2015 Q4
Revenue	$286.3M	$1.142B	$272.6M
YoY Change	5.03%	7.82%	6.53%
Cost Of Revenue	$49.10M	$198.2M	$49.00M
YoY Change	0.2%	2.83%	3.16%
Gross Profit	$237.2M	$943.9M	$223.6M
YoY Change	6.08%	8.93%	7.29%
Gross Profit Margin	82.85%	82.64%	82.02%
Selling, General & Admin	$54.70M	$198.3M	$50.10M
YoY Change	9.18%	0.68%	2.45%
% of Gross Profit	23.06%	21.0%	22.41%
Research & Development	$13.70M	$59.10M	$15.20M
YoY Change	-9.87%	-7.25%	-12.14%
% of Gross Profit	5.78%	6.26%	6.8%
Depreciation & Amortization	$14.10M	$58.20M	$14.90M
YoY Change	-5.37%	-5.37%	-5.7%
% of Gross Profit	5.94%	6.17%	6.66%
Operating Expenses	$68.40M	$257.4M	$65.30M
YoY Change	4.75%	-1.26%	-1.36%
Operating Profit	$168.8M	$686.6M	$158.3M
YoY Change	6.63%	13.31%	11.32%
Interest Expense	-$27.10M	$115.6M	-$32.60M
YoY Change	-16.87%	7.37%	41.13%
% of Operating Profit	-16.05%	16.83%	-20.59%
Other Income/Expense, Net	$200.0K	$10.17M	-$300.0K
YoY Change	-166.67%	-195.31%	-123.08%
Pretax Income	$141.9M	$299.3M	$125.4M
YoY Change	13.16%	20.24%	4.07%
Income Tax	$36.30M	$140.5M	$23.80M
% Of Pretax Income	25.58%	46.95%	18.98%
Net Earnings	$105.6M	$440.6M	$101.5M
YoY Change	4.04%	17.43%	54.96%
Net Earnings / Revenue	36.88%	38.58%	37.23%
Basic Earnings Per Share		$4.12
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$842.1K	$3.42	$761.4K
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding	104.6M shares	107.0M shares	111.5M shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding		128.8M shares

Balance Sheet

Concept	2016 Q4	2016	2015 Q4
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$1.798B	$1.798B	$1.915B
YoY Change	-6.11%	-6.11%	34.39%
Cash & Equivalents	$231.9M	$232.0M	$228.7M
Short-Term Investments	$1.566B	$1.566B	$1.687B
Other Short-Term Assets	$1.671M	$16.00M	$1.935M
YoY Change	-13.64%	-5.88%	-4.21%
Inventory
Prepaid Expenses	$14.39M		$14.82M
Receivables	$13.05M	$13.00M	$12.64M
Other Receivables	$15.00M	$15.00M	$23.00M
Total Short-Term Assets	$1.842B	$1.842B	$1.968B
YoY Change	-6.38%	-6.4%	32.99%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$266.1M	$266.0M	$295.6M
YoY Change	-9.96%	-10.14%	-7.35%
Goodwill	$52.53M		$52.53M
YoY Change	0.0%		0.0%
Intangibles
YoY Change
Long-Term Investments
YoY Change
Other Assets	$19.19M	$174.0M	$22.36M
YoY Change	-14.14%	314.29%	40.44%
Total Long-Term Assets	$492.2M	$493.0M	$389.8M
YoY Change	26.27%	26.41%	-7.49%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$1.842B	$1.842B	$1.968B
Total Long-Term Assets	$492.2M	$493.0M	$389.8M
Total Assets	$2.335B	$2.335B	$2.358B
YoY Change	-0.98%	-0.98%	24.02%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable	$19.00M	$19.00M	$23.00M
YoY Change	-17.39%	-17.39%	-20.69%
Accrued Expenses	$109.0M	$109.0M	$100.0M
YoY Change	9.0%	9.0%	19.05%
Deferred Revenue
YoY Change
Short-Term Debt	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
YoY Change
Long-Term Debt Due	$630.0M	$630.0M	$634.0M
YoY Change	-0.63%	-0.63%	2.09%
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$1.522B	$1.522B	$1.503B
YoY Change	1.26%	1.26%	4.94%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$1.237B	$1.237B	$1.235B
YoY Change	0.16%	0.16%	66.89%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$117.2M	$405.0M	$114.8M
YoY Change	2.07%	2.27%	16.28%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$2.013B	$1.642B	$1.925B
YoY Change	4.57%	0.67%	42.35%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$1.522B	$1.522B	$1.503B
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$2.013B	$1.642B	$1.925B
Total Liabilities	$3.535B	$3.535B	$3.428B
YoY Change	3.12%	3.12%	23.11%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings	-$18.18B		-$18.63B
YoY Change	-2.37%		-1.97%
Common Stock	$324.0K		$323.0K
YoY Change	0.31%		0.31%
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)
YoY Change
Treasury Stock Shares
Shareholders Equity	-$1.201B	-$1.201B	-$1.070B
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$2.335B	$2.335B	$2.358B
YoY Change	-0.98%	-0.98%	24.02%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2016 Q4	2016	2015 Q4
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	$105.6M	$440.6M	$101.5M
YoY Change	4.04%	17.43%	54.96%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$14.10M	$58.20M	$14.90M
YoY Change	-5.37%	-5.37%	-5.7%
Cash From Operating Activities	$220.5M	$693.0M	$207.0M
YoY Change	6.52%	3.44%	21.48%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	-$6.700M	$26.57M	-$12.00M
YoY Change	-44.17%	-34.64%	30.43%
Acquisitions
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities	$17.10M	$0.00	$25.60M
YoY Change	-33.2%	-100.0%	224.05%
Cash From Investing Activities	$10.40M	-$42.73M	$13.50M
YoY Change	-22.96%	-91.4%	-1138.46%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net		$662.5M
YoY Change		3.0%
Debt Paid & Issued, Net
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities	-176.1M	-$648.8M	-170.0M
YoY Change	3.59%	376.23%	-19.28%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	220.5M	$693.0M	207.0M
Cash From Investing Activities	10.40M	-$42.73M	13.50M
Cash From Financing Activities	-176.1M	-$648.8M	-170.0M
Net Change In Cash	54.80M	$953.0K	50.50M
YoY Change	8.51%	-97.41%	-221.69%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	$220.5M	$693.0M	$207.0M
Capital Expenditures	-$6.700M	$26.57M	-$12.00M
Free Cash Flow	$227.2M	$666.4M	$219.0M
YoY Change	3.74%	5.9%	21.94%

Facts In Submission

Frame	Concept Type	Concept / XBRL Key	Value	Unit
CY2017	dei	Amendment Flag AmendmentFlag	false
CY2017	dei	Current Fiscal Year End Date CurrentFiscalYearEndDate	--12-31
CY2017	dei	Document Fiscal Period Focus DocumentFiscalPeriodFocus	FY
CY2017	dei	Document Fiscal Year Focus DocumentFiscalYearFocus	2017
CY2017	dei	Document Period End Date DocumentPeriodEndDate	2017-12-31
CY2017	dei	Document Type DocumentType	10-K
CY2017	dei	Entity Central Index Key EntityCentralIndexKey	0001014473
CY2018Q1	dei	Entity Common Stock Shares Outstanding EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding	97120531	shares
CY2017	dei	Entity Current Reporting Status EntityCurrentReportingStatus	Yes
CY2017	dei	Entity Filer Category EntityFilerCategory	Large Accelerated Filer
CY2017Q2	dei	Entity Public Float EntityPublicFloat	3300000000	USD
CY2017	dei	Entity Registrant Name EntityRegistrantName	VERISIGN INC/CA
CY2017	dei	Entity Voluntary Filers EntityVoluntaryFilers	No
CY2017	dei	Entity Well Known Seasoned Issuer EntityWellKnownSeasonedIssuer	Yes
CY2017Q4	invest	Derivative Notional Amount DerivativeNotionalAmount	29700000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Accounts Payable And Accrued Liabilities Current AccountsPayableAndAccruedLiabilitiesCurrent	203920000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Accounts Payable And Accrued Liabilities Current AccountsPayableAndAccruedLiabilitiesCurrent	219603000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Accounts Payable Trade Current AccountsPayableTradeCurrent	19455000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Accounts Payable Trade Current AccountsPayableTradeCurrent	20923000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Accounts Receivable Net Current AccountsReceivableNetCurrent	13051000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Accounts Receivable Net Current AccountsReceivableNetCurrent	5111000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Accrued Employee Benefits Current AccruedEmployeeBenefitsCurrent	61426000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Accrued Employee Benefits Current AccruedEmployeeBenefitsCurrent	51481000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Accumulated Depreciation Depletion And Amortization Property Plant And Equipment AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment	464784000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Accumulated Depreciation Depletion And Amortization Property Plant And Equipment AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment	488650000	USD
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Loss Available For Sale Securities Adjustment Net Of Tax AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossAvailableForSaleSecuritiesAdjustmentNetOfTax	-542000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Loss Available For Sale Securities Adjustment Net Of Tax AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossAvailableForSaleSecuritiesAdjustmentNetOfTax	-87000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Loss Available For Sale Securities Adjustment Net Of Tax AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossAvailableForSaleSecuritiesAdjustmentNetOfTax	-105000	USD
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Loss Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment Net Of Tax AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossForeignCurrencyTranslationAdjustmentNetOfTax	-3451000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Loss Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment Net Of Tax AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossForeignCurrencyTranslationAdjustmentNetOfTax	-3366000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Loss Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment Net Of Tax AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossForeignCurrencyTranslationAdjustmentNetOfTax	-2836000	USD
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Loss Net Of Tax AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax	-3993000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Loss Net Of Tax AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax	-3453000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Loss Net Of Tax AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax	-2941000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Additional Paid In Capital AdditionalPaidInCapital	16987488000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Additional Paid In Capital AdditionalPaidInCapital	16437135000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Advertising Expense AdvertisingExpense	16000000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Advertising Expense AdvertisingExpense	17200000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Advertising Expense AdvertisingExpense	27400000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Amortization Of Debt Discount Premium AmortizationOfDebtDiscountPremium	10218000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Amortization Of Debt Discount Premium AmortizationOfDebtDiscountPremium	11094000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Amortization Of Debt Discount Premium AmortizationOfDebtDiscountPremium	12012000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Amortization Of Financing Costs And Discounts AmortizationOfFinancingCostsAndDiscounts	12292000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Amortization Of Financing Costs And Discounts AmortizationOfFinancingCostsAndDiscounts	13411000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Amortization Of Financing Costs And Discounts AmortizationOfFinancingCostsAndDiscounts	14678000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Assets Assets	2334572000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Assets Assets	2941188000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Assets Current AssetsCurrent	1842342000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Assets Current AssetsCurrent	2446153000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Assets Noncurrent AssetsNoncurrent	492230000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Assets Noncurrent AssetsNoncurrent	495035000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Debt Securities Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain Before Tax AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAccumulatedGrossUnrealizedGainBeforeTax	1000000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Debt Maturities Within One Year Fair Value AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithinOneYearFairValue	1626764000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Debt Maturities Within One Year Fair Value AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithinOneYearFairValue	2169172000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Equity Securities AvailableForSaleSecuritiesEquitySecurities	2174000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Equity Securities AvailableForSaleSecuritiesEquitySecurities	25000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Buildings And Improvements Gross BuildingsAndImprovementsGross	246237000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Buildings And Improvements Gross BuildingsAndImprovementsGross	246654000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Capitalized Computer Software Additions CapitalizedComputerSoftwareAdditions	18000000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Capitalized Computer Software Additions CapitalizedComputerSoftwareAdditions	17700000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Capitalized Computer Software Net CapitalizedComputerSoftwareNet	441732000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Capitalized Computer Software Net CapitalizedComputerSoftwareNet	462469000	USD
CY2014Q4	us-gaap	Cash And Cash Equivalents At Carrying Value CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue	191608000	USD
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Cash And Cash Equivalents At Carrying Value CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue	228659000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Cash And Cash Equivalents At Carrying Value CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue	231945000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Cash And Cash Equivalents At Carrying Value CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue	465851000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Cash And Cash Equivalents Period Increase Decrease CashAndCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecrease	37051000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Cash And Cash Equivalents Period Increase Decrease CashAndCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecrease	3286000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Cash And Cash Equivalents Period Increase Decrease CashAndCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecrease	233906000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Cash Cash Equivalents And Short Term Investments CashCashEquivalentsAndShortTermInvestments	1807543000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Cash Cash Equivalents And Short Term Investments CashCashEquivalentsAndShortTermInvestments	2424039000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Cash Equivalents At Carrying Value CashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue	39183000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Cash Equivalents At Carrying Value CashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue	135092000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Commitments And Contingencies CommitmentsAndContingencies		USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Commitments And Contingencies CommitmentsAndContingencies		USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Common Stock Capital Shares Reserved For Future Issuance CommonStockCapitalSharesReservedForFutureIssuance	10500000	shares
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Common Stock Par Or Stated Value Per Share CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare	0.001
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Common Stock Par Or Stated Value Per Share CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare	0.001
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Common Stock Shares Authorized CommonStockSharesAuthorized	1000000000	shares
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Common Stock Shares Authorized CommonStockSharesAuthorized	1000000000	shares
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Common Stock Shares Issued CommonStockSharesIssued	324118000	shares
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Common Stock Shares Issued CommonStockSharesIssued	325218000	shares
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Common Stock Shares Outstanding CommonStockSharesOutstanding	103091000	shares
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Common Stock Shares Outstanding CommonStockSharesOutstanding	97591000	shares
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Common Stock Value CommonStockValue	324000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Common Stock Value CommonStockValue	325000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	374241000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	441185000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	457760000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Concentration Risk Percentage1 ConcentrationRiskPercentage1	0.31	Rate
CY2016	us-gaap	Concentration Risk Percentage1 ConcentrationRiskPercentage1	0.30	Rate
CY2017	us-gaap	Concentration Risk Percentage1 ConcentrationRiskPercentage1	0.31	Rate
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Construction In Progress Gross ConstructionInProgressGross	4246000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Construction In Progress Gross ConstructionInProgressGross	4024000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Convertible Debt ConvertibleDebt	629764000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Convertible Debt ConvertibleDebt	627616000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Convertible Debt Current ConvertibleDebtCurrent	629764000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Convertible Debt Current ConvertibleDebtCurrent	627616000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Cost Of Revenue CostOfRevenue	192788000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Cost Of Revenue CostOfRevenue	198242000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Cost Of Revenue CostOfRevenue	193326000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Costs And Expenses CostsAndExpenses	453420000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Costs And Expenses CostsAndExpenses	455595000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Costs And Expenses CostsAndExpenses	457373000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Current Federal Tax Expense Benefit CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit	13601000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Current Federal Tax Expense Benefit CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit	34842000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Current Federal Tax Expense Benefit CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit	16870000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Current Foreign Tax Expense Benefit CurrentForeignTaxExpenseBenefit	17241000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Current Foreign Tax Expense Benefit CurrentForeignTaxExpenseBenefit	19268000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Current Foreign Tax Expense Benefit CurrentForeignTaxExpenseBenefit	15539000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Current Income Tax Expense Benefit CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	30998000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Current Income Tax Expense Benefit CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	54350000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Current Income Tax Expense Benefit CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	32703000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Current State And Local Tax Expense Benefit CurrentStateAndLocalTaxExpenseBenefit	156000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Current State And Local Tax Expense Benefit CurrentStateAndLocalTaxExpenseBenefit	240000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Current State And Local Tax Expense Benefit CurrentStateAndLocalTaxExpenseBenefit	294000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Customer Deposits Current CustomerDepositsCurrent	52173000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Customer Deposits Current CustomerDepositsCurrent	63617000	USD
CY2007Q3	us-gaap	Debt Conversion Original Debt Due Date Of Debt Day Month And Year DebtConversionOriginalDebtDueDateOfDebtDayMonthAndYear	2037-08-15
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Debt Instrument Convertible Carrying Amount Of The Equity Component DebtInstrumentConvertibleCarryingAmountOfTheEquityComponent	418996000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Debt Instrument Convertible Carrying Amount Of The Equity Component DebtInstrumentConvertibleCarryingAmountOfTheEquityComponent	418996000	USD
CY2007Q3	us-gaap	Debt Instrument Convertible Conversion Price1 DebtInstrumentConvertibleConversionPrice1	34.37
CY2007Q3	us-gaap	Debt Instrument Convertible Conversion Ratio1 DebtInstrumentConvertibleConversionRatio1	29.0968
CY2017	us-gaap	Debt Instrument Convertible Remaining Discount Amortization Period1 DebtInstrumentConvertibleRemainingDiscountAmortizationPeriod1	P19Y227D
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Debt Instrument Convertible Stock Price Trigger DebtInstrumentConvertibleStockPriceTrigger	44.68
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Debt Instrument Face Amount DebtInstrumentFaceAmount	1250000000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Debt Instrument Face Amount DebtInstrumentFaceAmount	1250000000	USD
CY2007Q3	us-gaap	Debt Instrument Face Amount DebtInstrumentFaceAmount	1250000000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Debt Instrument Fair Value DebtInstrumentFairValue	4200000000	USD
CY2007Q3	us-gaap	Debt Instrument Interest Rate Effective Percentage DebtInstrumentInterestRateEffectivePercentage	0.0839	Rate
CY2007Q3	us-gaap	Debt Instrument Interest Rate Stated Percentage DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage	0.0325	Rate
CY2016Q1	us-gaap	Debt Instrument Maturity Date DebtInstrumentMaturityDate	2020-04-01
CY2017	us-gaap	Debt Instrument Redemption Price Percentage DebtInstrumentRedemptionPricePercentage	0.0325	Rate
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Debt Instrument Unamortized Discount DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscount	624315000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Debt Instrument Unamortized Discount DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscount	612303000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Debt Instrument Unamortized Discount Premium Net DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscountPremiumNet	686221000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Debt Instrument Unamortized Discount Premium Net DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscountPremiumNet	686221000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Deferred Federal Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredFederalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	65168000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Deferred Federal Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredFederalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	64301000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Deferred Federal Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredFederalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	90113000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Deferred Foreign Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredForeignIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	481000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Deferred Foreign Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredForeignIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	385000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Deferred Foreign Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredForeignIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	-706000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Deferred Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	81416000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Deferred Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	86178000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Deferred Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	109061000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Income Tax Liabilities DeferredIncomeTaxLiabilities	597747000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Income Tax Liabilities DeferredIncomeTaxLiabilities	631312000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Revenue Current DeferredRevenueCurrent	688265000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Revenue Current DeferredRevenueCurrent	713309000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Revenue Noncurrent DeferredRevenueNoncurrent	287424000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Revenue Noncurrent DeferredRevenueNoncurrent	286097000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Deferred State And Local Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredStateAndLocalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	15767000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Deferred State And Local Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredStateAndLocalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	21492000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Deferred State And Local Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredStateAndLocalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	19654000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Capital Loss Carryforwards DeferredTaxAssetsCapitalLossCarryforwards	1161772000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Capital Loss Carryforwards DeferredTaxAssetsCapitalLossCarryforwards	778430000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Deferred Income DeferredTaxAssetsDeferredIncome	114548000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Deferred Income DeferredTaxAssetsDeferredIncome	77869000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Goodwill And Intangible Assets DeferredTaxAssetsGoodwillAndIntangibleAssets	10473000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Goodwill And Intangible Assets DeferredTaxAssetsGoodwillAndIntangibleAssets	1192000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Gross DeferredTaxAssetsGross	1397800000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Gross DeferredTaxAssetsGross	986321000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Net DeferredTaxAssetsNet	235699000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Net DeferredTaxAssetsNet	202596000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Net Noncurrent DeferredTaxAssetsNetNoncurrent	9385000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Net Noncurrent DeferredTaxAssetsNetNoncurrent	15392000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Operating Loss Carryforwards DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwards	46879000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Operating Loss Carryforwards DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwards	70587000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Other DeferredTaxAssetsOther	4791000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Other DeferredTaxAssetsOther	5584000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Tax Credit Carryforwards DeferredTaxAssetsTaxCreditCarryforwards	59337000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Tax Credit Carryforwards DeferredTaxAssetsTaxCreditCarryforwards	52659000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Tax Credit Carryforwards Alternative Minimum Tax DeferredTaxAssetsTaxCreditCarryforwardsAlternativeMinimumTax	17000000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Valuation Allowance DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance	1162101000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Valuation Allowance DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance	783725000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Liabilities DeferredTaxLiabilities	362048000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Liabilities DeferredTaxLiabilities	428716000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Liabilities Financing Arrangements DeferredTaxLiabilitiesFinancingArrangements	590921000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Liabilities Financing Arrangements DeferredTaxLiabilitiesFinancingArrangements	430088000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Liabilities Noncurrent DeferredTaxLiabilitiesNoncurrent	371433000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Liabilities Noncurrent DeferredTaxLiabilitiesNoncurrent	444108000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Liabilities Other DeferredTaxLiabilitiesOther	2614000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Liabilities Other DeferredTaxLiabilitiesOther	3116000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Liabilities Property Plant And Equipment DeferredTaxLiabilitiesPropertyPlantAndEquipment	4212000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Liabilities Property Plant And Equipment DeferredTaxLiabilitiesPropertyPlantAndEquipment	1577000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Liability Not Recognized Amount Of Unrecognized Deferred Tax Liability Undistributed Earnings Of Foreign Subsidiaries DeferredTaxLiabilityNotRecognizedAmountOfUnrecognizedDeferredTaxLiabilityUndistributedEarningsOfForeignSubsidiaries	33600000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Liability Not Recognized Determination Of Deferred Tax Liability Is Not Practicable Undistributed Earnings Of Foreign Subsidiaries DeferredTaxLiabilityNotRecognizedDeterminationOfDeferredTaxLiabilityIsNotPracticableUndistributedEarningsOfForeignSubsidiaries	38.3
CY2015	us-gaap	Defined Contribution Plan Cost Recognized DefinedContributionPlanCostRecognized	3700000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Defined Contribution Plan Cost Recognized DefinedContributionPlanCostRecognized	3800000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Defined Contribution Plan Cost Recognized DefinedContributionPlanCostRecognized	4000000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Deposits Assets Noncurrent DepositsAssetsNoncurrent	145000000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Deposits Assets Noncurrent DepositsAssetsNoncurrent	145000000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Depreciation And Amortization DepreciationAndAmortization	61491000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Depreciation And Amortization DepreciationAndAmortization	58167000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Depreciation And Amortization DepreciationAndAmortization	49878000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Liabilities DerivativeLiabilities	14339000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Liabilities DerivativeLiabilities	0	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Basic EarningsPerShareBasic	3.29
CY2016	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Basic EarningsPerShareBasic	4.12
CY2017	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Basic EarningsPerShareBasic	4.56
CY2015	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Diluted EarningsPerShareDiluted	2.82
CY2016	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Diluted EarningsPerShareDiluted	3.42
CY2017	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Diluted EarningsPerShareDiluted	3.68
CY2015	us-gaap	Effect Of Exchange Rate On Cash And Cash Equivalents EffectOfExchangeRateOnCashAndCashEquivalents	246000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Effect Of Exchange Rate On Cash And Cash Equivalents EffectOfExchangeRateOnCashAndCashEquivalents	-501000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Effect Of Exchange Rate On Cash And Cash Equivalents EffectOfExchangeRateOnCashAndCashEquivalents	1294000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation At Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate	0.35	Rate
CY2016	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation At Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate	0.35	Rate
CY2017	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation At Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate	0.35	Rate
CY2015	us-gaap	Employee Service Share Based Compensation Allocation Of Recognized Period Costs Capitalized Amount EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationAllocationOfRecognizedPeriodCostsCapitalizedAmount	2718000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Employee Service Share Based Compensation Allocation Of Recognized Period Costs Capitalized Amount EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationAllocationOfRecognizedPeriodCostsCapitalizedAmount	2386000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Employee Service Share Based Compensation Allocation Of Recognized Period Costs Capitalized Amount EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationAllocationOfRecognizedPeriodCostsCapitalizedAmount	2455000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Employee Stock Ownership Plan Esop Shares In Esop EmployeeStockOwnershipPlanESOPSharesInESOP	3500000	shares
CY2016	us-gaap	Foreign Currency Transaction Gain Loss Before Tax ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossBeforeTax	-1000000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Foreign Currency Transaction Gain Loss Before Tax ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossBeforeTax	-1000000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Furniture And Fixtures Gross FurnitureAndFixturesGross	6203000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Furniture And Fixtures Gross FurnitureAndFixturesGross	6472000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Gain Loss On Foreign Currency Derivatives Recorded In Earnings Net GainLossOnForeignCurrencyDerivativesRecordedInEarningsNet	-1000000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Gain Loss On Foreign Currency Derivatives Recorded In Earnings Net GainLossOnForeignCurrencyDerivativesRecordedInEarningsNet	-1000000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Gain Loss On Sale Of Business GainLossOnSaleOfBusiness	0	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Gain Loss On Sale Of Business GainLossOnSaleOfBusiness	0	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Gain Loss On Sale Of Business GainLossOnSaleOfBusiness	10421000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	General And Administrative Expense GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense	106730000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	General And Administrative Expense GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense	118003000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	General And Administrative Expense GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense	129754000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Goodwill Goodwill	52527000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Goodwill Goodwill	52527000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Goodwill Gross GoodwillGross	1537843000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Goodwill Gross GoodwillGross	1537843000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Goodwill Impaired Accumulated Impairment Loss GoodwillImpairedAccumulatedImpairmentLoss	1485316000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Goodwill Impaired Accumulated Impairment Loss GoodwillImpairedAccumulatedImpairmentLoss	1485316000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Domestic IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic	248932000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Domestic IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic	299304000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Domestic IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic	313351000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Foreign IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign	238718000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Foreign IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign	281869000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Foreign IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign	285661000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Minority Interest And Income Loss From Equity Method Investments IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments	487650000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Minority Interest And Income Loss From Equity Method Investments IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments	581173000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Minority Interest And Income Loss From Equity Method Investments IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments	599012000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	112414000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	140528000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	141764000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Income Tax Holiday Income Tax Benefits Per Share IncomeTaxHolidayIncomeTaxBenefitsPerShare	0.14
CY2016	us-gaap	Income Tax Holiday Income Tax Benefits Per Share IncomeTaxHolidayIncomeTaxBenefitsPerShare	0.16
CY2017	us-gaap	Income Tax Holiday Income Tax Benefits Per Share IncomeTaxHolidayIncomeTaxBenefitsPerShare	0.10
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Income Tax Receivable IncomeTaxReceivable	15328000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Income Tax Receivable IncomeTaxReceivable	6347000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Change In Enacted Tax Rate IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInEnactedTaxRate	0	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Change In Enacted Tax Rate IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInEnactedTaxRate	0	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Change In Enacted Tax Rate IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInEnactedTaxRate	-186800000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Foreign Income Tax Rate Differential IncomeTaxReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential	-66238000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Foreign Income Tax Rate Differential IncomeTaxReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential	-79087000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Foreign Income Tax Rate Differential IncomeTaxReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential	-83808000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Income Tax Expense Benefit At Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate	170677000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Income Tax Expense Benefit At Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate	203410000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Income Tax Expense Benefit At Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate	209654000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Other Adjustments IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherAdjustments	-1641000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Other Adjustments IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherAdjustments	1688000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Other Adjustments IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherAdjustments	-6283000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation State And Local Income Taxes IncomeTaxReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes	9616000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation State And Local Income Taxes IncomeTaxReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes	14517000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation State And Local Income Taxes IncomeTaxReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes	13029000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Income Taxes Paid Net IncomeTaxesPaidNet	39723000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Income Taxes Paid Net IncomeTaxesPaidNet	14303000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Income Taxes Paid Net IncomeTaxesPaidNet	28294000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Accounts Payable And Accrued Liabilities IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsPayableAndAccruedLiabilities	21013000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Accounts Payable And Accrued Liabilities IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsPayableAndAccruedLiabilities	40244000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Accounts Payable And Accrued Liabilities IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsPayableAndAccruedLiabilities	15483000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Deferred Income Taxes IncreaseDecreaseInDeferredIncomeTaxes	82328000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Deferred Income Taxes IncreaseDecreaseInDeferredIncomeTaxes	87614000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Deferred Income Taxes IncreaseDecreaseInDeferredIncomeTaxes	113131000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Deferred Revenue IncreaseDecreaseInDeferredRevenue	70988000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Deferred Revenue IncreaseDecreaseInDeferredRevenue	14347000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Deferred Revenue IncreaseDecreaseInDeferredRevenue	25348000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Prepaid Deferred Expense And Other Assets IncreaseDecreaseInPrepaidDeferredExpenseAndOtherAssets	-1067000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Prepaid Deferred Expense And Other Assets IncreaseDecreaseInPrepaidDeferredExpenseAndOtherAssets	8109000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Prepaid Deferred Expense And Other Assets IncreaseDecreaseInPrepaidDeferredExpenseAndOtherAssets	13775000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Incremental Common Shares Attributable To Conversion Of Preferred Stock IncrementalCommonSharesAttributableToConversionOfPreferredStock	25400000	shares
CY2015	us-gaap	Incremental Common Shares Attributable To Nonvested Shares With Forfeitable Dividends IncrementalCommonSharesAttributableToNonvestedSharesWithForfeitableDividends	829000	shares
CY2016	us-gaap	Incremental Common Shares Attributable To Nonvested Shares With Forfeitable Dividends IncrementalCommonSharesAttributableToNonvestedSharesWithForfeitableDividends	758000	shares
CY2017	us-gaap	Incremental Common Shares Attributable To Nonvested Shares With Forfeitable Dividends IncrementalCommonSharesAttributableToNonvestedSharesWithForfeitableDividends	608000	shares
CY2015	us-gaap	Interest Expense InterestExpense	107631000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Interest Expense InterestExpense	115564000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Interest Expense InterestExpense	136336000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Interest Expense Debt InterestExpenseDebt	54667000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Interest Expense Debt InterestExpenseDebt	60938000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Interest Expense Debt InterestExpenseDebt	73638000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Interest Expense Other InterestExpenseOther	2121000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Interest Expense Other InterestExpenseOther	2907000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Interest Expense Other InterestExpenseOther	3254000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Interest Expense Subordinated Notes And Debentures InterestExpenseSubordinatedNotesAndDebentures	40625000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Interest Expense Subordinated Notes And Debentures InterestExpenseSubordinatedNotesAndDebentures	40625000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Interest Expense Subordinated Notes And Debentures InterestExpenseSubordinatedNotesAndDebentures	47432000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Interest Paid Net InterestPaidNet	99473	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Interest Paid Net InterestPaidNet	115544	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Interest Paid Net InterestPaidNet	117234	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Interest Payable Current And Noncurrent InterestPayableCurrentAndNoncurrent	27701000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Interest Payable Current And Noncurrent InterestPayableCurrentAndNoncurrent	47357000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Investment Income Amortization Of Discount InvestmentIncomeAmortizationOfDiscount	1843000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Investment Income Amortization Of Discount InvestmentIncomeAmortizationOfDiscount	5527000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Investment Income Amortization Of Discount InvestmentIncomeAmortizationOfDiscount	14860000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Investment Income Interest And Dividend InvestmentIncomeInterestAndDividend	2128000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Investment Income Interest And Dividend InvestmentIncomeInterestAndDividend	6191000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Investment Income Interest And Dividend InvestmentIncomeInterestAndDividend	17944000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Land Land	31141000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Land Land	31141000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Leasehold Improvements Gross LeaseholdImprovementsGross	1350000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Leasehold Improvements Gross LeaseholdImprovementsGross	1403000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Liabilities Liabilities	3535167000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Liabilities Liabilities	4201459000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Liabilities And Stockholders Equity LiabilitiesAndStockholdersEquity	2334572000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Liabilities And Stockholders Equity LiabilitiesAndStockholdersEquity	2941188000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Liabilities Current LiabilitiesCurrent	1521949000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Liabilities Current LiabilitiesCurrent	1560528000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Liabilities Noncurrent LiabilitiesNoncurrent	2013218000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Liabilities Noncurrent LiabilitiesNoncurrent	2640931000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Liability For Uncertain Tax Positions Noncurrent LiabilityForUncertainTaxPositionsNoncurrent	217000000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Line Of Credit Facility Current Borrowing Capacity LineOfCreditFacilityCurrentBorrowingCapacity	200000000.0	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Marketable Securities Current MarketableSecuritiesCurrent	1565962000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Marketable Securities Current MarketableSecuritiesCurrent	1948900000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Money Market Funds At Carrying Value MoneyMarketFundsAtCarryingValue	4632000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Money Market Funds At Carrying Value MoneyMarketFundsAtCarryingValue	3682000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Financing Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivities	-136242000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Financing Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivities	-648821000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Financing Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivities	-65073000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Investing Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivities	-496899000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Investing Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivities	-40399000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Investing Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivities	-405076000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Operating Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities	669946000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Payments For Repurchase Of Common Stock PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock	662491000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Payments For Repurchase Of Common Stock PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock	621173000	USD
CY2007Q3	us-gaap	Payments Of Debt Issuance Costs PaymentsOfDebtIssuanceCosts	25777000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Intangible Assets PaymentsToAcquireIntangibleAssets	0	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Intangible Assets PaymentsToAcquireIntangibleAssets	143000000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Intangible Assets PaymentsToAcquireIntangibleAssets	0	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Preferred Stock Shares Issued PreferredStockSharesIssued	0	shares
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Preferred Stock Shares Issued PreferredStockSharesIssued	0	shares
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Preferred Stock Shares Outstanding PreferredStockSharesOutstanding	0	shares
CY2016	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Operating Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities	693007000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Operating Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities	702761000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	New Accounting Pronouncement Or Change In Accounting Principle Effect Of Adoption Quantification NewAccountingPronouncementOrChangeInAccountingPrincipleEffectOfAdoptionQuantification	27300000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Nonoperating Gains Losses NonoperatingGainsLosses	-10665000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Nonoperating Gains Losses NonoperatingGainsLosses	10165000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Nonoperating Gains Losses NonoperatingGainsLosses	27626000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Nonoperating Income Expense NonoperatingIncomeExpense	-10665000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Nonoperating Income Expense NonoperatingIncomeExpense	10165000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Nonoperating Income Expense NonoperatingIncomeExpense	27626000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Nontrade Receivables Noncurrent NontradeReceivablesNoncurrent	5673000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Nontrade Receivables Noncurrent NontradeReceivablesNoncurrent	5673000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Operating Income Loss OperatingIncomeLoss	605946000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Operating Income Loss OperatingIncomeLoss	686572000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Operating Income Loss OperatingIncomeLoss	707722000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Other Accrued Liabilities Current OtherAccruedLiabilitiesCurrent	20021000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Other Accrued Liabilities Current OtherAccruedLiabilitiesCurrent	22748000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Other Assets Current OtherAssetsCurrent	1671000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Other Assets Current OtherAssetsCurrent	4157000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Other Assets Noncurrent OtherAssetsNoncurrent	19193000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Other Assets Noncurrent OtherAssetsNoncurrent	18603000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Available For Sale Securities Adjustment Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossAvailableForSaleSecuritiesAdjustmentNetOfTax	455000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Available For Sale Securities Adjustment Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossAvailableForSaleSecuritiesAdjustmentNetOfTax	-18000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Foreign Currency Transaction And Translation Reclassification Adjustment From Aoci Realized Upon Sale Or Liquidation Before Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossForeignCurrencyTransactionAndTranslationReclassificationAdjustmentFromAOCIRealizedUponSaleOrLiquidationBeforeTax	291000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Foreign Currency Transaction And Translation Reclassification Adjustment From Aoci Realized Upon Sale Or Liquidation Before Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossForeignCurrencyTransactionAndTranslationReclassificationAdjustmentFromAOCIRealizedUponSaleOrLiquidationBeforeTax	-85000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Foreign Currency Transaction And Translation Reclassification Adjustment From Aoci Realized Upon Sale Or Liquidation Before Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossForeignCurrencyTransactionAndTranslationReclassificationAdjustmentFromAOCIRealizedUponSaleOrLiquidationBeforeTax	-530000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax	-995000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax	540000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax	512000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Reclassification Adjustment From Aoci For Sale Of Securities Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossReclassificationAdjustmentFromAOCIForSaleOfSecuritiesNetOfTax	185000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Reclassification Adjustment From Aoci For Sale Of Securities Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossReclassificationAdjustmentFromAOCIForSaleOfSecuritiesNetOfTax	78000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Reclassification Adjustment From Aoci For Sale Of Securities Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossReclassificationAdjustmentFromAOCIForSaleOfSecuritiesNetOfTax	403000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Unrealized Holding Gain Loss On Securities Arising During Period Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeUnrealizedHoldingGainLossOnSecuritiesArisingDuringPeriodNetOfTax	-519000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Unrealized Holding Gain Loss On Securities Arising During Period Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeUnrealizedHoldingGainLossOnSecuritiesArisingDuringPeriodNetOfTax	533000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Unrealized Holding Gain Loss On Securities Arising During Period Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeUnrealizedHoldingGainLossOnSecuritiesArisingDuringPeriodNetOfTax	385000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Other Liabilities Noncurrent OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent	117172000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Other Liabilities Noncurrent OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent	128197000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Other Nonoperating Income Expense OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	1337000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Other Nonoperating Income Expense OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	1572000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Other Nonoperating Income Expense OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	154000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Other Operating Activities Cash Flow Statement OtherOperatingActivitiesCashFlowStatement	-62000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Other Operating Activities Cash Flow Statement OtherOperatingActivitiesCashFlowStatement	-1740000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Other Operating Activities Cash Flow Statement OtherOperatingActivitiesCashFlowStatement	67000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Payments For Proceeds From Other Investing Activities PaymentsForProceedsFromOtherInvestingActivities	3941000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Payments For Proceeds From Other Investing Activities PaymentsForProceedsFromOtherInvestingActivities	-2333000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Payments For Proceeds From Other Investing Activities PaymentsForProceedsFromOtherInvestingActivities	-12096000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Payments For Repurchase Of Common Stock PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock	643169000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Preferred Stock Shares Outstanding PreferredStockSharesOutstanding	0	shares
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Preferred Stock Value PreferredStockValue	0	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Preferred Stock Value PreferredStockValue	0	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Prepaid Expense And Other Assets Current PrepaidExpenseAndOtherAssetsCurrent	44435000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Prepaid Expense And Other Assets Current PrepaidExpenseAndOtherAssetsCurrent	31402000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Prepaid Expense And Other Assets Noncurrent PrepaidExpenseAndOtherAssetsNoncurrent	3884000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Investments PaymentsToAcquireInvestments	3219329000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Investments PaymentsToAcquireInvestments	3691057000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Investments PaymentsToAcquireInvestments	4929834000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Property Plant And Equipment PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment	40656000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Property Plant And Equipment PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment	26574000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Property Plant And Equipment PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment	49499000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Preferred Stock Par Or Stated Value Per Share PreferredStockParOrStatedValuePerShare	0.001
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Preferred Stock Par Or Stated Value Per Share PreferredStockParOrStatedValuePerShare	0.001
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Preferred Stock Shares Authorized PreferredStockSharesAuthorized	5000000	shares
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Preferred Stock Shares Authorized PreferredStockSharesAuthorized	5000000	shares
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Prepaid Expense And Other Assets Noncurrent PrepaidExpenseAndOtherAssetsNoncurrent	3642000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Prepaid Expense Current PrepaidExpenseCurrent	14385000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Prepaid Expense Current PrepaidExpenseCurrent	15787000	USD
CY2007Q3	us-gaap	Proceeds From Convertible Debt ProceedsFromConvertibleDebt	1224223000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Proceeds From Issuance Of Long Term Debt ProceedsFromIssuanceOfLongTermDebt	492237000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Proceeds From Issuance Of Long Term Debt ProceedsFromIssuanceOfLongTermDebt	0	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Proceeds From Issuance Of Long Term Debt ProceedsFromIssuanceOfLongTermDebt	543185000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Proceeds From Issuance Of Shares Under Incentive And Share Based Compensation Plans Including Stock Options ProceedsFromIssuanceOfSharesUnderIncentiveAndShareBasedCompensationPlansIncludingStockOptions	14690000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Proceeds From Issuance Of Shares Under Incentive And Share Based Compensation Plans Including Stock Options ProceedsFromIssuanceOfSharesUnderIncentiveAndShareBasedCompensationPlansIncludingStockOptions	13670000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Proceeds From Issuance Of Shares Under Incentive And Share Based Compensation Plans Including Stock Options ProceedsFromIssuanceOfSharesUnderIncentiveAndShareBasedCompensationPlansIncludingStockOptions	12915000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Proceeds From Sale Maturity And Collections Of Investments ProceedsFromSaleMaturityAndCollectionsOfInvestments	2767027000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Proceeds From Sale Maturity And Collections Of Investments ProceedsFromSaleMaturityAndCollectionsOfInvestments	3817899000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Proceeds From Sale Maturity And Collections Of Investments ProceedsFromSaleMaturityAndCollectionsOfInvestments	4562161000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	375236000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	440645000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	457248000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment Gross PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross	730909000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment Gross PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross	752163000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment Net PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet	266125000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment Net PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet	263513000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Purchase Obligation PurchaseObligation	3805428000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Research And Development Expense ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense	63718000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Research And Development Expense ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense	59100000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Research And Development Expense ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense	52342000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Restricted Cash And Cash Equivalents At Carrying Value RestrictedCashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue	9636000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Restricted Cash And Cash Equivalents At Carrying Value RestrictedCashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue	9288000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Restricted Cash And Investments Noncurrent RestrictedCashAndInvestmentsNoncurrent	9636000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Restricted Cash And Investments Noncurrent RestrictedCashAndInvestmentsNoncurrent	9288000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Retained Earnings Accumulated Deficit RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit	-18184954000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Retained Earnings Accumulated Deficit RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit	-17694790000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Revenues Revenues	1059366000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Revenues Revenues	1142167000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Revenues Revenues	1165095000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Selling And Marketing Expense SellingAndMarketingExpense	90184000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Selling And Marketing Expense SellingAndMarketingExpense	80250000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Selling And Marketing Expense SellingAndMarketingExpense	81951000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Senior Notes SeniorNotes	1237189000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Senior Notes SeniorNotes	1782529000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation ShareBasedCompensation	46075000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation ShareBasedCompensation	50044000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation ShareBasedCompensation	52907000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Equity Instruments Other Than Options Forfeited In Period ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsForfeitedInPeriod	212000	shares
CY2016	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Equity Instruments Other Than Options Forfeited In Period ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsForfeitedInPeriod	151000	shares
CY2017	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Equity Instruments Other Than Options Forfeited In Period ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsForfeitedInPeriod	105000	shares
CY2015	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Equity Instruments Other Than Options Forfeitures Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsForfeituresWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue	51.47
CY2016	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Equity Instruments Other Than Options Forfeitures Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsForfeituresWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue	61.57
CY2017	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Equity Instruments Other Than Options Forfeitures Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsForfeituresWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue	72.90
CY2015	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Equity Instruments Other Than Options Grants In Period ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod	1075000	shares
CY2016	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Equity Instruments Other Than Options Grants In Period ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod	760000	shares
CY2017	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Equity Instruments Other Than Options Grants In Period ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod	732000	shares
CY2015	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Equity Instruments Other Than Options Grants In Period Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue	61.74
CY2016	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Equity Instruments Other Than Options Grants In Period Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue	78.58
CY2017	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Equity Instruments Other Than Options Grants In Period Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue	79.94
CY2014Q4	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Equity Instruments Other Than Options Nonvested Number ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber	2179000	shares
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Equity Instruments Other Than Options Nonvested Number ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber	2110000	shares
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Equity Instruments Other Than Options Nonvested Number ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber	1846000	shares
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Equity Instruments Other Than Options Nonvested Number ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber	1588000	shares
CY2014Q4	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Equity Instruments Other Than Options Nonvested Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue	46.36
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Equity Instruments Other Than Options Nonvested Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue	54.77
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Equity Instruments Other Than Options Nonvested Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue	66.30
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Equity Instruments Other Than Options Nonvested Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue	74.69
CY2015	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Equity Instruments Other Than Options Vested In Period ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriod	932000	shares
CY2016	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Equity Instruments Other Than Options Vested In Period ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriod	873000	shares
CY2017	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Equity Instruments Other Than Options Vested In Period ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriod	885000	shares
CY2015	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Equity Instruments Other Than Options Vested In Period Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue	43.92
CY2016	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Equity Instruments Other Than Options Vested In Period Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue	49.95
CY2017	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Equity Instruments Other Than Options Vested In Period Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue	61.75
CY2017	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Number Of Additional Shares Authorized ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfAdditionalSharesAuthorized	2500000	shares
CY2017Q1	us-gaap	Stock Repurchase Program Authorized Amount1 StockRepurchaseProgramAuthorizedAmount1	1000000000	USD
CY2018Q1	us-gaap	Stock Repurchase Program Authorized Amount1 StockRepurchaseProgramAuthorizedAmount1	1000000000	USD
CY2017Q1	us-gaap	Stock Repurchase Program Remaining Authorized Repurchase Amount1 StockRepurchaseProgramRemainingAuthorizedRepurchaseAmount1	359100000	USD
CY2018Q1	us-gaap	Stock Repurchase Program Remaining Authorized Repurchase Amount1 StockRepurchaseProgramRemainingAuthorizedRepurchaseAmount1	414200000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Stockholders Equity StockholdersEquity	-1200595000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Stockholders Equity StockholdersEquity	-1260271000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Tax Credit Carryforward Amount TaxCreditCarryforwardAmount	121500000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Taxes Payable Current TaxesPayableCurrent	23144000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Taxes Payable Current TaxesPayableCurrent	13477000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Time Deposits At Carrying Value TimeDepositsAtCarryingValue	134790000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Time Deposits At Carrying Value TimeDepositsAtCarryingValue	116068000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Translation Adjustment Functional To Reporting Currency Net Of Tax Period Increase Decrease TranslationAdjustmentFunctionalToReportingCurrencyNetOfTaxPeriodIncreaseDecrease	85000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Translation Adjustment Functional To Reporting Currency Net Of Tax Period Increase Decrease TranslationAdjustmentFunctionalToReportingCurrencyNetOfTaxPeriodIncreaseDecrease	530000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Treasury Stock Acquired Average Cost Per Share TreasuryStockAcquiredAverageCostPerShare	66.50
CY2016	us-gaap	Treasury Stock Acquired Average Cost Per Share TreasuryStockAcquiredAverageCostPerShare	81.70
CY2017	us-gaap	Treasury Stock Acquired Average Cost Per Share TreasuryStockAcquiredAverageCostPerShare	94.12
CY2015	us-gaap	Treasury Stock Shares Acquired TreasuryStockSharesAcquired	9671000	shares
CY2016	us-gaap	Treasury Stock Shares Acquired TreasuryStockSharesAcquired	8109000	shares
CY2017	us-gaap	Treasury Stock Shares Acquired TreasuryStockSharesAcquired	6600000	shares
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Unamortized Debt Issuance Expense UnamortizedDebtIssuanceExpense	10260000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Unamortized Debt Issuance Expense UnamortizedDebtIssuanceExpense	10081000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Unrealized Gain Loss On Derivatives UnrealizedGainLossOnDerivatives	-14130000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Unrealized Gain Loss On Derivatives UnrealizedGainLossOnDerivatives	2402000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Unrealized Gain Loss On Derivatives UnrealizedGainLossOnDerivatives	-893000	USD
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits UnrecognizedTaxBenefits	220280	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Increases Resulting From Prior Period Tax Positions UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions	3699	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits UnrecognizedTaxBenefits	220682	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits UnrecognizedTaxBenefits	223216	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Decreases Resulting From Prior Period Tax Positions UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions	71	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Decreases Resulting From Prior Period Tax Positions UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions	144	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Decreases Resulting From Settlements With Taxing Authorities UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromSettlementsWithTaxingAuthorities	0	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Decreases Resulting From Settlements With Taxing Authorities UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromSettlementsWithTaxingAuthorities	1416	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Increases Resulting From Current Period Tax Positions UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromCurrentPeriodTaxPositions	354	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Increases Resulting From Current Period Tax Positions UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromCurrentPeriodTaxPositions	395	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Increases Resulting From Prior Period Tax Positions UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions	119	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Diluted Shares Outstanding WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding	133031000	shares
CY2016	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Diluted Shares Outstanding WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding	128833000	shares
CY2017	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Diluted Shares Outstanding WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding	124180000	shares
CY2015	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Shares Outstanding Basic WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic	114155000	shares
CY2016	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Shares Outstanding Basic WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic	107001000	shares
CY2017	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Shares Outstanding Basic WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic	100325000	shares
CY2017Q1	vrsn	Additionalsharerepurchaseamountauthorized Additionalsharerepurchaseamountauthorized	640900000	USD
CY2018Q1	vrsn	Additionalsharerepurchaseamountauthorized Additionalsharerepurchaseamountauthorized	585800000	USD
CY2017	vrsn	Aggregate Increase Of Commitment Amount Available AggregateIncreaseOfCommitmentAmountAvailable	150000000.0	USD
CY2017	vrsn	Common Stock Closing Price CommonStockClosingPrice	114.44
CY2015	vrsn	Contingentinterestpaymentfordebenture Contingentinterestpaymentfordebenture	10759000	USD
CY2016	vrsn	Contingentinterestpaymentfordebenture Contingentinterestpaymentfordebenture	13385000	USD
CY2017	vrsn	Contingentinterestpaymentfordebenture Contingentinterestpaymentfordebenture	15232000	USD
CY2016Q4	vrsn	Debt Instrument Convertible Carrying Amount Of Liability Component DebtInstrumentConvertibleCarryingAmountOfLiabilityComponent	615425000	USD
CY2017Q4	vrsn	Debt Instrument Convertible Carrying Amount Of Liability Component DebtInstrumentConvertibleCarryingAmountOfLiabilityComponent	627616000	USD
CY2007Q3	vrsn	Debt Instruments Discount Rate DebtInstrumentsDiscountRate	0.085	Rate
CY2017	vrsn	Debt Instruments Discount Rate DebtInstrumentsDiscountRate	0.085	Rate
CY2017	vrsn	Deferred Tax Assetforpreviouslyunrecognizedexcesstaxbenefits DeferredTaxAssetforpreviouslyunrecognizedexcesstaxbenefits	35400000	USD
CY2016Q4	vrsn	Deferredtaxondebenturediscount Deferredtaxondebenturediscount	-267225000	USD
CY2017Q4	vrsn	Deferredtaxondebenturediscount Deferredtaxondebenturediscount	-267225000	USD
CY2007Q3	vrsn	Denominator Of Principal Value Upon Which Conversion Is Based DenominatorOfPrincipalValueUponWhichConversionIsBased	1000	USD
CY2015	vrsn	Excesstaxbenefitrelatedtostockbasedcompensation Excesstaxbenefitrelatedtostockbasedcompensation	18500000	USD
CY2016	vrsn	Excesstaxbenefitrelatedtostockbasedcompensation Excesstaxbenefitrelatedtostockbasedcompensation	25100000	USD
CY2017	vrsn	Federalincometaxrateafterenactmentof Taxreform Percentage FederalincometaxrateafterenactmentofTaxreformPercentage	0.21	Rate
CY2015	vrsn	Foreign Withholding Tax ForeignWithholdingTax	0	USD
CY2016	vrsn	Foreign Withholding Tax ForeignWithholdingTax	0	USD
CY2017	vrsn	Foreign Withholding Tax ForeignWithholdingTax	33619000	USD
CY2017	vrsn	Foreigntaxcreditrelatedtowithholdingtaxes Foreigntaxcreditrelatedtowithholdingtaxes	26300000	USD
CY2016Q4	vrsn	Foreignwithholdingtaxonunremittedearnings Foreignwithholdingtaxonunremittedearnings	0	USD
CY2017Q4	vrsn	Foreignwithholdingtaxonunremittedearnings Foreignwithholdingtaxonunremittedearnings	33619000	USD
CY2015	vrsn	Incremental Common Shares Attributable To Conversion Of Debt Securities Treasury Method IncrementalCommonSharesAttributableToConversionOfDebtSecuritiesTreasuryMethod	18047000	shares
CY2016	vrsn	Incremental Common Shares Attributable To Conversion Of Debt Securities Treasury Method IncrementalCommonSharesAttributableToConversionOfDebtSecuritiesTreasuryMethod	21074000	shares
CY2017	vrsn	Incremental Common Shares Attributable To Conversion Of Debt Securities Treasury Method IncrementalCommonSharesAttributableToConversionOfDebtSecuritiesTreasuryMethod	23247000	shares
CY2016Q4	vrsn	Issuancecostonseniornote Issuancecostonseniornote	-12811000	USD
CY2017Q4	vrsn	Issuancecostonseniornote Issuancecostonseniornote	-17471000	USD
CY2007Q3	vrsn	Minimum Required Sales Price As Percentage Of Conversion Price MinimumRequiredSalesPriceAsPercentageOfConversionPrice	1.50	Rate
CY2015	vrsn	Number Of Customers Accounting For Concentration Of Risk NumberOfCustomersAccountingForConcentrationOfRisk	1000
CY2016	vrsn	Number Of Customers Accounting For Concentration Of Risk NumberOfCustomersAccountingForConcentrationOfRisk	1
CY2017	vrsn	Number Of Customers Accounting For Concentration Of Risk NumberOfCustomersAccountingForConcentrationOfRisk	1
CY2017Q4	vrsn	Number Of Domain Names Registered NumberOfDomainNamesRegistered	131900000
CY2017Q4	vrsn	Paymentsforrepurchaseofcommonstocksinceinception Paymentsforrepurchaseofcommonstocksinceinception	8800000000	USD
CY2007Q3	vrsn	Proceeds From Convertible Debt Before Issuance Costs ProceedsFromConvertibleDebtBeforeIssuanceCosts	1250000000	USD
CY2017Q4	vrsn	Purchase Obligations And Contractual Agreements Due After Fifth Year PurchaseObligationsAndContractualAgreementsDueAfterFifthYear	2030938000	USD
CY2017Q4	vrsn	Purchase Obligations And Contractual Agreements Due In Fifth Year PurchaseObligationsAndContractualAgreementsDueInFifthYear	87364000	USD
CY2017Q4	vrsn	Purchase Obligations And Contractual Agreements Due In Fourth Year PurchaseObligationsAndContractualAgreementsDueInFourthYear	92675000	USD
CY2017Q4	vrsn	Purchase Obligations And Contractual Agreements Due In Second Year PurchaseObligationsAndContractualAgreementsDueInSecondYear	96956000	USD
CY2017Q4	vrsn	Purchase Obligations And Contractual Agreements Due In Third Year PurchaseObligationsAndContractualAgreementsDueInThirdYear	92869000	USD
CY2017Q4	vrsn	Purchase Obligations And Contractual Agreements Due With In One Year PurchaseObligationsAndContractualAgreementsDueWithInOneYear	1404626000	USD
CY2017	vrsn	Purchase Price Of Common Stock As Percentage Of Lower Of Fair Market Value Of Common Stock Share On First Day Of Offering Period Or Last Day Of Purchase Period PurchasePriceOfCommonStockAsPercentageOfLowerOfFairMarketValueOfCommonStockShareOnFirstDayOfOfferingPeriodOrLastDayOfPurchasePeriod	0.85	Rate
CY2017	vrsn	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Employer Contribution As Percentage Of Employees Annual Salary ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEmployerContributionAsPercentageOfEmployeesAnnualSalary	0.06	Rate
CY2017Q4	vrsn	Stockrepurchasedsinceinception Stockrepurchasedsinceinception	227600000	shares
CY2017Q4	vrsn	Stockreservedforissuance Stockreservedforissuance	36400000	shares
CY2017	vrsn	Taxcreditcarryforwardexpiration Taxcreditcarryforwardexpiration	2018 through 2034
CY2015	vrsn	Treasury Stock Shares Repurchased TreasuryStockSharesRepurchased	9338000	shares
CY2016	vrsn	Treasury Stock Shares Repurchased TreasuryStockSharesRepurchased	7789000	shares
CY2017	vrsn	Treasury Stock Shares Repurchased TreasuryStockSharesRepurchased	6265000	shares
CY2015	vrsn	Treasury Stock Shares Repurchased Average Cost Per Share TreasuryStockSharesRepurchasedAverageCostPerShare	66.59
CY2016	vrsn	Treasury Stock Shares Repurchased Average Cost Per Share TreasuryStockSharesRepurchasedAverageCostPerShare	81.73
CY2017	vrsn	Treasury Stock Shares Repurchased Average Cost Per Share TreasuryStockSharesRepurchasedAverageCostPerShare	94.59
CY2015	vrsn	Treasury Stock Shares Repurchased For Tax Withholdings And Other TreasuryStockSharesRepurchasedForTaxWithholdingsAndOther	333000	shares
CY2016	vrsn	Treasury Stock Shares Repurchased For Tax Withholdings And Other TreasuryStockSharesRepurchasedForTaxWithholdingsAndOther	320000	shares
CY2017	vrsn	Treasury Stock Shares Repurchased For Tax Withholdings And Other TreasuryStockSharesRepurchasedForTaxWithholdingsAndOther	335000	shares
CY2015	vrsn	Treasury Stock Shares Repurchased For Tax Withholdings And Other Average Cost Per Share TreasuryStockSharesRepurchasedForTaxWithholdingsAndOtherAverageCostPerShare	64.03
CY2016	vrsn	Treasury Stock Shares Repurchased For Tax Withholdings And Other Average Cost Per Share TreasuryStockSharesRepurchasedForTaxWithholdingsAndOtherAverageCostPerShare	80.74
CY2017	vrsn	Treasury Stock Shares Repurchased For Tax Withholdings And Other Average Cost Per Share TreasuryStockSharesRepurchasedForTaxWithholdingsAndOtherAverageCostPerShare	85.27
CY2017Q4	vrsn	U.Staxonaccumulatedforeignearnings U.Staxonaccumulatedforeignearnings	162912000	USD
CY2015	vrsn	U.Staxonforeignearningsnetofforeigntaxcredits U.Staxonforeignearningsnetofforeigntaxcredits	0	USD
CY2016	vrsn	U.Staxonforeignearningsnetofforeigntaxcredits U.Staxonforeignearningsnetofforeigntaxcredits	0	USD
CY2017	vrsn	U.Staxonforeignearningsnetofforeigntaxcredits U.Staxonforeignearningsnetofforeigntaxcredits	162353000	USD

Files In Submission

Name	View Source	Status
0001014473-18-000018-index-headers.html	Edgar Link	pending
0001014473-18-000018-index.html	Edgar Link	pending
0001014473-18-000018.txt	Edgar Link	pending
0001014473-18-000018-xbrl.zip	Edgar Link	pending
FilingSummary.xml	Edgar Link	unprocessable
Financial_Report.xlsx	Edgar Link	pending
R1.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R10.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R11.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R12.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R13.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R14.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R15.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R16.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R17.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R18.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R19.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R2.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R20.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R21.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R22.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R23.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R24.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R25.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R26.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R27.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R28.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R29.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R3.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R30.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R31.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R32.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R33.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R34.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R35.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R36.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R37.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R38.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R39.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R4.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R40.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R41.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R42.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R43.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R44.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R45.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R46.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R47.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R48.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R49.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R5.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R50.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R51.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R52.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R53.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R54.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R55.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R56.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R57.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R58.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R59.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R6.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R60.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R61.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R62.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R63.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R64.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R65.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R66.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R7.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R8.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R9.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R9999.htm	Edgar Link	pending
report.css	Edgar Link	pending
Show.js	Edgar Link	pending
vrsn-201612_chartx27809a01.jpg	Edgar Link	pending
vrsn-20171231.xml	Edgar Link	completed
vrsn-20171231.xsd	Edgar Link	pending
vrsn-20171231x10k.htm	Edgar Link	pending
vrsn-20171231x10kxex2101.htm	Edgar Link	pending
vrsn-20171231x10kxex2301.htm	Edgar Link	pending
vrsn-20171231x10kxex302.htm	Edgar Link	pending
vrsn-20171231x10kxex3101.htm	Edgar Link	pending
vrsn-20171231x10kxex3102.htm	Edgar Link	pending
vrsn-20171231x10kxex3201.htm	Edgar Link	pending
vrsn-20171231x10kxex3202.htm	Edgar Link	pending
vrsn-20171231_cal.xml	Edgar Link	unprocessable
vrsn-20171231_def.xml	Edgar Link	unprocessable
vrsn-20171231_lab.xml	Edgar Link	unprocessable
vrsn-20171231_pre.xml	Edgar Link	unprocessable

Create your account

Find Stocks Worth Researching

Deeply Understand Businesses

Value Businesses Intelligently

$VRSN
VeriSign, Inc Stock $vrsn

2016 Q4 Form 10-K Financial Statement

#000101447318000018 Filed on February 16, 2018

Income Statement

Balance Sheet

Cashflow Statement

Facts In Submission

Files In Submission

$VRSN VeriSign, Inc Stock $vrsn

2016 Q4 Form 10-K Financial Statement

#000101447318000018 Filed on February 16, 2018

Income Statement

Balance Sheet

Cashflow Statement

Facts In Submission

Files In Submission

$VRSN
VeriSign, Inc Stock $vrsn