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Virtu Financial (VIRT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$59.20 -0.41 (-0.68%)
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About Virtu Financial Stock (NYSE:VIRT)

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Key Stats

Today's Range
$58.03
▼
$60.32
50-Day Range
$51.91
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$64.57
52-Week Range
$31.55
▼
$68.76
Volume
443,786 shs
Average Volume
1.26 million shs
Market Capitalization
$9.19 billion
P/E Ratio
8.69
Dividend Yield
1.62%
Price Target
$69.25
Consensus Rating
Hold

Company Overview

Virtu Financial, Inc. is a financial technology firm and electronic market maker that provides liquidity across a range of global financial markets. The company uses technology and quantitative analysis to facilitate trading in asset classes including equities, exchange-traded funds, options, futures, currencies, fixed income and commodities.

In addition to market making, Virtu offers execution services and trading technology for institutional investors, broker-dealers and other market participants. Its products include execution algorithms, workflow tools, connectivity and analytics designed to support trading and investment operations.

Founded in 2008 and headquartered in New York, Virtu expanded its execution-services business with its 2017 acquisition of KCG Holdings. The company serves clients and markets across multiple regions, including the Americas, Europe and Asia.

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Virtu Financial Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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91st Percentile Overall Score

VIRT MarketRank™: 
4.5569951577 of 5 stars

Virtu Financial scored higher than 91% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 182nd out of 852 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Virtu Financial has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.43, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 4 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

  • Upside Potential

    Virtu Financial has a consensus price target of $69.25, representing about 16.9% upside from its current price of $59.23.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Virtu Financial has been the subject of 6 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

  • Read more about Virtu Financial's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Virtu Financial are expected to decrease by -2.32% in the coming year, from $6.46 to $6.31 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Virtu Financial is 8.70, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 26.39.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Virtu Financial is 8.70, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 20.48.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    Virtu Financial has a PEG Ratio of 0.43. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Virtu Financial has a P/B Ratio of 3.69. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    6.52% of the float of Virtu Financial has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Virtu Financial has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.73.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Virtu Financial has recently decreased by 2.14%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.
  • Dividend Yield

    Virtu Financial pays a meaningful dividend of 1.61%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

    Virtu Financial does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of Virtu Financial is 14.10%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, Virtu Financial will have a dividend payout ratio of 15.21% next year. This indicates that Virtu Financial will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about Virtu Financial's dividend.
  • News Sentiment

    Virtu Financial has a news sentiment score of 0.93. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.65 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 12 news articles for Virtu Financial this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    Only 3 people have searched for VIRT on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    3 people have added Virtu Financial to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 50% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Virtu Financial insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $1,058,718.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    46.76% of the stock of Virtu Financial is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    45.78% of the stock of Virtu Financial is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Virtu Financial's insider trading history.
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VIRT Stock News Headlines

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VIRT Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Virtu Financial's stock was trading at $33.36 at the start of the year. Since then, VIRT stock has increased by 77.6% and is now trading at $59.2340.

Virtu Financial, Inc. (NYSE:VIRT) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, November, 5th. The company reported $1.77 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.52 by $0.25. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 147.1% on a year-over-year basis.
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Virtu Financial (VIRT) raised $298 million in an IPO on Thursday, April 16th 2015. The company issued 16,532,272 shares at a price of $17.00-$19.00 per share. Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan and Sandler O'Neill + Partners, L.P. acted as the underwriters for the IPO and BMO Capital Markets, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Evercore ISI, UBS Investment Bank, Academy Securities, CIBC, Mizuho Securities and Rosenblatt Securities were co-managers.

Virtu Financial's top institutional investors include State Street Corp (1.94%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (1.65%), Stephens Investment Management Group LLC (0.74%) and Public Sector Pension Investment Board (0.32%). Insiders that own company stock include Joseph Molluso, Douglas A Cifu, Stephen Cavoli, Brett Fairclough, Joseph J Grano Jr, John Nixon and Virginia Gambale.
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Shares of VIRT stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Virtu Financial investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Tesla (TSLA), Pfizer (PFE), Verizon Communications (VZ), Intel (INTC) and Micron Technology (MU).

Company Calendar

Record date for 9/15 Dividend
9/01/2026
Ex-Dividend for 9/15 Dividend
9/01/2026
Dividend Payable
9/15/2026
Last Earnings
11/05/2026
Today
11/13/2026
Record date for 12/15 Dividend
12/01/2026
Ex-Dividend for 12/15 Dividend
12/01/2026
Dividend Payable
12/15/2026
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NYSE
Sector
Finance
Industry
Capital Markets
Sub-Industry
Investment Banking & Brokerage
Current Symbol
NYSE:VIRT
Previous Symbol
NYSE:VIRT
CIK
1592386
Employees
1,027
Year Founded
2008

Price Target and Rating

High Price Target
$88.00
Low Price Target
$56.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+16.9%
Consensus Rating
Hold
Rating Score (0-4)
2.43
Research Coverage
7 Analysts

Profitability

EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)
$6.81
Trailing P/E Ratio
8.70
Forward P/E Ratio
9.39
P/E Growth
0.43
Net Income
$468.36 million
Net Margins
14.20%
Pretax Margin
32.36%
Return on Equity
49.68%
Return on Assets
4.50%

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio
1.01
Current Ratio
0.49
Quick Ratio
0.49

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$3.63 billion
Price / Sales
2.53
Cash Flow
$6.20 per share
Price / Cash Flow
9.55
Book Value
$16.04 per share
Price / Book
3.69

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares
155,200,000
Free Float
82,628,000
Market Cap
$9.19 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
0.67

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This page (NYSE:VIRT) was last updated on 11/13/2026 by MarketBeat.com Staff.
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