Virtu Financial (VIRT) Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Virtu Financial in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" VIRT shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in VIRT, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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5 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Virtu Financial's stock. Their VIRT share price forecasts range from $19.00 to $30.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $22.40 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 29.7% from the stock's current price.
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Virtu Financial's stock was trading at $20.41 at the beginning of the year. Since then, VIRT shares have decreased by 15.4% and is now trading at $17.27.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 2nd 2023.
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Virtu Financial will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, November 2nd at 8:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Virtu Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ:VIRT) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July, 26th. The financial services provider reported $0.29 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.33 by $0.04. The financial services provider earned $278.69 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $290.67 million. Virtu Financial had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 18.21% and a net margin of 6.53%.

Virtu Financial announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 31st. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.24 per share on Friday, September 15th. This represents a $0.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.56%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 31st.
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Virtu Financial (NASDAQ:VIRT) pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 5.56%. VIRT has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 70.59%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, VIRT will have a dividend payout ratio of 44.44% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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36 employees have rated Virtu Financial Chief Executive Officer Doug Cifu on Glassdoor.com. Doug Cifu has an approval rating of 85% among the company's employees.

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(VIRT) raised $297 million in an IPO on Thursday, April 16th 2015. The company issued 16,500,000 shares at $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 trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "VIRT."

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One share of VIRT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $17.27.

Virtu Financial (NASDAQ:VIRT) has a market capitalization of $2.81 billion and generates $2.36 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $265.03 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.36 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 993 workers across the globe.

Virtu Financial's mailing address is 165 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY, 10006. The official website for the company is www.virtu.com. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at (212) 418-0100, via email at investor_relations@virtu.com, or via fax at 212-418-0123.