Virtu Financial (VIRT) Stock Forecast, Price & News

6 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Virtu Financial in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research 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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6 brokerages have issued 1 year price objectives for Virtu Financial's stock. Their VIRT share price forecasts range from $20.00 to $30.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $24.29 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 38.1% from the stock's current price.
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Virtu Financial's stock was trading at $20.41 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, VIRT stock has decreased by 13.8% and is now trading at $17.59.
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Virtu Financial saw a decline in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,530,000 shares, a decline of 15.9% from the April 30th total of 1,820,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,230,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.2 days. Approximately 1.6% of the company's shares are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 27th 2023.
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Virtu Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ:VIRT) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April, 20th. The financial services provider reported $0.62 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.53 by $0.09. The financial services provider earned $373.08 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $326.19 million. Virtu Financial had a net margin of 9.26% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 22.53%.

Virtu Financial declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 20th. Investors of record on Thursday, June 1st will be given a dividend of $0.24 per share on Thursday, June 15th. This represents a $0.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.46%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, May 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 5.40%. VIRT has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 48.48%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, VIRT will have a dividend payout ratio of 40.34% 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 initial public offering (IPO) on Thursday, April 16th 2015. The company issued 16,500,000 shares at a price of $17.00-$19.00 per share. Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan and Sandler O'Neill + Partners, L.P. served 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."

Virtu Financial's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include William Blair Investment Management LLC (3.74%), BlackRock Inc. (2.94%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.60%), Ameriprise Financial Inc. (1.97%), FMR LLC (1.88%) and Prudential Financial Inc. (1.42%). Insiders that own company stock include Brett Fairclough, Douglas A Cifu, Douglas A Cifu, Joanne Minieri, North Island Ventures, Llc, Private Ltd Gic, Sector Pension Investme Public and Stephen Cavoli.
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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 WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of VIRT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $17.59.

Virtu Financial (NASDAQ:VIRT) has a market capitalization of $2.89 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 $1.98 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 973 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.