NASDAQ:VIRT - Virtu Financial Stock Price, Price Target & More

Virtu Financial trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "VIRT."

Virtu Financial announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 4th. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 1st will be given a dividend of $0.24 per share on Friday, June 15th. This represents a $0.96 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.22%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 31st. View Virtu Financial's Dividend History.

Virtu Financial announced that its board has authorized a share repurchase plan on Thursday, February 8th 2018, which permits the company to buyback $50,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are often an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Virtu Financial (NASDAQ:VIRT) released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, May, 4th. The financial services provider reported $0.76 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.61 by $0.15. The financial services provider earned $406.10 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $307.24 million. Virtu Financial had a net margin of 11.08% and a return on equity of 20.32%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 190.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.16 EPS. View Virtu Financial's Earnings History.

Virtu Financial is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August, 2nd 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Virtu Financial.

8 brokers have issued twelve-month price targets for Virtu Financial's stock. Their forecasts range from $28.00 to $38.00. On average, they expect Virtu Financial's share price to reach $34.75 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Virtu Financial.

Virtu Financial saw a drop in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totalling 3,788,257 shares, a drop of 27.4% from the April 30th total of 5,216,153 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,572,331 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.5 days. Currently, 7.7% of the company's shares are short sold. View Virtu Financial's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Virtu Financial include Nomura (NMR), Raymond James (RJF), SEI Investments (SEIC), MarketAxess (MKTX), Stifel Financial (SF), Navient (NAVI), Wisdom Tree Investments (WETF), Waddell & Reed Financial (WDR), Piper Jaffray Companies (PJC), Associated Capital Group (AC), Gamco Investors (GBL), Investment Technology Group (ITG), Greenhill & Co., Inc. (GHL), Cowen Inc Class A (COWN) and Oppenheimer (OPY).

(VIRT) raised $297 million in an initial public offering 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.

Headlines about VIRT stock have trended positive recently, Accern Sentiment reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than twenty million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Virtu Financial earned a media sentiment score of 0.37 on Accern's scale. They also gave news stories about the financial services provider an impact score of 46.89 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.

Virtu Financial's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include VIOLA VINCENT J (43.50%), Van Berkom & Associates Inc. (2.01%), BlackRock Inc. (1.12%), Artisan Partners Limited Partnership (0.56%), Neuberger Berman Group LLC (0.47%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.30%). Company insiders that own Virtu Financial stock include Douglas A Cifu, Holdings (Private) Ltd Temasek, Joseph Molluso, North Island Ventures, Llc and Tjmt Holdings Llc. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Virtu Financial.

VIRT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Van Berkom & Associates Inc., Millennium Management LLC, Capital Advisors Inc. OK, Delek Group Ltd., Old West Investment Management LLC, Keeley Teton Advisors LLC, Blair William & Co. IL and GSA Capital Partners LLP. Company insiders that have sold Virtu Financial company stock in the last year include Douglas A Cifu, Holdings (Private) Ltd Temasek, Joseph Molluso and Tjmt Holdings Llc. View Insider Buying and Selling for Virtu Financial.

VIRT stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Summit Trail Advisors LLC, Greenwich Wealth Management LLC, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., BlackRock Inc., Summit Trail Advisors LLC, Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd, Quantbot Technologies LP and Susquehanna Fundamental Investments LLC. Company insiders that have bought Virtu Financial stock in the last two years include Douglas A Cifu, Holdings (Private) Ltd Temasek, North Island Ventures, Llc and Tjmt Holdings Llc. View Insider Buying and Selling for Virtu Financial.

Shares of VIRT can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of VIRT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $29.80.

Virtu Financial has a market capitalization of $5.58 billion and generates $1.02 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $2.93 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.57 on an earnings per share basis. Virtu Financial employs 560 workers across the globe.

Virtu Financial's mailing address is 300 VESEY STREET, NEW YORK NY, 10282. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 212-418-0100 or via email at [email protected]