NASDAQ:VIRT - Virtu Financial Stock Price, News, Headlines & Rumors

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

Virtu Financial announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, July 30th. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.24 per share on Friday, September 14th. This represents a $0.96 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.55%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 30th. View Virtu Financial's Dividend History.

Virtu Financial announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase plan on Thursday, February 8th 2018, which allows the company to buyback $50,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are generally a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Virtu Financial Inc (NASDAQ:VIRT) posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, July, 27th. The financial services provider reported $0.31 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.38 by $0.07. The financial services provider had revenue of $328.10 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $236.08 million. Virtu Financial had a net margin of 11.30% and a return on equity of 19.62%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 126.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.13 earnings per share. View Virtu Financial's Earnings History.

Virtu Financial is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, November, 6th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Virtu Financial.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Virtu Financial's shares. Their predictions range from $22.00 to $38.00. On average, they expect Virtu Financial's stock price to reach $29.7778 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 41.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Virtu Financial.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Virtu Financial in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Virtu Financial.

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

(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.

Headlines about VIRT stock have trended somewhat positive recently, according to Accern. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Virtu Financial earned a daily sentiment score of 0.14 on Accern's scale. They also gave news articles about the financial services provider an impact score of 48.33 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View Recent Headlines for Virtu Financial.

Virtu Financial's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Temasek Holdings Private Ltd (8.86%), Van Berkom & Associates Inc. (2.05%), FMR LLC (1.91%), BlackRock Inc. (1.21%), Artisan Partners Limited Partnership (0.71%) and Renaissance Technologies LLC (0.68%). Company insiders that own Virtu Financial stock include Douglas A Cifu, Holdings (Private) Ltd Temasek, John Nixon, 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 Temasek Holdings Private Ltd, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, National Investment Services Inc. WI, Philadelphia Trust Co., Swiss National Bank, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL and Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Rothschild Asset Management Inc., Smith Asset Management Group LP, Bank of Montreal Can, Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, Sei Investments Co. and Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY. Company insiders that have bought Virtu Financial stock in the last two years include Holdings (Private) Ltd Temasek, John Nixon, 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 $21.10.

Virtu Financial has a market capitalization of $4.02 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]