NASDAQ:VIRT - Virtu Financial Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Virtu Financial declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, July 30th. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 31st will be given a dividend of $0.24 per share on Friday, September 14th. This represents a $0.96 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.38%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 30th. View Virtu Financial's Dividend History.

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

Virtu Financial Inc (NASDAQ:VIRT) announced its quarterly earnings data on Friday, July, 27th. The financial services provider reported $0.31 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.38 by $0.07. The financial services provider had revenue of $328.10 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $236.08 million. Virtu Financial had a return on equity of 19.62% and a net margin of 11.30%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 126.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.13 EPS. 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.

9 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for Virtu Financial's shares. Their forecasts range from $22.00 to $38.00. On average, they anticipate Virtu Financial's share price to reach $29.10 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 32.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Virtu Financial.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Virtu Financial in the last year. There are currently 6 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), 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 $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.

Headlines about VIRT stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment. Accern identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Virtu Financial earned a daily sentiment score of 0.18 on Accern's scale. They also gave news stories about the financial services provider an impact score of 46.57 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View Recent Headlines for Virtu Financial.

Virtu Financial's stock is owned by a number 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%), FMR LLC (1.88%), BlackRock Inc. (1.21%) and Artisan Partners Limited Partnership (0.71%). 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, Advisors Asset Management Inc., National Investment Services Inc. WI, Advisors Asset Management Inc., Philadelphia Trust Co., Swiss National Bank and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 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 FMR LLC, FMR LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Rothschild Asset Management Inc., Waddell & Reed Financial Inc., Smith Asset Management Group LP, Bank of Montreal Can and Artisan Partners Limited Partnership. 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 $21.90.

Virtu Financial has a market capitalization of $4.24 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]