Virtu Financial Stock Forecast, Price & News

Virtu Financial's stock was trading at $24.15 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, VIRT stock has increased by 8.9% and is now trading at $26.30.
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9 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Virtu Financial in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" Virtu Financial stock. 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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36 employees have rated Virtu Financial CEO Doug Cifu on Glassdoor.com. Doug Cifu has an approval rating of 85% among Virtu Financial's employees.

Virtu Financial is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 11th 2021.
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Virtu Financial will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, February 11th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Virtu Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ:VIRT) released its earnings results on Friday, November, 6th. The financial services provider reported $0.81 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.72 by $0.09. The financial services provider earned $656.20 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $357.12 million. Virtu Financial had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 52.12% and a net margin of 17.49%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 71.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.21 EPS.
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Virtu Financial declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, November 9th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 1st will be given a dividend of $0.24 per share on Tuesday, December 15th. This represents a $0.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.65%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, November 30th.
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Virtu Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.86%. The dividend payout ratio of Virtu Financial is 157.38%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, Virtu Financial will have a dividend payout ratio of 39.34% next year. This indicates that Virtu Financial will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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9 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives for Virtu Financial's stock. Their forecasts range from $23.00 to $31.00. On average, they anticipate Virtu Financial's stock price to reach $26.67 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 1.4% from the stock's current price.
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(VIRT) raised $297 million in an 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 a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Peregrine Capital Management LLC (0.31%), National Investment Services of America LLC (0.04%), Strs Ohio (0.04%), Bowling Portfolio Management LLC (0.02%), Sowell Financial Services LLC (0.02%) and Janney Montgomery Scott LLC (0.01%). Company insiders that own Virtu Financial stock include Douglas A Cifu, Holdings (Private) Ltd Temasek, Joseph C Grano, Sector Pension Investme Public and Stephen Cavoli.
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VIRT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including National Investment Services of America LLC, and Bowling Portfolio Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Virtu Financial company stock in the last year include Holdings (Private) Ltd Temasek, Joseph C Grano, and Sector Pension Investme Public.
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VIRT stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Peregrine Capital Management LLC, Strs Ohio, Sowell Financial Services LLC, IFP Advisors Inc, Sterling Investment Advisors Ltd., International Assets Investment Management LLC, and Janney Montgomery Scott LLC.
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Shares of VIRT 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.

One share of VIRT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $26.30.

Virtu Financial has a market capitalization of $5.09 billion and generates $1.53 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $-58,600,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $0.61 on an earnings per share basis. Virtu Financial employs 1,012 workers across the globe.

The official website for Virtu Financial is www.virtu.com.

Virtu Financial's mailing address is 165 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY, 10006. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 212-418-0100 or via email at [email protected]