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

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

Virtu Financial announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, November 5th. Investors of record on Monday, December 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.24 per share on Monday, December 16th. This represents a $0.96 annualized dividend and a yield of 6.07%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 29th. View Virtu Financial's Dividend History.

Virtu Financial announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback plan on Thursday, February 8th 2018, which permits the company to repurchase $50,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase 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 Tuesday, November, 5th. The financial services provider reported $0.21 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.21. The financial services provider earned $245 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $241.79 million. Virtu Financial had a net margin of 2.55% and a return on equity of 18.75%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 37.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.22 EPS. View Virtu Financial's Earnings History.

Virtu Financial is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 11th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Virtu Financial.

Virtu Financial will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, 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.

7 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives for Virtu Financial's stock. Their forecasts range from $15.50 to $29.00. On average, they anticipate Virtu Financial's stock price to reach $19.93 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 26.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Virtu Financial.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Virtu Financial in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Virtu Financial.

Media coverage about VIRT stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Virtu Financial earned a media sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the financial services provider a news buzz of 8.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is very likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Virtu Financial.

Virtu Financial saw a decline in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 11,730,000 shares, a decline of 6.5% from the December 15th total of 12,540,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 867,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 13.5 days. Approximately 15.6% of the company's shares are sold short. View Virtu Financial's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Virtu Financial include SEI Investments (SEIC), Jefferies Financial Group (JEF), Stifel Financial (SF), Navient (NAVI), Future Healthcare of America (FUTU), Futu (FHL), Piper Jaffray Companies (PJC), Waddell & Reed Financial (WDR), Associated Capital Group (AC), Freedom (FRHC), Wisdom Tree Investments (WETF), Gamco Investors (GBL), Cowen (COWN), Oppenheimer (OPY) and Greenhill & Co., Inc. (GHL).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Virtu Financial investors own include Keane Group (FRAC), El Pollo LoCo (LOCO), BioCryst Pharmaceuticals (BCRX), Vereit (VER), Alcoa (AA), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), La Jolla Pharmaceutical (LJPC), Inovio Pharmaceuticals (INO), Exelixis (EXEL) and General Electric (GE).

(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's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Peregrine Capital Management LLC (0.36%), Janney Montgomery Scott LLC (0.10%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.06%), Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL (0.04%), New England Research & Management Inc. (0.02%) and Advisors Capital Management LLC (0.01%). Company insiders that own Virtu Financial stock include Douglas A Cifu, Holdings (Private) Ltd Temasek, John Nixon, Joseph Molluso, Stephen Cavoli 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 New England Research & Management Inc., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Peregrine Capital Management LLC and Sheets Smith Wealth Management. Company insiders that have sold Virtu Financial company stock in the last year include Douglas A Cifu and Stephen Cavoli. View Insider Buying and Selling for Virtu Financial.

VIRT stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bay Colony Advisory Group Inc d b a Bay Colony Advisors, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL, California Public Employees Retirement System, Advisors Capital Management LLC, Sciencast Management LP and FNY Investment Advisers LLC. Company insiders that have bought Virtu Financial stock in the last two years include Douglas A Cifu and John Nixon. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of VIRT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $15.81.

Virtu Financial has a market capitalization of $3.02 billion and generates $1.88 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $289.44 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.96 on an earnings per share basis. Virtu Financial employs 483 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Virtu Financial.

The official website for Virtu Financial is http://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]