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$41.35 +0.04 (+0.08%)
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VIRT vs. CBOE, CG, TPG, TPL, NMR, WPC, HLI, GLPI, JEF, and AMH

Should you be buying Virtu Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Virtu Financial include Cboe Global Markets (CBOE), Carlyle Group (CG), TPG (TPG), Texas Pacific Land (TPL), Nomura (NMR), W.P. Carey (WPC), Houlihan Lokey (HLI), Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI), Jefferies Financial Group (JEF), and American Homes 4 Rent (AMH). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.

Virtu Financial vs. Its Competitors

Cboe Global Markets (NASDAQ:CBOE) and Virtu Financial (NASDAQ:VIRT) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, earnings and risk.

Cboe Global Markets has a net margin of 18.64% compared to Virtu Financial's net margin of 10.43%. Virtu Financial's return on equity of 32.08% beat Cboe Global Markets' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cboe Global Markets18.64% 22.02% 10.73%
Virtu Financial 10.43%32.08%3.09%

Cboe Global Markets presently has a consensus target price of $231.38, indicating a potential downside of 0.21%. Virtu Financial has a consensus target price of $39.75, indicating a potential downside of 3.79%. Given Cboe Global Markets' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Cboe Global Markets is more favorable than Virtu Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cboe Global Markets
3 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.93
Virtu Financial
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.13

Cboe Global Markets pays an annual dividend of $2.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Virtu Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Cboe Global Markets pays out 33.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Virtu Financial pays out 21.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Cboe Global Markets has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Virtu Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

82.7% of Cboe Global Markets shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.8% of Virtu Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Cboe Global Markets shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 47.2% of Virtu Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Cboe Global Markets has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Virtu Financial has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Cboe Global Markets had 6 more articles in the media than Virtu Financial. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Cboe Global Markets and 13 mentions for Virtu Financial. Cboe Global Markets' average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Virtu Financial's score of 1.41 indicating that Cboe Global Markets is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cboe Global Markets
17 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Virtu Financial
11 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Cboe Global Markets has higher revenue and earnings than Virtu Financial. Virtu Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cboe Global Markets, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cboe Global Markets$4.09B5.92$764.90M$8.5327.18
Virtu Financial$3.38B1.87$276.42M$4.409.39

Summary

Cboe Global Markets beats Virtu Financial on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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VIRT vs. The Competition

MetricVirtu FinancialFIN IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$6.32B$7.95B$12.61B$9.77B
Dividend Yield2.26%4.64%5.42%4.50%
P/E Ratio11.9416.92228.7926.38
Price / Sales1.876.4731.43110.80
Price / Cash14.5425.5819.0628.92
Price / Book4.274.752.346.58
Net Income$276.42M$311.02M$1.01B$265.84M
7 Day Performance-4.32%-0.32%-0.16%-0.07%
1 Month Performance-4.58%4.25%4.09%5.83%
1 Year Performance34.53%27.47%540.35%17.88%

Virtu Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VIRT
Virtu Financial
4.0998 of 5 stars
$41.32
-1.4%
$39.75
-3.8%
+36.2%$6.32B$3.38B11.94990Positive News
CBOE
Cboe Global Markets
3.0941 of 5 stars
$235.95
+0.3%
$231.38
-1.9%
N/A$24.68B$4.09B32.681,540Positive News
CG
Carlyle Group
4.1991 of 5 stars
$64.56
+0.2%
$59.93
-7.2%
+60.9%$23.35B$5.43B18.882,300Positive News
Gap Down
TPG
TPG
3.1599 of 5 stars
$60.35
-0.5%
$62.57
+3.7%
+19.6%$22.80B$3.50B-317.631,900Trending News
TPL
Texas Pacific Land
0.9324 of 5 stars
$935.21
+1.4%
N/A+7.6%$21.46B$705.82M46.62100Positive News
NMR
Nomura
3.2651 of 5 stars
$7.18
-1.8%
N/A+22.6%$21.26B$31.11B8.6427,242News Coverage
Positive News
WPC
W.P. Carey
3.8062 of 5 stars
$67.08
+0.9%
$65.89
-1.8%
+11.8%$14.69B$1.58B44.13190Positive News
HLI
Houlihan Lokey
4.7388 of 5 stars
$199.40
-0.7%
$206.40
+3.5%
+27.3%$14.01B$2.39B33.571,100Positive News
GLPI
Gaming and Leisure Properties
4.7558 of 5 stars
$48.01
+0.1%
$52.69
+9.7%
-7.7%$13.59B$1.53B18.6120Positive News
Dividend Announcement
JEF
Jefferies Financial Group
4.0209 of 5 stars
$64.89
-0.9%
$66.00
+1.7%
+8.2%$13.38B$7.03B24.497,822Trending News
Short Interest ↑
AMH
American Homes 4 Rent
4.7687 of 5 stars
$35.83
+1.2%
$41.00
+14.4%
-9.9%$13.29B$1.73B32.271,730Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:VIRT) was last updated on 9/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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