VIRT vs. TPG, CG, FUTU, NMR, TPL, WPC, HLI, REG, GLPI, and AMH
Should you be buying Virtu Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Virtu Financial include TPG (TPG), Carlyle Group (CG), Futu (FUTU), Nomura (NMR), Texas Pacific Land (TPL), W.P. Carey (WPC), Houlihan Lokey (HLI), Regency Centers (REG), Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI), and American Homes 4 Rent (AMH). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
Virtu Financial vs. Its Competitors
TPG (NASDAQ:TPG) and Virtu Financial (NASDAQ:VIRT) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and dividends.
TPG presently has a consensus target price of $62.57, indicating a potential downside of 1.79%. Virtu Financial has a consensus target price of $39.75, indicating a potential downside of 5.48%. Given TPG's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe TPG is more favorable than Virtu Financial.
Virtu Financial has lower revenue, but higher earnings than TPG. TPG is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Virtu Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, TPG had 14 more articles in the media than Virtu Financial. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for TPG and 13 mentions for Virtu Financial. Virtu Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat TPG's score of 0.42 indicating that Virtu Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
TPG pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Virtu Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. TPG pays out -863.2% 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. TPG is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
TPG has a beta of 1.56, suggesting that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Virtu Financial has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
94.0% of TPG shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.8% of Virtu Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 76.5% of TPG shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 47.2% of Virtu Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Virtu Financial has a net margin of 10.43% compared to TPG's net margin of 1.60%. Virtu Financial's return on equity of 32.08% beat TPG's return on equity.
Summary
TPG beats Virtu Financial on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:VIRT) was last updated on 8/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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