VIRT vs. CBOE, TPG, NMR, CG, FUTU, AMH, REG, WPC, GLPI, and HLI
Should you be buying Virtu Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Virtu Financial include Cboe Global Markets (CBOE), TPG (TPG), Nomura (NMR), The Carlyle Group (CG), Futu (FUTU), American Homes 4 Rent (AMH), Regency Centers (REG), W. P. Carey (WPC), Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI), and Houlihan Lokey (HLI). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
Virtu Financial vs.
Virtu Financial (NASDAQ:VIRT) and Cboe Global Markets (NASDAQ:CBOE) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation and risk.
Virtu Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Cboe Global Markets pays an annual dividend of $2.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Virtu Financial pays out 27.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cboe Global Markets pays out 33.0% 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 increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Virtu Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Virtu Financial presently has a consensus price target of $37.25, indicating a potential downside of 10.53%. Cboe Global Markets has a consensus price target of $219.64, indicating a potential downside of 2.87%. Given Cboe Global Markets' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cboe Global Markets is more favorable than Virtu Financial.
Virtu Financial received 372 more outperform votes than Cboe Global Markets when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.00% of users gave Virtu Financial an outperform vote while only 25.00% of users gave Cboe Global Markets an outperform vote.
45.8% of Virtu Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.7% of Cboe Global Markets shares are owned by institutional investors. 47.2% of Virtu Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Cboe Global Markets shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Cboe Global Markets has a net margin of 18.64% compared to Virtu Financial's net margin of 9.61%. Virtu Financial's return on equity of 27.39% beat Cboe Global Markets' return on equity.
Virtu Financial has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cboe Global Markets has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Cboe Global Markets had 5 more articles in the media than Virtu Financial. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Cboe Global Markets and 15 mentions for Virtu Financial. Cboe Global Markets' average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Virtu Financial's score of 0.33 indicating that Cboe Global Markets is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Summary
Cboe Global Markets beats Virtu Financial on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:VIRT) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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