Virtu Financial (VIRT) Competitors

Texas Pacific Land (NYSE:TPL) and Virtu Financial (NASDAQ:VIRT) are both trading companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends and risk.

Do analysts rate TPL or VIRT?

Virtu Financial has a consensus price target of $39.75, suggesting a potential upside of 12.70%. Given Virtu Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Virtu Financial is more favorable than Texas Pacific Land.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Texas Pacific Land	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Virtu Financial	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.13

Which has more risk & volatility, TPL or VIRT?

Texas Pacific Land has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% 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.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, TPL or VIRT?

Texas Pacific Land has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Virtu Financial. Virtu Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Texas Pacific Land, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Texas Pacific Land	$742.87M	28.97	$453.96M	$20.06	46.67
Virtu Financial	$3.38B	1.60	$276.42M	$4.40	8.02

Is TPL or VIRT more profitable?

Texas Pacific Land has a net margin of 62.16% compared to Virtu Financial's net margin of 10.43%. Texas Pacific Land's return on equity of 39.47% beat Virtu Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Texas Pacific Land	62.16%	39.47%	35.65%
Virtu Financial	10.43%	32.08%	3.09%

Is TPL or VIRT a better dividend stock?

Texas Pacific Land pays an annual dividend of $6.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Virtu Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Texas Pacific Land pays out 31.9% 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. Texas Pacific Land has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Virtu Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media favor TPL or VIRT?

In the previous week, Virtu Financial had 3 more articles in the media than Texas Pacific Land. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Virtu Financial and 13 mentions for Texas Pacific Land. Texas Pacific Land's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat Virtu Financial's score of 1.07 indicating that Texas Pacific Land is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Texas Pacific Land	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Virtu Financial	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders believe in TPL or VIRT?

59.9% of Texas Pacific Land shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.8% of Virtu Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 6.5% of Texas Pacific Land 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Texas Pacific Land beats Virtu Financial on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.