Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS) Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Virtus Investment Partners in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" VRTS shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in VRTS, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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2 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Virtus Investment Partners' shares. Their VRTS share price forecasts range from $173.00 to $260.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $216.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 9.1% from the stock's current price.
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Virtus Investment Partners' stock was trading at $191.44 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, VRTS stock has increased by 3.7% and is now trading at $198.52.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 25th 2023.
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Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRTS) released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, July, 28th. The closed-end fund reported $5.43 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $5.89 by $0.46. The closed-end fund earned $190.56 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $197.28 million. Virtus Investment Partners had a net margin of 16.58% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 18.32%.

Virtus Investment Partners announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, August 16th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, October 31st will be paid a dividend of $1.90 per share on Wednesday, November 15th. This represents a $7.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.83%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, October 30th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $1.65.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Virtus Investment Partners (NASDAQ:VRTS) stock in their portfolio include SPDR S&P Capital Markets ETF (KCE), WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund (DGRS) and Vident Core U.S. Equity Fund (VUSE).Syntax Stratified SmallCap ETF (SSLY).

Virtus Investment Partners (NASDAQ:VRTS) pays an annual dividend of $6.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.27%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 6 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 36.01%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, VRTS will have a dividend payout ratio of 25.30% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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8 employees have rated Virtus Investment Partners Chief Executive Officer George R. Aylward on Glassdoor.com. George R. Aylward has an approval rating of 62% among the company's employees. This puts George R. Aylward in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Virtus Investment Partners trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "VRTS."

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One share of VRTS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $198.52.

Virtus Investment Partners (NASDAQ:VRTS) has a market capitalization of $1.44 billion and generates $886.38 million in revenue each year. The closed-end fund earns $117.54 million in net income (profit) each year or $18.33 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 772 workers across the globe.

Virtus Investment Partners' mailing address is ONE FINANCIAL PLAZA, HARTFORD CT, 06103. The official website for the company is www.virtus.com. The closed-end fund can be reached via phone at (800) 248-7971, via email at investor.relations@virtus.com, or via fax at 860-241-1113.