Virtus Investment Partners - VRTS Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street 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 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 1-year target prices for Virtus Investment Partners' stock. Their VRTS share price forecasts range from $134.00 to $248.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $191.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.7%.
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Virtus Investment Partners' stock was trading at $297.10 at the start of the year. Since then, VRTS shares have decreased by 33.3% and is now trading at $198.29.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, February 3rd 2023.
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Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRTS) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 27th. The closed-end fund reported $9.71 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $9.61 by $0.10. The closed-end fund had revenue of $217.67 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $219.35 million. Virtus Investment Partners had a net margin of 13.83% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 29.33%. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $4.49 earnings per share.

Virtus Investment Partners declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, August 17th. Stockholders of record on Monday, October 31st will be paid a dividend of $1.65 per share on Tuesday, November 15th. This represents a $6.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.33%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 28th. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $1.50.
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Virtus Investment Partners (NASDAQ:VRTS) pays an annual dividend of $6.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.33%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 5 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 38.71%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, VRTS will have a dividend payout ratio of 28.01% 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."

Virtus Investment Partners' stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (16.11%), Vanguard Group Inc. (12.19%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (3.61%), State Street Corp (3.49%), Brown Advisory Inc. (2.13%) and Royal Bank of Canada (1.82%). Insiders that own company stock include Barry M Mandinach, Francis G Waltman, Stephen T Zarrilli, W Howard Morris and William Patrick Bradley III.
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Shares of VRTS stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of VRTS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $198.29.

Virtus Investment Partners (NASDAQ:VRTS) has a market capitalization of $1.43 billion and generates $979.23 million in revenue each year. The closed-end fund earns $208.13 million in net income (profit) each year or $17.05 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 668 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.