Virtus Investment Partners Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:VRTS)

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

Virtus Investment Partners announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 15th. Investors of record on Thursday, October 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.67 per share on Friday, November 15th. This represents a $2.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.71%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, October 30th. This is a boost from Virtus Investment Partners's previous quarterly dividend of $0.55. View Virtus Investment Partners' Dividend History.

Virtus Investment Partners Inc (NASDAQ:VRTS) issued its earnings results on Friday, July, 26th. The closed-end fund reported $3.63 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $3.41 by $0.22. The closed-end fund earned $140.49 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $144.92 million. Virtus Investment Partners had a net margin of 13.86% and a return on equity of 21.29%. The company's revenue was up 5.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $2.73 earnings per share. View Virtus Investment Partners' Earnings History.

Virtus Investment Partners is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, October 25th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Virtus Investment Partners.

Virtus Investment Partners will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, October 25th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Virtus Investment Partners' stock. Their predictions range from $94.00 to $113.00. On average, they expect Virtus Investment Partners' share price to reach $105.60 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Virtus Investment Partners.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Virtus Investment Partners in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Virtus Investment Partners.

Media coverage about VRTS stock has trended negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Virtus Investment Partners earned a media sentiment score of -2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the closed-end fund a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Virtus Investment Partners.

Virtus Investment Partners saw a drop in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 418,200 shares, a drop of 16.2% from the August 30th total of 499,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 76,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 5.5 days. Approximately 6.4% of the company's stock are short sold. View Virtus Investment Partners' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Virtus Investment Partners include AllianceBernstein (AB), Artisan Partners Asset Management (APAM), Moelis & Co (MC), AssetMark Financial (AMK), Noah (NOAH), Focus Financial Partners (FOCS), Victory Capital (VCTR), Och-Ziff Capital Management Group (OZM), PJT Partners (PJT), Brightsphere Investment Group (BSIG), Sculptor Capital Management (SCU), Pzena Investment Management (PZN), Barings BDC (BBDC), Diamond Hill Investment Group (DHIL) and Fidus Investment (FDUS).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Virtus Investment Partners investors own include Visa (V), UnitedHealth Group (UNH), Broadcom (AVGO), Booking (BKNG), A. O. Smith (AOS), Walt Disney (DIS), General Electric (GE), Home Depot (HD), AT&T (T) and Tenet Healthcare (THC).

Virtus Investment Partners' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Peregrine Capital Management LLC (1.97%), Bowling Portfolio Management LLC (0.20%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.07%) and Meeder Asset Management Inc. (0.00%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for Virtus Investment Partners.

VRTS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Peregrine Capital Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Virtus Investment Partners.

VRTS stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bowling Portfolio Management LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Meeder Asset Management Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Virtus Investment Partners.

Shares of VRTS can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of VRTS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $98.82.

Virtus Investment Partners has a market capitalization of $685.81 million and generates $552.23 million in revenue each year. The closed-end fund earns $75.53 million in net income (profit) each year or $12.26 on an earnings per share basis. Virtus Investment Partners employs 577 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Virtus Investment Partners.

The official website for Virtus Investment Partners is http://www.virtus.com/.

Virtus Investment Partners' mailing address is ONE FINANCIAL PLAZA, HARTFORD CT, 06103. The closed-end fund can be reached via phone at 800-248-7971 or via email at [email protected]