Virtus Investment Partners Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Virtus Investment Partners in the last year. There are currently 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" Virtus Investment Partners stock.
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Virtus Investment Partners is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, October 22nd 2021.
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Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRTS) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July, 28th. The closed-end fund reported $9.07 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $8.10 by $0.97. The closed-end fund earned $210.33 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $203.34 million. Virtus Investment Partners had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 27.86% and a net margin of 21.91%.
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Virtus Investment Partners' stock was trading at $92.66 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, VRTS shares have increased by 251.1% and is now trading at $325.36.
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Virtus Investment Partners declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 19th. Stockholders of record on Friday, October 29th will be given a dividend of $0.82 per share on Friday, November 12th. This represents a $3.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.01%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 28th.
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Virtus Investment Partners pays an annual dividend of $3.28 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.02%. Virtus Investment Partners has been increasing its dividend for 3 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Virtus Investment Partners is 20.25%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Virtus Investment Partners will have a dividend payout ratio of 7.69% next year. This indicates that Virtus Investment Partners will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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3 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Virtus Investment Partners' shares. Their forecasts range from $267.00 to $400.00. On average, they anticipate Virtus Investment Partners' share price to reach $327.33 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 0.6% from the stock's current price.
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8 employees have rated Virtus Investment Partners CEO George R. Aylward on Glassdoor.com. George R. Aylward has an approval rating of 62% among Virtus Investment Partners' 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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (15.96%), Vanguard Group Inc. (10.75%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (6.93%), Bank of America Corp DE (4.17%), Bank of America Corp DE (4.17%) and Vulcan Value Partners LLC (3.86%). Company insiders that own Virtus Investment Partners stock include Francis G Waltman, Stephen T Zarrilli and William Patrick Bradley III.
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VRTS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC, BlackRock Inc., Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Millennium Management LLC, Newtyn Management LLC, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Balyasny Asset Management LLC, and JPMorgan Chase & Co.. Company insiders that have sold Virtus Investment Partners company stock in the last year include Stephen T Zarrilli, and William Patrick Bradley III.
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VRTS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of America Corp DE, Bank of America Corp DE, Basswood Capital Management L.L.C., Hillcrest Asset Management LLC, Amundi, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Vanguard Group Inc., and Vulcan Value Partners LLC.
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Shares of VRTS 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 $325.36.

Virtus Investment Partners has a market capitalization of $2.49 billion and generates $603.90 million in revenue each year. The closed-end fund earns $79.96 million in net income (profit) each year or $16.20 on an earnings per share basis.

Virtus Investment Partners employs 581 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of Virtus Investment Partners: Ceredex Value Advisors LLC, Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co., ETF Distributors LLC, ETFis Holdings LLC, Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC, Newfleet Asset Management LLC, Rampart Investment Management Company LLC, RidgeWorth Investments, SGIA LLC GP, Seix Investment Advisors LLC, Silvant Capital Management LLC, Sustainable Growth Advisers LP, VP Distributors LLC, Virtus Alternative Investment Advisers Inc., Virtus ETF Advisers LLC, Virtus ETF Solutions LLC, Virtus Fund Advisers LLC, Virtus Fund Services LLC, Virtus Intermediate Holdings LLC, Virtus Investment Advisers Inc., Virtus Investment Partners International Ltd., Virtus Partners Inc., Virtus Retirement Investment Advisers LLC, Virtus Shared Services LLC, and Zweig Advisers LLC.

Virtus Investment Partners was founded in 2008.

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

Virtus Investment Partners is headquartered at ONE FINANCIAL PLAZA, HARTFORD CT, 06103.

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]