NASDAQ:VRTS - Virtus Investment Partners Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Virtus Investment Partners announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 16th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, July 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.45 per share on Wednesday, August 15th. This represents a $1.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.35%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, July 30th. View Virtus Investment Partners' Dividend History.

Virtus Investment Partners Inc (NASDAQ:VRTS) issued its earnings results on Friday, April, 27th. The closed-end fund reported $2.59 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $2.40 by $0.19. The closed-end fund earned $129 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $129.64 million. Virtus Investment Partners had a net margin of 9.96% and a return on equity of 15.49%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 61.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.62 earnings per share. View Virtus Investment Partners' Earnings History.

Virtus Investment Partners is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July, 26th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Virtus Investment Partners.

7 brokers have issued twelve-month target prices for Virtus Investment Partners' stock. Their forecasts range from $127.00 to $173.00. On average, they expect Virtus Investment Partners' share price to reach $136.8571 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Virtus Investment Partners.

Some companies that are related to Virtus Investment Partners include Moelis & Co (MC), Noah (NOAH), Houlihan Lokey (HLI), Legg Mason (LM), Financial Engines (FNGN), AllianceBernstein (AB), Artisan Partners Asset Management (APAM), Federated Investors (FII), The Carlyle Group (CG), Hamilton Lane (HLNE), Ares Management LP Unit (ARES), Cohen & Steers (CNS), PJT Partners (PJT), Och-Ziff Capital Management Group (OZM) and Victory Capital (VCTR).

News articles about VRTS stock have trended somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than twenty million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Virtus Investment Partners earned a daily sentiment score of 0.08 on Accern's scale. They also gave news headlines about the closed-end fund an impact score of 47.03 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

Virtus Investment Partners' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (12.88%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (7.16%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (5.84%), Royal Bank of Canada (3.25%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.82%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.23%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for Virtus Investment Partners.

VRTS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Citadel Advisors LLC, Millennium Management LLC, JPMorgan Chase & Co., WCM Investment Management CA, BlackRock Inc., Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd, Royal Bank of Canada and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP. View Insider Buying and Selling for Virtus Investment Partners.

VRTS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Gendell Jeffrey L, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Marcato Capital Management LP, Barclays PLC, Quantitative Systematic Strategies LLC, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Legal & General Group Plc and Schwab Charles Investment 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of VRTS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $133.00.

Virtus Investment Partners has a market capitalization of $954.51 million and generates $425.61 million in revenue each year. The closed-end fund earns $37.01 million in net income (profit) each year or $7.68 on an earnings per share basis. Virtus Investment Partners employs 543 workers across the globe.

Virtus Investment Partners' mailing address is 100 PEARL STREET, HARTFORD CT, 06103. The closed-end fund can be reached via phone at 800-248-7971 or via email at [email protected]