Virtus Investment Partners Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Virtus Investment Partners in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" Virtus Investment Partners stock.
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Virtus Investment Partners saw a drop in short interest in the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 124,200 shares, a drop of 23.0% from the March 31st total of 161,400 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 47,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.6 days.
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Virtus Investment Partners is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, July 23rd 2021.
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Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRTS) released its earnings results on Wednesday, April, 28th. The closed-end fund reported $6.78 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $5.44 by $1.34. Virtus Investment Partners had a net margin of 9.48% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 20.04%.
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Virtus Investment Partners' stock was trading at $92.66 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, VRTS shares have increased by 197.4% and is now trading at $275.58.
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Virtus Investment Partners declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 26th. Investors of record on Friday, April 30th will be given a dividend of $0.82 per share on Friday, May 14th. This represents a $3.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.19%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 29th.
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Virtus Investment Partners pays an annual dividend of $3.28 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.19%. Virtus Investment Partners has been increasing its dividend for 3 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Virtus Investment Partners is 22.16%. 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 14.16% next year. This indicates that Virtus Investment Partners will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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4 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Virtus Investment Partners' stock. Their forecasts range from $154.00 to $320.00. On average, they anticipate Virtus Investment Partners' share price to reach $264.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.2%.
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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.

Some companies that are related to Virtus Investment Partners include BlackRock (BLK), The Bank of New York Mellon (BK), T. Rowe Price Group (TROW), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), State Street (STT), Northern Trust (NTRS), Franklin Resources (BEN), Invesco (IVZ), SEI Investments (SEIC), Ares Capital (ARCC), Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), Cohen & Steers (CNS), Prospect Capital (PSEC), Main Street Capital (MAIN) and Golub Capital BDC (GBDC).
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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 shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (16.67%), Rhumbline Advisers (0.34%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (0.14%), Comerica Bank (0.09%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.08%) and Quantitative Systematic Strategies LLC (0.08%).
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VRTS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alliancebernstein L.P., IndexIQ Advisors LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Victory Capital Management Inc., NEXT Financial Group Inc, New York State Teachers Retirement System, Texas Permanent School Fund, and The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company .
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VRTS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Quantitative Systematic Strategies LLC, Meeder Asset Management Inc., Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd., Ellsworth Advisors LLC, BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA, Blueshift Asset Management LLC, and Everence Capital Management Inc..
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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 $275.58.

Virtus Investment Partners has a market capitalization of $2.11 billion and generates $563.25 million in revenue each year. The closed-end fund earns $95.65 million in net income (profit) each year or $14.80 on an earnings per share basis.

Virtus Investment Partners employs 581 workers across the globe.

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]