Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS) Competitors $189.91 -3.40 (-1.76%) Closing price 08/1/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$189.50 -0.40 (-0.21%) As of 08/1/2025 04:10 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock VRTS vs. TROW, AMG, AMP, APAM, BEN, BLK, CNS, EVR, IVZ, and JHGShould you be buying Virtus Investment Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Virtus Investment Partners include T. Rowe Price Group (TROW), Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), Artisan Partners Asset Management (APAM), Franklin Resources (BEN), BlackRock (BLK), Cohen & Steers (CNS), Evercore (EVR), Invesco (IVZ), and Janus Henderson Group (JHG). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector. Virtus Investment Partners vs. Its Competitors T. Rowe Price Group Affiliated Managers Group Ameriprise Financial Artisan Partners Asset Management Franklin Resources BlackRock Cohen & Steers Evercore Invesco Janus Henderson Group Virtus Investment Partners (NASDAQ:VRTS) and T. Rowe Price Group (NASDAQ:TROW) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability. Does the media prefer VRTS or TROW? In the previous week, T. Rowe Price Group had 21 more articles in the media than Virtus Investment Partners. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for T. Rowe Price Group and 9 mentions for Virtus Investment Partners. T. Rowe Price Group's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Virtus Investment Partners' score of 0.89 indicating that T. Rowe Price Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Virtus Investment Partners 5 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 3 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive T. Rowe Price Group 12 Very Positive mention(s) 4 Positive mention(s) 7 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Is VRTS or TROW more profitable? T. Rowe Price Group has a net margin of 28.38% compared to Virtus Investment Partners' net margin of 13.42%. Virtus Investment Partners' return on equity of 21.56% beat T. Rowe Price Group's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Virtus Investment Partners13.42% 21.56% 5.27% T. Rowe Price Group 28.38%20.17%15.48% Do analysts recommend VRTS or TROW? Virtus Investment Partners currently has a consensus target price of $188.25, indicating a potential downside of 0.87%. T. Rowe Price Group has a consensus target price of $96.64, indicating a potential downside of 6.23%. Given Virtus Investment Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Virtus Investment Partners is more favorable than T. Rowe Price Group.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Virtus Investment Partners 2 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 1.75T. Rowe Price Group 4 Sell rating(s) 8 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 1.67 Do insiders & institutionals believe in VRTS or TROW? 80.5% of Virtus Investment Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.4% of T. Rowe Price Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.1% of Virtus Investment Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of T. Rowe Price Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Is VRTS or TROW a better dividend stock? Virtus Investment Partners pays an annual dividend of $9.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. T. Rowe Price Group pays an annual dividend of $5.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Virtus Investment Partners pays out 43.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. T. Rowe Price Group pays out 57.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. T. Rowe Price Group has increased its dividend for 39 consecutive years. T. Rowe Price Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth. Which has higher valuation & earnings, VRTS or TROW? T. Rowe Price Group has higher revenue and earnings than Virtus Investment Partners. Virtus Investment Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than T. Rowe Price Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioVirtus Investment Partners$884.72M1.48$121.75M$20.549.25T. Rowe Price Group$7.09B3.20$2.10B$8.8211.68 Which has more risk & volatility, VRTS or TROW? Virtus Investment Partners has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, T. Rowe Price Group has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. SummaryT. Rowe Price Group beats Virtus Investment Partners on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Virtus Investment Partners News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for VRTS and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding VRTS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart VRTS vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricVirtus Investment PartnersInvestment advice IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$1.31B$1.06B$12.08B$9.53BDividend Yield4.55%201.83%5.63%4.08%P/E Ratio11.246.4519.7423.80Price / Sales1.481.5825.9288.12Price / Cash5.024.3621.3357.96Price / Book1.572.322.095.55Net Income$121.75M$60.39M$1.00B$259.03M7 Day Performance-4.09%-3.16%-2.46%-4.56%1 Month Performance-5.60%-6.01%-0.96%4.49%1 Year Performance-8.73%36.09%537.06%18.05% Virtus Investment Partners Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)VRTSVirtus Investment Partners3.9929 of 5 stars$189.91-1.8%$188.25-0.9%-12.0%$1.31B$884.72M11.24770Positive NewsEarnings ReportTROWT. Rowe Price Group4.3534 of 5 stars$106.00-0.9%$96.64-8.8%-8.0%$23.35B$7.09B12.028,158Trending NewsEarnings ReportAMGAffiliated Managers Group4.1428 of 5 stars$212.37-1.6%$197.80-6.9%+15.6%$6.04B$2.04B16.144,100Trending NewsEarnings ReportDividend AnnouncementAnalyst ForecastAMPAmeriprise Financial4.5137 of 5 stars$518.10-0.6%$533.86+3.0%+19.9%$49.33B$17.26B16.1213,600Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastAPAMArtisan Partners Asset Management3.2227 of 5 stars$46.34-0.7%$39.10-15.6%+5.7%$3.74B$1.11B12.80500Positive NewsEarnings ReportDividend IncreaseAnalyst ForecastBENFranklin Resources4.5108 of 5 stars$24.68-0.6%$21.92-11.2%+7.7%$12.97B$8.48B36.2910,200Trending NewsEarnings ReportGap DownBLKBlackRock4.7605 of 5 stars$1,117.60-0.5%$1,151.21+3.0%+26.1%$173.15B$20.41B27.0221,100Trending NewsInsider TradeCNSCohen & Steers2.8785 of 5 stars$74.33-1.1%$82.00+10.3%-14.3%$3.79B$517.42M23.60390Dividend AnnouncementEVREvercore4.6576 of 5 stars$302.33+0.4%$283.14-6.3%+23.2%$11.83B$3.09B28.932,380Earnings ReportDividend AnnouncementAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionGap DownIVZInvesco4.6809 of 5 stars$21.67-0.6%$18.78-13.3%+22.6%$9.70B$6.07B23.308,500Positive NewsGap DownJHGJanus Henderson Group4.3329 of 5 stars$42.96-0.4%$43.33+0.9%+12.6%$6.77B$2.54B17.052,300Positive NewsEarnings ReportDividend Announcement Related Companies and Tools Related Companies T. 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