Virtu Financial (VIRT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Virtu Financial, Inc. is a global financial services company that provides liquidity and execution services to the financial markets. Through its market-making business, the company buys and sells securities across a range of asset classes, including equities, exchange-traded funds, options, fixed income, foreign exchange and commodities. Its activities help facilitate trading for investors and other market participants.

Virtu also provides institutional clients with technology, trading tools, analytics and workflow solutions through its execution services business. These offerings are designed to support trade execution, liquidity sourcing, transaction analysis and other aspects of the trading process across global markets.

The company was founded in 2008 by Vincent Viola and Douglas Cifu and completed its initial public offering in 2015. Virtu serves clients and markets in North America, Europe, Asia and other international regions. Douglas Cifu has served as the company’s chief executive officer, while Vincent Viola has been associated with the company as its founder and chairman.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $56.70 to $57.93
• 50-Day Range: $51.91 to $68.34
• 52-Week Range: $31.55 to $68.76
• Volume: 749,999 shs
• Average Volume: 1.34 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $8.90 billion
• P/E Ratio: 9.52
• Dividend Yield: 1.67%
• Price Target: $63.60
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Virtu Financial Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Virtu Financial scored higher than 84% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 258th out of 853 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Virtu Financial has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 5 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

Virtu Financial has a consensus price target of $63.60, representing about 10.9% upside from its current price of $57.34.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Virtu Financial has been the subject of 6 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: -3.85%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Virtu Financial are expected to decrease by -3.85% in the coming year, from $6.50 to $6.25 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Virtu Financial is 9.52, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.05.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Virtu Financial is 9.52, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 24.74.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Virtu Financial has a PEG Ratio of 0.42. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Virtu Financial has a P/B Ratio of 4.44. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

5.99% of the float of Virtu Financial has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Virtu Financial has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.8, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Virtu Financial has recently increased by 7.47%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Virtu Financial pays a meaningful dividend of 1.66%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Virtu Financial does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Virtu Financial is 15.95%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Virtu Financial will have a dividend payout ratio of 15.36% next year. This indicates that Virtu Financial will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.48

News Sentiment

Virtu Financial has a news sentiment score of 0.48. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.62 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 21 news articles for Virtu Financial this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

3 people have searched for VIRT on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 50% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

4 people have added Virtu Financial to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Virtu Financial insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $1,058,718.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

46.76% of the stock of Virtu Financial is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

45.78% of the stock of Virtu Financial is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/14/2026
• Record date for 9/15 Dividend: 9/01/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/15 Dividend: 9/01/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/15/2026
• Today: 10/10/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/05/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Capital Markets
• Sub-Industry: Investment Banking & Brokerage
• Current Symbol: NYSE:VIRT
• Previous Symbol: NYSE:VIRT
• CIK: 1592386
• Web: virtu.com
• Phone: (212) 418-0100
• Fax: 212-418-0123
• Employees: 1,027
• Year Founded: 2008

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Virtu Financial: $63.60
• High Price Target: $84.00
• Low Price Target: $45.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +10.9%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.50
• Research Coverage: 8 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $6.02
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 9.52
• Forward P/E Ratio: 8.82
• P/E Growth: 0.42
• Net Income: $468.36 million
• Net Margins: 13.50%
• Pretax Margin: 31.27%
• Return on Equity: 49.06%
• Return on Assets: 4.28%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.87
• Current Ratio: 0.45
• Quick Ratio: 0.45

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $3.63 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.45
• Cash Flow: $6.18 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 9.28
• Book Value: $12.90 per share
• Price / Book: 4.44

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 155,200,000
• Free Float: 82,628,000
• Market Cap: $8.90 billion
• Optionable: N/A
• Beta: 0.65