Virtu Financial (VIRT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Virtu Financial, Inc. is a global financial services company that provides liquidity and execution services across the financial markets. Through its market-making operations, the company quotes buy and sell prices and facilitates trading in a range of securities, including equities, exchange-traded funds, options, futures, foreign exchange and fixed-income products.

Virtu also provides technology-enabled execution and workflow solutions to institutions, brokers, and other market participants. Its services include trading analytics, algorithmic execution, order and liquidity management, and other tools designed to help clients access markets, manage trading activity, and evaluate execution quality.

Founded in 2008, Virtu Financial is headquartered in New York City and serves clients and trading venues across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and other international markets. The company became publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange in 2015. Douglas Cifu is Virtu’s chief executive officer, and Vincent Viola, one of the company’s founders, serves as executive chairman.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $61.28 to $63.01
• 50-Day Range: $55.13 to $68.34
• 52-Week Range: $31.55 to $68.76
• Volume: 716,111 shs
• Average Volume: 1.47 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $9.57 billion
• P/E Ratio: 10.24
• Dividend Yield: 1.56%
• Price Target: $58.80
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Virtu Financial Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Virtu Financial scored higher than 69% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 482nd out of 840 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: 2.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Virtu Financial has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.57, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 3 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Virtu Financial is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

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: -10.19%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Virtu Financial are expected to decrease by -10.19% in the coming year, from $6.38 to $5.73 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Virtu Financial is 10.24, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 42.34.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Virtu Financial is 10.24, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 23.87.

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 4.78. 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

6.53% 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 2.8, 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 9.54%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Virtu Financial pays a meaningful dividend of 1.53%, 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 16.75% next year. This indicates that Virtu Financial will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.62

News Sentiment

Virtu Financial has a news sentiment score of 0.62. 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 0.86 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 8 news articles for Virtu Financial this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 2 people have searched for VIRT on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -71% 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

• Record date for 6/15 Dividend: 6/01/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 6/15 Dividend: 6/01/2026
• Dividend Payable: 6/15/2026
• Last Earnings: 7/14/2026
• Record date for 9/15 Dividend: 9/01/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/15 Dividend: 9/01/2026
• Today: 9/10/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/15/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/04/2026
• 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: $58.80
• High Price Target: $70.00
• Low Price Target: $45.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -4.6%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.57
• Research Coverage: 7 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $6.02
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 10.24
• Forward P/E Ratio: 9.66
• 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: 2.63
• Cash Flow: $6.10 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 10.10
• Book Value: $12.90 per share
• Price / Book: 4.78

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 155,200,000
• Free Float: 82,628,000
• Market Cap: $9.57 billion
• Optionable: N/A
• Beta: 0.62