Virtu Financial Inc (NASDAQ: VIRT) is 14.29% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $21.59 and a high of $44.58 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The VIRT stock was last observed hovering at around $40.27 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.51%.
Currently trading at $40.78, the stock is -1.64% and 3.30% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.14 million and changing 1.27% at the moment leaves the stock 13.68% off its SMA200. VIRT registered 85.36% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 9.30%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $39.4785 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $35.871277.
The stock witnessed a -2.77% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 12.43%, and is -0.49% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 1.39% over the week and 1.37% over the month.
Virtu Financial Inc (VIRT) has around 969 employees, a market worth around $6.29B and $2.78B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 11.76 and Fwd P/E is 10.10. Profit margin for the company is 10.81%. Distance from 52-week low is 88.88% and -8.52% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (9.33%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 20.22% this year
520.0 institutions hold shares in Virtu Financial Inc (VIRT), with institutional investors hold 93.90% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 85.76M, and float is at 81.04M with Short Float at 3.09%. Institutions hold 87.60% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 11.02 million shares valued at $$247.3 million. The investor’s holdings represent 12.498 of the VIRT Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 10.09 million shares valued at $$226.51 million to account for 11.4474 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC which holds 7.42 million shares representing 8.4148 and valued at over $$166.5 million, while RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC holds 4.1341 of the shares totaling 3.64 million with a market value of $$81.8 million.
Virtu Financial Inc (VIRT) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Nixon John, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that Nixon John sold 6,965 shares of the company’s common stock on May 13 ’25 at a price of $42.82 per share for a total of $0.3 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 33923.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Apr 28 ’25, Cifu Douglas A (Chief Executive Officer) disposed off 177,561 shares at an average price of $38.88 for $6.9 million. The insider now directly holds 231,306 shares of Virtu Financial Inc (VIRT).
