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Virtu Financial, Inc. VIRT
$58.79 +5.70% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $12.52B
Strong trendInexpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $7.90, up 79.5% year over year.
- Operating margin narrowed to 38.8% from 48.4% a year earlier.
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 10 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +24.7%).
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Financial Services sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 21%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 15%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 19%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 47%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 23%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 4%
- Gross marginBottom 28%
- Operating marginTop 16%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 28%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 24%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 45%
- Interest coverTop 19%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 8%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 30%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 19%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 45%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 14%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 1%
- 6-month returnTop 12%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 2%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 36%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 27%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 12%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 9%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 25%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 27%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 12%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 48%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 41%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 45%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 26.6% | 20.8% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 81.5% | 79.5% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 61.8% | 55.4% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 48.4% | 38.8% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 15.4% | 10.0% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 20.8% | 26.6% | ↓ | Top 21% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 79.5% | 81.5% | ↓ | Top 15% |
| Gross margin | 55.4% | 61.8% | ↓ | Bottom 28% |
| Operating margin | 38.8% | 48.4% | ↓ | Top 16% |
| Net margin | 16.8% | 12.0% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 10.0% | 15.4% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 25.7% | — | Top 4% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 15.4% | — | Top 47% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 0.68×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 0.8%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 3.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +86.6 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 0.92×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 5.1×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 2.94%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 1.14%
- Shareholder yield
- 4.08%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +1.7%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -2.9%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 31, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 10
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +24.7%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +1.8%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 6 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $63.33
- Target vs current price
- +7.7%
- Analysts with a rating
- 13
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 31%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | +0.6% | +2.1% | +0.9% | +13.5% | — |
| Apr 29, 2026 | +35.8% | +3.9% | +3.5% | +2.0% | +22.1% |
| Jan 29, 2026 | +44.5% | +8.5% | +0.9% | +11.3% | +29.4% |
| Oct 29, 2025 | +17.8% | -0.5% | +0.5% | +0.4% | +8.5% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | +12.5% | +1.7% | -2.6% | -2.0% | -24.1% |
| Apr 23, 2025 | +9.2% | +1.3% | -0.2% | +9.3% | +14.8% |
| Jan 29, 2025 | +32.6% | +1.7% | +3.0% | -8.7% | -1.0% |
| Oct 24, 2024 | +3.8% | -4.6% | -3.5% | +14.3% | +15.6% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | $1.82 | $1.81 | +0.6% | $717.9M |
| Apr 29, 2026 | $2.24 | $1.65 | +35.8% | $786.5M |
| Jan 29, 2026 | $1.85 | $1.28 | +44.5% | $613.4M |
| Oct 29, 2025 | $1.05 | $0.89 | +17.8% | $824.8M |
| Jul 30, 2025 | $1.53 | $1.36 | +12.5% | $999.6M |
| Apr 23, 2025 | $1.30 | $1.19 | +9.2% | $837.9M |
| Jan 29, 2025 | $1.14 | $0.86 | +32.6% | $834.3M |
| Oct 24, 2024 | $0.82 | $0.79 | +3.8% | $706.8M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 7.4× | 9.7× | 14th | Top 8% |
| P/E (forward) | 8.2× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 8.3× | — | — | Top 19% |
| EV / Sales | 3.45× | — | — | Bottom 45% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 3.26% | — | — | Bottom 30% |
| Earnings yield | 13.44% | — | — | Top 8% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 5.8× – 15.6× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +72.3%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +79.5%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -25.9%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 159
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -2.3%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +4.8%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -1.1%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +18.1%
- RSI (14)
- 53.1
- Relative volume
- 2.05×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 46.6%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 97th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.61
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.26
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -13.5%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -28.2%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 2022 | Feb 5, 2024 | -57.5% | 460 days | 242 days (Jan 23, 2025) |
| Jul 17, 2025 | Oct 7, 2025 | -28.2% | 57 days | 122 days (Apr 2, 2026) |
| Apr 5, 2021 | Sep 10, 2021 | -27.1% | 111 days | 104 days (Feb 8, 2022) |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Sep 28, 2026 | -23.5% | 25 days | Not yet recovered |
| Feb 5, 2025 | Apr 8, 2025 | -19.9% | 43 days | 17 days (May 2, 2025) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $12.52B
- P/E (TTM)
- 7.4
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $7.90
- Revenue (TTM)
- $4.08B
- Dividend yield
- 1.63%
- 52-week range
- $31.55 – $68.76
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.81B | $2.36B | $2.29B | $2.88B | $3.63B |
| Gross profit | $1.69B | $1.35B | $1.39B | $1.77B | $1.74B |
| Operating income | $1.25B | $917.9M | $934.0M | $1.32B | $1.23B |
| Net income | $476.9M | $265.0M | $142.0M | $276.4M | $468.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | $3.91 | $2.44 | $1.42 | $2.97 | $5.13 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $706.8M | $834.3M | $837.9M | $999.6M | $824.8M | $969.9M | $1.10B | $1.19B |
| Net income | $60.0M | $94.1M | $99.7M | $151.2M | $77.6M | $139.9M | $182.3M | $285.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.64 | $1.03 | $1.08 | $1.65 | $0.86 | $1.65 | $2.12 | $3.27 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $1.17B | $706.8M | $491.8M | $599.0M | $518.4M |
| Capital expenditure | -$24.6M | -$27.2M | -$76.1M | -$54.3M | -$63.5M |
| Free cash flow | $1.15B | $679.6M | $415.6M | $544.7M | $454.9M |
| Dividends paid | -$548.0M | -$375.3M | -$306.1M | -$462.1M | -$349.3M |
| Net share buybacks | -$430.9M | -$488.8M | -$230.6M | -$191.1M | -$174.9M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $1.07B
- Total assets
- $27.48B
- Total liabilities
- $25.15B
- Total debt
- $2.63B
- Net debt
- $1.56B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.87B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 31, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2026 | $0.24 | Sep 15, 2026 |
| Jun 1, 2026 | $0.24 | Jun 15, 2026 |
| Feb 27, 2026 | $0.24 | Mar 16, 2026 |
| Dec 1, 2025 | $0.24 | Dec 15, 2025 |
| Aug 29, 2025 | $0.24 | Sep 15, 2025 |
| May 30, 2025 | $0.24 | Jun 16, 2025 |
| Feb 28, 2025 | $0.24 | Mar 17, 2025 |
| Nov 29, 2024 | $0.24 | Dec 15, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 4,604,196
- Days to cover
- 4.96
- Change vs previous report
- -14.7%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.