Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for VIRT in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
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Virtu Financial (VIRT) Stock Analysis & Forecast
Sep 28 close
$51.97−1.43 (−2.7%)
Gekko Brief
AI summaryThis week's news around Virtu Financial centers on international expansion, with the company extending its POSIT block-trading network to the Saudi Exchange, now covering 245 liquid stocks. The move adds an institutional trading channel that could support order flow and fees. Separate coverage also revisited valuation questions, asking whether investors are undervaluing VIRT at current levels.
VIRT closed at $51.97, down 2.7%, with its close sitting between the 50-day average of $59.64 and the 200-day average of $49.36, reflecting a mixed trend. The stock's one-month return stands at -22.5%, though the six-month return remains positive at 22.2%. The GekkoIndex reads 72.5, placing VIRT in the Buying zone. Price sits 16.9% below Gekko Fair Value of $62.51.
The next earnings report is scheduled for 4 November 2026, before the open, 36 days out and beyond a typical 20-trading-day hold. In the last reported quarter, EPS of $1.44 missed the $1.55 estimate, with a 1.4% reaction, following a run of 7 beats in 8 quarters. No insider, Congress, or unusual options activity appears in the current windows. Seasonality over the next 20 trading days has averaged +2.5% across 5 years, rising in 4 of them. Analyst consensus from 5 firms shows 2 buy, 2 hold, and 1 sell ratings, with a consensus target of $66.71.
Written by AI and checked automatically against the figures on this page. Generated Sep 29, 2026 from the data above.
Virtu Financial price vs fair value
Close $51.97200-day averageGekko Fair Value $62.51
Virtu Financial quick facts
- Market cap
- $11.06B
- P/E ratio
- 8.8
- Forward P/E
- 8.4
- EPS, TTM
- $5.98
- Revenue, TTM
- $3.26B
- Profit margin
- 16.9%
- Dividend yield
- 1.81%
- Beta
- 0.62
- Volume
- 1.19M avg 1.03M
- 1-year return
- +48.2%
- Typical daily move
- ±3.6%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±6.5%
- 50-day average
- $59.64
- 200-day average
- $49.36
- Next earnings
- Nov 4 before open
- Shares outstanding
- 88.30M
Virtu Financial swing-trade checklist
Virtu Financial scores 4 supportive, 1 mixed and 0 headwinds across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
4 supportive1 mixed0 headwinds
- Trendmixed
Averages disagree
Close $51.97 sits between the 50-day ($59.64) and 200-day ($49.36) averages, or the averages disagree.
See the chart - GekkoIndexsupportive
72.5, Buying
Reading 72.5 is in the Buying zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuesupportive
16.9% below
Price is 16.9% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).
See fair value - Smart moneyno data
No data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart money - Earnings risksupportive
Reports in 36 days
Next report Nov 4, 2026, 36 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitysupportive
+2.5% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +2.5% over 5 years, rising in 4 of them.
See seasonality
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Virtu Financial stock chart and price history
Virtu Financial closed at $51.97 on Sep 28, 2026, +48.2% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $31.55 to $68.76.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- −22.5%
- 3 months
- −10.6%
- 6 months
- +22.2%
- 1 year
- +48.2%
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About Virtu Financial
Virtu Financial builds its business around giving traders access to market data, analytics, and connectivity tools that span the globe. Clients use its systems to place trades, tap into liquidity, run advanced analysis, and connect through technology platforms that work across multiple brokers and dealers rather than favoring one. The firm serves customers trading equities, ETFs, currencies, futures, fixed income, cryptocurrencies, and other commodities in markets worldwide, and this broad reach across asset classes is a defining feature of its work.
Internally, Virtu splits its operations into two segments, one focused on market making and the other on execution services. Its analytics offerings also give clients tools for both before and after a trade takes place, along with data products and compliance support, so they can manage risk and carry out investment decisions across different markets.
Founded in 2008, Virtu Financial is based in New York City, and its stock trades on the NYSE under the ticker VIRT.
- Listed
- NYSE
- Sector
- Finance
- Industry
- Investment banks/Brokers
- Website
- virtu.com
Virtu Financial GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
Virtu Financial’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 72.5, in the Buying zone, up 7.1 points over five sessions.
72.5Buying
Up 7.1 points over five sessions, from the Accumulation zone.
Reading for Sep 28, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying (current zone) | 33 | −1.4% | +0.9% | ||
| Accumulation | 157 | +1.3% | +6.9% | ||
| Neutral | 429 | +1.2% | +3.8% | ||
| Distribution | 50 | −1.1% | +2.4% | ||
| Selling | 3 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average VIRT share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Buying readings averaged +3.2% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
Buying zone: Smart money likely accumulating heavily. About the five zones →
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Is Virtu Financial stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
Virtu Financial trades 16.9% below Gekko Fair Value of $62.51, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Virtu Financial shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$62.51
Gekko Fair Value, Sep 26, 2026
16.9% Undervalued
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Virtu Financial insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Virtu Financial, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in VIRT were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Buybacks
Virtu Financial has been buying back its own shares.
- Bought back, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
- $55.79M
- As a share of market cap
- 0.50%
- Trailing four quarters
- $142.8M
From company filings.
Virtu Financial earnings: next date and track record
Virtu Financial reports on Nov 4, 2026, before the open (36 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 7 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Nov 4, 2026
Expected before the open, 36 days away
- EPS estimate
- $1.51
- Revenue estimate
- $622.6M
7 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±2.5%average move across the report
6 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
Last earnings call, Jul 30, 2026 AI summary
- What they said
- Virtu Financial's Q2 2026 earnings call emphasized the company's pivot to growth over the last year, with investments in technology, talent, and capital expansion. Management highlighted increases in trading capital (now $3.4B, up from $2B a year ago after a $500M term loan), record trailing 12-month metrics (ANT per day $10.4M, adjusted EBITDA $1.7B, adjusted EPS $6.96), and robust quarterly results (ANT $11.6M per day, adjusted EBITDA $437M, 61% margin, adjusted EPS $1.82). The firm reiterated its strategy to continue hiring across engineering, quant, trading and to deploy capital opportunistically across markets (crypto, options, block ETFs, global equities, retail/proprietary). Management noted low attrition, sustained VES performance, and a disciplined approach to leverage (trailing debt/EBITDA ~1.5x) while maintaining a quarterly dividend of $0.24 per share. Q&A covered capital deployment, compensation ratios (guidance to low-to-mid 20s on a cash basis), hiring pace, business mix, and potential opportunities from regulated perpetual futures in the U.S. Management tone was confident and measured, emphasizing operational flexibility and readiness to trade new products as liquidity and market structure evolve.
- Guidance
- Cash compensation ratio guidance: low-to-mid 20s on a cash basis (management referenced ~23% YTD and said 25% near term may be expected). Quarterly dividend maintained at $0.24 per share. Capital accumulation strategy: continue building trading capital via free cash flow and opportunistic debt when attractive (recent $500M term loan); near-to-mid term leverage is expected to remain modest (trailing debt/EBITDA ~1.5x). No explicit revenue or EPS numeric guidance was provided for future quarters.
- Risks flagged
- Forward-looking statements subject to risks and uncertainties as noted in the company's filings. Operational results remain dependent on market conditions, volumes and volatility; mix- and instrument-dependent costs (e.g., brokerage and transaction costs) can fluctuate; leverage and capital deployment carry execution and market risk; talent acquisition and retention could impact growth plans. The company directed listeners to its 10-K and public filings for a fuller description of risk factors.
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | $1.44 est $1.55 | $717.9M est $687.2M | +1.4% |
| Apr 29, 2026 | $2.24 est $1.65 | $786.5M est $613.1M | +1.5% |
| Jan 29, 2026 | $1.85 est $1.28 | $613.4M est $519.1M | +10.7% |
| Oct 29, 2025 | $1.05 est $0.89 | $824.8M est $434.2M | +0.1% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | $1.53 est $1.36 | $999.6M est $437.7M | +0.2% |
| Apr 23, 2025 | $1.30 est $1.19 | $837.9M est $401.2M | −0.1% |
| Jan 29, 2025 | $1.14 est $0.89 | $834.3M est $398.4M | +1.9% |
| Oct 24, 2024 | $0.82 est $0.79 | $706.8M est $379.2M | −4.3% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Virtu Financial stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Virtu Financial is $66.71, +28.4% from the last close, from 5 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$66.71consensus 12-month target, +28.4% from the last close
Now $51.97Avg $66.71
Low $57High $72
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 5 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20 | Piper Sandler | $70 | +34.7% |
| Aug 5 | Bank of America Securities | $72 | +38.5% |
| Aug 4 | J.P. Morgan | $61 | +17.4% |
| Aug 3 | Goldman Sachs | $64 | +23.1% |
| Jul 28 | J.P. Morgan | $59 | +13.5% |
+0.9%average 20-day move after past Buying readings
+2.5%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±3.6%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Virtu Financial seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Sep 29, Virtu Financial averaged +2.5% across the last 5 years, rising in 4 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +1.0% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | +1.8% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | +2.5% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +2.5% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +6.6% | 5 of 5 |
For scale, VIRT’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 6.5%.
Virtu Financial market cap and key statistics
Virtu Financial’s market cap is $11.06B, with a P/E ratio of 8.8 and revenue of $3.26B over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $11.06B
- P/E ratio
- 8.8
- Forward P/E
- 8.4
- EPS, TTM
- $5.98
- Gekko Fair Value
- $62.51
Trading
- Volume
- 1.19M
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 1.03M
- 52-week high
- $68.76
- 52-week low
- $31.55
- Shares outstanding
- 88.30M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $3.26B
- Profit margin
- 16.9%
- Return on equity
- 53.6%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- −1.2%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 0.62
- Typical daily move
- ±3.6%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±6.5%
- Dividend yield
- 1.81%
Virtu Financial stock news this week
4 headlines about Virtu Financial from the past week, newest first, each linking to the publisher.
- How Virtu Financial's Saudi Exchange POSIT Push Can Support GrowthZacks Investment Research, Sep 28
- Virtu Financial Announces Launch of Block Crossing for Equity Securities Listed on the Saudi ExchangeGlobeNewsWire, Sep 28
- ETFs Investing in Virtu Financial, Inc. Class A StocksTradingView, Sep 23
- Are Investors Undervaluing Virtu Financial (VIRT) Right Now?Zacks Investment Research, Sep 22
Virtu Financial peers
Virtu Financial’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| GSGoldman Sachs | Accumulation | 13.7% below |
| SCHWCharles Schwab | Buying | 13.9% below |
| IBKRInteractive Brokers | Accumulation | 10.2% below |
| HOODRobinhood Markets | Neutral | 1.5% above |
| BNYBank of New York Mellon | Accumulation | 8.6% below |
| CMECME | Accumulation | 4.3% below |
A peer links to its own page where one exists.
Virtu Financial stock FAQ
What is Virtu Financial’s market cap?
Virtu Financial’s market cap is $11.06B at the Sep 28, 2026 close of $51.97, with 88.30M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 8.8.
What is the Virtu Financial stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Virtu Financial is $66.71, +28.4% from the last close. Of the 5 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 2 rate it a buy, 2 a hold and 1 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is Virtu Financial stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate Virtu Financial is undervalued: the Sep 28, 2026 close of $51.97 is 16.9% below Gekko Fair Value of $62.51. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does Virtu Financial report earnings next?
Virtu Financial is expected to report on Nov 4, 2026, before the market opens (36 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $1.51 per share on revenue of $622.6M. Virtu Financial beat the earnings estimate in 7 of its last 8 reports, moving 2.5% on average across the report.
What is Virtu Financial’s 52-week high and low?
Virtu Financial’s 52-week high is $68.76 and its 52-week low is $31.55; it closed at $51.97 on Sep 28, 2026, +48.2% over the past year.
Is Virtu Financial stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 4 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex, fair value, earnings risk and seasonality), 1 as mixed (trend). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
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