Militia Capital Management LLC Makes New Investment in Virtu Financial, Inc. $VIRT

Militia Capital Management LLC bought a new stake in Virtu Financial, Inc. (NYSE:VIRT) during the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund bought 12,800 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $563,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Invesco Ltd. lifted its stake in Virtu Financial by 64.2% in the third quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 2,370,400 shares of the company’s stock valued at $84,149,000 after purchasing an additional 926,376 shares during the last quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC increased its position in Virtu Financial by 41.9% in the first quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 1,928,509 shares of the company’s stock worth $85,607,000 after buying an additional 569,057 shares during the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP increased its position in Virtu Financial by 1.0% in the first quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 1,920,590 shares of the company’s stock worth $84,458,000 after buying an additional 19,888 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Virtu Financial by 1.0% in the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,395,686 shares of the company’s stock valued at $46,514,000 after buying an additional 14,113 shares during the period. Finally, Qube Research & Technologies Ltd raised its stake in shares of Virtu Financial by 53.1% in the third quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd now owns 1,367,583 shares of the company’s stock valued at $48,549,000 after buying an additional 474,177 shares during the period. 45.78% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts have recently commented on the company. Piper Sandler upped their price target on Virtu Financial from $61.00 to $70.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 15th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price objective on Virtu Financial from $44.00 to $51.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of Virtu Financial in a research note on Friday, May 29th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Virtu Financial from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Sunday, July 12th. Finally, Morgan Stanley increased their target price on shares of Virtu Financial from $39.00 to $57.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research report on Friday, July 10th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, four have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $55.17.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Virtu Financial news, COO Brett Fairclough sold 30,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $50.06, for a total value of $1,501,800.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief operating officer owned 42,473 shares in the company, valued at $2,126,198.38. This trade represents a 41.39% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. 46.76% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Virtu Financial Trading Up 0.1%

Shares of VIRT stock opened at $59.62 on Friday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $57.57 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $47.77. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.92, a current ratio of 0.48 and a quick ratio of 0.48. Virtu Financial, Inc. has a 1 year low of $31.55 and a 1 year high of $68.02. The stock has a market capitalization of $9.25 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.87, a PEG ratio of 0.40 and a beta of 0.58.

Virtu Financial (NYSE:VIRT) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, July 14th. The company reported $1.82 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Virtu Financial had a return on equity of 51.63% and a net margin of 14.17%.The firm had revenue of $718.00 million for the quarter. Virtu Financial has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 1.820-1.820 EPS. As a group, analysts anticipate that Virtu Financial, Inc. will post 6.26 earnings per share for the current year.

Virtu Financial Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 15th. Investors of record on Monday, June 1st were issued a dividend of $0.24 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 1st. This represents a $0.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.6%. Virtu Financial’s dividend payout ratio is 15.89%.

Virtu Financial Company Profile

Virtu Financial, Inc is a technology-driven electronic trading firm and market maker that provides liquidity and price discovery across a wide range of financial instruments. Leveraging advanced analytics, high-performance computing and proprietary algorithms, Virtu operates in equities, fixed income, foreign exchange, commodities and derivative products. Its technology platform is designed to capture bid-ask spreads in real time, manage risk through automated controls and adapt to changing market conditions.

The company offers a suite of execution services and market-making solutions to institutional clients such as asset managers, banks, broker-dealers and hedge funds.