Militia Capital Management LLC Makes New $563,000 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 the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund bought 12,800 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $563,000.

A number of other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the business. Invesco Ltd. increased its position in shares of Virtu Financial by 64.2% during the 3rd quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 2,370,400 shares of the company’s stock worth $84,149,000 after purchasing an additional 926,376 shares during the last quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC lifted 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 valued at $85,607,000 after buying an additional 569,057 shares during the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted 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 valued at $84,458,000 after buying an additional 19,888 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in Virtu Financial by 1.0% during the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,395,686 shares of the company’s stock worth $46,514,000 after buying an additional 14,113 shares during the period. Finally, Qube Research & Technologies Ltd boosted its stake in Virtu Financial by 53.1% during the third quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd now owns 1,367,583 shares of the company’s stock worth $48,549,000 after buying an additional 474,177 shares during the period. 45.78% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Virtu Financial Stock Performance

Shares of Virtu Financial stock opened at $58.72 on Tuesday. The business has a 50-day moving average of $58.30 and a 200 day moving average of $49.03. Virtu Financial, Inc. has a 12 month low of $31.55 and a 12 month high of $68.02. The stock has a market capitalization of $9.11 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.75, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.39 and a beta of 0.60. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.87, a current ratio of 1.11 and a quick ratio of 0.45.

Virtu Financial (NYSE:VIRT) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, July 14th. The company reported $1.82 earnings per share for the quarter. The company had revenue of $984.69 million during the quarter. Virtu Financial had a return on equity of 49.06% and a net margin of 13.50%.Virtu Financial has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 1.820-1.820 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that Virtu Financial, Inc. will post 6.33 earnings per share for the current year.

Virtu Financial Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, September 15th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 1st will be issued a $0.24 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, September 1st. This represents a $0.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.6%. Virtu Financial’s payout ratio is 15.95%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Virtu Financial

In related news, COO Brett Fairclough sold 30,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $50.06, for a total transaction of $1,501,800.00. Following the sale, the chief operating officer directly owned 42,473 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,126,198.38. This represents a 41.39% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Company insiders own 46.76% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Virtu Financial from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Sunday, July 12th. Piper Sandler increased their price objective on shares of Virtu Financial from $61.00 to $70.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 15th. The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their target price on shares of Virtu Financial from $51.00 to $63.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, June 30th. Morgan Stanley lifted their target price on shares of Virtu Financial from $39.00 to $57.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a report on Friday, July 10th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reissued a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of Virtu Financial in a research report on Friday, May 29th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $58.80.

About Virtu Financial

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.