Virtu Financial (VIRT) Competitors

Brookfield Asset Management (NYSE:BAM) and Virtu Financial (NASDAQ:VIRT) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BAM or VIRT?

Brookfield Asset Management received 177 more outperform votes than Virtu Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.33% of users gave Brookfield Asset Management an outperform vote while only 61.53% of users gave Virtu Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Brookfield Asset Management	Outperform Votes 556 65.33%	Underperform Votes 295 34.67%
Virtu Financial	Outperform Votes 379 61.53%	Underperform Votes 237 38.47%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in BAM or VIRT?

68.4% of Brookfield Asset Management shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.8% of Virtu Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.0% of Brookfield Asset Management shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 46.7% of Virtu Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate BAM or VIRT?

Brookfield Asset Management presently has a consensus target price of $56.38, indicating a potential upside of 8.96%. Virtu Financial has a consensus target price of $31.36, indicating a potential downside of 21.25%. Given Brookfield Asset Management's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Brookfield Asset Management is more favorable than Virtu Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brookfield Asset Management	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.53
Virtu Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43

Is BAM or VIRT more profitable?

Brookfield Asset Management has a net margin of 54.47% compared to Virtu Financial's net margin of 9.61%. Brookfield Asset Management's return on equity of 81.16% beat Virtu Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brookfield Asset Management	54.47%	81.16%	60.52%
Virtu Financial	9.61%	27.39%	2.79%

Does the media prefer BAM or VIRT?

In the previous week, Brookfield Asset Management had 11 more articles in the media than Virtu Financial. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Brookfield Asset Management and 9 mentions for Virtu Financial. Virtu Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Brookfield Asset Management's score of 1.12 indicating that Virtu Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Brookfield Asset Management	13 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Virtu Financial	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, BAM or VIRT?

Brookfield Asset Management has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Virtu Financial has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BAM or VIRT a better dividend stock?

Brookfield Asset Management pays an annual dividend of $1.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Virtu Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Brookfield Asset Management pays out 132.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Virtu Financial pays out 32.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, BAM or VIRT?

Brookfield Asset Management has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Virtu Financial. Virtu Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brookfield Asset Management, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Brookfield Asset Management	$482M	47.57	$2.17B	$1.32	39.20
Virtu Financial	$2.88B	2.14	$276.42M	$2.97	13.41

Summary

Brookfield Asset Management beats Virtu Financial on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.