Virtu Financial (VIRT) Competitors

Virtu Financial (NYSE:VIRT) and Cboe Global Markets (NASDAQ:CBOE) are both trading companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of VIRT or CBOE?

45.8% of Virtu Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.7% of Cboe Global Markets shares are owned by institutional investors. 47.2% of Virtu Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Cboe Global Markets shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is VIRT or CBOE more profitable?

Cboe Global Markets has a net margin of 18.64% compared to Virtu Financial's net margin of 10.43%. Virtu Financial's return on equity of 32.08% beat Cboe Global Markets' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Virtu Financial	10.43%	32.08%	3.09%
Cboe Global Markets	18.64%	22.02%	10.73%

Does the media prefer VIRT or CBOE?

In the previous week, Cboe Global Markets had 16 more articles in the media than Virtu Financial. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Cboe Global Markets and 0 mentions for Virtu Financial. Cboe Global Markets' average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Virtu Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that Cboe Global Markets is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Virtu Financial	Neutral
Cboe Global Markets	Positive

Is VIRT or CBOE a better dividend stock?

Virtu Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Cboe Global Markets pays an annual dividend of $2.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Virtu Financial pays out 27.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cboe Global Markets pays out 33.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Cboe Global Markets has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Virtu Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility & risk, VIRT or CBOE?

Virtu Financial has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cboe Global Markets has a beta of 0.43, indicating that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend VIRT or CBOE?

Cboe Global Markets has a consensus target price of $222.58, suggesting a potential downside of 9.71%. Given Cboe Global Markets' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cboe Global Markets is more favorable than Virtu Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Virtu Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Cboe Global Markets	3 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.92

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, VIRT or CBOE?

Cboe Global Markets has higher revenue and earnings than Virtu Financial. Virtu Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cboe Global Markets, 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
Virtu Financial	$2.88B	2.37	$276.42M	$3.46	12.76
Cboe Global Markets	$4.09B	6.30	$764.90M	$7.63	32.31

Summary

Cboe Global Markets beats Virtu Financial on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.