Virtu Financial (VIRT) Competitors $44.16 +0.39 (+0.89%) As of 03:59 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsFinancialsSEC FilingsTrendsBuy This Stock VIRT vs. CBOE, TPL, FUTU, CG, TPG, NMR, HLI, WPC, AMH, and GLPIShould you be buying Virtu Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Virtu Financial include Cboe Global Markets (CBOE), Texas Pacific Land (TPL), Futu (FUTU), Carlyle Group (CG), TPG (TPG), Nomura (NMR), Houlihan Lokey (HLI), W.P. Carey (WPC), American Homes 4 Rent (AMH), and Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry. Virtu Financial vs. Its Competitors Cboe Global Markets Texas Pacific Land Futu Carlyle Group TPG Nomura Houlihan Lokey W.P. Carey American Homes 4 Rent Gaming and Leisure Properties 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 Financial10.43% 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) 0.00Cboe 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioVirtu Financial$2.88B2.37$276.42M$3.4612.76Cboe Global Markets$4.09B6.30$764.90M$7.6332.31 SummaryCboe Global Markets beats Virtu Financial on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Virtu Financial News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for VIRT and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding VIRT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart VIRT vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricVirtu FinancialSecurity And Commodity Brokers, Dealers, Exchanges & Services IndustryFinancial SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$6.75B$2.42B$6.46B$21.11BDividend Yield2.19%1.33%4.19%3.60%P/E Ratio12.7613.4414.0828.44Price / Sales2.372.841,733.9558.61Price / Cash15.4815.48128.7122.92Price / Book4.562.311.964.69Net Income$276.42M$80.32M$1.24B$995.51M7 Day Performance-0.52%2.08%0.43%1.64%1 Month PerformanceN/A6.86%3.66%5.92%1 Year PerformanceN/A26.36%23.58%11.50% Virtu Financial Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)VIRTVirtu FinancialN/A$44.16+0.9%N/AN/A$6.75B$2.88B12.76990CBOECboe Global Markets2.7722 of 5 stars$238.45+0.3%$222.58-6.7%N/A$24.99B$4.09B33.031,540High Trading VolumeTPLTexas Pacific Land1.0398 of 5 stars$996.79+0.5%$917.00-8.0%+22.3%$22.92B$705.82M49.86100Positive NewsFUTUFutu1.8109 of 5 stars$160.57+7.0%$139.32-13.2%+174.0%$22.34B$1.75B26.763,343Analyst ForecastGap DownHigh Trading VolumeCGCarlyle Group3.7583 of 5 stars$60.17+0.1%$57.73-4.0%+39.3%$21.73B$5.43B20.402,300TPGTPG3.2238 of 5 stars$56.09-1.1%$59.77+6.6%+21.2%$20.89B$3.50B-169.971,900NMRNomura2.5599 of 5 stars$6.32-0.5%N/A+14.1%$18.78B$31.11B8.6627,242Upcoming EarningsHLIHoulihan Lokey4.4943 of 5 stars$196.09-0.7%$206.40+5.3%+38.3%$13.69B$2.39B33.691,100Positive NewsUpcoming EarningsWPCW.P. Carey4.5201 of 5 stars$61.66+0.6%$104.22+69.0%+10.1%$13.51B$1.58B31.78190News CoveragePositive NewsUpcoming EarningsAMHAmerican Homes 4 Rent4.6127 of 5 stars$36.14-0.4%$40.90+13.2%+1.7%$13.38B$1.73B33.461,730News CoveragePositive NewsUpcoming EarningsGLPIGaming and Leisure Properties4.6112 of 5 stars$47.70+0.5%$53.68+12.5%-2.9%$13.11B$1.53B16.9820Trending NewsEarnings Report Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Cboe Global Markets Alternatives Texas Pacific Land Alternatives Futu Alternatives Carlyle Group Alternatives TPG Alternatives Nomura Alternatives Houlihan Lokey Alternatives W.P. 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