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Virtu Financial (VIRT) Competitors

$43.20 +0.57 (+1.34%)
As of 07/23/2025 03:50 PM Eastern

VIRT vs. CBOE, TPL, FUTU, CG, TPG, NMR, HLI, WPC, AMH, and GLPI

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

In the previous week, Cboe Global Markets had 22 more articles in the media than Virtu Financial. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Cboe Global Markets and 0 mentions for Virtu Financial. Cboe Global Markets' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Virtu Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that Cboe Global Markets is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Cboe Global Markets Positive
Virtu Financial Neutral

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

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
Cboe Global Markets18.64% 22.02% 10.73%
Virtu Financial 10.43%32.08%3.09%

Cboe Global Markets currently has a consensus target price of $222.58, suggesting a potential downside of 7.56%. Given Cboe Global Markets' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cboe Global Markets is more favorable than Virtu Financial.

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

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 Ratio
Cboe Global Markets$4.09B6.16$764.90M$7.6331.56
Virtu Financial$2.88B2.32$276.42M$3.4612.49

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

Cboe Global Markets pays an annual dividend of $2.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Virtu Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Cboe Global Markets pays out 33.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Virtu Financial pays out 27.7% 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 raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Virtu Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

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

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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.
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VIRT vs. The Competition

MetricVirtu FinancialSecurity And Commodity Brokers, Dealers, Exchanges & Services IndustryFinancial SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$6.57B$2.44B$6.44B$20.89B
Dividend Yield2.25%1.34%4.19%3.62%
P/E Ratio12.4913.5514.1227.93
Price / Sales2.322.941,745.7572.74
Price / Cash15.0715.07128.7022.61
Price / Book4.462.251.964.70
Net Income$276.42M$80.32M$1.24B$993.85M
7 Day Performance-4.53%1.82%0.79%1.99%
1 Month PerformanceN/A9.06%3.92%5.85%
1 Year PerformanceN/A25.83%23.80%13.36%

Virtu Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VIRT
Virtu Financial
N/A$43.20
+1.3%
N/AN/A$6.57B$2.88B12.49990
CBOE
Cboe Global Markets
3.0537 of 5 stars
$238.45
+0.3%
$222.58
-6.7%
N/A$24.99B$4.09B33.031,540High Trading Volume
TPL
Texas Pacific Land
1.1354 of 5 stars
$996.79
+0.5%
$917.00
-8.0%
+16.3%$22.92B$705.82M49.86100Positive News
FUTU
Futu
2.066 of 5 stars
$160.57
+7.0%
$139.32
-13.2%
+168.9%$22.34B$1.75B26.763,343Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
CG
Carlyle Group
3.7842 of 5 stars
$60.17
+0.1%
$57.73
-4.0%
+31.3%$21.73B$5.43B20.402,300
TPG
TPG
3.1297 of 5 stars
$56.09
-1.1%
$59.77
+6.6%
+14.8%$20.89B$3.50B-169.971,900
NMR
Nomura
2.3339 of 5 stars
$6.32
-0.5%
N/A+11.7%$18.78B$31.11B8.6627,242Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
HLI
Houlihan Lokey
4.4153 of 5 stars
$196.09
-0.7%
$206.40
+5.3%
+35.7%$13.69B$2.39B33.691,100Upcoming Earnings
WPC
W.P. Carey
4.4598 of 5 stars
$61.66
+0.6%
$104.22
+69.0%
+7.6%$13.51B$1.58B31.78190Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
AMH
American Homes 4 Rent
4.6146 of 5 stars
$36.14
-0.4%
$40.90
+13.2%
+0.1%$13.38B$1.73B33.461,730Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
GLPI
Gaming and Leisure Properties
4.6261 of 5 stars
$47.70
+0.5%
$53.68
+12.5%
-3.6%$13.11B$1.53B16.9820Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:VIRT) was last updated on 7/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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