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Virtu Financial, Inc.
VIRT Financial Capital Markets
Virtu Financial, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $3.6 billion, up 26.2% from fiscal 2024.
- Revenue
- +19.1%
- EPS
- −1.21%
- Free cash flow
- +78.6%
- Total debt
- +16.2%
Quarter to June 2026, against a year earlier
53.75
0.72
+1.36%
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Free accountTen years at a glance Fiscal years to December
| Ten-year view | Analyst estimates Powerpack | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group | Line | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | TTM Jun ’26 | Trend | 10 yrs | 2026e | 2027e | 2028e | Next 3/yr |
| Income, $m | ||||||||||||||||||
| Income, $m | Revenue | 702 | 1,028 | 1,879 | 1,517 | 3,239 | 2,811 | 2,365 | 2,293 | 2,877 | 3,632 | 4,080 | +20.0% | 2,756 | 2,749 | 2,886 | (7.4%) | |
| Gross margin, % | 68.50 | 75.01 | 79.96 | 74.50 | 76.57 | 73.49 | 73.82 | 77.83 | 76.56 | 78.81 | 81.77 | +10.3 pt | ||||||
| EBT | 180 | 113 | 696 | (116) | 1,383 | 997 | 557 | 325 | 645 | 1,094 | 1,276 | +22.2% | ||||||
| EBT margin, % | 25.57 | 11.01 | 37.07 | (7.64) | 42.69 | 35.46 | 23.55 | 14.18 | 22.42 | 30.13 | 31.27 | +4.6 pt | ||||||
| Net income | 158 | 19 | 620 | (104) | 1,121 | 827 | 468 | 264 | 535 | 912 | 1,061 | +21.5% | ||||||
| Per share, $ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Per share, $ | Revenue | 18.22 | 16.43 | 18.62 | 13.32 | 26.62 | 23.96 | 22.74 | 24.38 | 32.89 | 42.62 | 46.57 | +9.9% | |||||
| Earnings | 0.88 | 0.26 | 2.82 | (0.53) | 5.19 | 3.95 | 2.45 | 1.42 | 2.98 | 5.14 | 6.02 | +21.7% | ||||||
| Cash flow | 6.22 | 4.64 | 7.08 | 1.48 | 8.72 | 9.98 | 6.80 | 5.23 | 6.85 | 6.08 | 6.37 | (0.2%) | ||||||
| Capex | (0.53) | (0.53) | (0.48) | (0.51) | (0.50) | (0.51) | (0.62) | (0.81) | (0.62) | (0.75) | (0.90) | +4.0% | ||||||
| Free cash flow | 5.69 | 4.11 | 6.61 | 0.97 | 8.22 | 9.47 | 6.17 | 4.42 | 6.23 | 5.34 | 5.46 | (0.7%) | ||||||
| Book value | 13.87 | 18.40 | 14.82 | 10.79 | 15.24 | 15.88 | 15.88 | 14.94 | 17.00 | 23.16 | 26.54 | +5.9% | ||||||
| Shares, m | 39 | 63 | 101 | 114 | 122 | 117 | 104 | 94 | 87 | 85 | 86 | +9.2% | ||||||
| Valuation, × | ||||||||||||||||||
| Valuation, × | P/E | 18.03 | 156.70 | 8.67 | 0.00 | 4.84 | 7.37 | 8.55 | 14.54 | 11.97 | 6.48 | 8.93 | 23.7 | |||||
| P/S | 0.88 | 1.12 | 1.38 | 1.20 | 0.95 | 1.20 | 0.91 | 0.83 | 1.09 | 0.78 | 1.15 | 1.0 | ||||||
| P/B | 1.16 | 1.00 | 1.74 | 1.48 | 1.65 | 1.82 | 1.30 | 1.36 | 2.10 | 1.44 | 2.03 | 1.5 | ||||||
| EV/Sales | 1.11 | 0.52 | 0.72 | 0.59 | 0.69 | 0.85 | 0.59 | (0.20) | 0.23 | (0.12) | — | 0.5 | ||||||
| EV/FCF | 3.57 | 2.07 | 2.03 | 8.06 | 2.25 | 2.16 | 2.16 | (1.08) | 1.23 | (0.94) | — | 2.1 | ||||||
| Cash, $m | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cash, $m | Operating cash flow | 240 | 291 | 715 | 169 | 1,061 | 1,172 | 707 | 492 | 599 | 518 | 558 | +9.0% | |||||
| Capex | (20) | (33) | (48) | (58) | (60) | (60) | (65) | (76) | (54) | (63) | (79) | +13.5% | ||||||
| Free cash flow | 219 | 257 | 667 | 111 | 1,001 | 1,112 | 642 | 416 | 545 | 455 | 478 | +8.4% | ||||||
| Balance, $m | ||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, $m | Working capital | (1,511) | (1,657) | (1,502) | (1,561) | (1,532) | (2,550) | (2,899) | (5,905) | (6,263) | (8,330) | (12,418) | +20.9% | |||||
| Net debt | 164 | (616) | (1,244) | (927) | (816) | (985) | (767) | (2,363) | (2,452) | (3,267) | (4,738) | n/m | ||||||
| Shareholders’ equity | 534 | 1,152 | 1,495 | 1,229 | 1,855 | 1,864 | 1,651 | 1,405 | 1,487 | 1,973 | 2,325 | +15.6% | ||||||
| Returns, % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Returns, % | ROA | 0.93 | 0.05 | 3.94 | (0.69) | 6.63 | 4.70 | 2.44 | 1.07 | 1.75 | 2.47 | 2.22 | +1.5 pt | |||||
| ROIC | 16.08 | 13.19 | 173.72 | 71.03 | 83.15 | 70.88 | 39.35 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | (16.1) pt | ||||||
| ROE | 6.04 | 0.35 | 21.88 | (4.30) | 42.10 | 25.65 | 14.52 | 8.76 | 18.00 | 25.30 | 26.18 | +19.3 pt | ||||||
| People | ||||||||||||||||||
| People | Employees | 148 | 560 | 483 | 1,012 | 976 | 973 | 993 | 975 | 969 | 1,027 | — | +24.0% | |||||
| Revenue/emp, $m | 4.75 | 1.84 | 3.89 | 1.50 | 3.32 | 2.89 | 2.38 | 2.35 | 2.97 | 3.54 | — | (3.2%) | ||||||
Negative figures in brackets.
estimates
Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026
Business profile
Where the money comes from and where it goes Fiscal 2015
| Market Making | 786 | 98.67% |
|---|---|---|
| Execution Services | 11 | 1.33% |
| Gross margin | 70.80% | |
| Operating margin | 27.12% | |
| Pre-tax margin | 27.12% |
Virtu Financial, Inc. vs peers in Capital Markets (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier
| Company | Market cap | P/E | Fwd P/E | Revenue growth (Q) | EPS growth (Q) | FCF growth (Q) | Gross margin (Q) | EBIT margin (Q) | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SF Stifel Financial Corporation | $10.8B | 11.8× | 11.4× | −0.22% (below 0%: shrinking) | +13.26% (above 0%: growing) | −90.85% (below 0%: shrinking) | 99.05% | 22.63% | Compare |
| HLI Houlihan Lokey, Inc. | $10.2B | 24.5× | 18.2× | +4.85% (above 0%: growing) | −1.80% (below 0%: shrinking) | −25.70% (below 0%: shrinking) | 35.98% | 22.25% | Compare |
| FUTU Futu Holdings Limited Sponsored ADR | $9.0B | 9.2× | 10.6× | +35.71% (above 0%: growing) | +42.98% (above 0%: growing) | +443.45% (above 0%: growing) | 86.31% | 61.99% | Compare |
| VIRT Virtu Financial, Inc. | $8.4B | 8.9× | 8.2× | +19.05% (above 0%: growing) | −1.21% (below 0%: shrinking) | +78.56% (above 0%: growing) | 78.24% | 46.04% | |
| XP XP Inc. | $7.6B | 7.7× | 7.1× | +22.04% (above 0%: growing) | +23.26% (above 0%: growing) | −127.08% (below 0%: shrinking) | 100.00% | 34.50% | Compare |
| IREN IREN Limited | $7.3B | — (loss-making) | — (loss-making) | −26.73% (below 0%: shrinking) | n/m | +705.74% (above 0%: growing) | 75.71% | (585.97%) | Compare |
| SNEX StoneX Group Inc. | $6.5B | 12.0× | 12.1× | +15.40% (above 0%: growing) | +86.64% (above 0%: growing) | −183.02% (below 0%: shrinking) | 3.06% | 1.67% | Compare |
| HUT Hut 8 Corp. | $5.7B | — (loss-making) | — (loss-making) | −14.90% (below 0%: shrinking) | +122.92% (above 0%: growing) | +173.77% (above 0%: growing) | 0.00% | 447.73% | Compare |
| WULF TeraWulf Inc. | $5.0B | — (loss-making) | — (loss-making) | −6.02% (below 0%: shrinking) | n/m | −695.25% (below 0%: shrinking) | 72.30% | (313.74%) | Compare |
| Median of peers | $7.5B | 11.8× | 11.4× | +2.32% | +33.12% | −58.27% | 74.01% | 22.44% |
From the latest earnings call
- On Virtu’s Q1 2026 call, CEO Aaron Simons said the company had added over $500 million in trading capital in the preceding seven months.
- CFO Cindy Lee said Q1 Execution Services performance reflected investments in technology, client acquisition and an expanded product offering.
Largest institutional holders 13F, quarter to 30 June 2026
Held by institutions
52.88%
Held by the ten largest
28.10%
| Holder | Shares | Stake | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock | 11.73m | 7.55% | +778.10k |
| Vanguard | 10.35m | 6.67% | +583.18k |
| Fidelity (FMR) | 4.72m | 3.04% | −62.65k |
| State Street | 3.07m | 1.98% | +159.20k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC | 2.87m | 1.85% | −60.50k |
| AQR Capital Management | 2.84m | 1.83% | +1.48m |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC | 2.39m | 1.54% | +457.70k |
| Portolan Capital Management, LLC | 2.14m | 1.38% | +930.33k |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors | 1.83m | 1.18% | −94.86k |
| Morgan Stanley | 1.68m | 1.08% | +165.14k |
13F filings for the quarter to 30 June 2026: long positions in US-listed shares reported by managers with $100m or more, ~45 days after the quarter.
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VIRT metrics, ten years each
- Revenue
- Net income
- EPS (diluted)
- EBITDA
- Free cash flow
- Operating cash flow
- Gross margin
- Operating margin
- Net margin
- Free cash flow margin
- P/E ratio
- P/S ratio
- P/B ratio
- Price to free cash flow
- Return on equity
- Return on assets
- Return on invested capital
- Debt to equity
- Current ratio
- Total debt
- Shares outstanding
- Book value per share
- Revenue growth
- Piotroski F-score
Virtu Financial is an electronic trading firm that buys and sells financial instruments and provides trading services to institutional clients. Founded in 2008, it is headquartered in New York City, and Aaron Simons is its chief executive officer.
Its Market Making business offers to buy or sell instruments using the firm’s own capital. By continuously posting prices, it gives brokers, banks and investors a way to trade across markets that include equities, currencies, fixed income, options, commodities and cryptocurrencies. Its systems automate much of the quoting, trade processing and risk management involved.