Added to YB: 2026-08-25
Pitch date: 2026-08-22
VIRT [neutral]
Virtu Financial, Inc.
-0.76%
current return
Author Info
Andrew Brown manages Dynasty Trust - a wholesale unit trust investing ONLY in public companies with controlling shareholders. Sign up for the newsletter.
Company Info
Virtu Financial, Inc. operates as a financial services company in the United States, Ireland, and internationally.
Market Cap
$6.0B
Pitch Price
$66.80
Price Target
N/A
Dividend
1.41%
EV/EBITDA
N/A
P/E
11.26
EV/Sales
N/A
Sector
Capital Markets
Category
special_situation
Virtu Financial: rumoured windfall
VIRT (overview): +11% to record $67.93 on Bloomberg rumor of selling execution services unit. Would create only US-listed pure-play market maker, freeing capital to compete vs Citadel/Jane Street. Unit contributes 10.5% of pretax income but rumored sale ~31x P/E vs VIRT 8.4x, ~$22.55/share. Prefers reinvesting proceeds vs buybacks.
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