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Virtu Financial Inc

VIRTNASDAQ

SectorFinancials

IndustryCapital Markets

Beta (adjusted)0.75

Intrinsic Value $61.40median of 6 methods · middle span $31-$145based on filings through 30 Jun 2026

Market Price $55.16Price as of 30 Sep 2026

Near fair valueIntrinsic value is 11% above the market price

−50% · IV below pricenear fair value ±15%IV above price · +50%

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Market Cap $4.9B

Enterprise Value $5.8B

Shares Outstanding 86.4M diluted

Moat Rating Wide

Next Earnings Date28 Oct 2026

Last ex-dividend1 Sep 2026

All prices and values are periodic snapshots, not live quotes. Source dates are shown for reference.

Thesis

Street consensus, scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggers

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Thesis Summary

Virtu entered the second half of 2026 with strong earnings momentum: second-quarter trading income rose 31.2% year over year, Adjusted Net Trading Income reached $717.9 million and Adjusted EBITDA margin was 60.8%. The platform also has identifiable expansion options in regulated EU digital assets, transaction-cost analytics and corporate-buyback execution. These strengths are balanced by earnings sensitivity to market activity, margin normalization risk and the additional fixed claims associated with the announced $400 million incremental term-loan process.

This section is the 12-month view: analyst targets and the probability-weighted scenarios built from them. The intrinsic value at the top of this page answers a different question: what the business is worth today.

Street view · analyst 12-month targets7 analysts · as of 18 Aug 2026

Low · most bearish analyst$57.00

Mean target$66.71

High · most bullish analyst$73.00

Our research · scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggersResearch as of 2 Sep 2026

Scenarios · 12-month scenario targetsAnchored at research date

Bear CaseDownside scenario

$45.0020%

Market activity and monetization normalize sharply, quarterly Adjusted Net Trading Income falls materially below recent levels, and Adjusted EBITDA margin drops below 50%. Incremental debt reduces financial flexibility while newer products fail to offset weaker core trading economics.

Base CaseCentral scenario

$66.7156%

Matches the consensus mean

Trading conditions normalize from the first-half 2026 peak but remain constructive, while technology and execution-service initiatives provide partial diversification. Margins moderate without breaching the monitoring thresholds.

Bull CaseUpside scenario

$85.0024%

Strong trading conditions persist, operating leverage remains effective and recently introduced capabilities—including EU-regulated crypto-asset services and enhanced corporate-buyback execution—produce incremental activity. Continued execution near the strong first-half 2026 run rate supports the upside scenario.

Scenarios are anchored to street consensus at the research date, with our probabilities and rationale.

Key Investment Merits

Strong current earnings momentum, including 31.2% year-over-year growth in second-quarter 2026 trading income and $717.9 million of Adjusted Net Trading Income.
Substantial operating leverage, demonstrated by second-quarter 2026 Adjusted EBITDA of $436.8 million and a 60.8% Adjusted EBITDA margin.
Multiple product-expansion vectors, including authorization for regulated crypto-asset services across EU member states, strong post-trade TCA adoption and enhanced notional-order functionality for corporate buybacks.

Key Investment Risks

Results are sensitive to trading volumes, volatility and market opportunities, making the exceptionally strong 2025 and first-half 2026 earnings levels vulnerable to normalization.
Technology, operational and regulatory failures could disrupt a business whose market-making and execution activities depend on resilient automated systems and compliance across multiple jurisdictions.
The announced marketing of $400 million of incremental first-lien term loans increases the importance of disciplined capital deployment and leverage control.

All scenarios are estimates and subject to change. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

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