Why is VIRT up?
Up 9% from Nov 4 to Nov 10.
- Virtu Financial rose 9% from Nov 4 to Nov 10. 5 points of it came on Nov 9.
VIRT's Quality Score rose 1 point on Tue, Nov 10, to 10. Its daily price swings got smaller (2 chart checks started).
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Up 9% from Nov 4 to Nov 10.
| The company | Sales up 26% on the year |
| Latest filing | 10-Q, Nov 6 |
Tue Dec 1: Ex-dividend, $0.24 a shareAt the open. Pays Dec 15.
After its last 4 reports it closed +4.1% on average, higher 4 of 4 times.
Averagefor quality, not price, 4 of 14 chart checks firingWhat the Quality Score means
VIRT is #3 of 25 by Quality Score.
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Share count against a year before: VIRT +4.3%, MIAX +41%, PIPR +0.6%, FRHC +0.9%.
Expected to report Thu Feb 4, before the open (in 86 days).
What an earnings report is: every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. We read the figures, the outlook, and how the stock moved after.
Revenue of $1.2B, 40% more than a year ago.
| Line | Q3 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commissions, Net | $137M | $144M | $122M |
Each quarter's sales and their share of its total. Figures as filed (SEC filing, Nov 6)
No outlook figures read from this release.
Sales grew 2.3% a year over 5 years, fiscal 2020 to 2025.
Pays $0.96 a share a year.
| Reported | Gap | Reaction | 5 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 2026 | +5.0% | +1.7% | not yet |
| Jul 30, 2026 | -4.0% | +2.1% | +0.9% |
| Apr 29, 2026 | +5.1% | +3.9% | +3.5% |
| Jan 29, 2026 | +6.5% | +8.5% | +0.9% |
Sales grew in three of the last seven years, to $3.6B in 2025. It made a profit in seven of the eight years.
RSI 58.2, MACD above signal, above both averages. Not scored.
Its dividends come to 10% of its free cash flow.
| Dividend | $0.96 a share a year |
| Paid out | About $84.1M a year |
| Free cash flow | $879M |
3 insiders sold $1.5M across 3 filings in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest:
Officers and directors with a Form 4 in the last 12 months.
In ETFs: VIRT is under 0.1% of VYM and under 0.1% of VTI, the most of the 24 funds Breakaway covers, by each fund's latest filing, Jun 30 to Jul 31, 2026.
Virtu Financial Inc is a financial firm that leverages technology to deliver liquidity to the world-wide markets and transparent trading solutions to its clients. The company's operating segment includes Market Making; and Execution Services. The non-operating segment of the company includes the Corporate segment. The company generates maximum revenue from the market-making segment. The Market Making segment principally consists of market-making in the cash, futures, and options markets across equities, options, fixed income, currencies, and commodities. Geographically, it derives a majority of its revenue from the United States and also has a presence in Ireland and Other Countries.
“The financial services industry generally, and the institutional securities brokerage business in which we operate, are extremely competitive, and we expect them to remain so for the foreseeable future.”
VIRT scores 10 today, which Breakaway calls Average. It is #3 of 25 in Security Brokers, Dealers & Flotation Companies by Quality Score, with 4 of 14 chart checks firing. Up 9% from Nov 4 to Nov 10. Breakaway does not say whether to buy any stock: the score does not know your situation, and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Please do your own research.
VIRT scores 10 today, which Breakaway calls Average (6 to 10). That is #3 of 25 in Security Brokers, Dealers & Flotation Companies by Quality Score. The score adds up the chart checks, the trend, the company's filed sales, its profits, the news, insider trades, and Congress trades. The section above lists the lines behind VIRT's 10.
3 insiders sold $1.5M across 3 filings in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest is Joseph J. Grano Jr., Director, who sold $512K on Aug 19. Every filing, with the scored weight, for Pro members.
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