How High Will Gold Surge?
Gold is on fire - hitting $3,500 and outpacing stocks, tech, even Bitcoin. Analyst Sean Brodrick called it, and now he's forecasting a surge to $6,900. But the biggest opportunity isn't bullion. It's a little-known investment that's returned up to 1,000x more than physical gold.
Shares Stats
| Shares Outstanding | 85,760,000 |
| Shares Float | 81,060,000 |
| Shares Short | 2,640,000 |
| Insider Holdings | 670% |
| Institution Holdings | 87.99% |
About Virtu Financial Inc
Virtu Financial, Inc. operates as a financial services company in the United States, Ireland, and internationally. It operates through two segments: Market Making and Execution Services. The company's product includes offerings in execution, liquidity sourcing, analytics and broker-neutral, capital markets, and multi-dealer platforms in workflow technology. Its product allows its clients to trade on various venues across 50 countries and in various asset classes, including global equities, ETFs, options, foreign exchange, futures, fixed income, cryptocurrencies, and myriad other commodities. The company's multi-asset analytics platform provides a range of pre- and post-trade services, data products, and compliance tools for clients to invest, trade, and manage risk across global markets. Virtu Financial, Inc. was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
General
| Name | Virtu Financial Inc |
| Ticker | VIRT |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Sector | Financial |
| Industry | Capital Markets |
| Currency | USD |
| Country | USA |
| Fiscal Year End | December |
| Full Time Employees | 969 |
Highlights
| Analyst Target | 42.11 |
| Market Cap | 6,695,300,000 |
| PE Ratio | 12.52 |
| PEG Ratio | -9.42 |
Financials
| Curr Year EPS Estimate | 4.23 |
| Next Quarter EPS Estimate | 0.92 |
| Profit Margin | 10.81% |
| Operating Margin | 30.47 |
| Return on Assets | 0.04 |
| Return on Equity | 0.41 |
| Revenue | 2.8B |
| Earnings Per Share | 3.46 |
| Revenue Per Share | 27.72 |
| Gross Profit | 1,310,214,016 |
| Quarterly Revenue Growth | 0.38 |
Valuation
| Trailing PE | 12.95 |
| Forward PE | 9.71 |
| Price/Sales (Trailing 12 Mt.) | 2.88 |
| Price/Book (Most Recent Quarter) | 2.94 |
Dividend
Virtu Financial Inc pays out a dividend of $0.96 per share, with a dividend yield of 2.21%.
VIRT's last dividend payment was made to shareholders on June 16, 2025.
They pay out 32.38% of their earnings out as a dividend.
Recent Dividends
| Jun 16, 2025 | $0.24 |
| Mar 17, 2025 | $0.24 |
| Dec 15, 2024 | $0.24 |
| Sep 15, 2024 | $0.24 |
| Jun 15, 2024 | $0.24 |
| Mar 15, 2024 | $0.24 |
| Dec 15, 2023 | $0.24 |
| Sep 15, 2023 | $0.24 |
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