VIRT Stock — Virtu Financial, Inc

Virtu Financial, Inc (VIRT)

Updated October 16, 2026.

VIRT is a Stock. its distribution rate is 1.69%, its trailing-12-month yield is 1.69%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 97/100 (Safe). Total return is 308.6% over the past 11.5 years, 29.8 points behind SPY at 338.4%.

Virtu Financial is a financial services company that provides market making and execution services through technology-enabled platforms. The company operates two primary segments: market making, where it buys and sells securities to brokers and institutions, and execution services, which includes agency-based trading and workflow technology for equities, fixed income, currencies, and commodities. It distributes a modest current yield to shareholders on a quarterly basis.

VIRT performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 308.6% over the past 11.5 years, 29.8 points behind SPY at 338.4%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 75.4%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 23.2%.

VIRT key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

97 · Safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

1.64%

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

04/16/2015

Distribution rate

1.69%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

1.69%

5-year average yield

3.09

Last close

$56.84 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$5,019,010,538

Average volume

919678.0

Dividend

$0.24

Ex-dividend date

09/01/2026

Payment date

09/15/2026

Beta

0.647

Payout ratio

14.6%

P/E ratio

9.44

Forward P/E

8.3822

EPS

$6.02

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (1.69%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (1.69%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

VIRT risks and drawbacks

VIRT's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 23.2%.

Who may consider VIRT — and who may not

VIRT may suit someone looking for a high Distribution Safety Score. It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (VIRT pays quarterly); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields; investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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