Virtu Financial Inc’s filing revealed that its Chief Executive Officer Cifu Douglas A acquired Company’s shares for reported $0.81 million on Feb 07 ’24. In the deal valued at $16.21 per share,50,000 shares were bought. As a result of this transaction, Cifu Douglas A now holds 584,132 shares worth roughly $12.06 million.
Then, Cifu Douglas A bought 50,000 shares, generating $853,150 in total proceeds. Upon buying the shares at $17.06, the Chief Executive Officer now owns 442,755 shares.
Before that, Molluso Joseph bought 15,000 shares. Virtu Financial Inc shares valued at $257,481 were divested by the Co-President & Co-COO at a price of $17.17 per share. As a result of the transaction, Molluso Joseph now holds 358,160 shares, worth roughly $7.4 million.
BofA Securities initiated its Virtu Financial Inc [VIRT] rating to a Buy in a research note published on November 28, 2023; the price target was $20. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Citigroup’s analysts, who increased its forecast for the stock in mid September from “a Neutral” to “a Buy”. Morgan Stanley also remained covering VIRT and has increased its forecast on April 11, 2023 with a “an Equal-weight” recommendation from previously “an Underweight” rating. Citigroup revised its rating on January 12, 2023. It rated VIRT as “a Neutral” which previously was an “a Buy”.
Price Performance Review of VIRT
On Monday, Virtu Financial Inc [NASDAQ:VIRT] saw its stock jump 0.15% to $20.65. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -0.91%. Virtu Financial Inc shares have risen nearly 1.92% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 7.50% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $21.58 was reached on 04/04/24, a 52-week low of $16.02 was recorded on 02/07/24. SMA at 50 days reached $18.75, while 200 days put it at $18.47. A total of 0.69 million shares were traded, compared to the trading of 0.96 million shares in the previous session.
Levels Of Support And Resistance For VIRT Stock
The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 20.44, which if violated will result in even more drops to 20.22. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 20.88. A further resistance level may holdings at 21.11. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the 14-day chart is 60.87, which indicates neutral technical sentiment, while the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) stands at -0.19, which suggests price will go down in the next trading period. Percent R suggests that price movement has been low at 64.14%. Stochastics %K at 27.82% indicates the stock is a holding.
The most recent change occurred on October 12, 2022 when Citigroup began covering the stock and recommended ‘”a Buy”‘ rating along with a $26 price target.
