In a filing, Virtu Financial Inc revealed its Affiliate Douglas Cifu acquired Company’s shares for reported $34.18 million on Aug 04 ’25. In the deal valued at $43.37 per share,788,061 shares were bought.
Then, Nixon John sold 6,965 shares, generating $298,241 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $42.82, the Director now owns 33,923 shares.
Before that, John Nixon bought 6,965 shares. Virtu Financial Inc shares valued at $296,000 were divested by the Board Member at a price of $42.50 per share.
BofA Securities downgraded its Virtu Financial Inc [VIRT] rating to a Neutral from a a Buy in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Morgan Stanley’s analysts, who decreased its forecast for the stock in early April from “an Equal-weight” to “an Underweight”. BofA Securities began covering VIRT with “Buy” recommendation on November 28, 2023. Citigroup revised its rating on September 14, 2023. It rated VIRT as “a Buy” which previously was an “a Neutral”.
Price Performance Review of VIRT
On Monday, Virtu Financial Inc [NYSE:VIRT] saw its stock jump 0.09% to $43.41. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 0.02%. Virtu Financial Inc shares have risen nearly 58.89% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 21.66% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in Virtu Financial Inc?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Virtu Financial Inc stocks on 2025-07-15, growing by 0.14 million shares to a total of 2.74 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-05-30 was 2.6 million shares. There was a rise of 5.25%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.
