Virtu Financial Inc’s filing revealed that its Co-President & Co-COO Fairclough Brett unloaded Company’s shares for reported $3.85 million on Aug 07 ’25. In the deal valued at $42.40 per share,90,701 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, Fairclough Brett now holds 0 shares worth roughly $0.0.
Then, Fairclough Brett bought 90,701 shares, generating $3,846,047 in total proceeds.
Before that, Douglas Cifu bought 788,061 shares. Virtu Financial Inc shares valued at $34,178,206 were divested by the Affiliate at a price of $43.37 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 fall -0.94% to $42.04. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -3.16%. Virtu Financial Inc shares have risen nearly 51.66% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 17.83% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $45.77 was reached on 07/18/25, a 52-week low of $28.14 was recorded on 04/09/25.
Levels Of Support And Resistance For VIRT Stock
The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 41.78, which if violated will result in even more drops to 41.53. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 42.42. A further resistance level may holdings at 42.81.
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.
