VRTS Stock Analysis: Virtus Investment | NYSE
Asset Management | NYSE, USA | Market Cap: 1.107m USD | 12M Return: -8.5% | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 22.2M
EPS Trend: 81.8%
Qual. Beats: -1
Rev. Trend: 9.8%
Qual. Beats: 0
Warnings
No concerns identified
Tailwinds
Seasonality 10.5 years of data
How good or bad each month usually is (without trend). The score below shows how much you can trust it: 0 = pure chance, >40 gets interesting and >55 is strong.
Virtus Investment Partners (NYSE: VRTS) is a Hartford, Connecticut-based publicly traded investment manager founded in 1995 and listed on the NYSE since 1992. The firm serves individual and institutional clients through a multi-affiliate model, offering separate account portfolios, mutual funds, and exchange-traded funds across equity, fixed income, balanced, and real estate strategies. It employs both quantitative analysis and in-house research, and benchmarks portfolio performance against the S&P 500 Index. Classified within the Financials sector under the GICS Asset Management & Custody Banks sub-industry, VRTS is a small-cap stock with a market capitalization of approximately $946 million USD.
- Money market fund revenue surges with elevated interest rates
- Equity market gains lift AUM and management fee earnings
- Active equity outflows pressure pricing amid passive competition
| Net Income: 116.9m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: -0.01 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA -1.29 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 2.28% < 20% (prev 17.15%; Δ -14.87% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA -0.01 > 3% & CFO -27.5m > Net Income 116.9m |
| Net Debt (2.80b) to EBITDA (384.7m): 7.29 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 1.08 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (6.81m) vs 12m ago -3.77% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 80.78% > 18% (prev 52.54%; Δ 28.25% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 19.39% > 50% (prev 24.37%; Δ -4.98% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 1.98 > 6 (EBIT TTM 324.3m / Interest Expense TTM 164.1m) |
| A: 0.00 (Total Current Assets 241.0m - Total Current Liabilities 222.8m) / Total Assets 4.56b |
| B: 0.07 (Retained Earnings 331.6m / Total Assets 4.56b) |
| C: 0.08 (EBIT TTM 324.3m / Avg Total Assets 4.12b) |
| D: 0.27 (Book Value of Equity 917.4m / Total Liabilities 3.45b) |
| Altman-Z'' = 1.07 = BB |
| DSRI: 1.04 (Receivables 104.4m/112.9m, Revenue 799.8m/898.6m) |
| GMI: 0.65 (GM 52.54% / 80.78%) |
| AQI: 1.02 (AQ_t 0.91 / AQ_t-1 0.89) |
| SGI: 0.89 (Revenue 799.8m / 898.6m) |
| TATA: 0.03 (NI 116.9m - CFO -27.5m) / TA 4.56b) |
| Beneish M = -3.37 (Cap -4..+1) = AA |
As of July 28, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 167.58 with a total of 84,224 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by +3.34%, over one month by +16.31%, over three months by +17.64% and over the past year by -8.52%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 158.50 (which is 5.4% or 1.6 ATR below the current price).
Virtus Investment has received a consensus analysts rating of 2.50. Therefore, it is recommended to sell VRTS.
- StrongBuy: 0
- Buy: 1
- Hold: 1
- Sell: 1
- StrongSell: 1
| Analysts Target Price | 144.8 | -13.6% |
P/E Trailing = 9.7677
P/E Forward = 7.657
P/S = 1.3265
P/B = 1.2066
P/EG = 0.5629
Revenue TTM = 799.8m USD
EBIT TTM = 324.3m USD
EBITDA TTM = 384.7m USD
Long Term Debt = 2.75b USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 16.8m USD (from shortTermDebt, last fiscal year)
Debt = 2.94b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 94.1m
Net Debt = 2.80b USD (calculated: Debt 2.94b - CCE 136.6m)
Enterprise Value = 3.91b USD (1.11b + Debt 2.94b - CCE 136.6m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 1.98 (Ebit TTM 324.3m / Interest Expense TTM 164.1m)
EV/FCF = -145.5x (Enterprise Value 3.91b / FCF TTM -26.9m)
FCF Yield = -0.69% (FCF TTM -26.9m / Enterprise Value 3.91b)
FCF Margin = -3.36% (FCF TTM -26.9m / Revenue TTM 799.8m)
Net Margin = 14.61% (Net Income TTM 116.9m / Revenue TTM 799.8m)
Gross Margin = 80.78% ((Revenue TTM 799.8m - Cost of Revenue TTM 153.7m) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 70.86% (prev none%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 0.86 (Enterprise Value 3.91b / Total Assets 4.56b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 5.58% (Interest Expense 164.1m / Debt 2.94b)
Taxrate = 28.76% (46.1m / 160.2m)
NOPAT = 231.0m (EBIT 324.3m * (1 - 28.76%))
Current Ratio = 1.08 (Total Current Assets 241.0m / Total Current Liabilities 222.8m)
Debt / Equity = 3.21 (Debt 2.94b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 917.4m)
Debt / EBITDA = 7.29 (Net Debt 2.80b / EBITDA 384.7m)
Debt / FCF = -104.3 (out of range, set to none) (Net Debt 2.80b / FCF TTM -26.9m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 916.6m (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 2.83% (Net Income 116.9m / Total Assets 4.56b)
RoE = 12.75% (Net Income TTM 116.9m / Total Stockholder Equity 916.6m)
RoCE = 8.84% (EBIT 324.3m / Capital Employed (Equity 916.6m + L.T.Debt 2.75b))
RoIC = 5.35% (NOPAT 231.0m / Invested Capital 4.32b)
WACC = 5.85% (E(1.11b)/V(4.05b) * Re(10.83%) + D(2.94b)/V(4.05b) * Rd(5.58%) * (1-Tc(0.29)))
Discount Rate = 10.83% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: -98.98 | Cagr: -3.18%
[DCF] Fair Price = unknown (Cash Flow -26.9m)
EPS Correlation: 81.77 | EPS CAGR: 8.64% | SUE: -2.24 | # QB: -1
Revenue Correlation: 9.82 | Revenue CAGR: 0.44% | SUE: 0.27 | # QB: 0
EPS current Quarter (2026-06-30): EPS=6.12 | Chg30d=+1.49% | Revisions=+25% | Analysts=4
EPS next Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=6.57 | Chg30d=+2.82% | Revisions=+25% | Analysts=3
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=24.72 | Chg30d=+1.36% | Revisions=+25% | GrowthEPS=-1.8% | GrowthRev=-3.2%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=25.50 | Chg30d=+1.23% | Revisions=+25% | GrowthEPS=+3.2% | GrowthRev=+0.8%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: +57% (up=4, down=0)