VRTS Stock Analysis: Virtus Investment | NYSE
Asset Management | NYSE, USA | Market Cap: 1.013m USD | 12M Return: -15.9% | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 17.1M
EPS Trend: 81.8%
Qual. Beats: -1
Rev. Trend: 9.8%
Qual. Beats: 0
Warnings
No concerns identified
Tailwinds
No distinct edge detected
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 08, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 155.03 with a total of 182,365 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by +7.60%, over one month by +7.06%, over three months by +22.16% and over the past year by -15.92%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 145.20 (which is 6.3% or 1.7 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 | 136.3 | -12.1% |
P/E Trailing = 8.9358
P/E Forward = 7.657
P/S = 1.2143
P/B = 1.0573
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 = 3.82b USD (1.01b + Debt 2.94b - CCE 136.6m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 1.98 (Ebit TTM 324.3m / Interest Expense TTM 164.1m)
EV/FCF = -142.0x (Enterprise Value 3.82b / FCF TTM -26.9m)
FCF Yield = -0.70% (FCF TTM -26.9m / Enterprise Value 3.82b)
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 = 0.84 (Enterprise Value 3.82b / 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 = 5.68% (E(1.01b)/V(3.95b) * Re(10.61%) + D(2.94b)/V(3.95b) * Rd(5.58%) * (1-Tc(0.29)))
Discount Rate = 10.61% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: -100.00 | 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=+1.58% | Revisions=-40% | Analysts=4
EPS next Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=6.49 | Chg30d=+1.64% | Revisions=+0% | Analysts=4
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=24.68 | Chg30d=+1.21% | Revisions=-17% | GrowthEPS=-1.9% | GrowthRev=-3.4%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=25.59 | Chg30d=+1.59% | Revisions=+0% | GrowthEPS=+3.7% | GrowthRev=+0.6%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: -21% (up=4, down=7)