Virtu Financial, Inc. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Virtu Financial, Inc. had return on equity of 58.4%, a net margin of 12.9% and debt equal to 130.7% of equity. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2013Dec 2013 | 2014Dec 2014 | 2015Dec 2015 | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 27.4% | 26.3% | 2.6% | 4.7% | 0.3% | 15.4% | −3.9% | 20.0% | 17.0% | 11.2% | 6.2% | 9.6% | 12.9% | 13.5% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 35.7% | 33.8% | 30.6% | 32.4% | 26.4% | 36.6% | 10.5% | 31.9% | 40.8% | 28.7% | 19.8% | 20.4% | 13.6% | 12.8% |
| Return on equity | — | — | 32.0% | 23.9% | 0.6% | 30.8% | −5.9% | 54.1% | 31.6% | 18.3% | 11.2% | 45.1% | 58.4% | 31.9% |
| Return on assets | — | 5.7% | 0.6% | 0.9% | 0.1% | 3.9% | −0.7% | 6.6% | 4.7% | 2.5% | 1.1% | 1.9% | 2.6% | 2.3% |
| Asset turnover | — | 0.22 | 0.24 | 0.20 | 0.19 | 0.26 | 0.18 | 0.33 | 0.28 | 0.23 | 0.18 | 0.19 | 0.20 | 0.17 |
| Debt to equity | — | — | 412.1% | 405.0% | 172.3% | 88.6% | 213.8% | 116.0% | 107.6% | 136.1% | 145.7% | >999% | 130.7% | 127.4% |
| Effective tax rate | 2.9% | 1.8% | 8.5% | 11.8% | 83.3% | 10.9% | — | 18.9% | 17.0% | 15.9% | 18.8% | 17.1% | 16.6% | 16.8% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 3.3% | 3.9% | 2.0% | 1.7% | 1.8% | 1.4% | 0.6% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 1.2% | 1.6% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.9% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | 130.3% | 128.7% | >999% | 690.5% | >999% | 237.7% | — | 159.0% | 240.5% | 256.4% | 319.6% | 212.2% | 105.8% | 94.6% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | — | — | 83.1% | 114.5% | >999% | 34.7% | — | 18.6% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | — | — | 8.7% | 18.6% | 24.5% | 24.2% | 70.6% | 11.7% | 0.3% | 1.2% | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.0% |
| Quarter | 2024 Q3Sept 2024 | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 8.5% | 11.3% | 11.9% | 15.1% | 9.4% | 14.4% | 16.6% | 12.7% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 15.0% | 46.9% | 1.1% | 5.8% | −9.3% | 52.1% | −0.5% | 8.2% |
| Debt to equity | 141.3% | >999% | 132.9% | 123.9% | 140.2% | 128.9% | 116.7% | 108.5% |
Moat
Strong moat
How hard Virtu Financial's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.
- Returns on capital 20 / 20
Net income has been a median 2.1% of total assets over 10 years.
- Durability 7 / 20
Net margin has been a median 11.2%; its worst year was 3.1%.
- Discipline 19 / 20
The diluted share count fell 30.2% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 2.6% of revenue.
AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (76 before it).
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