Morgan Stanley Keeps Their Sell Rating on Virtu Financial (VIRT)

In a report released today, Michael Cyprys from Morgan Stanley maintained a Sell rating on Virtu Financial (VIRT – Research Report), with a price target of $28.00. The company’s shares closed yesterday at $39.11.

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According to TipRanks, Cyprys is a 4-star analyst with an average return of 4.0% and a 53.02% success rate. Cyprys covers the Financial sector, focusing on stocks such as Apollo Global Management, Franklin Resources, and Blackstone Group.

The word on The Street in general, suggests a Hold analyst consensus rating for Virtu Financial with a $39.20 average price target.

VIRT market cap is currently $5.98B and has a P/E ratio of 13.02.

Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 33 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is negative on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders selling their shares of VIRT in relation to earlier this year. Most recently, in February 2025, Brett Fairclough, the Co-President & Co-COO of VIRT sold 72,967.00 shares for a total of $2,688,104.28.