Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS)
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Virtus Investment Partners
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Rating:61Neutral
Price Target:
$154.00
▲(10.17% Upside)
Action:ReiteratedDate:05/01/26
The score is driven primarily by a mixed financial profile—strong margins but inconsistent revenue and highly volatile cash flow—alongside an earnings update that featured significant outflows and AUM decline despite strategic progress (ETFs and Keystone). Valuation is a major positive (low P/E and high dividend yield), and technicals are moderately constructive but still below the 200-day trend.
Positive Factors
Strong profitability and margins
Virtus demonstrates durable operating profitability for an asset manager, with mid-teens margins and respectable ROE. These margins support recurring shareholder returns (dividends/buybacks) and provide cushion versus revenue swings, enabling reinvestment in distribution and product development over the medium term.
Negative Factors
Material net outflows and AUM decline
Large, concentrated redemptions materially reduce fee-bearing assets and scale economics. Sustained outflows erode management fee revenue, pressure margins, and force reliance on higher-cost retention or acquisition spending. Until flows stabilize, revenue and fee-rate gains from product initiatives may be undercut.
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Positive Factors
Negative Factors
Strong profitability and margins
Virtus demonstrates durable operating profitability for an asset manager, with mid-teens margins and respectable ROE. These margins support recurring shareholder returns (dividends/buybacks) and provide cushion versus revenue swings, enabling reinvestment in distribution and product development over the medium term.
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Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS) vs. SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY)
Market Cap
$908.76M
Dividend Yield5.41%
Average Volume (3M)111.38K
Price to Earnings (P/E)8.1
Beta (1Y)0.97
Revenue Growth-8.12%
EPS Growth0.51%
CountryUS
Employees805
SectorFinancial
Sector Strength70
IndustryAsset Management
Share Statistics
EPS (TTM)5.38
Shares Outstanding6,682,055
10 Day Avg. Volume115,949
30 Day Avg. Volume111,378
Financial Highlights & Ratios
PEG Ratio0.45
Price to Book (P/B)1.19
Price to Sales (P/S)1.34
P/FCF Ratio-15.04
Enterprise Value/Market Cap3.61
Enterprise Value/Revenue3.94
Enterprise Value/Gross Profit5.27
Enterprise Value/Ebitda8.00
Forecast
1Y Price Target
$127.33Price Target Upside-8.90% Downside
Rating ConsensusModerate Sell
Number of Analyst Covering3
EPS Forecast (FY)25.57
Revenue Forecast (FY)$737.94M
Virtus Investment Partners Business Overview & Revenue Model
Company Description
Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. is a publicly owned investment manager. The firm primarily provides its services to individual and institutional clients. It launches separate client focused equity and fixed income portfolios. The firm launches eq...
How the Company Makes Money
Virtus primarily makes money by earning fees for managing client assets. Its core revenue stream is investment management fees calculated as a percentage of assets under management (AUM) across its sponsored funds (e.g., mutual funds and ETFs) and...
Virtus Investment Partners Earnings Call Summary
Earnings Call Date:May 01, 2026
(Q1-2026)
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Next Earnings Date:Jul 24, 2026
Earnings Call Sentiment Negative
The call highlighted meaningful product and distribution progress—8% sales growth, strong ETF momentum, the strategic Keystone acquisition (adding $2.3B AUM and expanding alternatives/private credit), and signs of flow improvement in March/April. However, these positives were offset by substantial net outflows ($8.4B), a decline in AUM to $149B, sequential EPS and operating income pressure driven by seasonal employment expenses and lower average AUM, and higher short-term leverage/contingent liabilities related to the Keystone transaction. While management emphasized near-term improvements and long-term growth initiatives, the scale and persistence of outflows and AUM decline represent significant near-term headwinds.Positive Updates
Sales Growth
Total sales increased 8% to $5.8 billion (from $5.3 billion), led by a 26% increase in equity strategy sales and higher sales in U.S. retail funds, retail separate accounts, and global funds.
Negative Updates
Large Net Outflows and AUM Decline
Total net outflows were $8.4 billion for the quarter; assets under management fell to $149 billion at March 31 from $159 billion (≈$10 billion decline, roughly -6.3%), and average AUM declined 4% to $158.2 billion.
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Q1-2026 Updates
Positive
Negative
Sales Growth
Total sales increased 8% to $5.8 billion (from $5.3 billion), led by a 26% increase in equity strategy sales and higher sales in U.S. retail funds, retail separate accounts, and global funds.
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Company Guidance
Management’s forward-looking modeling assumptions included an expected average fee rate of about 43–45 basis points in Q2 (reflecting a full quarter of Keystone; Q1 included ~0.6 bps of incentive fees), employment expenses as adjusted of roughly 51%–53% of revenues (with the high end likely in Q2 due to seasonality), other operating expenses in a quarterly range of $31–$33 million (plus the incremental annual Board equity grant in Q2), noncontrolling interests of about $4–$5 million per quarter (factoring a full quarter of Keystone), and an effective tax rate of roughly 14%–15% beginning in Q2; they also noted Q1 carried $1.26 per share of seasonal employment expense and reported EPS as adjusted of $5.38.Virtus Investment Partners Financial Statement Overview
Summary
Income Statement
64
Positive
Balance Sheet
53
Neutral
Cash Flow
32
Negative
| Breakdown | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Income Statement | |||||
| Total Revenue | 830.59M | 902.82M | 841.49M | 881.72M | 974.67M |
| Gross Profit | 622.00M | 470.23M | 436.74M | 510.46M | 616.44M |
| EBITDA | 409.40M | 460.20M | 433.77M | 325.85M | 474.08M |
| Net Income | 138.40M | 121.75M | 130.62M | 117.54M | 208.13M |
Balance Sheet | |||||
| Total Assets | 4.29B | 3.99B | 3.68B | 3.95B | 3.93B |
| Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments | 477.17M | 399.58M | 340.33M | 588.53M | 585.54M |
| Total Debt | 2.84B | 2.47B | 2.25B | 2.34B | 2.30B |
| Total Liabilities | 3.25B | 2.99B | 2.71B | 3.02B | 2.96B |
| Stockholders Equity | 934.04M | 897.49M | 863.93M | 817.02M | 828.30M |
Cash Flow | |||||
| Free Cash Flow | -74.09M | -3.82M | 228.34M | 126.09M | 659.89M |
| Operating Cash Flow | -67.20M | 1.75M | 237.16M | 132.67M | 665.73M |
| Investing Cash Flow | -47.34M | -16.95M | -129.73M | -27.47M | -175.03M |
| Financing Cash Flow | 191.03M | 74.95M | -356.11M | -102.06M | -244.40M |
Virtus Investment Partners Technical Analysis
Negative
139.78
Price Trends
135.95
Positive
149.13
Negative
165.91
Negative
Market Momentum
1.40
Negative
56.44
Neutral
86.22
Negative
Evaluating momentum and price trends is crucial in stock analysis to make informed investment decisions. For VRTS, the sentiment is Negative. The current price of 139.78 is above the 20-day moving average (MA) of 133.80, above the 50-day MA of 135.95, and below the 200-day MA of 165.91, indicating a neutral trend. The MACD of 1.40 indicates Negative momentum. The RSI at 56.44 is Neutral, neither overbought nor oversold. The STOCH value of 86.22 is Negative, not indicating any strong overbought or oversold conditions. Overall, these indicators collectively point to a Negative sentiment for VRTS.
Virtus Investment Partners Risk Analysis
Virtus Investment Partners disclosed 19 risk factors in its most recent earnings report. Virtus Investment Partners reported the most risks in the "Finance & Corporate" category.
Finance & Corporate - Financial and accounting risks. Risks related to the execution of corporate activity and strategy
Latest Risks Added 0 New Risks
Virtus Investment Partners Peers Comparison
UnderperformOutperform
Sector (68)
Name | Overall Rating | Market Cap | P/E Ratio | ROE | Dividend Yield | Revenue Growth | EPS Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
76 Outperform | $4.11B | 10.73 | 35.33% | 2.46% | 12.27% | 45.13% | |
73 Outperform | $3.65B | 10.16 | 19.46% | 8.93% | ― | -12.21% | |
73 Outperform | $2.34B | 19.99 | 285.97% | 0.08% | 21.08% | -2.79% | |
73 Outperform | $695.69M | 21.23 | 15.08% | 4.56% | 59.28% | 44.87% | |
70 Outperform | $7.77B | 11.47 | 22.04% | 0.01% | 4.62% | 88.44% | |
68 Neutral | $18.00B | 11.42 | 9.92% | 3.81% | 9.73% | 1.22% | |
61 Neutral | $908.76M | 8.05 | 15.20% | 5.41% | -8.12% | 0.51% |
* Financial Sector Average
VRTS
Virtus Investment Partners
136.00
-14.57
-9.68%
AMG
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291.07
118.50
68.67%
AB
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1.25
3.27%
FHI
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54.12
13.73
34.00%
AAMI
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37.51
134.03%
VINP
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11.00
1.77
19.16%
Virtus Investment Partners Corporate Events
Business Operations and StrategyFinancial Disclosures
Virtus Investment Partners Updates Non-GAAP Reporting Framework
Neutral
Apr 17, 2026
Virtus Investment Partners said it will revise certain non-GAAP financial measures beginning with its first-quarter 2026 results to include tax benefits realized from the amortization of goodwill and intangible assets, which had previously been ex...
Business Operations and StrategyM&A Transactions
Virtus Expands into Private Markets with Keystone Acquisition
Positive
Mar 2, 2026
Virtus Investment Partners expanded into private markets with the March 1, 2026 closing of its majority acquisition of Keystone National Group, an investment manager focused on asset‑centric private credit and distribution to the wealth chan...
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