VIRTU FINL INC VIRT
CL A · Common Stock · CUSIP 928254101 · ISIN US9282541013
Financial services company
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($4.0m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $20.41. Options: 16 managers hold calls ($18.9m notional), 14 hold puts ($18.4m).
Trends to Q4 2022
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 260 |
| Q4 2022 | 265 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | $18.4m | $29.0m | 1.58 |
| Q4 2022 | $18.9m | $18.4m | 0.98 |
Biggest buyers
| VAUGHAN NELSON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, L.P. | New | +1.4m |
| WASATCH ADVISORS LP | New | +1.1m |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +585.4k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | +399.7k |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP | Added | +214.7k |
| NATIXIS ADVISORS, LLC | New | +213.5k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | +201.3k |
| Invesco Ltd. | Added | +170.6k |
| HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +168.5k |
| STANSBERRY ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC | New | +166.0k |
Biggest sellers
| VANGUARD GROUP INC | Reduced | -456.5k |
| Capital World Investors | Reduced | -446.0k |
| Azora Capital LP | Sold out | -415.0k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC | Reduced | -352.1k |
| Verition Fund Management LLC | Sold out | -333.9k |
| WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC | Reduced | -327.9k |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH | Reduced | -327.0k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | -322.8k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC | Reduced | -293.4k |
| NORGES BANK | Reduced | -266.7k |
Biggest calls
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $4.6m223.6k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $2.2m108.3k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $2.0m97.8k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $1.9m94.2k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $1.6m79.1k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $1.4m68.3k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $1.2m60.9k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Unchanged | $1.2m59.1k shares |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | Reduced | $1.1m51.8k shares |
| Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. | Added | $1.0m50.4k shares |
Biggest puts
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | Reduced | $5.4m266.1k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $3.7m181.1k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $2.7m131.3k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $2.1m103.3k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $1.2m59.0k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $916.0k44.9k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $751.1k36.8k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $677.6k33.2k shares |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL | New | $426.0k20.9k shares |
| TWO SIGMA SECURITIES, LLC | New | $234.7k11.5k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
Viola Vincent J
13D · may seek influence
filed 2025-04-14
Stated purposeItem 4 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented to incorporate by reference the information set forth in Item 3 of this Amendment No. 7. Following the transactions contemplated in this Amendment No. 7, TJMT continues to beneficially own the majority of the voting power of the outstanding capital stock of the Issuer as a result of holding shares of the Class D Common Stock and therefore can approve or disapprove any matter requiring a majority vote of the Issuer's stockholders. As a result of the Reporting Persons' stock ownership, Mr. Vincent Viola's positions as Chairman Emeritus and a member of the Board and Mr. Michael T. Viola's position as Chairman of the Board, the Reporting Persons continue to be in a position to influence the management and policies of the Issuer and… Full filing |
45.2% |
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution filed 2025-04-30 | 11.1% |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 6.4% |
| FMR LLC 13G · institution -1.6 pts · filed 2025-05-12 | 5.7% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-07-31 | 5.0% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27; now reported by VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC), Cifu Douglas A (4.7%, 2025-11-14)
Insider purchases and sales in Q4 2022
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2021 | 1 | $49.0k | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2022 | 0 | — | 2 | $4.1m | — |
| Q3 2022 | 1 | $93.8k | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2022 | 1 | $90.5k | 0 | — | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-11-07 | Minieri Joanne Director | Bought | $90.5k4.0k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q4 2022
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 9.5m $193.2m | Reduced -456.5k |
| WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.64% of their portfolio | 8.2m $167.4m | Reduced -327.9k |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 4.5m $91.8m | Added +102.7k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 4.3m $88.4m | Reduced -352.1k |
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. 0.48% of their portfolio | 3.7m $75.0m | Reduced -7.3k |
| FMR LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.6m $73.6m | Reduced -169.1k |
| Temasek Holdings (Private) Ltd 0.43% of their portfolio | 3.6m $73.1m | Reduced -111.7k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 3.0m $61.9m | Reduced -293.4k |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 2.3m $47.1m | Reduced -14.1k |
| Van Berkom & Associates Inc. 1.79% of their portfolio | 2.0m $41.7m | Reduced -176.0k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.7m $34.6m | Reduced -27.7k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.7m $34.5m | Added +585.4k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.6m $31.9m | Added +399.7k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.5m $31.5m | Reduced -14.5k |
| Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. 0.09% of their portfolio | 1.5m $29.9m | Reduced -40.9k |
| VAUGHAN NELSON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, L.P. 0.36% of their portfolio | 1.4m $28.1m | New |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 1.4m $27.7m | Added +23.0k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.3m $27.3m | Added +96.2k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.2m $24.2m | Reduced -138.6k |
| Capital World Investors 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.1m $22.9m | Reduced -446.0k |
| WASATCH ADVISORS LP 0.15% of their portfolio | 1.1m $22.2m | New |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.06% of their portfolio | 1.1m $21.7m | Reduced -134.4k |
| NORGES BANK 0.00% of their portfolio | 932.5k $19.0m | Reduced -266.7k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 930.9k $19.0m | Added +98.2k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 908.7k $18.5m | Added +125.9k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 876.9k $17.9m | Reduced -45.5k |
| Gratus Capital, LLC 1.32% of their portfolio | 777.9k $15.9m | Added +37.6k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 756.8k $15.4m | Added +45.0k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 754.8k $15.4m | Added +110.4k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.03% of their portfolio | 653.6k $13.3m | Added +201.3k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 621.8k $12.7m | Added +62.1k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.07% of their portfolio | 595.3k $12.1m | Reduced -36.2k |
| Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd. 0.03% of their portfolio | 570.0k $11.6m | Reduced -4.2k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 534.5k $10.9m | Added +62.3k |
| HAHN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 2.80% of their portfolio | 519.6k $10.6m | Reduced -31.8k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 494.7k $10.1m | Reduced -85.6k |
| HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 474.4k $9.7m | Added +168.5k |
| GREAT LAKES ADVISORS, LLC 0.48% of their portfolio | 414.3k $8.5m | Reduced -11.2k |
| GLENMEDE TRUST CO NA 0.05% of their portfolio | 409.3k $8.4m | Reduced -51.3k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 406.4k $8.3m | Added +170.6k |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH 0.02% of their portfolio | 404.6k $8.3m | Reduced -327.0k |
| Alberta Investment Management Corp 0.06% of their portfolio | 346.6k $7.1m | Added +50.6k |
| PEREGRINE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.22% of their portfolio | 345.9k $7.1m | Reduced -10.2k |
| Keeley-Teton Advisors, LLC 0.87% of their portfolio | 343.2k $7.0m | Added +32.2k |
| Old West Investment Management, LLC 4.38% of their portfolio | 342.9k $7.0m | Added +1.8k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 323.3k $6.6m | Reduced -53.7k |
| CONGRESS ASSET MANAGEMENT CO 0.06% of their portfolio | 311.9k $6.4m | Reduced -731 |
| Man Group plc 0.02% of their portfolio | 258.7k $5.3m | Added +17.4k |
| OLD NATIONAL BANCORP /IN/ 0.16% of their portfolio | 254.8k $5.2m | Reduced -225.7k |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP 0.07% of their portfolio | 237.1k $4.8m | Added +214.7k |
| RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 0.00% of their portfolio | 234.5k $4.8m | Added +69.0k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 233.1k $4.8m | Reduced -55.5k |
| NATIXIS ADVISORS, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 213.5k $4.4m | New |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 212.5k $4.3m | Reduced -5.8k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 212.3k $4.3m | Unchanged |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 210.5k $4.3m | Reduced -39.0k |
| Lombard Odier Asset Management (Europe) Ltd 0.17% of their portfolio | 200.0k $4.1m | Unchanged |
| PUTNAM INVESTMENTS LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 196.7k $4.0m | Reduced -2.8k |
| Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 194.6k $4.0m | Added +69.8k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 190.5k $3.9m | Added +13.9k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 180.5k $3.7m | First filing |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 179.4k $3.7m | Reduced -146.9k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 176.1k $3.6m | Added +127.2k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 168.5k $3.4m | Added +30.8k |
| STANSBERRY ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.70% of their portfolio | 166.0k $3.4m | New |
| Uniplan Investment Counsel, Inc. 0.24% of their portfolio | 163.0k $3.3m | Reduced -3.6k |
| Advisors Capital Management, LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 154.1k $3.1m | Added +15.5k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 151.7k $3.1m | Reduced -13.8k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.01% of their portfolio | 148.0k $3.0m | Unchanged |
| LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 147.1k $3.0m | Added +84.0k |
| Orion Porfolio Solutions, LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 146.3k $3.0m | Reduced -17.8k |
| Greenwich Wealth Management LLC 0.33% of their portfolio | 145.8k $3.0m | Reduced -500 |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 139.4k $2.8m | Reduced -178.6k |
| ALGERT GLOBAL LLC 0.15% of their portfolio | 135.9k $2.8m | Added +38.7k |
| Vident Investment Advisory, LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 133.2k $2.7m | Added +23.2k |
| Cannell & Spears LLC 0.26% of their portfolio | 133.0k $2.7m | Reduced -9.6k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 123.4k $2.5m | Reduced -7.4k |
| FORMULA GROWTH LTD 0.72% of their portfolio | 120.9k $2.5m | Reduced -95.0k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 119.5k $2.4m | Added +48.4k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.00% of their portfolio | 115.7k $2.4m | Added +321 |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 114.1k $2.3m | Reduced -1.6k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 108.7k $2.2m | Added +3.9k |
| Bleakley Financial Group, LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 105.7k $2.2m | First filing |
| VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al 0.02% of their portfolio | 103.9k $2.1m | Added +23.6k |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 103.4k $2.1m | Added +16.1k |
| Sonic GP LLC 1.53% of their portfolio | 100.0k $2.0m | First filing |
| Alaska Permanent Fund Corp 0.03% of their portfolio | 99.4k $2.0m | Unchanged |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 98.7k $2.0m | Reduced -247.9k |
| Econ Financial Services Corp 1.91% of their portfolio | 92.2k $1.9m | Reduced -774 |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 90.8k $1.9m | Added +3.3k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 87.3k $1.8m | Reduced -18.2k |
| BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA 0.00% of their portfolio | 87.0k $1.8m | Reduced -83.0k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 82.7k $1.7m | Added +3.0k |
| Holocene Advisors, LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 78.2k $1.6m | Reduced -89.6k |
| Clear Harbor Asset Management, LLC 0.20% of their portfolio | 76.3k $1.6m | Reduced -4.5k |
| Bangor Savings Bank 0.18% of their portfolio | 75.1k $1.5m | Reduced -17.8k |
| STRS OHIO 0.01% of their portfolio | 69.6k $1.4m | Reduced -923 |
| DUALITY ADVISERS, LP 0.16% of their portfolio | 67.2k $1.4m | New |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 67.1k $1.4m | Reduced -146.1k |
| Tidal Investments LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 65.5k $1.3m | New |