Interactive Brokers vs Virtu Financial
IBKR and VIRT side by side, both in security brokers, dealers, and flotation. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How IBKR and VIRT compare
Interactive Brokers is the larger company, worth 4.2 times as much as Virtu Financial ($34.8B against $8.3B).
On earnings, Virtu Financial is cheaper: it trades at 8.9× trailing earnings, against 30.8× for Interactive Brokers.
Interactive Brokers grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (22.1% versus 20.8% for Virtu Financial).
Both pay dividends: Interactive Brokers yields 0.44% and Virtu Financial 1.8%.
Virtu Financial scores higher on the StockData Score (13 against 9 for Interactive Brokers), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | IBKR | VIRT |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $34.8B | $8.3B |
| Share price | $76.90 | $53.76 |
| Change, 1 year | 11.1% | 56.3% |
| Change, 5 years | 317% | 92.6% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.13 | 0.59 |
| Employees | 3,182 | 1,027 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 9 | 13 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Growth score | 3 | 4 (better) |
| Performance score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 4 (better) | 0 |
| Dividend score | 2 | 2 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 30.8× | 8.9× (better) |
| P/S | 12.8× | 2.0× (better) |
| P/B | 5.9× | 4.5× (better) |
| P/FCF | – | 16.0× |
| PEG | 0.92 | 0.32 (better) |
| FCF yield | – | 6.2% |
| Fair value | $47.84 | $67.11 |
| Margin of safety | −60.7% | 19.9% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 22.1% (better) | 20.8% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 13.6% (better) | 2.3% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | 36.0% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 31.6% | 37.1% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 29.7% (better) | −0.12% |
| Profitability | ||
| Net margin | – | 13.5% |
| FCF margin | – | 12.8% |
| Return on equity | – | 33.6% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | – |
| Altman Z-score | 0.13 | 0.44 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | – | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.44% | 1.8% (better) |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 0 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 0.00% |
| Buyback yield | – | 0.00% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.44% | 1.8% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 85.7% | 52.9% |
| Held by insiders | 2.1% | 98.6% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$32.7M | −$15.0M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 5 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 3.1% | 234% |
Go deeper
- IBKR stock overview
- IBKR income statement
- IBKR valuation and score
- VIRT stock overview
- VIRT income statement
- VIRT valuation and score
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