SEI Investments vs Virtu Financial
SEIC 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 SEIC and VIRT compare
SEI Investments is the larger company, worth 1.5 times as much as Virtu Financial ($12.4B against $8.3B).
On earnings, Virtu Financial is cheaper: it trades at 8.9× trailing earnings, against 18.2× for SEI Investments.
Virtu Financial grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (20.8% versus 11.1% for SEI Investments).
SEI Investments keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 28.8% compared with 13.5% at Virtu Financial.
Both pay dividends: SEI Investments yields 1.0% and Virtu Financial 1.8%.
SEI Investments scores higher on the StockData Score (17 against 13 for Virtu Financial), 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 | SEIC | VIRT |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $12.4B | $8.3B |
| Share price | $103.42 | $53.76 |
| Change, 1 year | 28.3% | 56.3% |
| Change, 5 years | 60.8% | 92.6% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.96 | 0.59 |
| Employees | 5,029 | 1,027 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 17 (better) | 13 |
| Valuation score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Growth score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Performance score | 6 (better) | 4 |
| Health score | 5 (better) | 0 |
| Dividend score | 4 (better) | 2 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 18.2× | 8.9× (better) |
| P/S | 5.1× | 2.0× (better) |
| P/B | 5.1× | 4.5× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 17.0× | – |
| P/FCF | 18.1× | 16.0× (better) |
| PEG | 1.04 | 0.32 (better) |
| FCF yield | 5.5% | 6.2% (better) |
| Fair value | $84.95 | $67.11 |
| Margin of safety | −21.7% | 19.9% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 11.1% | 20.8% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 6.4% (better) | 2.3% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 2.6% | 36.0% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 6.4% | 37.1% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 13.4% (better) | −0.12% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 36.0% | – |
| Operating margin | 28.9% | – |
| Net margin | 28.8% (better) | 13.5% |
| FCF margin | 28.0% (better) | 12.8% |
| Return on equity | 30.1% | 33.6% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 32.1% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | – |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −0.56 | – |
| Interest coverage | 518× | – |
| Current ratio | 3.29 | – |
| Altman Z-score | – | 0.44 |
| Piotroski F-score | – | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.0% | 1.8% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 18.0% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 12 (better) | 0 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 7.0% (better) | 0.00% |
| Buyback yield | 3.4% (better) | 0.00% |
| Shareholder yield | 4.4% (better) | 1.8% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 75.4% | 52.9% |
| Held by insiders | 3.5% | 98.6% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$50.1M | −$15.0M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 2.7% | 234% |
Go deeper
- SEIC stock overview
- SEIC income statement
- SEIC valuation and score
- VIRT stock overview
- VIRT income statement
- VIRT valuation and score
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