BRC vs Virtus Investment Partners
RILY and VRTS side by side, both in services allied with the exchange of securities. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How RILY and VRTS compare
Virtus Investment Partners is the larger company, worth 5.5 times as much as BRC ($861M against $156M).
On earnings, BRC is cheaper: it trades at 1.0× trailing earnings, against 8.0× for Virtus Investment Partners.
BRC grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (4.0% versus −8.2% for Virtus Investment Partners).
Virtus Investment Partners pays a dividend yielding 5.5%; BRC does not pay one.
Virtus Investment Partners scores higher on the StockData Score (15 against 8 for BRC), 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 | RILY | VRTS |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $156M | $861M |
| Share price | $3.89 | $129.95 |
| Change, 1 year | −26.5% | −19.9% |
| Change, 5 years | −95.1% | −58.9% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.30 | 1.34 |
| Employees | 1,380 | 801 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 8 | 15 (better) |
| Valuation score | 5 | 6 (better) |
| Growth score | 1 (better) | 0 |
| Performance score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Health score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 1.0× (better) | 8.0× |
| P/S | 0.2× (better) | 1.1× |
| P/B | – | 0.9× |
| EV/EBITDA | 0.5× (better) | 3.0× |
| PEG | – | 0.91 |
| FCF yield | – | −9.8% |
| Fair value | $33.78 | $278.81 |
| Margin of safety | 88.5% (better) | 53.4% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 4.0% (better) | −8.2% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 3.0% | 7.1% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −64.4% | – |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −46.8% | −17.0% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 5.3% | 14.8% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 85.5% | – |
| Operating margin | 12.4% | 14.5% (better) |
| Net margin | 8.8% | – |
| FCF margin | – | −10.5% |
| Return on invested capital | – | 15.2% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 0.00 |
| Interest coverage | 1.5× | – |
| Altman Z-score | 0.18 | 0.53 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | – |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 5.5% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 8 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 25.6% |
| Buyback yield | – | 4.7% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 10.2% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 43.1% | 90.7% |
| Held by insiders | 23.4% | 7.3% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$2.6M (better) | −$3.7M |
| Short interest, % of float | – | 7.7% |
Go deeper
- RILY stock overview
- RILY income statement
- RILY valuation and score
- VRTS stock overview
- VRTS income statement
- VRTS valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.