NASDAQ:VRTS - Virtus Investment Partners Stock Price Target and Predictions

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Consensus Rating: Buy
Consensus Price Target: $304.33
Forecasted Upside: 14.28 %
Number of Analysts: 3
Breakdown:
0 Sell Ratings
1 Hold Ratings
2 Buy Ratings
0 Strong Buy Ratings

^$266.30 As of 07/26/2021 04:34 PM ET

▲ +1.3 (0.49%)

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Analyst Price Target for VRTS

^$304.33

▲ +14.28% Upside Potential

This price target is based on 3 analysts offering 12 month price targets for Virtus Investment Partners in the last 3 months. The average price target is $304.33, with a high forecast of $331.00 and a low forecast of $267.00. The average price target represents a 14.28% upside from the last price of $266.30.

Current Consensus is Buy

The current consensus among 3 investment analysts is to buy stock in Virtus Investment Partners. This Buy consensus rating has held steady for over two years.

Past Monthly Recommendations

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1 hold ratings
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2/1/2020

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5/1/2020

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7/30/2020

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10/28/2020

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1/26/2021

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4/26/2021

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6/25/2021

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7/25/2021

Latest Recommendations

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Date	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target	Impact on Share Price
7/19/2021	Morgan Stanley	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight	$334.00 ➝ $331.00	High
7/9/2021	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$320.00 ➝ $334.00	High
5/4/2021	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$295.00 ➝ $320.00	High
4/15/2021	Morgan Stanley	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight	$298.00 ➝ $295.00	Low
4/8/2021	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$275.00 ➝ $298.00	Medium
2/4/2021	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$256.00 ➝ $275.00	Low
2/3/2021	Barclays	Boost Price Target	Positive ➝ Overweight	$280.00 ➝ $315.00	Low
1/25/2021	Barclays	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$270.00 ➝ $280.00	High
1/20/2021	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$250.00 ➝ $256.00	Low
1/11/2021	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$190.00 ➝ $250.00	Medium
10/27/2020	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$167.00 ➝ $190.00	High
10/26/2020	Piper Sandler	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$200.00 ➝ $267.00	High
10/26/2020	Barclays	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$180.00 ➝ $215.00	High
10/15/2020	Piper Sandler	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$190.00 ➝ $200.00	High
10/9/2020	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$159.00 ➝ $167.00	Low
7/28/2020	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$133.00 ➝ $159.00	Low
7/27/2020	Piper Sandler	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$150.00 ➝ $185.00	Low
7/27/2020	Barclays	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$150.00 ➝ $170.00	High
7/17/2020	Barclays	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$150.00	Medium
7/15/2020	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$128.00 ➝ $133.00	Low
7/10/2020	Bank of America	Boost Price Target	Buy	$140.00 ➝ $154.00	Low
7/2/2020	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$90.00 ➝ $128.00	Medium
6/15/2020	Barclays	Boost Price Target	Outperform ➝ Overweight	$105.00 ➝ $118.00	High
5/6/2020	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$85.00 ➝ $90.00	Low
5/4/2020	Barclays	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$95.00 ➝ $105.00	Low
4/16/2020	Barclays	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$95.00	High
4/15/2020	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$82.00 ➝ $85.00	High
4/8/2020	Morgan Stanley	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight	$105.00 ➝ $82.00	Medium
3/23/2020	Bank of America	Lower Price Target	Buy	$103.00 ➝ $74.00	High
3/13/2020	Morgan Stanley	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight	$132.00 ➝ $105.00	High
2/18/2020	Piper Sandler	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$144.00 ➝ $155.00	Low
2/3/2020	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$122.00 ➝ $132.00	High
2/3/2020	Barclays	Upgrade	Equal Weight ➝ Overweight	$128.00 ➝ $145.00	High
1/23/2020	Barclays	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$128.00	Low
12/12/2019	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$115.00 ➝ $117.00	Medium
12/11/2019	Barclays	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$114.00	Medium
10/14/2019	Bank of America	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Buy		Medium
10/9/2019	Barclays	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$105.00	High
10/8/2019	Morgan Stanley	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight	$108.00 ➝ $106.00	High
10/8/2019	Bank of America	Lower Price Target	Neutral	$123.00 ➝ $110.00	High
8/5/2019	Morgan Stanley	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight	$118.00 ➝ $108.00	Low
7/9/2019	Morgan Stanley	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight	$121.00 ➝ $118.00	Medium
6/6/2019	Bank of America	Reiterated Rating	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$130.00 ➝ $118.00	Low
5/2/2019	Morgan Stanley	Set Price Target	Hold	$121.00	Low
4/26/2019	Morgan Stanley	Set Price Target	Hold	$112.00	Low
4/12/2019	Bank of America	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$119.00 ➝ $125.00	Low
4/9/2019	Bank of America	Set Price Target	Hold	$119.00	High
2/19/2019	Barclays	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$90.00 ➝ $95.00	Medium
2/8/2019	Morgan Stanley	Set Price Target	Hold	$92.00	Low
1/14/2019	Credit Suisse Group	Set Price Target	Outperform	$150.00 ➝ $113.00	Medium
12/20/2018	Sandler O'Neill	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$94.00	Medium
12/6/2018	Bank of America	Reiterated Rating	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$115.00 ➝ $100.00	High
11/14/2018	Morgan Stanley	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Hold	$147.00 ➝ $111.00	Low
10/29/2018	Barclays	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$140.00 ➝ $115.00	Medium
10/29/2018	Credit Suisse Group	Set Price Target	Buy	$150.00	Medium
10/9/2018	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Hold	$145.00 ➝ $147.00	Medium
7/30/2018	Barclays	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$132.00 ➝ $140.00	Medium
7/30/2018	Credit Suisse Group	Boost Price Target	Outperform ➝ Buy	$174.00 ➝ $175.00	Medium
7/13/2018	Sandler O'Neill	Set Price Target	Hold	$140.00	Medium
7/12/2018	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$137.00 ➝ $144.00	Low
4/30/2018	Barclays	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$130.00 ➝ $132.00	Low
4/23/2018	Barclays	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$140.00 ➝ $130.00	Low
4/11/2018	Sandler O'Neill	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$131.00	Low
4/10/2018	Morgan Stanley	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$136.00 ➝ $135.00	Low
3/15/2018	Sandler O'Neill	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$142.00	Medium
2/12/2018	Sandler O'Neill	Set Price Target	Hold	$131.00	Low
2/7/2018	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$127.00 ➝ $136.00	Low
2/6/2018	Credit Suisse Group	Boost Price Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$166.00 ➝ $173.00	Low
2/5/2018	Sandler O'Neill	Set Price Target	Hold	$136.00	High
2/5/2018	Barclays	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$133.00 ➝ $140.00	High
1/11/2018	Sandler O'Neill	Set Price Target	Hold	$132.00	Medium
1/9/2018	The Goldman Sachs Group	Upgrade	Sell ➝ Neutral	$130.00	N/A
10/30/2017	Barclays	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$116.00 ➝ $125.00	N/A
10/23/2017	Morgan Stanley	Set Price Target	Neutral ➝ Hold	$122.00 ➝ $121.00	N/A
10/10/2017	Jefferies Financial Group	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$117.00 ➝ $127.00	N/A
10/10/2017	Barclays	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$113.00 ➝ $116.00	N/A
10/9/2017	Bank of America	Upgrade	Underperform ➝ Neutral	$112.00 ➝ $130.00	N/A
10/5/2017	Morgan Stanley	Set Price Target	Equal Weight	$120.00 ➝ $123.00	N/A
9/8/2017	Barclays	Initiated Coverage	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$113.00	Low
8/18/2017	Jefferies Financial Group	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$117.00	Low
8/8/2017	Credit Suisse Group	Boost Price Target	Outperform ➝ Neutral	$141.00 ➝ $147.00	Low
7/31/2017	Credit Suisse Group	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Outperform	$141.00 ➝ $147.00	High
7/17/2017	Morgan Stanley	Set Price Target	Hold	$114.00 ➝ $110.00	Low
7/10/2017	Morgan Stanley	Reiterated Rating	Equal Weight	$105.00 ➝ $114.00	Low
6/1/2017	Morgan Stanley	Initiated Coverage	Equal ➝ Equal Weight	$105.00	Low
4/30/2017	Jefferies Financial Group	Set Price Target	Hold	$110.00	Low
1/31/2017	Bank of America	Initiated Coverage	Underperform ➝ Underperform	$110.00	N/A
1/11/2017	Jefferies Financial Group	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$124.00	N/A
11/7/2016	Credit Suisse Group	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$110.00	N/A
10/31/2016	Credit Suisse Group	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Neutral	$104.00 ➝ $119.00	N/A
10/11/2016	Jefferies Financial Group	Boost Price Target	Hold	$87.00 ➝ $97.00	N/A
9/19/2016	Credit Suisse Group	Set Price Target	Buy	$104.00	N/A
8/8/2016	Jefferies Financial Group	Boost Price Target	Hold	$74.00 ➝ $87.00	N/A

(Data available from 7/26/2016 forward)

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 equity, fixed income, and balanced mutual funds for its clients. It invests in the public equity, fixed income, and real estate markets. The firm also invests in exchange traded funds. It employs a multi manager approach for its products. The firm employs quantitative analysis to make its investments. It benchmarks the performance of its portfolios against the S&P 500 Index. The firm conducts in-house research to make its investments. Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. was founded in 1988 and is based in Hartford, Connecticut.

Today's Range

Now: $266.30

$263.98

$268.75

50 Day Range

MA: $276.79

$250.50

$298.17

52 Week Range

Now: $266.30

$129.35

$300.54

Volume

675 shs

Average Volume

51,419 shs

Market Capitalization

$2.04 billion

P/E Ratio

17.66

Dividend Yield

1.24%

Beta

1.57

Frequently Asked Questions

What sell-side analysts currently cover shares of Virtus Investment Partners?

The following equities research analysts have issued research reports on Virtus Investment Partners in the last year: Barclays PLC, Morgan Stanley, Piper Sandler, and Zacks Investment Research.
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What is the current price target for Virtus Investment Partners?

3 Wall Street analysts have set twelve-month price targets for Virtus Investment Partners in the last year. Their average twelve-month price target is $304.33, suggesting a possible upside of 14.8%. Morgan Stanley has the highest price target set, predicting VRTS will reach $331.00 in the next twelve months. Piper Sandler has the lowest price target set, forecasting a price of $267.00 for Virtus Investment Partners in the next year.
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What is the current consensus analyst rating for Virtus Investment Partners?

Virtus Investment Partners currently has 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings from Wall Street analysts. The stock has a consensus analyst rating of "Buy." A "buy" rating indicates that analysts believe VRTS will outperform the market and that investors should add to their positions of Virtus Investment Partners.
View the latest ratings for VRTS.

What other companies compete with Virtus Investment Partners?

Other companies that are similar to Virtus Investment Partners include BlackRock, T. Rowe Price Group, The Bank of New York Mellon, State Street, Ameriprise Financial, Northern Trust, Franklin Resources, Invesco, Ares Capital, SEI Investments, Affiliated Managers Group, Cohen & Steers, Prospect Capital, Main Street Capital and Golub Capital BDC.

How do I contact Virtus Investment Partners' investor relations team?

Virtus Investment Partners' physical mailing address is ONE FINANCIAL PLAZA, HARTFORD CT, 06103. The closed-end fund's listed phone number is 800-248-7971 and its investor relations email address is [email protected] The official website for Virtus Investment Partners is www.virtus.com.