Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $5.86
- Estimate
- $5.78
- Surprise
- +1.4%
- Revenue (period 2026-09-30)
- $197.6M
- Score today
- 5.3/10
Revenue source: xbrl.
How the report landed
Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS) beat the $5.78 estimate with adjusted EPS of $5.86 — a modest 1.4% upside surprise.
Coverage in the report window
- Piper Sandler Maintains Overweight on Virtus Inv, Raises Price Target to $162 — benzinga, 2026-11-10
- Virtus Inv Q3 2026 Earnings Call Transcript — benzinga, 2026-11-09
- Virtus Investment Partners Reports Q3 2026 Financial Results — fiscal.ai, 2026-11-09
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates VRTS Sell at 5.3/10; no pre/post engine snapshot brackets this report.
1 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +1.4% surprise compares with a -4.2% four-quarter average.
What supports the rating
- Sector modifier (Financial Services): +1.0
- Attractive valuation
What argues against it
- Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining
- V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=5.0)
- Consecutive earnings misses (2)
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $135.62
- Stop
- $126.13
The stock trades at 8.7× trailing but 6.8× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-11-10 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
VRTS at TrendMatrix's latest read
For financials, the EPS print is only half the story: credit costs, reserve builds, and rate sensitivity decide how a quarter actually lands.
- Industry
- Asset Management
- Market cap
- $928.5M
- P/E (fwd)
- 6.8
- P/E (ttm)
- 8.7
- 52-week range
- $116.71–$175.66
- Off 52-week high
- 22.8%
- RSI (14)
- 68
- Volume vs avg
- 0.26×
- Score today
- 5.3/10