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If you're a beginner investor, the idea of creating a portfolio from the ground up can feel like an impossible goal to achieve. That's why you should start by looking at stocks that are set to beat the market over the next 12 months, a strategy that's been proven to generate strong returns.
Let's now take a look at one standout stock that could be a perfect fit for your portfolio.
Why You Should Pay Attention to Virtu Financial (VIRT)
Headquartered in New York, NY, Virtu Financial is a market-leading financial services firm that leverages cutting-edge technology to provide execution services and data, analytics and connectivity products to its clients and deliver liquidity to the global markets. It provides a wide array of offerings in execution, liquidity sourcing, analytics and broker-neutral, multi-dealer platforms in workflow technology. The company was founded in 2008.
Since being added to the Zacks Focus List on July 31, 2023 at $18.90 per share, shares of VIRT have increased 97.88% to $37.40.
Two analysts revised their earnings estimate upwards in the last 60 days for fiscal 2025. The Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.10 to $3.68. VIRT boasts an average earnings surprise of 25.1%.
Additionally, Virtu Financial's earnings are expected to grow 3.7% for the current fiscal year.
Because stock prices react to revisions, buying stocks with rising earnings estimates can be very profitable. Focus List stocks like VIRT offer investors a great opportunity to get into a company whose future earnings estimates will be raised, potentially leading to price momentum.
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This article originally published on Zacks Investment Research (zacks.com).
