Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. VIRT scored 80.0, JEF scored 72.0 — VIRT leads.
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VIRT
Virtu Financial, Inc.
Capital Markets · Financial strength
67.8Fin
$57.51 · $5.1B
fundamentals as of
Strength gap
16.1
JEF leads
JEF
Jefferies Financial Group Inc.
Capital Markets · Financial strength
83.9Fin
$44.38 · $9.0B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestVIRT9.6x
Fastest growthVIRT+26.2%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
VIRT
JEF
+26.2%A-
Rev
+2.9%C
9.6xA-
P/E
12.2xB
53.6%A
ROE
—
2.72C+
P/B
0.85A-
1.7%C+
Yield
3.6%B+
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
The companies
VIRTVirtu Financial, Inc.
Capital Markets · $57.51 · beta 0.65
Why now
Capital Markets · market cap $5.1b. 16% off the 52-week high of $68.76. Revenue growing +26% — in hypergrowth territory. 7 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $69.43 (implying +21% upside).
Moat
Net margin 17% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent. ROE 54% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which. Financial moat — scale of deposit base / underwriting franchise plus regulatory capital advantages. The largest players compound book value through cycles that erase smaller competitors.
Risk
D/E 4.15 is elevated — limits strategic flexibility and raises refinancing exposure if rates stay higher for longer. Balance-sheet financial — book value, net interest margin, and credit loss provisions are the lever points; a rates regime change or a deterioration in the loan book moves the stock more than EPS does.
JEFJefferies Financial Group Inc.
Capital Markets · $44.38 · beta 1.54
Why now
Capital Markets · market cap $9.0b. Down 33% from 52-week high of $66.60 — deep drawdown territory. 6 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $55.67 (implying +25% upside).
Moat
Financial moat — scale of deposit base / underwriting franchise plus regulatory capital advantages. The largest players compound book value through cycles that erase smaller competitors.
Risk
D/E 3.65 is elevated — limits strategic flexibility and raises refinancing exposure if rates stay higher for longer. Down 33% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up. Beta 1.54 implies above-market volatility — position-size to the drawdowns this name will produce in a market correction, not to its bull-case return.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Common questions
Is VIRT or JEF the better stock?
VIRT scores higher: VIRT 80.0, JEF 72.0 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
How are VIRT and JEF scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.