HOOD · Robinhood Markets, Inc.

Robinhood Markets Inc HOOD

Operates a commission-free brokerage app for trading stocks, options, and cryptocurrencies.

Industry
Financial Services
Listed on
Nasdaq NMS
IPO
2021-07-29
Website
robinhood.com

Daily brief

Robinhood rises after Morgan Stanley upgrade on prediction-market growth

-1.24% to $103.51 from $104.81

What moved HOOD

  • Morgan Stanley raised Robinhood to Overweight from Equal Weight and increased its price target to $150 from $124.
  • Analyst Michael Cyprys pointed to Robinhood generating $156 million in prediction-market revenue in the second quarter from a product used by fewer than 2 million customers as evidence of growth beyond crypto.
  • Morgan Stanley cut its crypto forecasts but still raised its 2026-2028 earnings estimates for Robinhood by 12% to 15%.
  • Shares rose about 0.8% to $106.66 following the upgrade, after climbing 21% in August.

Sources: Yahoo Finance · Stocktwits · Schaeffer's Investment Research

Daily brief

Robinhood surges as bitcoin rally and crypto policy optimism lift shares

+13.70% to $108.13 from $95.10

What moved HOOD

  • Robinhood shares jumped as bitcoin surged past $75,000, with crypto-linked equities broadly rallying alongside it.
  • Sentiment was boosted by a White House cryptocurrency summit earlier in the week that included the CFTC and SEC chairs alongside executives from Coinbase, Robinhood, Ripple and Kalshi, fueling optimism over looser crypto market-structure regulation.
  • The rally follows Robinhood’s Aug. 10 launch of crypto trading for UK customers via Bitstamp UK, offering access to more than 50 digital assets.
  • Robinhood Ventures Fund II priced an IPO valuing the fund at $225.5 million before expenses.

Sources: 24/7 Wall St. · TheStreet · Benzinga

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