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Robinhood Markets, Inc.Evidence as of 2026-09-02

Overview · Robinhood Markets, Inc.

Robinhood Markets, Inc. operates financial services platform in the United States. Its platform allows users to invest in stocks, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), options, gold, and cryptocurrencies. The company provides various learning and education solutions comprise Snacks, a digest of business news stories; Learn, which is an online collection of beginners' guides, feature tutorials, and financial dictionary; Newsf…

SectorTechnology
IndustrySoftware—Infrastructure
Typeequity
ExchangeNASDAQ
Employees2,300
robinhood.com

Management team

  • Mr. Chris Koegel · Vice President of Investor RelationsFind on LinkedIn
  • Ms. Christina Y. Lai Esq. · VP, Deputy General Counsel & SecretaryFind on LinkedIn
  • Mr. Baiju Prafulkumar Bhatt · Co-Founder, Chief Creative Officer & DirectorFind on LinkedIn
  • Mr. Daniel M. Gallagher Jr. · Chief Legal, Compliance, and Corporate Affairs OfficerFind on LinkedIn

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Moneyta sentiment

Where the published evidence leans after the desk debated it — not a rating or a recommendation.

Mixedhigh confidence
−2 · strongly unfavorable0 · balanced+2 · strongly favorable

−0.0 on a −2 to +2 scale.

What builds the score

Fundamentals
+0.7
Filings and risk
+0.4
Market signals
−0.3
Ownership and flow
+0.0
Insider activity
−1.0

Solid bars are analyst rubric scores; faded bars are computed directly from data. Claims dropped in debate count for nothing; weakened claims count at half weight.

News tonecontext · not scored+0.8 observed
4 favorable1 neutral0 unfavorableacross 4 outlets

Editor's note

Written after the debate settled — the rest of the page is the evidence behind it.

GoodwinAI editor

The surviving evidence paints a mixed picture anchored by a clear quarter-over-quarter and year-over-year improvement in core top- and bottom-line metrics. Revenues for fiscal Q2 2026 (ended 2026-06-30) were $ 1,308,000,000 versus $ 1,067,000,000 in fiscal Q1 2026 (ended 2026-03-31), and net income rose to $ 561,000,000 from $ 350,000,000 over the same sequential comparison. Year-over-year, fiscal Q2 2026 revenues were $ 1,308,000,000 versus $ 989,000,000 in fiscal Q2 2025 (ended 2025-06-30), with net income of $ 561,000,000 versus $ 386,000,000. Balance-sheet snapshots show cash and cash equivalents rising to $ 5,362,000,000 as of 2026-06-30 and total assets increasing to $ 56,550,000,000 from $ 45,474,000,000 the prior quarter, while liabilities also grew to $ 47,009,000,000.

Market and ownership signals are mixed: short-term price momentum and relative strength are strong (+36.1% and +23.8% over six months), but the 12-1 momentum metric is negative at -12.3% and long-term relative strength is weak. Volatility is elevated (30-day vol 67.7%, 90-day vol 72.3%), beta to the S&P 500 is high at 3.07, and a technical golden cross is present and 18 days old. Insider Form 4 activity shows concentrated sales by a director and officers in July–August 2026, with those filings reported as executed under 10b5-1 plans.

How this note was made

every stage ran before the note was written
Analystsread the evidence
Debatebull ⇄ bear ×2
Chairrules on every claim
Riskstress-tests the read
Sentimentweighs what survived
Editorwrites the note

Analyst desk

Mercer, Oakes, Nash, Ellis, Yates, Talbot and Archer. The desk: named AI agents, not people. Each reads one slice of the evidence and nothing else — no outside knowledge, no browsing — so every finding traces to a source you can open.

MercerAI fundamentals analyst
+1.0

Reads the XBRL figures companies file with the SEC — revenue, margins, income, debt and share count, quarter by quarter — and reports which way the trend is running.

Revenues for the quarter ended 30 June 2026 (fiscal Q2 2026, 2026-04-01 to 2026-06-30) were $1,308,000,000, up from $1,067,000,000 in the quarter ended 31 March 2026 (fiscal Q1 2026, 2026-01-01 to 2026-03-31).

XBRL companyfacts · 0001783879-26-000114

Net income for the quarter ended 30 June 2026 (fiscal Q2 2026) was $561,000,000, up from $350,000,000 in the quarter ended 31 March 2026 (fiscal Q1 2026).

XBRL companyfacts · 0001783879-26-000114
OakesAI filings and risk analyst
+1.0

Reads the filings themselves, above all the year-over-year diff of Item 1A risk factors: which risks a company added, dropped or quietly reworded since its last annual report.

Which filings the desk reads

The desk reads the annual 10-K in full — its risk factors, and how they changed since last year. Quarterly 10-Qs and event filings (8-Ks, insider Form 4s) are listed for context but not read line by line: the 10-K is where the material risk disclosures live. A brand-new company, or one we have only just begun tracking, may have no annual report on file yet — its risk analysis fills in once that lands.

In the three months ended June 30, 2026 (filed 2026-07-30), total net revenues increased 32% to $1,308 million compared to $989 million for the three months ended June 30, 2025.

Management's discussion · filed 2026-07-30

In the three months ended June 30, 2026 (filed 2026-07-30), net income attributable to Robinhood increased 45% to $561 million and diluted EPS increased 48% to $0.62 versus $386 million and $0.42, respectively, for the three months ended June 30, 2025.

Management's discussion · filed 2026-07-30
NashAI market signals analyst
+0.0

Reads the signal panel above — momentum, volatility, drawdown, relative strength and beta — and ranks each against the whole research universe rather than judging it in isolation.

Over the 6-month window, price momentum is +36.1% and ranks in the 90th percentile of the 547-stock research universe, while 6-month relative strength vs SPY is +23.8% and also sits in the 90th percentile.

Moneyta signal set · 2026-09-01weakened in debate

The 12-1 momentum metric is -12.3% and ranks in the 21th percentile of the universe, and 12-month relative strength vs SPY is -19.6%.

Moneyta signal set · 2026-09-01weakened in debate
EllisAI ownership and flow analyst
+0.0

Reads which funds hold the name and at what weight, plus insider Form 4 filings, to show the exposure you may already carry through index funds.

As of 2026-09-02, the ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK) held HOOD at 4.78% of the fund.

ETF constituents · market data

As of 2026-09-02 and nearby file timestamps, large passive/core ETFs held smaller weightings: Vanguard Small-Cap ETF (VB) 0.22%, Vanguard Mid-Cap ETF (VO) 0.16%, iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV) 0.12%, Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF (SCHB) 0.08%, Schwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF (SCHX) 0.07%, and Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) 0.06%.

ETF constituents · market data
YatesAI news analyst
+1.0

Reads recent headlines that are genuinely about this company, ignoring rating chatter and market-wide stories. Findings argue in the debate but never move the sentiment score.

Coverage on 1 September 2026 links Robinhood’s share movement to a bitcoin rally and heavier crypto-driven trading activity lifting crypto-linked stocks.

News · kalkinemedia.com · 2026-09-01

Multiple outlets on 1 September 2026 reported fresh bullish Wall Street chatter about Robinhood, citing an upgrade/positive calls and noting this coincided with a recent strong rally in the stock.

News · finance.yahoo.com · 2026-09-01
TalbotAI insider activity analyst
−1.0

Reads parsed Forms 3/4/5 — who bought or sold, at what size, and whether a 10b5-1 plan was involved. Flags clustered open-market officer buying; treats plan sales as routine and never counts a fund or 10%-holder as an officer.

Director Baiju Bhatt executed multiple open sales on 24 July 2026 totaling $6,359,000 across 49,223 (code C) and sold lots of 23,752; 17,071; 4,500; 1,500; and 300 shares (individual sale values reported $2.2M, $1.6M, $422k, $147k, and $30k) in the filing for the transactions on that date.

Form 4 · Bhatt Baiju (Director) · $0 code C · 2026-07-24

Director Baiju Bhatt executed additional sales on 14 August 2026 totaling $4,990,000 across 50,317 (code C) and sold lots of 27,245; 17,271; and 5,801 shares (individual sale values reported $2.6M, $1.7M and $567k) in the filing for the transactions on that date.

Form 4 · Bhatt Baiju (Director) · $0 code C · 2026-08-14
ArcherAI valuation analyst
+0.0

Reads the implied-expectations math built from the company's own filings (the growth rate today's price would justify, and the multiples beside it) and argues whether the market's bar looks high or low for this business. Never turns the math into a target.

The trailing twelve-month price-to-earnings ratio is 50.99 as of the price dated 2026-09-01.

Valuation inputs · SEC XBRL + stored EOD close

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities for the trailing twelve months is $2,885,000,000.

Valuation inputs · SEC XBRL + stored EOD close

Debate and risk review

A bull and a bear contest the claims and the chair rules on each; the risk review stress-tests what survived.

Debate1 round · 10 claims contested

A bull and a bear argue the analysts' claims across two rounds, then a chair rules on each one. Only what survives feeds the score — the argument is shown, not hidden, so you can judge the reasoning yourself.

The bull case

Several company-reported fundamentals and operating metrics together form a favorable read: quarter-over-quarter and year-over-year revenue and net income growth (fundamentals-0, fundamentals-1, fundamentals-3, filings-0, filings-1) occurred alongside expanding funded customers and platform assets (filings-2) and a modest increase in cash on hand (fundamentals-4, valuation-2). Market signals show strong recent price momentum and a constructive technical posture (market-0, market-4), and multiple news items and analyst interest point to positive sentiment around crypto-driven activity and product expansion (news-0, news-1, news-2). The most directly weakening points — clustered insider sales and elevated volatility/beta — are mitigated in part by disclosures that several insider trades were under 10b5-1 plans (insider-4) and by evidence of sustained operating cash generation (valuation-1), which together reduce the probative weight of headline insider activity and short-term price swings. Evidence strength is strongest for reported financial growth and platform metrics (multiple SEC filings, filings-0..2; fundamentals-0..3) and for the near-term market momentum signal (market-0), while insider sale interpretations and long-term volatility exposures rely on weaker or non-definitive context (insider-0..3, market-1..3).

The bear case

Chair's verdict, claim by claim

Coverage on 1 September 2026 links Robinhood’s share movement to a bitcoin rally and heavier crypto-driven trading activity lifting crypto-linked stocks.Coverage linking Robinhood’s share movement to a bitcoin rally and crypto-driven trading activity on 1 Sep 2026 is present in the cited news item.upheld
Multiple outlets on 1 September 2026 reported fresh bullish Wall Street chatter about Robinhood, citing an upgrade/positive calls and noting this coincided with a recent strong rally in the stock.Multiple outlets reporting bullish Wall Street chatter and positive/upgrade calls on 1 Sep 2026 are documented in the provided news sources.upheld
Over the 6-month window, price momentum is +36.1% and ranks in the 90th percentile of the 547-stock research universe, while 6-month relative strength vs SPY is +23.8% and also sits in the 90th percentile.The 6-month momentum and percentile are reported, but a base-rate flag indicates similar momentum is common across the universe, reducing its company-specific strength.weakened
Risk review

Fragility · computed, not argued

balanced0.34

36 surviving claims rest on 16 distinct sources; the heaviest analyst carries 19% of them, and 97% of what the desk raised survived the debate.

The surviving read is relatively robust: most claims held up through debate and they draw on a moderate set of distinct sources. However, a meaningful share of the surviving claims depends on a few contributors and on a small number of filings, so the room for source-concentration or analyst-specific interpretation to sway the read is non-trivial.

Peer context · computed, not argued

12-1 momentum ranks 13th of 21 in Software—Infrastructure (as of 2026-09-01).

6-month relative strength ranks 11th of 21 in Software—Infrastructure (as of 2026-09-01).

90-day volatility ranks 8th of 21 in Software—Infrastructure (as of 2026-09-01).

Disconfirming evidence · base rates · falsifiers

Context

Outside consensus, and where this name already sits in your own portfolio.

The street's viewAnalyst consensus · third-party · 2026-09-02
Buy Hold Sell Target

Third-party consensus shown for context. It never enters Moneyta sentiment — when the two diverge, the debate above is where the why lives.

What this was built from

Every figure on this page traces to one of these. The desk reads only what is listed here — no outside knowledge, no browsing — and each card shows who read it and what it contributed to the score.

21 filings· 1 cited

SEC XBRL filings

Quarterly figures as filed with the SEC, read straight from EDGAR's structured data — not retyped or estimated.

Read by Mercer+0.7 to the score

11 documents· 1 cited

SEC filing documents

The filings themselves, including the year-over-year comparison of Item 1A risk factors.

Read by Oakes+0.4 to the score

1 signal set

Moneyta signal set

Computed from our own end-of-day price history and ranked against the whole research universe. No AI involved.

Read by Nash−0.3 to the score

2 holdings records· 1 cited

Fund holdings

Which funds hold this name and at what weight, plus insider Form 4 filings.

Read by Ellis+0.0 to the score

8 headlines· 2 cited

News coverage

Recent headlines about this company, rating chatter excluded and nothing published after the report date.

Read by Yatesnothing survived

6 filings· 2 cited

Insider filings

Parsed Forms 3/4/5 from EDGAR: named insiders, share counts, prices, and 10b5-1 plan state — stated and inferred flags kept apart.

Read by Talbot−1.0 to the score

1 computation

Valuation inputs

TTM cash-flow figures from the company's own XBRL filings, priced with the stored closing price. Implied growth and multiples only; no fair-value dollar figure reaches the desk, by design.

Read by Archercontext only

1 record· 0 cited

Company profile

Sector, industry and company details.

1 record· 0 cited

Analyst consensus

Third-party consensus, shown for context only — it never enters Moneyta sentiment.

Read means we pulled and handed it to an analyst; cited means a claim on this page points at it. Reading twelve quarters to state one trend is normal — the gap is shown rather than hidden.

Social sentiment

Crowd chatter as an evidence stream.

Coming soon

Aggregated tone from public social feeds will join the desk as its own evidence stream — read by its own analyst, contested in the same debate, and shown with the same sourcing as every other claim. Until it earns that bar, nothing renders here.

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Written by AI, checked against sources

The analysts, the bull–bear debate and the editor's note are AI agents reading only the evidence listed on this page. They can misread a filing or a headline, which is why every claim cites a source you can open and check yourself. The sentiment score is arithmetic over the claims that survived the debate, not a language model's opinion.

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Net institutional flow, Q/Q

Largest holder position

Insider buys, 90 days

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