Robinhood Markets, Inc. HOOD
Robinhood's FY2025 results are undeniably strong — revenue surged 51.5% to $4.47B with $1.88B net income and $1.58B free cash flow, marking a dramatic turnaround from the $541M loss in FY2023. However, the valuation premium remains extreme at 41.4x trailing PE versus a peer median of 17.4x and 20.7x PS versus 3.7x, while total debt doubled to $15.4B and insiders have sold a net $1.98B over 24 months.
The stock has recovered to $95.56 from prior levels but still trades below its 50-day MA, and the expansion into venture-fund products adds unproven risk to an already richly priced equity.
What could go wrong
- Extreme valuation premium. PE of 41.4x is 138% above peer median (17.4x); PS of 20.7x is 456% above peer median (3.7x); EV/EBITDA of 73.9x is 454% above median (13.3x). Any growth deceleration could trigger sharp de-rating.
- Debt expansion. Total debt doubled from $7.46B in FY2024 to $15.4B in FY2025, against stockholders' equity of $9.15B, creating meaningful leverage risk if revenue growth slows.
- Persistent insider selling. Over 24 months, insiders net sold 18.8M shares worth $1.98B across 611 transactions (460 dispositions vs 151 acquisitions), signaling limited insider confidence at current levels.
- Revenue concentration in speculative trading. Business model remains heavily reliant on options, crypto, and event-contract trading volumes, which are cyclical and sensitive to retail sentiment shifts.
What would change my mind
Where this comes from: FMP annual fundamentals · FMP annual fundamentals · FMP annual fundamentals · peer_relative composite. Orin's read on HOOD; not advice.
Twelve months actual closes to 2026-09-23 · actual filings
50-day average 200-day average · volume below
On file
All HOOD filingsLargest holders · 13F Q2 2026
Money flow| Filer | Position | Of fund |
|---|---|---|
| Vanguard Capital Management | $5.2B | 0.1% of fund |
| Vanguard Portfolio Management | $3.7B | 0.2% of fund |
| State Street | $3.5B | 0.1% of fund |
| Fmr | $3.0B | 0.1% of fund |
| Geode Capital Management | $2.3B | 0.1% of fund |
| Jpmorgan Chase & | $1.6B | 0.1% of fund |
116 filers · quarter ended Q2 2026 · positions, not flows
Insiders, last 24 months: 673 Form 4 filings, net −$2.0B. Of the 50 on hand, 0 were open-market purchases and 33 sales— the rest are grants, option exercises and tax withholding.
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Start 3 free days →Where it trades
| Metric | Now | Own median | Sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| P/E | 53.1× | — | 21.6× |
| EV/EBITDA | 54.1× | — | — |
| P/S | 22.37× | 8.45× | — |
| P/B | 11.6× | 2.1× | — |
Its P/E sits 80th percentile of its own last 5 years (+1.67σ from its own mean).
24.8%
free-cash-flow growth every year for 10 years, discounted at 10%, is what today’s price implies — starting from $1.6B of trailing free cash flow. It is an assumption the market is making, not a forecast Orin is making.
What Wall Street published
$134
$100 – $170 · +12% against today's price
- 20 buy or overweight
- 4 hold
- 2 underweight or sell
The analysts’ consensus and their own ratings, not Orin’s. A target is a twelve-month opinion published by the firm that wrote it.
Against the companies it is compared to
| Company | Market cap | P/E | EV/EBITDA | Gross | Net | ROE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOODRobinhood Markets, Inc. | $110B | 53.1× | 54.1× | 81.5% | 42.0% | 23% |
| BACBank of America Corporation | $397B | 12.7× | 24.1× | 59.3% | 17.2% | 11% |
| CBChubb Limited | $129B | 11.8× | 11.9× | 39.6% | 18.1% | 15% |
| COFCapital One Financial Corporation | $120B | 12.1× | 5.0× | 66.2% | 13.4% | 9% |
| IBKRInteractive Brokers Group, Inc. | $158B | 36.2× | 14.2× | 93.3% | 10.1% | 21% |
| KKRKKR & Co. Inc. | $87B | 28.9× | 13.1× | 22.5% | 15.0% | 10% |
| SCHWThe Charles Schwab Corporation | $173B | 18.0× | 11.0× | 86.7% | 33.6% | 20% |
The median is of the 6 peers listed above and nothing else — check it against the column. This company trades 245.8% above it. The peer set is the vendor’s, so a company can appear here that a person would not have chosen.
What it has traded at
What its sector has traded at
Two scales, drawn separately on purpose: a sector median and one company’s multiple are not the same number and putting them on one axis invites a comparison neither series supports.
Discounted cash flow
| Model | Fair value | Against | Computed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard DCF | $-49 | $88.63 · −155% | 2026-06-10 |
| Levered DCF | $-19 | $88.63 · −121% | 2026-06-10 |
The vendor’s intrinsic-value models. Treat them as a low-growth anchor — for a fast grower the market routinely pays well above a DCF. These were computed against the price in the “against” column, not today’s.
Every estimate on one scale
The vertical rule is the current price. Ranges and point estimates are the backend’s, published as they were calculated; an arrow means the estimate sits beyond this scale, and its number is on the right.