WINTON GROUP Ltd Purchases New Holdings in Robinhood Markets, Inc. $HOOD

WINTON GROUP Ltd acquired a new position in Robinhood Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ:HOOD) in the second quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm acquired 5,300 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $531,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. RFG Advisory LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Robinhood Markets by 4.0% in the second quarter. RFG Advisory LLC now owns 3,505 shares of the company’s stock valued at $351,000 after purchasing an additional 135 shares in the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of Robinhood Markets by 18.3% during the second quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 68,920 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,911,000 after buying an additional 10,685 shares in the last quarter. GFG Capital LLC grew its holdings in shares of Robinhood Markets by 1.2% during the second quarter. GFG Capital LLC now owns 116,738 shares of the company’s stock valued at $11,706,000 after buying an additional 1,406 shares in the last quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc. raised its position in Robinhood Markets by 46.6% during the second quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc. now owns 78,396 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,862,000 after buying an additional 24,907 shares during the period. Finally, Allworth Financial LP raised its position in Robinhood Markets by 13.5% during the second quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 16,528 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,657,000 after buying an additional 1,964 shares during the period. 93.27% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Key Headlines Impacting Robinhood Markets

Here are the key news stories impacting Robinhood Markets this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Analyst support remains strong. Deutsche Bank raised its price target from $136 to $138 and maintained a “buy” rating. The average analyst target is approximately $130.88, above the referenced trading level.
• Positive Sentiment: Prediction-markets expansion offers a growth opportunity. Robinhood’s partnership with Crypto.com is expected to support the routing of selected event contracts through a regulated exchange and clearinghouse, potentially expanding Robinhood’s product range. Robinhood expands prediction markets with Crypto.com partnership
• Positive Sentiment: August operating metrics showed continued platform growth. Customer numbers, assets under custody and equity balances increased, although trading trends were mixed and transaction-based revenue remains sensitive to market activity. Robinhood August metrics
• Neutral Sentiment: Stock-tokenization plans face corporate and regulatory scrutiny. Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev defended the company’s on-chain stock-token strategy, while AMC Entertainment criticized tokenized shares and questioned control over shareholder rights. The dispute highlights both the commercial potential and legal risks of the initiative. Robinhood and AMC stock-token dispute
• Negative Sentiment: Crypto-regulatory uncertainty pressured the stock. Investors are awaiting the Senate’s CLARITY Act vote, creating uncertainty over digital-asset market structure and Robinhood’s crypto-related revenue opportunities. Robinhood and Webull fall amid CLARITY Act uncertainty
• Negative Sentiment: Valuation concerns remain a key overhang. Commentary argued that HOOD is expensive despite its potential to benefit from prediction markets, increasing the risk of profit-taking if growth slows or regulatory developments disappoint. Why Robinhood stock declined
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling added a modest sentiment headwind. Director Baiju Bhatt sold 43,373 shares worth approximately $5.0 million under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan. Such planned sales do not necessarily indicate a change in management’s outlook.

Insider Activity at Robinhood Markets

In related news, insider Daniel Martin Gallagher, Jr. sold 10,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, September 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $122.43, for a total value of $1,224,300.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 509,943 shares in the company, valued at approximately $62,432,321.49. The trade was a 1.92% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, insider Steven M. Quirk sold 24,416 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $120.33, for a total transaction of $2,937,977.28. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 77,839 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $9,366,366.87. The trade was a 23.88% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold a total of 609,649 shares of company stock worth $68,677,948 over the last quarter. 13.48% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Robinhood Markets Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:HOOD opened at $110.45 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $99.30 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 48.66, a P/E/G ratio of 2.33 and a beta of 2.34. Robinhood Markets, Inc. has a 1 year low of $63.51 and a 1 year high of $153.86. The company has a current ratio of 1.22, a quick ratio of 1.22 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $103.51 and a 200 day simple moving average of $90.32.

Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ:HOOD) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, July 29th. The company reported $0.62 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.44 by $0.18. Robinhood Markets had a return on equity of 22.43% and a net margin of 42.01%.The firm had revenue of $1.31 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.29 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.42 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 32.5% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that Robinhood Markets, Inc. will post 2.11 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages have commented on HOOD. Scotiabank began coverage on Robinhood Markets in a research report on Wednesday, September 2nd. They set a “sector outperform” rating and a $136.00 price objective for the company. Morgan Stanley upgraded Robinhood Markets from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and upped their target price for the company from $124.00 to $150.00 in a report on Tuesday, September 1st. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued an “overweight” rating on shares of Robinhood Markets in a research report on Tuesday. China Renaissance assumed coverage on shares of Robinhood Markets in a research report on Tuesday, July 7th. They issued a “buy” rating for the company. Finally, Mizuho raised their price target on shares of Robinhood Markets from $130.00 to $140.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, September 9th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-three have assigned a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Robinhood Markets has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $130.88.

Robinhood Markets Profile

Robinhood Markets, Inc is a financial services company that operates a digital investing and trading platform. Through its mobile app and website, the company provides access to U.S. stocks, exchange-traded funds, options, cryptocurrencies and other investment products. Robinhood also offers individual retirement accounts, margin investing and cash-management services, subject to applicable eligibility requirements and regulations.

The company generates revenue from sources that include interest earned on customer cash and margin balances, transaction-based revenue related to options and cryptocurrency trading, subscription fees for Robinhood Gold and other service-related activities.