Robinhood Markets’ (HOOD) “Overweight” Rating Reiterated at Morgan Stanley

Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ:HOOD)‘s stock had its “overweight” rating reiterated by analysts at Morgan Stanley in a report released on Wednesday, Benzinga reports. They currently have a $150.00 price target on the stock. Morgan Stanley’s price target indicates a potential upside of 31.45% from the company’s current price.

Several other equities research analysts have also recently weighed in on HOOD. Sanford C. Bernstein reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $160.00 price objective on shares of Robinhood Markets in a research report on Tuesday, September 8th. China Renaissance initiated coverage on shares of Robinhood Markets in a research report on Tuesday, July 7th. They set a “buy” rating for the company. Jefferies Financial Group upped their price objective on shares of Robinhood Markets from $127.00 to $140.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, September 8th. Citizens Jmp upped their price objective on shares of Robinhood Markets from $155.00 to $165.00 and gave the stock a “market outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, September 11th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Robinhood Markets in a research report on Monday, September 21st. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-three have issued a Buy rating and five have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Robinhood Markets currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $132.58.

Robinhood Markets Trading Up 1.2%

Shares of Robinhood Markets stock opened at $114.11 on Wednesday. Robinhood Markets has a 52-week low of $63.51 and a 52-week high of $153.86. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $106.31 and a 200-day moving average of $94.11. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23, a quick ratio of 1.22 and a current ratio of 1.22. The stock has a market cap of $102.59 billion, a PE ratio of 50.27, a PEG ratio of 2.33 and a beta of 2.35.

Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ:HOOD) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 29th. The company reported $0.62 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.44 by $0.18. Robinhood Markets had a net margin of 42.01% and a return on equity of 22.43%. The business had revenue of $1.31 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.29 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.42 earnings per share. Robinhood Markets’s revenue was up 32.5% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that Robinhood Markets will post 2.13 EPS for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Robinhood Markets news, insider Steven M. Quirk sold 24,416 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, September 3rd. The shares were 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 approximately $9,366,366.87. This represents a 23.88% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, insider Daniel Martin Gallagher, Jr. sold 10,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, September 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $122.43, for a total transaction of $1,224,300.00. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 509,943 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $62,432,321.49. This represents a 1.92% decrease in their position. 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 704,658 shares of company stock valued at $84,183,918 over the last three months. Insiders own 13.48% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Robinhood Markets

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. State Street Corp grew its position in shares of Robinhood Markets by 2.7% during the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 33,121,452 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,746,036,000 after buying an additional 875,297 shares during the period. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. grew its position in shares of Robinhood Markets by 10.2% during the 1st quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. now owns 6,812,999 shares of the company’s stock worth $472,141,000 after buying an additional 632,403 shares during the period. Amundi grew its position in shares of Robinhood Markets by 89.0% during the 1st quarter. Amundi now owns 6,385,232 shares of the company’s stock worth $442,497,000 after buying an additional 3,007,103 shares during the period. Amova Asset Management Americas Inc. grew its position in shares of Robinhood Markets by 15.0% during the 1st quarter. Amova Asset Management Americas Inc. now owns 5,240,796 shares of the company’s stock worth $362,925,000 after buying an additional 685,041 shares during the period. Finally, Renaissance Technologies LLC grew its position in shares of Robinhood Markets by 48.6% during the 1st quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 5,104,137 shares of the company’s stock worth $353,717,000 after buying an additional 1,668,400 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 93.27% of the company’s stock.

Robinhood Markets News Roundup

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

• Positive Sentiment: Analyst price target raised: Robinhood’s consensus price target was reportedly increased 26.4% to CHF 112.75, reflecting improving expectations for the company’s earnings and growth outlook. Robinhood Markets consensus price target raised
• Positive Sentiment: Event-contract activity surged: Event-contract trading rose more than tenfold to a record 13.6 billion contracts in fiscal second-quarter 2026. The rapid adoption highlights a potentially significant new source of transaction revenue, although investors are monitoring whether Robinhood can retain its premium pricing. Robinhood grew event contracts over 10x
• Positive Sentiment: Crypto product expansion: Robinhood’s U.S. rollout of crypto perpetual futures is placing its Bitstamp acquisition and infrastructure at the center of a strategy to increase crypto engagement and transaction revenue. Robinhood crypto perpetuals rollout
• Neutral Sentiment: Trading behavior was mixed: Robinhood users reportedly sold shares of Amazon, Alphabet and Tesla even as those stocks rose, suggesting profit-taking or a more cautious retail-investor stance rather than broad enthusiasm for Big Tech. Robinhood traders sell Big Tech
• Neutral Sentiment: Robinhood was mentioned in financial-stock watchlists and comparison articles with Oaktree Specialty Lending and Blue Owl Capital, but those reports provided limited new company-specific information. Reviewing Robinhood Markets and Oaktree Specialty Lending
• Negative Sentiment: Regulatory risk remains: Event contracts are growing rapidly, but their expansion could attract legal and regulatory scrutiny, creating uncertainty around the durability and profitability of this business. Robinhood’s elevated valuation also leaves the stock sensitive to disappointing growth. Robinhood event contracts and legal risk

About Robinhood Markets

Robinhood Markets, Inc (NASDAQ: HOOD) operates a financial services platform designed to provide investing and trading products through mobile applications and a website. Its offerings include commission-free trading in stocks and exchange-traded funds, options trading, cryptocurrency services, margin investing, and retirement accounts. The company also provides cash management features and other tools intended to help customers manage and invest their money.

Founded in 2013 by Vlad Tenev and Baiju Bhatt, Robinhood gained prominence by expanding access to investing through a low-cost, easy-to-use digital platform.