Investors often turn to recommendations made by Wall Street analysts before making a Buy, Sell, or Hold decision about a stock. While media reports about rating changes by these brokerage-firm employed (or sell-side) analysts often affect a stock's price, do they really matter?
Robinhood Markets' HOOD shares are trading at a massive premium to the industry. At present, the company has a price/tangible book (P/TB) of 14.69X for the trailing 12 months compared with the industry average of 2.93X.
Robinhood's latest venture raises the prediction-markets stakes.
The online brokerage will launch a futures and derivatives exchange with Susquehanna International Group.
Robinhood accelerates its prediction-market push with a 90% MIAX Derivatives stake, aiming to build a dedicated futures and derivatives exchange by 2026.
CEO Shayne Coplan said in a social media post that the predictions market has marked a "key milestone for permeating the US financial system."
The new exchange will help Robinhood offer additional prediction contracts tied to sports, elections and other future events.
Robinhood Markets (HOOD) has received quite a bit of attention from Zacks.com users lately. Therefore, it is wise to be aware of the facts that can impact the stock's prospects.
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Menlo Park-based brokerage firm Robinhood's stock fell more than 11% this week as uncertainty over rate cuts cooled investors' appetites for risk and bitcoin hit an eight month low, a slide that also coincided with cofounder Baiju Bhatt's $48.7 million dollar stock sale.
The platform's core business relies on retail investors pouring into speculative corners of the market, particularly crypto and AI-linked stocks.