Robinhood wins approval to underwrite IPOs, stepping beyond IPO Access to chase higher fees and deepen its push to become a full financial super app.
Robinhood shares HOOD climbed nearly 7% on Wednesday after a combination of strong operating metrics, bullish analyst commentary, and a strategic expansion into investment banking boosted investor confidence in the online brokerage's growth prospects. The stock was lifted by fresh price-target increases from both Goldman Sachs and Cantor Fitzgerald, as Wall Street pointed to accelerating activity across Robinhood's trading platform and growing optimism around its rapidly expanding prediction-markets business.
HOOD is shifting booming prediction-market trading in-house via Rothera, aiming for better economics, pricing control and a smoother World Cup rollout.
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev says the company's securities business can now serve as an underwriter. Tenev's announcement on X was flagged in a report Tuesday (June 9) from Seeking Alpha, which notes Robinhood's expansion from trading platform to underwriter for initial public offerings (IPOs) could unlock higher-fee revenue streams and strengthen its position in capital markets.
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Shares of Robinhood Markets (HOOD) have shed roughly a quarter of their value this year, but the company is making moves to end that slide. Some analysts are taking note.
Robinhood Markets, Inc. (HOOD) reached $82.47 at the closing of the latest trading day, reflecting a -6.63% change compared to its last close.
HOOD could ride SpaceX's IPO via IPO Access, drawing new users, deposits and cross-selling into Gold, options and retirement.
HOOD and other brokerages gain after FINRA scraps the PDT rule, ending the $25,000 day-trading minimum and widening retail market access.
The multi-decade Pattern Day Trader (PDT) rule officially ended on Thursday, June 4, triggering the most significant change to retail trading access in a generation and liberating millions of small-account investors.
Robinhood Markets, Inc. (HOOD) Presents at Piper Sandler Global Exchange and Fintech Conference Transcript
HOOD broadens its wealth push with an advisor marketplace, AI tools, lending perks and new investment access for RIAs via TradePMR.