
Can Robinhood Still Steal the Show?
As part of our “Insider Scoops” series
📅 June 17, 2025 🏹
📈 $HOOD: $74.95 (–2.35%)
🔔 Trigger Alert: Insider Buy (and not just any insider…)
Christopher Payne — who helped grow DoorDash, Tinder, eBay (post-acquisition!), Amazon, Microsoft, and now sits on the board at Gogo Inc and Hims & Hers — just made a splash at Robinhood.
🛒 2025-06-13
📄 Filing Date: 2025-06-17
💸 Purchase Price: $74.19
📦 Shares Bought: 26,500
📈 Total Value: ~$1.97 million
👀 % Increase: >999% (seriously)
So… is Payne signaling more than just confidence?
🏛️ Big Institutions Are Watching (but not ALL in yet)
Institutional ownership stands at 70.32% of the float — decent, but still leaves room for growth.
📊 Top Holders:
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Vanguard: 74.24M shares (9.68%)
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BlackRock: 40.49M (5.28%)
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FMR (Fidelity): 34.22M (4.46%)
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Newlands Management: 24.16M (3.15%)
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Renaissance Tech: 16.66M (2.17%)
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JPMorgan: 16.19M (2.11%)
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State Street: 14.53M (1.89%)
🔍 For full Institutional Ownership breakdown, see here.
💰 The 2024 Numbers? 🤯
Robinhood's growth is not your average fairy tale. It's more like a full-blown fintech opera.
Full-Year 2024 Highlights:
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💵 Net Revenues: $2.95B (+58% YoY)
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🧾 Net Income: $1.41B, vs. loss of $0.54B in 2023
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🧮 Adjusted EBITDA: $1.43B (+167%)
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🛒 Share Buybacks: $257M (10.4M shares at avg. $24.78)
🔥 Product Momentum: They're Not Just Stealing, They’re Building
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💎 Crypto Dominance: $71B notional volume Q4 2024
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🇪🇺 ETH staking launches in EU
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🤝 Acquiring Bitstamp (pending approval)
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🎯 Robinhood Legend desktop + futures & index options
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🇸🇬 Expansion to Asia-Pacific (HQ: Singapore)
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🇬🇧 Options trading rollout in UK
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💳 Robinhood Gold: 2.6M subs + 100K+ credit card holders
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🧠 Moving into advisory space with TradePMR ($40B AUA)
📈 First Quarter 2025 = More 🔥
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💵 Net Revenues: $927M (+50%)
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💸 Crypto Rev: $252M (+100%)
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📉 Net Income: $336M (+114%)
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🧮 Adjusted EBITDA: $470M (+90%)
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💼 Funded Customers: 25.8M
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💰 Total Platform Assets: $221B (+70%)
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🧾 ARPU: $145 (+39%)
👉 Want the full picture? Dive into Robinhood’s financials here.
🟢 Why Bulls Still Believe
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🚀 Growth is real — revenues & profits compounding fast
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🔗 Acquisitive strategy — smart bolt-ons building a competitive moat
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🧠 Experienced leadership — Payne is no amateur
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🔁 Buybacks — shareholder-friendly
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🌍 Global ambition — not just a U.S. play anymore
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🪙 Fintech meets crypto meets active trading — a powerful combo
🛑 What Could Go Wrong?
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🏷️ Valuation:
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P/E = 42.95
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Fwd P/E = 50.25
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Price/Sales = 20.91
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Price/Book = 8.32
Not cheap. A pullback may offer better entry.
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🧩 Integration Risk:
Can they absorb Bitstamp and TradePMR smoothly? -
🥊 Heavy Competition:
Interactive Brokers, Schwab, SoFi, Webull, and yes — banks. -
🐻 Macro & Market Risk:
In a bear market, even fintech fairy tales feel the sting.
💡 Curious about another hot stock?
Check our take on UnitedHealth Group.
📦 Final Take
Christopher Payne might just know a thing or two about fast-growing, scalable, tech-first companies. With the kind of growth Robinhood is showing — and its bold moves in crypto, advisory, and global markets — it may still have room to steal the show.
If you believe in high-growth fintech, you might want to keep an eye on $HOOD — preferably from a watchlist with a notification set for “dip.” 🎯
🚫 Disclaimer:
Not investment advice. This is fintech fan fiction with numbers.
Consult your real-life broker before following any merry men (or directors with Tinder in their résumé).
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