Robinhood Shares Rise 4.85% to $118.20
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Updated: 1 day ago
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Moderately bullish activity in Robinhood (HOOD), with shares up $5.47, or 4.85%, near $118.20. Options volume relatively light with 219k contracts traded and calls leading puts for a put/call ratio of 0.41, compared to a typical level near 0.35. Implied volatility (IV30) is higher by 4.1 points near 76.28, in the highest 10% of observations over the past year, suggesting an expected daily move of $5.68. Put-call skew steepened, indicating increased demand for downside protection.
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Analyst Views on HOOD
Wall Street analysts forecast HOOD stock price to rise
20 Analyst Rating
16 Buy
4 Hold
0 Sell
Strong Buy
Current: 112.730
Low
130.00
Averages
156.24
High
181.00
Current: 112.730
Low
130.00
Averages
156.24
High
181.00
About HOOD
Robinhood Markets, Inc. is focused on providing financial services offering retail brokerage, crypto, advisory, digital banking services, and private markets access to investors. Its offerings include Brokerage, Robinhood Crypto, Custody, Robinhood Wallet, Robinhood Gold, and Robinhood Gold Card. Brokerage services include investing, options trading, fractional trading, recurring investment, access to investing on margin, fully paid securities lending, cash sweep, instant withdrawals, Robinhood retirement, 24-hour market, joint investing accounts, and event contracts. It also offers a variety of ways for its customers to grow their financial knowledge, including Robinhood Learn, In-App Education, Newsfeeds, Sherwood Snacks, and Crypto Learn and Earn. It also operates regulated crypto platforms including Bitbuy and Coinsquare. Its self-clearing system, order routing system, data platform, and other back-end infrastructure allow its customers to focus on investing, saving and spending.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
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