Robinhood's Prediction Markets Propel Stock Price Nearly Tripling in 2025
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Updated: 6h ago
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Source: Fool
- Stock Price Surge: Robinhood's stock price nearly tripled in 2025, significantly outperforming the S&P 500's 17% gain, highlighting its competitive edge and market appeal among high-growth companies.
- Market Innovation Expansion: Since launching prediction markets in October 2024, Robinhood has expanded into sports and general events, attracting new customers and enhancing user engagement, particularly during the football season.
- Trading Volume Boom: In October 2025, Robinhood processed 2.5 billion prediction market contract trades, reflecting a 3x sequential growth from Q3's 2.3 billion contracts, indicating strong and sustained market demand.
- Revenue Doubling: Robinhood's revenue doubled year-over-year in Q3, and this growth trend is expected to continue into 2026, driven by prediction markets and the increasing demand for sports betting.
Analyst Views on HOOD
Wall Street analysts forecast HOOD stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for HOOD is 151.63 USD with a low forecast of 68.00 USD and a high forecast of 181.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
21 Analyst Rating
14 Buy
6 Hold
1 Sell
Moderate Buy
Current: 115.390
Low
68.00
Averages
151.63
High
181.00
Current: 115.390
Low
68.00
Averages
151.63
High
181.00
About HOOD
Robinhood Markets, Inc. is creating a financial services platform for everyone, regardless of their wealth, income, or background. It uses technology to provide access to the financial system. Its offerings include Brokerage, Robinhood Crypto, Custody, Robinhood Wallet, Robinhood Gold, and Robinhood Gold Card. Its 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. Its self-clearing system, order routing system, data platform, and other back-end infrastructure deliver the capabilities that 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.
