Robinhood Markets Inc HOOD shares are rising Thursday after the company reported strong first-quarter results and announced 24-hour trading on weekdays.
- Q1 Revenue: $441 million beat estimates of $424.53 million
- Q1 EPS: loss of 57 cents beat estimates for loss of 61 cents
Revenue was up 16% sequentially. Options revenue was up 7% sequentially and crypto revenue was down 1% sequentially. Robinhood said transaction revenues were up 11% year-over-year.
The company added 120,0000 funded accounts, ending the quarter with a total of 23.1 million funded accounts. Average revenue per user reached $77, up from $66 sequentially.
Robinhood ended the quarter with $5.5 billion in cash and equivalents, down from $6.3 billion sequentially.
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"We're continuing to ship aggressively, increase customer satisfaction, and deliver strong financial performance on the path to GAAP profitability," said Vlad Tenev, co-founder and CEO of Robinhood.
Robinhood said it will launch 24-hour trading next week that will allow customers to trade select stocks 24 hours a day, 5 days a week.
The company now expects operating expenses to be between $2.345 billion and $2.485 billion in full-year 2023.
Following the print, JMP Securities analyst Devin Ryan reiterated Robinhood with a Market Outperform rating and maintained a $25 price target.
HOOD Price Action: Robinhood shares were up 5.4% at $9.56 at the time of publication, per Benzinga Pro.
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