Robinhood Markets. Ticker symbol: HOOD surged over 15% on Monday 9/8, after S&P Global announced it will join the S&P 500 index, replacing Caesars Entertainment effective September 22, 2025—triggering expected strong buying from passive index funds and marking a major milestone for the firm. Let's look at a high level analysis of this company to find out if it's worth inclusion in any portfolio. 1. Return to strong profitability and positive net income (Bullish Impact) HOOD swung from multi-year losses to a net income of $1.41 billion in 2024, as aggressive cost cuts and expansion into crypto and product diversification drove a dramatic turnaround, outperforming key peers and coinciding with a 151% stock rally attributed to new initiatives like tokenization and AI-assisted trading. 2.Significant expansion and diversification strategy (Bullish Impact) Robinhood executed major acquisitions and launched new products (crypto expansion, prediction-markets hub, international and AI-driven tools), supporting a marked increase in revenue and gross profit unlike competitors, and positioning itself for global market penetration that fueled investor confidence and record share price highs in 2025. 3.Robinhood delivered strong Q2 results with revenues up 45% year over year to $989M, adjusted EBITDA margins at 56%, and EPS more than doubling. Net deposits continued momentum, with July starting strong at ~$6B, putting the company on track to exceed last year's $50B record. Product innovation drove growth across key focus areas: record trading volumes in equities, options, index options (up 60% QoQ), and prediction markets (nearly 1B contracts in Q2), along with new product launches like mobile tools, Cortex for Gold members, and rapid adoption of the Robinhood Gold card (over 300K cardholders, tripled YTD). Assets under custody more than doubled YoY to over $250B, with average assets per funded customer above $10K for the first time. Retirement assets surpassed $20B and Gold subscribers hit a record 3.5M (13% of customer base; >35% among new customers). Over 600K international customers were added, including via the Bitstamp acquisition.

Just watched this podcast episode earlier this week and the week ends with Robinhood joining the S&P500... coincidence or the universe trying to convey a message 👀 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4KMyLTPcgU&ab_channel=TheIcedCoffeeHour

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