5 analysts weigh in By Investing.com

Robinhood (NASDAQ:) shares rose Thursday on the back of its latest earnings release, which saw it top earnings and revenue expectations. 

The brokerage reported Q1 earnings of $0.18 per share, $0.13 better than the analyst estimate of $0.05 per share. Revenue for the quarter came in at $618 million versus the consensus estimate of $543.14 million.

Here’s how analysts reacted: 

Bank of America lifted its price target for the stock to $14 from $13 per share, maintaining an Underperform rating. The bank said: “HOOD reported a better-than-expected record EPS of $0.18 (vs. $0.06 BofA + consensus) driven by a large uptick in transaction-based revenues (+31% q/q) namely from options and crypto volumes as well as better than expected expense discipline.”

Bernstein kept its Outperform rating and $30 price target on the stock. The firm declared: “Crypto is back.” They added: “We continue to believe, buy-side and sell-side alike, still refuse to see what we see – a monster of a crypto comeback cycle over 2024-25.”

Piper Sandler kept its Neutral rating and $18 target on HOOD shares. “HOOD posts strong top & bottom line GAAP earnings beat. HOOD reported GAAP EPS of $0.18 per share, beating our $0.08 est. & consensus at $0.06,” they wrote. “Stronger than expected Transaction revs (particularly in Crypto) drove an 8% ($45M) beat to our Total Revenue estimate.”

JMP Securities maintained its Market Outperform rating and $30 target on the stock. “We expect further acceleration in deposits and new customers, with enhancements to Gold offering also increasingly contributing,” they wrote. “Bottom line, we believe Robinhood can continue to deliver stronger-than-appreciated growth and stronger-than-appreciated profitability, all supportive of the valuation.”

Barclays kept an Underweight rating on Robinhood but raised its target for the stock to $18 from $16 per share. “While we cannot help but question the sustainability of some of these trends – particularly on the crypto side – but with Robinhood indicating their deposit match program could continue for a long time, and equity markets looking largely constructive, these trends could continue in the near term.”