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HOOD · Q2 2025 Earnings

Bullish

Robinhood Markets

Reported July 30, 2025

30-second summary

Robinhood put up $989M of revenue (+45% YoY, +6.7% QoQ), $386M of net income, and a 44.4% operating margin — driven by transaction revenue +65% YoY and crypto revenue nearly doubling. The real story is wallet share: assets per funded customer crossed $10K for the first time, roughly doubling YoY, while Gold subscribers hit 3.5M (13.2% penetration; >35% on new cohorts). Management raised the FY OpEx+SBC envelope by $65M to absorb Bitstamp, and called out July net deposits already at ~$6B — the platform is no longer behaving like a low-ARPU retail broker.

Headline numbers

EPS

Q2 FY2025

$0.44

Revenue

Q2 FY2025

$0.99B

+45.0% YoY

Operating margin

Q2 FY2025

44.4%

Key financials

Q2 FY2025
MetricQ2 FY2025YoY
Revenue$0.99B+45.0%
EPS$0.44—
Operating margin44.4%—

Guidance

Prior quarter data unavailable — comparison not possible.

Segment performance

Q2 FY2025
SegmentQ2 FY2025YoY
Transaction-based revenues$0.539B+65.0%
Net interest revenues$0.357B+25.0%
Other revenues$0.093B+33.0%
Options revenue$0.265B+46.0%
Cryptocurrencies revenue$0.16B+98.0%
Equities revenue$0.066B+65.0%

Other KPIs

Q2 FY2025
SegmentQ2 FY2025
Funded Customers26.5 million
Funded Customers Growth YoY10%
Investment Accounts27.4 million
Total Platform Assets$279 billion
Net Deposits Q2$13.8 billion
Robinhood Gold Subscribers3.5 million
Robinhood Gold Adoption Rate13.2%
Average Revenue Per User (ARPU)$151 annualized

Management tone

Three multi-quarter shifts stand out, even without prior Tapebrief coverage to benchmark against.

From low-ARPU broker to wallet-share compounder. Management directly confronted the legacy bear case: "A lot of people thought Robinhood's always going to be in the low single-digit thousands per account, but we just keep compounding and that assets per customer keeps marching upward." Assets per funded customer doubled YoY to over $10K. This is no longer a side comment buried in a deck — it's the headline reframing of the business, and it sets up the cross-sell thesis for banking and lending.

From retail-only to financial-ecosystem platform. The European footprint expanded to 30 countries serving 400M people, stock tokens launched, and Robinhood Chain is in flight. The CEO framed it bluntly: "Stock tokens will do for stocks what stablecoin did for fiat currencies." This is the most aggressive infrastructure claim Robinhood has made and signals that blockchain is being positioned as a moat, not a product line.

From product roadmap to imminent banking launch. Robinhood Banking — high-yield, estate planning, net worth tracking, cash delivery — is internally deployed to the full employee base with customer rollout in Q3. "We just rolled this out internally to the full employee base. It's really good." The shift from "we're building" to "employees are using it" is a meaningful credibility marker for a product whose deposit-gathering implications are the most important catalyst into 2026.

From growth-at-all-costs framing to operating leverage. Management called out "81% incremental adjusted EBITDA margins... and doubled EPS from a year ago," and the print backs it up: 44.4% operating margin on 45% revenue growth. This is the kind of P&L profile that earns a different multiple, and management knows it.

Recurring themes management leaned on this quarter:

Product velocity and relentless innovation across trading toolsWallet consolidation and asset growth (AUM doubling YoY to $250B+)Gold monetization and subscription penetration accelerationCrypto/blockchain expansion with stock tokens and Robinhood chainGeographic and regulatory expansion (Europe 30 countries, U.S. crypto progress)Institutional integration via Bitstamp acquisition and new product categories

Risks management surfaced:

Regulatory developments continue to be monitoredWonderFi acquisition provisions and anticipated costsMargin balance growth sensitivity to market volatilityInternational expansion execution complexity across 30+ countriesCredit losses not fully provisioned in current guidance

Q&A highlights

Stephen Chuback · Wolf Securities

Net deposit momentum showed moderation in Q2 after promotional adjustments, but reaccelerated in July. Asked about the strategy around promotional activity and why Robinhood pulled back given attractive payback economics.

Management stated promotions are a core part of their playbook and will continue. They measure economics rigorously and saw strong results from crypto deposit promotions (doubled match rate to 2%). Acknowledged Q2 volatility is partly driven by market-dependent trader deposit flows. Emphasized long-term net deposit trajectory remains strong, supported by new products, banking expansion, and new asset classes. Marketing efforts have been scaled up with high ROI across performance marketing and promotional tools.

Crypto deposit promotion match rate doubled to 2%300,000 gold card holdersNet deposits show inter-quarter volatility driven by trader activity and market conditionsMarketing has been scaled significantly in 2024 with high ROI opportunities

Dan Dola · Mizuho

Referenced a recent event in the south of France and asked management to discuss it, but the question was cut off mid-transcript.

No answer provided in transcript.

What to watch into next quarter

Robinhood Banking launch execution — Q3 customer rollout was committed on the call. Watch for disclosed deposit balances by year-end and whether the product cannibalizes Gold cash sweep or expands the deposit pool. The bull case requires net new deposits, not migration.

Gold attach rate on new cohorts holding above 35% — if new-customer attach stays north of 35% and overall penetration moves toward 15%, the ARPU compounding story stays intact. A slip back to mid-20s on new cohorts would be a yellow flag.

Assets per funded customer trajectory — crossing $10K was framed as a defining inflection. Watch whether Q3 FY2025 prints above $10.5K. A stall here undercuts the wallet-share narrative.

Crypto revenue normalization — $160M (+98% YoY) benefits from elevated activity. Watch whether the Bitstamp close and stock-tokens product offset any unwind in retail crypto volumes, and how much of the $65M Bitstamp OpEx hits Q3 vs Q4.

July net deposits ($6B) trajectory through the quarter — the July pace annualizes well above Q2's $13.8B run rate. If full-Q3 FY2025 net deposits print at or above $18B, deposit growth is reaccelerating; below $14B suggests July was a promotional spike.

Sources

  1. Robinhood Markets Q2 FY2025 press release (Exhibit 99.1), filed with SEC: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1783879/000178387925000250/q22025robinhoodexhibit991.htm
  2. Q2 FY2025 earnings call commentary and Q&A (management remarks and analyst exchanges)

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