StartupsAug 27, 2019

What's is Robinhood's revenue?

Was just wondering about their revenue since they recently got valuated at 7.6 billion dollars. Anyone have any ballpark numbers on what their revenue is? TC:- 300k

LinkedIn FBnew Aug 27, 2019

I don't think they make money yet

E*Trade cbEV72 Aug 27, 2019

He’s asking revenue not profit. They certainly have revenue

OpenTable rIMd58 Aug 27, 2019

Revenue != Profit

Credit Karma SrfrBoi69 Aug 27, 2019

I agree with @FBnew that they’re likely not profitable. To OP’s question about *Revenue*, however, this information isn’t publicly available. If I had to guess based on the reported total dollar amount of trades vs. Etrades total dollar amount of trades and Etrades reported revenue, I’d guess Robinhood is around $100M in annual revenue from that business. They did report that was about half their total revenue, so I’ll guess total revenue is $200M annually. Obviously, that’s not a great estimate, but I don’t think it’s more than +/- 2x off.

Credit Karma ceasar OP Aug 27, 2019

Not publicly available hence asking on blind lol we have Robinhood employees who can answer and provide a ball park number

E*Trade cbEV72 Aug 27, 2019

They won’t

E*Trade cbEV72 Aug 27, 2019

The word is they made 70m revenue in order flows, which is 40% of the whole thing. So the number could be $170 million. I don’t think they make that much though

Credit Karma SrfrBoi69 Aug 27, 2019

Ha! Nice. My estimate was pretty close. :)

Credit Karma ceasar OP Aug 27, 2019

Kinda low for the valuation they are carrying. Wish our valuation was that high lol

Facebook fb2019 Aug 27, 2019

No profit is fine. No revenue?

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Amazon vbjimg Aug 27, 2019

can it be used like a savings account?

Amazon vbjimg Aug 27, 2019

yup

SAP MaPeIbBd Aug 27, 2019

Any idea what is their source of revenue as from trades they don’t make any, I would think? It is a great platform btw for free stocks and option trades, just unclear how they make any money.

Microsoft Tier 1 Aug 27, 2019

They make money from trades by selling order flow. That is, HFT firms pay Robinhood in order to take the other side of Robinhoods customers trades. Since the HFT firms believe that on average the customers will make bad decisions.

E*Trade cbEV72 Aug 27, 2019

Order flow is not the whole story. They have some cash to invest, must be getting Nim on money markets

Apple TWB-tWBu16 Aug 27, 2019

How do they make revenue? I’ve never used it

E*Trade cbEV72 Aug 27, 2019

There are many ways to monetize your activity. Investing cash, margin lending etc

GoodRx AlCzervik Aug 27, 2019

They make money off their 3% checking account 🤣🤣

Ten-X RFMR24 Aug 28, 2019

You can't go wrong with any financial explanation by Investopedia! https://www.investopedia.com/articles/active-trading/020515/how-robinhood-makes-money.asp

BlackRock 1oynx Aug 30, 2019

They definitely make revenue: Robinhood gold monthly fees, Robinhood gold buying power (interest loan to user), SecLending