Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ:HOOD – Get Free Report) and Streamex (NASDAQ:STEX – Get Free Report) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and profitability.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Robinhood Markets and Streamex, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Robinhood Markets | 1 | 6 | 28 | 1 | 2.81 |
| Streamex | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
Robinhood Markets currently has a consensus price target of $126.45, suggesting a potential upside of 50.63%. Streamex has a consensus price target of $4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1,056.07%. Given Streamex’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Streamex is more favorable than Robinhood Markets.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Robinhood Markets and Streamex”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Robinhood Markets | $5.08 billion | 14.85 | $1.88 billion | $2.17 | 38.69 |
| Streamex | $146,000.00 | 276.01 | -$462.77 million | ($9.05) | -0.04 |
Robinhood Markets has higher revenue and earnings than Streamex. Streamex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Robinhood Markets, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
93.3% of Robinhood Markets shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.2% of Streamex shares are held by institutional investors. 13.5% of Robinhood Markets shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 52.7% of Streamex shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Risk & Volatility
Robinhood Markets has a beta of 2.56, meaning that its share price is 156% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Streamex has a beta of 2.24, meaning that its share price is 124% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Robinhood Markets and Streamex’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Robinhood Markets | 39.04% | 21.49% | 4.16% |
| Streamex | N/A | -462.48% | -307.38% |
Summary
Robinhood Markets beats Streamex on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Robinhood Markets
Robinhood Markets, Inc. operates financial services platform in the United States. Its platform allows users to invest in stocks, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), American depository receipts, options, gold, and cryptocurrencies. The company offers fractional trading, recurring investments, fully-paid securities lending, access to investing on margin, cash sweep, instant withdrawals, retirement program, around-the-clock trading, and initial public offerings participation services. It also provides various learning and education solutions comprise Snacks, an accessible digest of business news stories for a new generation of investors.; Learn, which is an online collection of beginners' guides, feature tutorials, and financial dictionary; Newsfeeds that offer access to free, premium news from sites from various sites, such as Barron's, Reuters, and Dow Jones. In addition, the company offers In-App Education, a resource that covers investing fundamentals, including why people invest, a stock market overview, and tips on how to define investing goals, as well as allows customers to understand the basics of investing before their first trade; and Crypto Learn and Earn, an educational module available to various crypto customers through Robinhood Learn to teach customers the basics related to cryptocurrency. Further, it provides Robinhood credit cards, cash card and spending accounts, and wallets. Robinhood Markets, Inc. was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.
About Streamex
Streamex Corp. is a financial technology company focused on blockchain-based financial infrastructure and the tokenization of real-world assets. Its business is centered on developing digital platforms designed to connect traditional financial products with blockchain networks.
The company’s activities include creating and supporting digital assets, blockchain applications and tokenized investment products. Streamex has described its work as serving institutional and other market participants seeking greater efficiency, transparency and accessibility in digital-asset markets.
Publicly available information about Streamex’s operating history, geographic reach, product portfolio and leadership is limited. The company is headquartered in the United States and trades on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol STEX.
Receive News & Ratings for Robinhood Markets Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Robinhood Markets and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter.
