HOOD
Robinhood Markets, Inc.
HOOD offers stronger valuation, but that advantage does not outweigh its weaker overall profile.
PGC
Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation
PGC has the edge over HOOD overall, supported by stronger fundamentals and lower modeled downside.
HOOD Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Healthy | |
| N/A | |
| N/A |
HOOD's revenue and profitability are currently healthy. Free cash flow and net leverage aren't meaningful measures for financial services companies like HOOD.
PGC Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Strong | |
| N/A | |
| N/A |
PGC's revenue and profitability are currently healthy. Free cash flow and net leverage aren't meaningful measures for financial services companies like PGC.
HOOD PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 30x | $81.35 | — |
| Cheap | 37x | $78.84 | -3.1% |
| Current | 38x | $81.35 | — |
| Fair | 51x | $110 | +35% |
| Expensive | 74x | $160 | +96% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
HOOD has the edge over PGC in the historical PE scenario, which offers more potential upside but is not a forecast.
PGC PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheap | 8.8x | $29.22 | -36% |
| Forward | 10x | $46.01 | — |
| Fair | 13x | $42.69 | -7.2% |
| Current | 14x | $46.01 | — |
| Expensive | 16x | $54.03 | +17% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
PGC's PE is in its fair range at 14x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 10x next year's earnings.
HOOD Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Moderate | |
| Low |
Analysts expect strong earnings and revenue growth for HOOD, with profitability improving. However, they disagree widely on these estimates.
PGC Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Strong growth | |
| Growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| Moderate |
Analysts expect earnings and revenue growth for PGC, with profitability improving.
HOOD Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $2.72 | +26% |
| Q3 2026 | $2.16 | -10% |
| Q2 2026 | $2.26 | +15% |
| Q1 2026 | $2.06 | +18% |
| Q4 2025 | $2.05 | +31% |
| Q3 2025 | $2.40 | +314% |
| Q2 2025 | $1.96 | +513% |
| Q1 2025 | $1.75 | +1150% |
| Q4 2024 | $1.56 | +$2.17 |
HOOD has the edge over PGC on earnings, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
PGC Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $4.50 | +35% |
| Q3 2026 | $3.34 | +72% |
| Q2 2026 | $2.89 | +58% |
| Q1 2026 | $2.48 | +38% |
| Q4 2025 | $2.11 | +14% |
| Q3 2025 | $1.94 | +7.2% |
| Q2 2025 | $1.83 | -2.1% |
| Q1 2025 | $1.80 | -17% |
| Q4 2024 | $1.85 | -32% |
PGC earned $3.34 per share over the past year, up 72% from the year before.
HOOD Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $1.4B | +12% |
| Q2 2026 | $1.3B | +32% |
| Q1 2026 | $1.1B | +15% |
| Q4 2025 | $1.3B | +27% |
| Q3 2025 | $1.3B | +100% |
| Q2 2025 | $989M | +45% |
| Q1 2025 | $927M | +50% |
| Q4 2024 | $1B | +115% |
HOOD has the edge over PGC on sales, with stronger typical year-over-year growth.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 44% | -5.9 points |
| Q2 2026 | 54% | +9.5 points |
| Q1 2026 | 39% | -1.5 points |
| Q4 2025 | 52% | -3.5 points |
| Q3 2025 | 50% | +26 points |
| Q2 2025 | 45% | +17 points |
| Q1 2025 | 40% | +14 points |
| Q4 2024 | 55% | +49 points |
HOOD has the edge over PGC on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
PGC Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $87.5M | +24% |
| Q2 2026 | $86.1M | +23% |
| Q1 2026 | $82.5M | +28% |
| Q4 2025 | $78.2M | +26% |
| Q3 2025 | $70.7M | +25% |
| Q2 2025 | $69.7M | +23% |
| Q1 2025 | $64.4M | +21% |
| Q4 2024 | $61.8M | +14% |
PGC's revenue has grown year over year for nine quarters in a row: $87M last quarter, up 24% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 27% | +8 points |
| Q2 2026 | 26% | +9.8 points |
| Q1 2026 | 24% | +7.7 points |
| Q4 2025 | 22% | +1.9 points |
| Q3 2025 | 19% | +0.3 points |
| Q2 2025 | 16% | -0.7 points |
| Q1 2025 | 16% | -7.1 points |
| Q4 2024 | 20% | -1.6 points |
PGC's operating margin was 27% last quarter, up 8 points from the same quarter a year ago.
HOOD Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $1.2B | +$2.8B |
| Q2 2026 | $720M | -79% |
| Q1 2026 | $2B | +217% |
| Q4 2025 | -$937M | +$463M |
| Q3 2025 | -$1.6B | -187% |
| Q2 2025 | $3.5B | +6398% |
| Q1 2025 | $642M | +$1.3B |
| Q4 2024 | -$1.4B | -246% |
HOOD's free cash flow was $3B over the past year, up 159% from the year before. Free cash flow isn't a meaningful measure for financial services companies like HOOD.
PGC Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$6.2M | -118% |
| Q2 2026 | $48.6M | +389% |
| Q1 2026 | $23.3M | +$34.8M |
| Q4 2025 | -$3.6M | -116% |
| Q3 2025 | $34M | +48% |
| Q2 2025 | $9.9M | +$10.4M |
| Q1 2025 | -$11.5M | -164% |
| Q4 2024 | $22.4M | +6536% |
PGC's free cash flow was $62M over the past year, up 13% from the year before. Free cash flow isn't a meaningful measure for financial services companies like PGC.
HOOD Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -0.1% | -1M shares |
| 1 year | -0.8% | -6.9M shares |
| 3 years | +1.8% | +15.9M shares |
| 5 years | +292% | +679M shares |
| Available history | +7.2% | +60.8M shares |
HOOD has the edge over PGC on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $25M |
| Q2 2026 | $414M |
| Q1 2026 | $250M |
| Q4 2025 | $100M |
| Q3 2025 | $107M |
| Q2 2025 | $124M |
| Q1 2025 | $322M |
| Q4 2024 | $160M |
HOOD spent $789M buying back its own shares over the past year, up 11% from the year before.
PGC Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +2.4% | +444K shares |
| 1 year | +7.8% | +1.4M shares |
| 3 years | +5.9% | +1.1M shares |
| 5 years | -1.1% | -204K shares |
| Available history | -1.8% | -342K shares |
PGC has 19M diluted shares, up 7.8% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q4 2025 | — |
| Q3 2025 | $2.7M |
| Q4 2024 | — |
| Q3 2024 | $2.6M |
| Q2 2024 | $2.2M |
| Q1 2024 | $2.4M |
| Q4 2023 | $2.1M |
| Q3 2023 | $2.8M |
HOOD Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -1.3x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2026 | -2.1x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2026 | -2.2x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2025 | -1.9x | Net Cash |
| Q3 2025 | -2.1x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2025 | -2.6x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2025 | -3.3x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2024 | -3.8x | Net Cash |
HOOD has the edge over PGC on leverage, with a lower net debt burden relative to earnings.
PGC Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 3.1x | Elevated |
| Q2 2026 | 0.9x | Very low |
| Q1 2026 | 0.8x | Very low |
| Q4 2025 | 2.8x | Moderate |
| Q3 2025 | 1.7x | Healthy |
| Q2 2025 | 1.9x | Healthy |
| Q1 2025 | 1.9x | Healthy |
| Q4 2024 | 2.5x | Moderate |
PGC's net debt is about 3.1 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), up from 1.7 years a year ago. Net leverage isn't a meaningful measure for financial services companies like PGC.
HOOD Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 40.8 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 9.5 | Oversold |
HOOD's weekly RSI is 41 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 10 (oversold).
PGC Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 61.0 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 55.5 | Neutral |
PGC's weekly RSI is 61 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 56 (neutral).
HOOD PE vs Financial Services Sector
| Metric | HOOD | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 38x | 13x | 189% above |
| PE % | 22 | 66 | 44 pts below |
HOOD is trading at 38x earnings, a 189% premium to the Financial Services sector's median of 13x.
PGC PE vs Financial Services Sector
| Metric | PGC | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 14x | 13x | 5.8% above |
| PE % | 55 | 63 | 8 pts below |
PGC has the edge over HOOD on valuation relative to its sector.
HOOD Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $97.8 | 17% below |
| 20 week MA | $102.2 | 20% below |
| 50 week MA | $95.4 | 15% below |
| 100 week MA | $88.5 | 8.1% below |
| 200 week MA | $52.1 | 56% above |
HOOD has fallen below most of its moving averages, though it's still 56% above its 200-week average.
PGC Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $44.9 | 2.5% above |
| 20 week MA | $45.6 | 0.9% above |
| 50 week MA | $39.9 | 15% above |
| 100 week MA | $34.3 | 34% above |
| 200 week MA | $31.0 | 48% above |
PGC has the edge over HOOD on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
HOOD Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $35.2 | $18.9 | -46% |
| 2022 | $18.9 | $7.95 | -58% |
| 2023 | $7.95 | $12.7 | +60% |
| 2024 | $12.7 | $39.0 | +206% |
| 2025 | $39.0 | $118.1 | +203% |
| 2026 YTD | $118.1 | $81.4 | -31% |
HOOD's yearly returns have swung widely, from +206% in 2024 to −58% in 2022. It's down 31% so far in 2026.
PGC Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $31.0 | $22.6 | -27% |
| 2021 | $22.6 | $35.0 | +55% |
| 2022 | $35.0 | $37.1 | +5.9% |
| 2023 | $37.1 | $29.8 | -20% |
| 2024 | $29.8 | $32.1 | +7.8% |
| 2025 | $32.1 | $28.2 | -12% |
| 2026 YTD | $28.2 | $46.0 | +63% |
PGC has the edge over HOOD on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.