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Fundamental Short Selling Research

Eric Fernandez, CFA

TwoRiversAnalytics

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>HOOD’s performance indicators are deteriorating.  Growth in funded accounts is not growing.  Monthly average users are declining, and ARPU is falling.  Margins remain negative and are declining.</li>
<li>The company’s main sources of revenue are from transactions in speculative instruments.  Options and crypto trading represent 80% of transaction revenue... in accounts that average $4,300 in size.</li>
<li>Small scale and lack of diversification leave it disadvantaged.   Further, it generates little fee income, such as asset management fees.  It is nearly entirely reliant on payment for order flow.</li>
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HOOD’s performance indicators are deteriorating.  Growth in funded accounts is not growing.  Monthly average users are declining, and ARPU is falling.  Margins remain negative and are declining.
The company’s main sources of revenue are from transactions in speculative instruments.  Options and crypto trading represent 80% of transaction revenue... in accounts that average $4,300 in size.
Small scale and lack of diversification leave it disadvantaged.   Further, it generates little fee income, such as asset management fees.  It is nearly entirely reliant on payment for order flow.


Robinhood Markets, Inc. (HOOD):  Sell Short