Retail trading app Robinhood rises as Q2 results beat Wall Street estimates
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** Retail trading app Robinhood's HOOD.O shares rise as much as5.7% to $18.10; last up 1.2% in morning trading
** HOOD beat Wall Street expectations for Q2 earningsafter market on Wednesday, as interest in meme stocks and cryptocurrencies soared, and said it continued to gain market share from rivals
** "Overall, it was a strong quarter with momentum continuing in Q3, per management commentary on July/early August trends," Citigroup analysts write
** HOOD also among trending tickers on retail-investor focused chat forum StockTwits with message vols last at "extremely high" and sentiment at "extremely bullish"
** Co's transaction-based revenue surged 69% to $327 mln in the quarter driven by meme-stock influencer Keith Gill's return to social media and a broader crypto market rally
** HOOD posted record quarterly revenue of $682 mln, beating estimates of $643.34 mln - LSEG data
** Co's Q2 profitof 21 cents/share also topped expectations of 15 cents/share
** "This quarter's performance was solid and exemplified the benefit of Robinhood's increasingly diverse revenue streams" -J.P.Morgan analysts
** But brokeragewarned HOOD's planned rollout of index options and futures trading could be met with caution from customers if it charges a fee on trades
** At least two brokerages raise PTs after results
** As of last close, HOOD up ~34.4% YTD vs an 8% gain in Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC
Reporting by Manya Saini in Bengaluru
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