Robinhood CFO details surging prediction market business as firm posts record revenue in Q2

Robinhood beat analyst expectations on several fronts for the second quarter. That included record revenue of $1.31 billion, which beat estimates of $1.25-$1.28 billion, and earnings per share, which came in at $0.62 versus the $0.42 analysts had predicted. The strong performance was driven in part by an uptick in Robinhood’s Gold subscription business and the popularity of its prediction market business.

Total prediction market volume for Robinhood in Q2 surged to 13 billion contracts compared to 9 billion in the first quarter. Robinhood’s success in the category, which lets users wager on events ranging from sports games to elections, recently led the CEO of industry leader Kalshi to cite the company as its chief rival.

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