Up 288% in 2025, Is Robinhood Stock Still a Buy Heading Into 2026?

Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ: HOOD) operates one of the most popular investing platforms for young people, allowing them to buy and sell stocks, options, cryptocurrencies, and more. The platform was a haven for highly speculative trading at the height of the pandemic in 2020 and 2021, particularly in meme stocks like GameStop, but Robinhood itself has become a meme-like stock with a staggering 288% gain this year (as of Oct. 7).It's currently outperforming some of the best artificial intelligence (AI) stocks in 2025, including Nvidia, which is up 38%, and even Palantir Technologies, which has soared by 143%.Investors are enthusiastic about Robinhood's recent pivot into NFL and college football prediction markets in partnership with Kalshi. Its stock also received a boost when it was added to the S&P 500 in September. But its business is facing some structural challenges that could disrupt its momentum heading into 2026.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool