The company reported revenue of $565 million in the quarter. Analysts were expecting sales of $521.8 million. Robinhood said this was the first time more new customers made their first trade in cryptos, such as bitcoin and ethereum, instead of stocks.
Robinhood added that its base of monthly active users more than doubled to 21.3 million in the second quarter of 2021, compared with 10.2 million a year ago.
But the trading platform also reported a net loss of $502 million, or $2.16 per share. That was much bigger than Wall Street’s forecasts. A big chunk of the loss was largely an accounting issue however, due to a change in fair value for convertible notes and warrant liability, according to the company.
Robinhood’s stock fell about 7% after hours following a nearly 7% pop during in-session trading Wednesday ahead of the earnings report.
Robihhood has also been accused of “gamifying” investing and catering to younger and less sophisticated traders.
But following its early post-IPO growing pains, shares have roared back.
Shares have since pulled back to just below $50. But the company is still worth more than $40 billion.
Robinhood is hoping to make amends to traders who may feel disappointed by events of the past few months.
According to Say Technologies, some of the more popular questions were about plans for new products such as cryptocurrency wallets as well as 401(k) and other retirement accounts, launches in international markets and whether investors would get swag like hats and hoodies.
