HOOD vs NU vs LPLA Stock Comparison

Robinhood Markets, Nu Holdings and LPL Financial Holdings Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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HOOD Robinhood Markets, Inc.
$91.59 -21.2% 1M -36.7% 1Y
Market cap
$75.23B
P/E
37.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.08B
Div. yield
–
Retail Brokerage Financial Services
4 wins
NU Nu Holdings Ltd.
$12.05 -2.5% 1M -25.1% 1Y
Market cap
$56.04B
P/E
15.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$19.34B
Div. yield
–
Money Center Banks Financial Services
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Robinhood Markets leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Robinhood Markets 4, Nu Holdings 4, LPL Financial Holdings 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionHOODNULPLALeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $75.23B $56.04B $22.11B HOOD
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 37.9x 15.5x 15.9x NU
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 44.0x — 12.4x LPLA
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +20.9% +50.5% +31.0% NU
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 39.0% 18.7% 6.8% HOOD
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 18.1% 12.7% NU
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -1.0x -2.0x 2.2x NU
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -36.7% -25.1% -18.6% LPLA
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +21.3%/yr — +11.3%/yr HOOD
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 71.0% 46.2% 40.7% LPLA
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 65/100 42/100 61/100 HOOD

Percentile Scorecard

HOODNULPLA

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisHOODNULPLA
Valuation 38 #60 of 96 10 #324 of 361 73 #27 of 96
Growth 84 #11 of 65 74 #40 of 153 81 #13 of 65
Profitability 92 #6 of 65 38 #80 of 128 72 #19 of 65
Financial Health 72 #27 of 93 78 #32 of 140 35 #61 of 93
Shareholder Returns 39 #25 of 40 10 #302 of 335 46 #22 of 40
Overall 65 42 61
  • HOOD ranked among 110 companies in Capital Markets
  • NU ranked among 368 companies in Banking
  • LPLA ranked among 110 companies in Capital Markets

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodHOODNULPLASPY
1 month -21.2%-2.5%-9.3% +0.7%
3 months +5.8%-16.8%-17.6% +3.7%
6 months +25.7%-16.8%-16.3% +7.1%
Year to date -19.0%-28.0%-21.7% +12.8%
1 year -36.7%-25.1%-18.6% +11.9%
3 years +908.7%+49.1%+25.2% +85.2%
3 years, per year +116.2%+14.3%+7.8% +22.8%
5 years +161.9%—+70.4% +67.6%
5 years, per year +21.3%—+11.3% +10.9%
10 years ——+793.7% +262.0%
10 years, per year ——+24.5% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureHOODNULPLASPY
Volatility, 1Y 71.0%46.2%40.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 69.6%51.4%46.9% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 3.111.450.87 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.52-0.54-0.46 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -81.9%-72.1%-33.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -37.7%-35.8%-28.9% -1.2%
52-week high $147.08$18.76$393.25 $779.14
52-week low $65.16$11.60$265.86 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleHOODNULPLA
P/E now vs peer median 41.5xmedian 29.6x 16.1xmedian 12.2x 15.8xmedian 29.6x
P/S now vs peer median 16.2xmedian 3.1x 3.0xmedian 3.4x 1.1xmedian 3.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 25.6xmedian 13.0x 10.9xmedian 5.3x 9.4xmedian 13.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 27.4xmedian 16.5x -42.7xmedian 10.8x 21.6xmedian 16.5x
P/B now vs peer median 8.2xmedian 2.3x 4.4xmedian 1.2x 3.7xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median 0.62median 0.48 0.03median 1.34 3.02median 0.48

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsHOODNULPLA
Revenue $5.08B $19.34B $20.40B
Gross profit – $7.97B –
Operating income – $4.39B –
Net income $1.98B $3.61B $1.39B
Free cash flow $3.01B -$1.36B $1.01B
R&D $983.00M – –
EPS (diluted) $2.18 $0.74 $17.64
Cash & equivalents $5.83B $13.55B $1.06B
Total debt $2.66B $14.55B $7.80B
Shares (diluted) 911.00M 4.91B 78.97M
Enterprise value $54.76B $19.37M $17.71B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricHOODNULPLA
P/E 41.5x 16.1x 15.8x
P/FCF 27.4x -42.7x 21.6x
P/Operating cash flow 27.1x -42.2x 12.3x
P/S 16.2x 3.0x 1.1x
P/B 8.2x 4.4x 3.7x
P/Tangible book 8.4x 4.7x 9.3x
EV/EBITDA 25.6x 10.9x 9.4x
EV/EBIT 26.4x 11.2x 12.4x
EV/Revenue 15.6x 2.5x 1.4x
EV/FCF 26.3x -36.1x 28.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 26.1x -35.6x 16.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.62 0.03 3.02

Growth

14 metrics
MetricHOODNULPLA
Revenue growth (1Y) 20.9% 50.5% 31.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 42.0% 45.8% 27.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 42.8% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 48.4% –
Operating income growth (1Y) – 38.6% –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 132.2% –
Net income growth (1Y) -9.6% 56.9% 67.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 67.4% 260.8% 6.1%
EPS growth (1Y) -8.9% 56.2% 70.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 66.9% 603.5% 5.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 159.2% -135.1% 229.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 96.4% -39.0% 109.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 160.2% -134.5% 152.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 96.4% -38.6% 97.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricHOODNULPLA
Gross margin – 41.2% –
EBITDA margin 61.0% 23.4% 14.9%
Operating margin – 22.7% –
Pretax margin 47.3% 22.7% 9.2%
Net margin 39.0% 18.7% 6.8%
FCF margin 59.3% -7.0% 4.9%
Operating cash flow margin 59.9% -7.1% 8.7%
Return on equity 20.4% 24.5% 24.1%
Return on assets 3.5% 4.0% 7.0%
Return on invested capital – 18.1% 12.7%
Return on capital employed 24.7% – –
Asset turnover 0.1x 0.2x 1.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.5x -0.4x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue 6.9% 1.8% 0.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricHOODNULPLA
Debt / assets 4.6% 5.7% 39.3%
Debt / equity 0.3x 0.4x 1.3x
Net debt / EBITDA -1.0x -2.0x 2.2x
Debt / FCF 0.9x -3.4x 7.7x
Liabilities / assets 82.7% 84.0% 70.7%
Equity / assets 17.3% 16.0% 29.3%
Interest coverage 5.0x 1.2x 5.6x
Current ratio 1.2x – –
Quick ratio 0.7x – –
Cash ratio 0.1x – –
Altman Z-score 1.49 – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricHOODNULPLA
Dividend yield – – 0.4%
Net buyback yield 0.5% 0.0% 2.7%
Shareholder yield 0.5% 0.0% 3.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusHOODNULPLA
Forward P/E 44.0xFY2026 – 12.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.08FY2026 $-2.06FY2023 $22.53FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +1.5%FY2026 – +12.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +53.4% – +30.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $5.55BFY2026 $42.10BFY2029 $20.12BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +24.2%FY2026 +3,295.3%FY2029 +18.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +16.5% – +24.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersHOODNULPLA
Held by institutions 68.1% 59.8% 100.0%
Institutions holding 1,389 855 766
Change in shares held, QoQ +9.9% +0.3% +0.7%
Institutions buying 843 443 352
Institutions selling 404 305 301
Buyers to sellers 2.09 1.45 1.17

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

HOODNULPLA
HOOD 1.00 0.37 0.25
NU 0.37 1.00 0.23
LPLA 0.25 0.23 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, HOOD, NU and LPLA?

Robinhood Markets (HOOD) is the largest by market capitalisation: Robinhood Markets (HOOD) $75.23B, Nu Holdings (NU) $56.04B, LPL Financial Holdings (LPLA) $22.11B.

Which stock is cheaper, HOOD, NU and LPLA?

Nu Holdings (NU) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Robinhood Markets (HOOD) 37.9x, Nu Holdings (NU) 15.5x, LPL Financial Holdings (LPLA) 15.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, LPL Financial Holdings (LPLA) is cheapest (Robinhood Markets (HOOD) 44.0x, LPL Financial Holdings (LPLA) 12.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Nu Holdings (NU) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Robinhood Markets (HOOD) +20.9%, Nu Holdings (NU) +50.5%, LPL Financial Holdings (LPLA) +31.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Robinhood Markets (HOOD) has the highest net margin (Robinhood Markets (HOOD) 39.0%, Nu Holdings (NU) 18.7%, LPL Financial Holdings (LPLA) 6.8%). On return on invested capital, Nu Holdings (NU) leads (Nu Holdings (NU) 18.1%, LPL Financial Holdings (LPLA) 12.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year LPL Financial Holdings (LPLA) returned the most: Robinhood Markets (HOOD) -36.7%, Nu Holdings (NU) -25.1%, LPL Financial Holdings (LPLA) -18.6%. Over five years, Robinhood Markets (HOOD) compounded fastest (Robinhood Markets (HOOD) +21.3%/yr, LPL Financial Holdings (LPLA) +11.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, LPL Financial Holdings (LPLA) has been the steadiest (Robinhood Markets (HOOD) 71.0%, Nu Holdings (NU) 46.2%, LPL Financial Holdings (LPLA) 40.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, HOOD, NU and LPLA?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Robinhood Markets (HOOD) leads on 4. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.