HOOD vs PYPL vs IBKR Stock Comparison

Robinhood Markets, PayPal Holdings and Interactive Brokers Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
HOOD Robinhood Markets, Inc.
$95.07 -22.5% 1M -29.2% 1Y
Market cap
$83.42B
P/E
40.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.93B
Div. yield
–
Retail Brokerage Financial Services
3 wins
PYPL PayPal Holdings, Inc.
$57.02 +8.6% 1M -18.1% 1Y
Market cap
$48.14B
P/E
9.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$34.13B
Div. yield
–
Payment Processing Technology
2 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Interactive Brokers leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Interactive Brokers 6, Robinhood Markets 3, PayPal Holdings 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionHOODPYPLIBKRLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $83.42B $48.14B $36.11B HOOD
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 40.3x 9.8x 32.1x PYPL
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 46.2x 10.3x 31.2x PYPL
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +38.3% +5.7% +21.3% HOOD
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 42.0% 14.4% 16.4% HOOD
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 15.9% 41.2% IBKR
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 0.3x -0.8x IBKR
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -29.2% -18.1% +19.5% IBKR
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +19.2%/yr -25.0%/yr +34.0%/yr IBKR
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 71.2% 43.7% 39.5% IBKR
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 50/100 69/100 84/100 IBKR

Percentile Scorecard

HOODPYPLIBKR

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

AxisHOODPYPLIBKR
Valuation 37 #62 of 97 91 #10 of 98 92 #9 of 97
Growth 43 #40 of 69 63 #35 of 94 66 #24 of 69
Profitability 75 #18 of 70 88 #12 of 90 90 #8 of 70
Financial Health 65 #36 of 101 39 #65 of 105 83 #18 of 101
Shareholder Returns 31 #28 of 40 67 #21 of 62 87 #6 of 40
Overall 50 69 84
  • HOOD ranked among 112 companies in Capital Markets
  • PYPL ranked among 109 companies in Fintech
  • IBKR ranked among 112 companies in Capital Markets

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodHOODPYPLIBKRSPY
1 month -22.5%+8.6%-12.3% -1.0%
3 months +0.2%+1.5%-12.5% +2.9%
6 months +12.2%+13.0%+4.8% +6.4%
Year to date -15.9%-2.3%+24.8% +11.4%
1 year -29.2%-18.1%+19.5% +13.1%
3 years +920.1%+5.1%+299.4% +79.4%
3 years, per year +117.0%+1.7%+58.7% +21.5%
5 years +140.1%-76.3%+331.1% +67.7%
5 years, per year +19.2%-25.0%+34.0% +10.9%
10 years —+29.2%+840.0% +255.2%
10 years, per year —+2.6%+25.1% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureHOODPYPLIBKRSPY
Volatility, 1Y 71.2%43.7%39.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 69.6%48.4%37.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 3.161.032.06 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.41-0.410.49 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -82.6%-84.2%-38.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -35.4%-21.9%-18.2% -2.5%
52-week high $147.08$73.02$98.19 $779.14
52-week low $65.16$39.08$61.05 $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.

MultipleHOODPYPLIBKR
P/E now vs peer median 41.2xmedian 29.4x 10.2xmedian 21.5x 31.9xmedian 29.4x
P/S now vs peer median 17.3xmedian 2.8x 1.4xmedian 2.2x 5.3xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 25.1xmedian 12.8x 7.4xmedian 15.7x 2.9xmedian 12.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median 390.3xmedian 15.9x 7.5xmedian 16.4x 2.3xmedian 15.9x
P/B now vs peer median 9.0xmedian 2.5x 2.5xmedian 1.9x 1.6xmedian 2.5x
PEG now vs peer median 0.63median 0.51 0.68median 1.06 1.17median 0.51

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 monthsHOODPYPLIBKR
Revenue $4.93B $34.13B $6.86B
Operating income – $5.95B –
Net income $2.07B $4.90B $4.90B
Free cash flow $219.00M $6.59B $15.83B
R&D $966.00M $3.25B –
EPS (diluted) $2.27 $5.56 $2.50
Cash & equivalents $5.36B $8.31B $7.71B
Total debt – $13.40B $54.00M
Shares (diluted) 912.00M 882.00M 450.09M
Enterprise value $64.45B $6.36B $13.22B

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
MetricHOODPYPLIBKR
P/E 41.2x 10.2x 31.9x
P/FCF 390.3x 7.5x 2.3x
P/Operating cash flow 348.8x 6.6x 2.3x
P/S 17.3x 1.4x 5.3x
P/B 9.0x 2.5x 1.6x
P/Tangible book 9.2x 2.5x 1.6x
EV/EBITDA 25.1x 7.4x 2.9x
EV/EBIT 25.9x 8.6x 2.9x
EV/Revenue 16.2x 1.5x 4.1x
EV/FCF 365.8x 7.8x 1.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 327.0x 6.9x 1.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.63 0.68 1.17

Growth

14 metrics
MetricHOODPYPLIBKR
Revenue growth (1Y) 38.3% 5.7% 21.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 43.5% 6.1% 21.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – –
Operating income growth (1Y) – 1.4% –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 9.8% –
Net income growth (1Y) 15.9% 4.8% 29.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 65.2% 6.4% 26.5%
EPS growth (1Y) 15.5% 16.1% 31.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 65.5% 15.0% 27.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -94.6% 23.2% 5.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -40.7% 20.1% 64.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -95.2% 24.5% 5.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -42.7% 21.7% 65.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricHOODPYPLIBKR
Gross margin – – –
EBITDA margin 64.6% 20.2% 144.0%
Operating margin – 17.4% –
Pretax margin 49.0% 17.2% 78.0%
Net margin 42.0% 14.4% 16.4%
FCF margin 4.4% 19.3% 230.7%
Operating cash flow margin 5.0% 21.9% 231.9%
Return on equity 21.6% 24.6% 22.5%
Return on assets 4.1% 6.0% 2.1%
Return on invested capital – 15.9% 41.2%
Return on capital employed 48.1% 17.9% –
Asset turnover 0.1x 0.4x 0.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.1x 1.5x 3.3x
Stock comp / revenue 7.1% 2.9% 1.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricHOODPYPLIBKR
Debt / assets – 16.2% 0.0%
Debt / equity – 0.7x 0.0x
Net debt / EBITDA – 0.3x -0.8x
Debt / FCF – 2.0x 0.0x
Liabilities / assets 83.1% 76.0% 91.0%
Equity / assets 16.9% 24.0% 9.0%
Interest coverage 4.6x – 2.2x
Current ratio 1.2x 1.3x –
Quick ratio 0.6x 0.4x –
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.2x –
Altman Z-score 1.54 1.90 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricHOODPYPLIBKR
Dividend yield – 1.0% 0.4%
Net buyback yield 0.6% 12.2% –
Shareholder yield 0.6% 13.2% 0.4%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 3.0%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 0.9%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 26.7%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 53.1%

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.

ConsensusHOODPYPLIBKR
Forward P/E 46.2xFY2026 10.3xFY2026 31.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.06FY2026 $5.55FY2026 $2.57FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +0.5%FY2026 +4.5%FY2026 +17.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +54.4% -3.1% +33.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $5.52BFY2026 $33.55BFY2026 $7.60BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +23.5%FY2026 +1.1%FY2026 +22.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +16.7% +5.1% +23.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersHOODPYPLIBKR
Held by institutions 68.1% 74.2% 86.0%
Institutions holding 1,388 1,378 1,108
Change in shares held, QoQ +9.9% +0.8% +2.3%
Institutions buying 843 521 591
Institutions selling 403 671 376
Buyers to sellers 2.09 0.78 1.57

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.

HOODPYPLIBKR
HOOD 1.00 0.26 0.68
PYPL 0.26 1.00 0.17
IBKR 0.68 0.17 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, HOOD, PYPL and IBKR?

Robinhood Markets (HOOD) is the largest by market capitalisation: Robinhood Markets (HOOD) $83.42B, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) $48.14B, Interactive Brokers (IBKR) $36.11B.

Which stock is cheaper, HOOD, PYPL and IBKR?

PayPal Holdings (PYPL) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Robinhood Markets (HOOD) 40.3x, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 9.8x, Interactive Brokers (IBKR) 32.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) is cheapest (Robinhood Markets (HOOD) 46.2x, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 10.3x, Interactive Brokers (IBKR) 31.2x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Robinhood Markets (HOOD) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Robinhood Markets (HOOD) +38.3%, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) +5.7%, Interactive Brokers (IBKR) +21.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Robinhood Markets (HOOD) has the highest net margin (Robinhood Markets (HOOD) 42.0%, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 14.4%, Interactive Brokers (IBKR) 16.4%). On return on invested capital, Interactive Brokers (IBKR) leads (PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 15.9%, Interactive Brokers (IBKR) 41.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Interactive Brokers (IBKR) returned the most: Robinhood Markets (HOOD) -29.2%, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) -18.1%, Interactive Brokers (IBKR) +19.5%. Over five years, Interactive Brokers (IBKR) compounded fastest (Robinhood Markets (HOOD) +19.2%/yr, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) -25.0%/yr, Interactive Brokers (IBKR) +34.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Robinhood Markets (HOOD) 0.00%, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 0.00%, Interactive Brokers (IBKR) 0.00%. Robinhood Markets (HOOD) and PayPal Holdings (PYPL) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Interactive Brokers (IBKR) has been the steadiest (Robinhood Markets (HOOD) 71.2%, PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 43.7%, Interactive Brokers (IBKR) 39.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, HOOD, PYPL and IBKR?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Interactive Brokers (IBKR) leads on 6. 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.