HOOD vs XYZ vs LPLA Stock Comparison

Robinhood Markets, Block and LPL Financial Holdings 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
XYZ Block, Inc.
$76.47 +2.4% 1M -2.7% 1Y
Market cap
$44.55B
P/E
124.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$25.04B
Div. yield
–
Payment Processing Technology
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

LPL Financial Holdings leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (LPL Financial Holdings 5, Robinhood Markets 3, Block 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionHOODXYZLPLALeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $83.42B $44.55B $25.29B HOOD
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 40.3x 124.7x 25.1x LPLA
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 46.2x 19.7x 14.0x LPLA
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +38.3% +5.1% +38.8% LPLA
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 42.0% 1.4% 5.1% HOOD
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 2.0% 10.1% LPLA
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 0.3x 2.5x XYZ
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -29.2% -2.7% -6.7% XYZ
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +19.2%/yr -21.3%/yr +12.5%/yr HOOD
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 71.2% 46.3% 37.0% LPLA
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 50/100 73/100 32/100 XYZ

Percentile Scorecard

HOODXYZLPLA

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

AxisHOODXYZLPLA
Valuation 37 #62 of 97 83 #18 of 98 41 #58 of 97
Growth 43 #40 of 69 82 #18 of 94 16 #58 of 69
Profitability 75 #18 of 70 65 #32 of 90 44 #40 of 70
Financial Health 65 #36 of 101 67 #35 of 105 36 #65 of 101
Shareholder Returns 31 #28 of 40 69 #20 of 62 23 #31 of 40
Overall 50 73 32
  • HOOD ranked among 112 companies in Capital Markets
  • XYZ ranked among 109 companies in Fintech
  • LPLA ranked among 112 companies in Capital Markets

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodHOODXYZLPLASPY
1 month -22.5%+2.4%+4.3% -1.0%
3 months +0.2%-0.9%-3.9% +2.9%
6 months +12.2%+6.8%-1.5% +6.4%
Year to date -15.9%+17.5%-11.6% +11.4%
1 year -29.2%-2.7%-6.7% +13.1%
3 years +920.1%+68.6%+43.4% +79.4%
3 years, per year +117.0%+19.0%+12.8% +21.5%
5 years +140.1%-69.8%+80.5% +67.7%
5 years, per year +19.2%-21.3%+12.5% +10.9%
10 years —+575.5%+930.4% +255.2%
10 years, per year —+21.1%+26.3% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureHOODXYZLPLASPY
Volatility, 1Y 71.2%46.3%37.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 69.6%46.2%40.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 3.161.830.92 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.41-0.06-0.18 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -82.6%-85.1%-33.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -35.4%-9.9%-19.7% -2.5%
52-week high $147.08$84.84$393.25 $779.14
52-week low $65.16$49.09$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.

MultipleHOODXYZLPLA
P/E now vs peer median 41.2xmedian 29.4x 128.0xmedian 21.5x 25.0xmedian 29.4x
P/S now vs peer median 17.3xmedian 2.8x 1.8xmedian 2.2x 1.3xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 25.1xmedian 12.8x 30.0xmedian 15.7x 12.4xmedian 12.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median 390.3xmedian 15.9x 11.8xmedian 16.4x -26.7xmedian 15.9x
P/B now vs peer median 9.0xmedian 2.5x 2.1xmedian 1.9x 4.3xmedian 2.5x
PEG now vs peer median 0.63median 0.51 1.90median 1.06 -4.33median 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 monthsHOODXYZLPLA
Revenue $4.93B $25.04B $19.61B
Gross profit – $11.61B –
Operating income – $1.17B –
Net income $2.07B $357.28M $1.01B
Free cash flow $219.00M $3.88B -$931.29M
R&D $966.00M $3.07B –
EPS (diluted) $2.27 $0.59 $12.58
Cash & equivalents $5.36B $6.43B $1.28B
Total debt – $6.88B $7.46B
Shares (diluted) 912.00M 608.85M 80.03M
Enterprise value $64.45B $15.85B $20.61B

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
MetricHOODXYZLPLA
P/E 41.2x 128.0x 25.0x
P/FCF 390.3x 11.8x -26.7x
P/Operating cash flow 348.8x 11.3x -98.6x
P/S 17.3x 1.8x 1.3x
P/B 9.0x 2.1x 4.3x
P/Tangible book 9.2x 2.2x 10.7x
EV/EBITDA 25.1x 30.0x 12.4x
EV/EBIT 25.9x 39.7x 17.5x
EV/Revenue 16.2x 1.9x 1.6x
EV/FCF 365.8x 12.0x -33.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 327.0x 11.4x -123.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.63 1.90 -4.33

Growth

14 metrics
MetricHOODXYZLPLA
Revenue growth (1Y) 38.3% 5.1% 38.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 43.5% 8.3% 27.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 23.7% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 19.5% –
Operating income growth (1Y) – 1.7% –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 77.9% –
Net income growth (1Y) 15.9% -87.9% -9.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 65.2% 64.5% -5.0%
EPS growth (1Y) 15.5% -87.7% -9.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 65.5% 67.4% -5.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -94.6% 236.4% -144.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -40.7% 105.3% -28.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -95.2% 266.4% -17,226%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -42.7% 129.4% -36.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricHOODXYZLPLA
Gross margin – 46.4% –
EBITDA margin 64.6% 6.2% 12.7%
Operating margin – 4.7% –
Pretax margin 49.0% 2.8% 7.0%
Net margin 42.0% 1.4% 5.1%
FCF margin 4.4% 15.5% -4.7%
Operating cash flow margin 5.0% 16.2% -1.3%
Return on equity 21.6% 1.6% 17.6%
Return on assets 4.1% 0.9% 5.2%
Return on invested capital – 2.0% 10.1%
Return on capital employed 48.1% 4.0% –
Asset turnover 0.1x 0.6x 1.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.1x 11.4x -0.3x
Stock comp / revenue 7.1% 4.8% 0.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricHOODXYZLPLA
Debt / assets – 17.6% 37.7%
Debt / equity – 0.3x 1.3x
Net debt / EBITDA – 0.3x 2.5x
Debt / FCF – 1.8x -8.0x
Liabilities / assets 83.1% 43.7% 70.9%
Equity / assets 16.9% 56.3% 29.1%
Interest coverage 4.6x – 4.3x
Current ratio 1.2x 2.2x –
Quick ratio 0.6x 0.8x –
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.6x –
Altman Z-score 1.54 2.86 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricHOODXYZLPLA
Dividend yield – – 0.4%
Net buyback yield 0.6% 3.9% 1.2%
Shareholder yield 0.6% 3.9% 1.5%
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.

ConsensusHOODXYZLPLA
Forward P/E 46.2xFY2026 19.7xFY2026 14.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.06FY2026 $3.89FY2026 $22.53FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +0.5%FY2026 +64.1%FY2026 +12.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +54.4% +38.3% +30.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $5.52BFY2026 $24.58BFY2026 $20.12BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +23.5%FY2026 +1.6%FY2026 +18.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +16.7% +21.4% +24.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersHOODXYZLPLA
Held by institutions 68.1% 73.6% 100.0%
Institutions holding 1,388 1,081 765
Change in shares held, QoQ +9.9% +3.0% +0.7%
Institutions buying 843 581 351
Institutions selling 403 330 301
Buyers to sellers 2.09 1.76 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.

HOODXYZLPLA
HOOD 1.00 0.46 0.27
XYZ 0.46 1.00 0.16
LPLA 0.27 0.16 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, HOOD, XYZ and LPLA?

Robinhood Markets (HOOD) is the largest by market capitalisation: Robinhood Markets (HOOD) $83.42B, Block (XYZ) $44.55B, LPL Financial Holdings (LPLA) $25.29B.

Which stock is cheaper, HOOD, XYZ and LPLA?

LPL Financial Holdings (LPLA) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Robinhood Markets (HOOD) 40.3x, Block (XYZ) 124.7x, LPL Financial Holdings (LPLA) 25.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, LPL Financial Holdings (LPLA) is cheapest (Robinhood Markets (HOOD) 46.2x, Block (XYZ) 19.7x, LPL Financial Holdings (LPLA) 14.0x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

LPL Financial Holdings (LPLA) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Robinhood Markets (HOOD) +38.3%, Block (XYZ) +5.1%, LPL Financial Holdings (LPLA) +38.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Robinhood Markets (HOOD) has the highest net margin (Robinhood Markets (HOOD) 42.0%, Block (XYZ) 1.4%, LPL Financial Holdings (LPLA) 5.1%). On return on invested capital, LPL Financial Holdings (LPLA) leads (Block (XYZ) 2.0%, LPL Financial Holdings (LPLA) 10.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Block (XYZ) returned the most: Robinhood Markets (HOOD) -29.2%, Block (XYZ) -2.7%, LPL Financial Holdings (LPLA) -6.7%. Over five years, Robinhood Markets (HOOD) compounded fastest (Robinhood Markets (HOOD) +19.2%/yr, Block (XYZ) -21.3%/yr, LPL Financial Holdings (LPLA) +12.5%/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) 71.2%, Block (XYZ) 46.3%, LPL Financial Holdings (LPLA) 37.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, HOOD, XYZ 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, LPL Financial Holdings (LPLA) leads on 5. 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.