Insider Cluster (2 insiders) ·Filed Aug 19, 2026

HOOD

Robinhood Markets, Inc.
NEUTRAL
Impact 2/10
Horizonimmediate Processed1mo ago
Insider cluster: 2 insiders, $2.0M total
Actionable Insight • Neutral

This cluster is too small to be informative — the dollar amounts are noise relative to market cap. CFO Verma's single sale is plausibly personal diversification; Bhatt's derivative conversions + sales are typical for a director exercising and monetizing vested options. Do not read bearish conviction into these trades. Hold or add selectively if HOOD has positive fundamentals; await next earnings or 13D filing for a real signal.

DirectionNeutral
Confidencehigh
Horizonimmediate
Latest settled — T+20d
HOOD ▲ +14.66% at T+20d
NEUTRAL call ✓ call won +14.66% · α vs SPY +16.61% · entry $95.77 → $109.81
Next anchor: T+60d in 6w
Latest observation: T+28 +18.48% FF3 residual α
Entry anchored
Aug 18, 07:59 PM ET
via 1-min bar
T+1d
-0.70%
call -0.70% · α +0.14%
$95.10
settled 6w ago
T+5d
+13.33%
call +13.33% · α +13.72%
$108.54
settled 5w ago
T+20d
+14.66%
call +14.66% · α +16.61%
$109.81
settled 16d ago
T+60d
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call — · α —
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in 6w

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Executive Summary

HOOD CFO Shiv Verma and Director Baiju Bhatt sold a combined ~$2.03M in open-market stock over a 7-day window. Bhatt's trades include derivative conversions followed by immediate sales, while Verma's sole sale is a routine-sized disposition. The cluster is sell-side but dollar amounts are trivial relative to HOOD's $82.3B market cap (~0.0025%), and no C-suite cluster buy signal exists to act on. Contextual cross-filing combinations are statistically amplified, but the cluster stands alone here — no earnings, press, or late-filing context present to escalate the signal.

Key Financial Metrics

Direction
selling
Total Value
$2.0M
Insiders
2

Key Facts

  • CFO Shiv Verma sold 3,982 shares at $95.07 for $378,569 on Aug 17
  • Director Baiju Bhatt sold 50,317 total shares (across three open-market sales) between Aug 14 at avg ~$96.14, netting ~$4.87M total; also converted 50,317 derivative shares at $0 on Aug 14 (non-cash)
  • Total open-market sales in this cluster: ~$2.03M; non-cash derivative conversions add $0 economic value
  • Cluster value equals ~0.0025% of HOOD's $82.3B market cap — well below the 0.1% triviality threshold
  • No 10b5-1 plan designation noted on these filings; regular-pattern sales not evident in this single-window view
  • 82% of analyst ratings on HOOD are Buy/Strong Buy; recent institutional activity shows 11 adds vs 3 trims

Financial Impact

Total open-market sales of ~$2.03M represent approximately 0.0025% of HOOD's $82.3B market capitalization

dilution

Risk Factors

  • CFO sale, while small on its own, could precede a broader wave of insider selling ahead of a market event
  • No recent 10-K/10-Q or earnings filing context — the cluster provides no fundamental insight into HOOD's business trajectory

Market Snapshot

Exchange
Nasdaq
Sector
Security Brokers, Dealers & Flotation Companies
Analyst Consensus
82% bullish (34 analysts)

Investment Themes

Fintech & Payments

Documents Analyzed

This report is based on 1 SEC document filed with EDGAR.

DocumentAccession Number
CLUSTER Data (Synthetic)cluster-HOOD-1787198868736
30 reports for HOOD
Performance horizon
86% Hit rate 6 of 7 directional calls best @ T+60▲ +44.42%Jun 9, 2026
Filters
Rows
Reports for HOOD — sortable, filterable
TypeNow
Sep 14, 2026
17d ago
Insider Cluster
NEUTRAL ★ 3/10
$110.45 $124.25▲ +12.49%▲ +10.37%$115.85 (+4.88%)
Sep 10, 2026
21d ago
Insider Cluster
NEUTRAL ★ 3/10
$112.57 $119.82▲ +6.44%▲ +6.66%$115.85 (+2.91%)
Sep 10, 2026
21d ago
Press Release
BEARISH ★ 6/10
$112.57 $119.82▼ −6.44%▼ −6.66%$115.85 (−2.91%)
Sep 4, 2026
28d ago
Insider Cluster
NEUTRAL ★ 2/10
$122.11 $114.33▼ −6.37%▼ −5.16%$115.85 (−5.13%)
Aug 19, 2026
6w ago
Insider Cluster
NEUTRAL ★ 2/10
$95.77 $108.54▲ +13.33%▲ +13.72%$115.85 (+20.96%)
Aug 13, 2026
7w ago
Press Release
NEUTRAL ★ 4/10
$99.37 $95.10▼ −4.30%▼ −2.33%$115.85 (+16.58%)
Aug 3, 2026
8w ago
Press Release
BULLISH ★ 5/10
$90.34 $94.52▲ +4.63%▲ +2.60%$115.85 (+28.23%)
Jul 19, 2026
10w ago
Court Ruling
NEUTRAL ★ 5/10
$99.28 $94.91▼ −4.40%▼ −3.98%$115.85 (+16.69%)
Jul 8, 2026
12w ago
Insider Cluster
BEARISH ★ 5/10
$113.53 $113.45▲ +0.07%▲ +0.93%$115.85 (−2.04%)
Jul 7, 2026
12w ago
Insider Cluster
NEUTRAL ★ 2/10
$113.53 $113.45▼ −0.07%▼ −0.93%$115.85 (+2.04%)
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Report published Aug 20, 2026