Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS, AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

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Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS, AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

Market Information for Common Stock

Our Class A common stock has been listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “HOOD” since July 29, 2021. Prior to that time, there was no public market for our stock.

Our Class B and Class C common stock are not listed on any stock exchange nor traded on any public market.

Holders of Record

As of February 11, 2026, there were 89 stockholders of record of our Class A common stock. Because many of our shares of Class A common stock are held by brokers and other institutions on behalf of stockholders, we are unable to estimate the total number of stockholders represented by these record holders. As of February 11, 2026, there were nine stockholders of record of our Class B common stock and zero stockholders of record of our Class C common stock.

Dividend Policy

We have never declared or paid cash dividends on our capital stock. We intend to retain all available funds and future earnings, if any, to fund the development and expansion of our business, and we do not anticipate declaring or paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Any future determination regarding the declaration and payment of dividends, if any, will be at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend on then-existing conditions, including our financial condition, results of operations, contractual restrictions, capital requirements, business prospects, and other factors our board of directors may deem relevant. In addition, the terms of our current credit facilities contain restrictions on our ability to pay cash dividends.

Sales of Unregistered Securities

On February 26, 2025, the Company completed the acquisition of TradePMR. The acquisition date fair value of the consideration transferred for TradePMR was approximately $175 million following customary purchase price adjustments and was entirely paid in cash. The post-close compensation consisted of 2,049,711 unvested shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, valued at approximately $100 million as of the closing date of the acquisition, which will vest over a four-year period post-acquisition, subject to the terms of a vesting agreement, in a transaction exempt from registration pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. Refer to Note 3 - Business Combinations to our consolidated financial statements in this Annual Report for more information on this transaction.

Other than the above, from January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025 the Company did not sell any shares of Class A common stock (or other equity securities of RHM) that were not registered under the Securities Act.

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

The following table presents repurchases of shares of our Class A common stock during the three months ended December 31, 2025:

PeriodTotal Number of Shares PurchasedAverage Price Paid per Share (1)Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs (2)Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs (2)
(in millions)
October 1, 2025 - October 31, 202569,694$140.2369,694$680
November 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025671,947$117.28671,947$601
December 1, 2025 - December 31, 202589,988$123.3789,988$590
Total831,629$119.86831,629$590

(1) The average cost per share excludes the 1% excise tax on net share repurchase and commissions.

(2) On May 28, 2024, we announced that the board of directors approved the Repurchase Program authorizing the Company to repurchase up to $1 billion of its outstanding Class A common stock. On April 30, 2025, we announced that the board of directors has authorized an additional $500 million, bringing the Repurchase Program authorization to a total of $1.5 billion. Repurchase transactions may be made using a variety of methods, such as open market share repurchases, including the use of trading plans intended to qualify under Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act, or other financial arrangements or transactions. The Repurchase Program does not obligate us to acquire any particular amount of Class A common stock and the Repurchase Program may be suspended or discontinued at any time at our discretion. Refer to Note 12 - Common Stock and Stockholders’ Equity of our consolidated financial statements in this Annual Report for more information about the Repurchase Program.

Stock Performance Graph

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This performance graph shall not be deemed “soliciting material” or to be “filed” with the SEC, for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section, and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any of our filings under the Securities Act.

The graph above compares the cumulative total stockholder return on our Class A common stock with the cumulative total return of the KBW NASDAQ Financial Technology Index and the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. The graph assumes (i) that $100 was invested at the market close on July 29, 2021, the date that our Class A common stock commenced trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, in each of our Class A common stock, the KBW NASDAQ Financial Technology Index, and the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index and (ii) reinvestment of gross dividends. The graph uses the closing market price on July 29, 2021 of $34.82 per share as the initial value of our Class A common stock. The stock price performance shown in the graph represents past performance and should not be considered an indication of future stock price performance.

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