Robinhood shares drop after third-quarter profit miss

By Reuters News

** Shares of trading platform Robinhood Markets HOOD.O fall 8.56% to $86.47 premarket

** Co missed Wall Street’s Q3 profit estimates as slower cryptocurrency trading and higher expenses outweighed strong activity in options and prediction markets

** Co's cryptocurrency transaction revenue fell 55% year-over-year to $120 million from a year ago

** Third-quarter profit came in at 51 cents per share, short of analysts' forecast of 55 cents per share

** 27 of 33 brokerages rate the stock "buy" or higher, 5 "hold" and 1 "sell" or lower; their median PT is $134.5 - LSEG-compiled data

** As of last day's close, stock down 16.3% YTD

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