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Robinhood Q4 net revenues up 5% QoQ; co-founders cancel $485M in RSUs; board OKs share buyback from Emergent
Robinhood Markets, Inc.
- Q4 total net revenues $380M, up 5% sequentially; net loss $166M (-$0.19 EPS).
- Co-founders Vlad Tenev and Baiju Bhatt cancelled 35.5M unvested RSUs, creating ~$485M one-time charge but reducing future quarterly SBC by up to $50M.
- Board authorized pursuing purchase of up to 55M shares from Emergent Fidelity, bought in May 2022; no guarantee.
- Full-year 2023 GAAP operating expense guidance $2.375B-$2.515B, including the $485M charge.
- Adjusted EBITDA positive $82M in Q4 vs negative prior quarters; net deposits $4.8B.