Elevated Provision Expense and Credit Quality in Franchise and Small Business Portfolios
Third consecutive quarter of increased provision expense and nonperforming loans, particularly in franchise finance and small business lending portfolios.
Overall industry nonperforming loan ratio remains at 1%, with delinquencies improving to 62 basis points, a 15 basis point decline.
Franchise finance loans moved to nonperforming status totaling $12.6 million in Q2, with specific reserves of $4.5 million.
Portfolio of 633 loans, with 5% on nonaccrual, and recent success in workout strategies leading to improved recovery rates.
Significant progress in derisking the franchise portfolio, with a small pool of delinquent borrowers and slowing delinquencies, indicating potential for future improvement.
Adjusted operating expenses plus stock-based compensation increased only 6% year-over-year, leading to 56% adjusted EBITDA margins and 81% incremental adjusted EBITDA margins.
Assets under custody doubled year-over-year to more than $0.25 trillion, with average assets per funded customer surpassing $10,000 for the first time.
Bitstamp acquisition closed, adding a growing institutional business and over 600,000 international customers.
Earnings per share doubled from a year ago.
Interest-earning assets increased over 50%, driven by cash sweep, margin, and securities lending activities, with Gold cash sweep balances crossing $30 billion.
Net deposits remained strong with the third highest quarter ever, exceeding $10 billion for six consecutive quarters and continuing momentum into July with around $6 billion in net deposits.
Retirement assets exceeded $20 billion, more than doubling in the past year.
Revenue grew 45% year-over-year to nearly $1 billion in Q2 2025, driven by strong business growth and record trading volumes across equities, options, prediction markets, index options, and futures.
Robinhood Gold subscribers reached a record 3.5 million, representing 13% adoption overall and over 35% adoption among new customers in Q2.
Robinhood Strategies grew to over 100,000 funded customers and $0.5 billion in assets shortly after launch.