Here's Why Sales & Marketing Spend is Pivotal for Coinbase
Marketing expenses are critical to Robinhood Markets' HOOD performance, helping the platform attract and retain a broad base of retail investors in a competitive fintech landscape and supporting growth in assets under custody and transaction-based revenues. Robinhood's marketing expenses increased 57% year over year in the first quarter of 2025 and constituted 26.4% of total revenues.Sales and marketing spending is also essential to Block Inc.'s XYZ growth, fueling expansion across its broad suite of financial services and strengthening relationships in a competitive fintech landscape. For Block, S&M increased 13.6% year over year in the first quarter of 2025 and constituted 8.7% of total revenues.
Shares of COIN have gained 37.3% year to date, outperforming the industry.
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COIN trades at a price-to-earnings value ratio of 60.33, above the industry average of 19.74. But it carries a Value Score of F.
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The Zacks Consensus Estimate for COIN's second-quarter and third-quarter 2025 EPS has moved up 10.3% and 7.1%, respectively, over the past 30 days. The same for full-year 2025 and 2026 has increased 22.8% and 2.7%, respectively.
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The consensus estimate for COIN's 2025 and 2026 revenues indicates year-over-year increases. While the consensus estimate for COIN's 2025 EPS indicates a decline, the same for 2026 EPS suggests an increase. COIN stock currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
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