Robinhood is the top performing brokerage stock YTD

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The S&P 500 financials sector has largely kept pace with the broader market in 2025, rising about +14% year to date.

Financials rank as the fourth-best performing sector in the S&P 500 (SP500 [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/SP500#hasComeFromMpArticle=false#source=section%3Amain_content%7Cbutton%3Abody_link%7Cfirst_level_url%3Anews]).

As we look at the sub-sectors within the broader financial sector, below is a list of the top 10 investment banking and brokerage stocks, ranked by their YTD performance. The list includes SA Quant Rating.

Robinhood Markets (HOOD [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/HOOD]) leads the list with an impressive YTD performance of +228.42%. Futu Holdings (FUTU [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/FUTU]) and Goldman Sachs (GS [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/GS]) follow in second and third place, with YTD performances of +106.89% and +57%, respectively. Interactive Brokers Group (IBKR [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/IBKR]) and StoneX Group (SNEX [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/SNEX]) round out the top five.

Notably, Futu Holdings (FUTU [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/FUTU]), Interactive Brokers Group (IBKR [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/IBKR]), and Nomura (NMR [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/NMR]) all carry a “Strong Buy” Quant Rating. Morgan Stanley (MS [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/MS]), Charles Schwab (SCHW [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/SCHW]), XP (XP [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/XP]), and Evercore (EVR [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/EVR]) complete the rest of the top ten performers.

Here is the list:

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Robinhood Markets (HOOD [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/HOOD]), YTD perf: +228.42%, Quant Rating: Hold (3.47)

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Futu Holdings (FUTU [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/FUTU]), YTD perf: +106.89%, Quant Rating: Strong Buy (4.76)

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Goldman Sachs (GS [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/GS]), YTD perf: +57.00%, Quant Rating: Hold (3.45)

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Interactive Brokers (IBKR [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/IBKR]), YTD perf: +48.97%, Quant Rating: Strong Buy (4.64)

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StoneX Group (SNEX [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/SNEX]), YTD perf: +47.93%, Quant Rating: Hold (3.40)

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Nomura Holdings (NMR [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/NMR]), YTD perf: +43.35%, Quant Rating: Strong Buy (4.66)

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Morgan Stanley (MS [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/MS]), YTD perf: +42.98%, Quant Rating: Hold (3.44)

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Charles Schwab (SCHW [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/SCHW]), YTD perf: +37.02%, Quant Rating: Hold (3.41)

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XP (XP [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/XP]), YTD perf: +36.79%, Quant Rating: Hold (3.17)

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Evercore (EVR [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/EVR]), YTD perf: +26.71%, Quant Rating: Hold (3.17)

Financials ETFs: (XLF [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/XLF]), (VFH [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/VFH]), (IYF [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/IYF]), (FNCL [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/FNCL]), (IYG [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/IYG]), and (FXO [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/FXO])

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