On Monday, Cathie Wood-led Ark Invest executed significant trades involving Teradyne Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) , Robinhood Markets Inc. (NASDAQ:HOOD), and Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG).
The Teradyne Trade
Ark Invest sold shares across ARK Innovation ETF (BATS:ARKK), ARK Autonomous Technology & Robotics ETF (BATS:ARKQ), and ARK Space & Defense Innovation ETF (BATS:ARKX). Teradyne’s stock surged by 3.52% to close at $249.53 on the same day, following a positive fourth-quarter earnings report that exceeded expectations. In the after-hours trading, the stock shot up over 19%.
The sale involved 48,865 shares from ARKK, 111,768 shares from ARKQ, and 11,980 shares from ARKX, totaling approximately $43.07 million.
Teradyne beat fourth-quarter estimates on both earnings and revenue, driven by AI-related demand, and issued a bullish outlook with first-quarter EPS and sales guidance far above expectations. Management also expects year-over-year growth across all segments in 2026, led by compute.
The Robinhood Trade
Ark Invest purchased shares of Robinhood across its ARK Blockchain & Fintech Innovation ETF (BATS:ARKF), ARK Next Generation Internet ETF (BATS:ARKW) and ARKK. Despite a 9.62% drop in Robinhood’s stock price to $89.91, Ark acquired 63,958 shares for ARKF, 235,077 shares for ARKK, and 64,282 shares for ARKW, amounting to a total investment of approximately $32.7 million.
The acquisition comes amid speculation that Robinhood could play a pivotal role in managing new investment accounts under a potential Trump administration initiative. The Trump Accounts initiative proposed $1,000 investment accounts for children born between 2025 and 2028, with funds locked until age 18 and limited to U.S. index investing.
The Alphabet Trade
Ark Invest bought shares of the Google parent. within its ARKQ and ARKX ETFs. Alphabet’s stock rose by 1.88% to close at $344.90, driven by optimism surrounding its AI and cloud services. Ark purchased 33,287 shares for ARKQ and 4,458 shares for ARKX, totaling an investment of approximately $13.02 million.
Analysts anticipate Alphabet’s upcoming earnings report to reflect strong growth, bolstered by AI advancements and advertising demand.
Other Key Trades:
- Sold 1,491,796 shares of Trade Desk Inc. from ARKK and 439,782 shares from ARKW.
- Bought 77,381 shares of ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF for ARKF and 73,433 shares for ARKW.
- Sold 79,473 shares of Global-E Online Ltd from ARKF.
- Bought 35,566 shares of Shopify Inc. for ARKF.
- Sold 29,575 shares of Roku Inc. from ARKF, 56,332 shares from ARKW and 35,087 shares from ARKK.
Benzinga Edge Stock Rankings indicate Google Class C stock has a Value in the 23rd percentile. The stock has a Momentum score in the 92nd percentile.
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This story was generated using Benzinga Neuro and edited by Shivdeep Dhaliwal
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