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Retail investors talked up five hot stocks this week (March 23 to March 27) on X and Reddit’s r/WallStreetBets, driven by retail hype, Iran war, earnings, AI buzz, and corporate news flow.
Robinhood Markets Inc. (NASDAQ:HOOD), Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX), Arm Holdings PLC ADR (NASDAQ:ARM), Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META), and GameStop Corp. (NYSE:GME), spanning investing, crypto, streaming, semiconductors, social media, and gaming, reflected diverse investor interests.
Robinhood Markets
- HOOD’s board authorized a new $1.5 billion share repurchase program, replacing the prior one and adding over $1.1 billion in capacity, to be executed over roughly three years this week. This signaled management confidence amid 37% year-to-date stock slump despite strong 2025 revenue and crypto growth. The announcement was paired with a new $3.25 billion revolving credit facility led by JPMorgan.
- Some retail investors were looking for an entry point below the price of $69 per share.
- The stock had a 52-week range of $29.66 to $153.86, trading around $69 to $72 per share, as of the publication of this article. It rose 57.28% over the year, fell by 42.23% and 37.90% over the last six months and year-to-date, respectively.
- HOOD had a weaker price trend in the short, medium, and long term, with a solid growth ranking, as per Benzinga’s Edge Stock Rankings.
Netflix
- NFLX announced this week that it is again raising prices across all its streaming plans. The monthly rates will climb by at least $1, citing expanding investments in original programming and live events. Political figures like Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) criticized Netflix Inc.‘s (NASDAQ:NFLX) latest price increase, saying that the hike was followed by receiving a “$2.8 BILLION payout …
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