Webull Is Having a Monster Quarter. Is BULL Stock Still a Buy?

Webull just posted its strongest quarter ever as a public company, fueled by a regulatory change that permanently rewired how millions of traders operate. The real question is whether the stock already drank all the good news before you got…

Published August 21, 2026, 2:00pm ET · 3 min read

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Webull just delivered its best quarter as a public company, and the debate now is whether the operating leverage on display justifies chasing the recent rally. My model says the market has already caught up.

Our 24/7 Wall St. price target for Webull (NASDAQ: BULL | BULL Price Prediction) is $9.03 over the next 12 months, implying roughly 1% upside from $8.97. The recommendation is hold at a 90% confidence level. Webull is a fundamentally better business than it was a year ago, but the stock has already priced in most of the near-term good news.

An infographic titled 'Webull BULL (NASDAQ) 12-Month Price Prediction'. It displays the current price of $8.97, a target price of $9.03 (+1.03%), and a 'HOLD' recommendation with 90% confidence. Sections detail 'How We Got There' with trailing P/E-Based Price: $111.75+, Forward P/E-Based Price: $3.61, Analyst Consensus: $12.33, and Weighted Base Price: $7.29. 'Our Adjustments' are shown with bar charts for Sector Momentum (+15%), Analyst Consensus (+6%), Earnings Growth (-3%), and Volatility (+0.9%), leading to a Final Target of $9.03. 'What Could Go Right' (Bull Case) lists sustained trading volume, international expansion, and Vega AI user growth, with a target of $17.64. 'What Could Go Wrong' (Bear Case) lists PFOF regulatory risk, rising contra revenue, and China connection inquiries, with a target of $7.54. The bottom line reiterates 'HOLD' at $9.03 (+1.03%) because 'Stock has priced in most of the near-term good news; valuation is stretched.'
24/7 Wall St.

24/7 Wall St. Price Target Summary

Metric Value
Current Price $8.97
24/7 Wall St. Price Target $9.03
Upside 1.03%
Recommendation HOLD
Confidence Level 90%
BULL price target

PDT Repeal Powered a Record Quarter

BULL is up 12.65% over the past week and 11.2% year to date, though shares are still down 42.13% over the past year and sit well below the $16.04 52-week high. Q2 revenue hit $198.83 million, up 51.21% year over year, with GAAP EPS of $0.04 versus a $0.025 estimate.

CEO Anthony Denier called the June 4th elimination of the Pattern Day Trader Rule the “defining event for the quarter.” DARTs hit a record 1.6 million, options volume reached 213 million contracts, and customer assets grew 79% to $28.5 billion. Adjusted operating margin reached 31.5%. New AI trading tools announced this week added fresh momentum to the shares.

Why Bulls See a Breakout Ahead

The bull case rests on durability. Management said August activity is “even stronger than July,” suggesting PDT repeal is a durable, permanent step-change in engagement. Vega AI now has 480,000 active users, international funded accounts reached 810,000, and the pending Pi Securities acquisition in Thailand adds regional scale.

Northland Securities reaffirmed a Buy rating in July, and the current analyst consensus target sits at $12.33 with 3 Buy ratings and zero Sells. Our own bull-case scenario projects $17.64 within 12 months if operating leverage continues to compound.

BULL analyst ratings
BULL price scenario

What Could Go Wrong

Order flow rebates delivered $112.96 million in Q2, meaning any PFOF regulation reshapes the model overnight. Contra revenue also jumped to $12.4 million from $5.1 million, and government inquiries into China connections remain unresolved.

Bulls will argue the higher promotional spend is deliberate investment in international growth that is already showing returns. Our bear scenario lands at $7.54.

How Webull Compares to Robinhood and Interactive Brokers

Robinhood (NASDAQ: HOOD) is the closest direct competitor for active US retail traders. HOOD posted Q2 EPS of $0.62 on $1.31 billion of revenue and carries a $75.3 billion market cap. Webull’s $4.02 billion valuation looks modest by contrast, but HOOD is meaningfully more profitable per dollar of revenue, which makes BULL’s forward P/E of 43x look full.

Interactive Brokers (NASDAQ: IBKR) is the profitability benchmark. IBKR runs a 77% pretax margin with 5.19 million customer accounts and $930.3 billion in customer equity. Webull’s $28.5 billion in customer assets is a fraction of that. On this peer set, our $9.03 target looks reasonable.

Webull Price Prediction 2026-2030

Our 24/7 Wall St. price target is $9.03 with a hold rating and 90% confidence. The scale-tipper is valuation: forward P/E above 40 already reflects a lot of PDT-driven optimism.

A pullback toward the $7.20 50-day moving average, or a Q3 print confirming sustained DART strength, would strengthen the bull case. Escalating PFOF regulation or continued climb in contra revenue would weaken it.

Year 24/7 Wall St. Price Target
2026 $9.03
2027 $8.99
2028 $9.36
2029 $9.69
2030 $10.05

These projections assume Webull executes on international expansion and defends US market share. A five-year bull case reaches $42.90 if operating leverage compounds; a bear case bottoms near $7.57 if PFOF economics erode.

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Vandita Jadeja

Vandita Jadeja is a financial publisher with over a decade of experience writing about financial topics, including investment, savings, retirement, insurance and banking. Vandita is a Chartered Accountant who loves to debunk financial concepts for readers.

Her work has appeared on sites that include The Motley Fool, InvestorPlace, and Benzinga. She covers investing and focuses on stock picks and price prediction for 24/7 Wall St.

When not looking for the next stock investment opportunity, she can be found traveling, reading, chasing sunsets and enjoying her iced latte.

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