Roth Capital Forecasts Roblox’s FY2025 Earnings (NYSE:RBLX)

Roblox Co. (NYSE:RBLX) – Research analysts at Roth Capital raised their FY2025 earnings estimates for shares of Roblox in a research report issued on Monday, January 27th. Roth Capital analyst E. Handler now anticipates that the company will post earnings of ($1.42) per share for the year, up from their previous forecast of ($1.46). The consensus estimate for Roblox’s current full-year earnings is ($1.56) per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Roblox’s FY2026 earnings at ($1.55) EPS and FY2027 earnings at ($1.37) EPS.

Roblox (NYSE:RBLX) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, October 31st. The company reported ($0.37) earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.39) by $0.02. Roblox had a negative return on equity of 986.36% and a negative net margin of 30.90%. The company had revenue of $919.00 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.02 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted ($0.45) EPS. The business’s revenue was up 9.5% compared to the same quarter last year.

Other equities research analysts also recently issued research reports about the stock. Benchmark boosted their target price on shares of Roblox from $44.00 to $60.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, November 1st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on shares of Roblox from $62.00 to $72.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, January 10th. CICC Research assumed coverage on Roblox in a report on Tuesday, January 14th. They set an “outperform” rating on the stock. The Goldman Sachs Group increased their price target on Roblox from $45.00 to $55.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, November 1st. Finally, Citigroup upped their price target on Roblox from $53.00 to $63.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 5th. Seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, sixteen have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Roblox presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $59.14.

Roblox Trading Up 2.3 %

Shares of NYSE:RBLX opened at $70.00 on Wednesday. The company has a market cap of $42.53 billion, a P/E ratio of -42.68 and a beta of 1.43. Roblox has a 52-week low of $29.55 and a 52-week high of $70.68. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $59.46 and its 200-day moving average is $49.21. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.64, a quick ratio of 0.98 and a current ratio of 0.98.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Roblox

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in RBLX. Versant Capital Management Inc grew its holdings in shares of Roblox by 83.9% during the fourth quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc now owns 524 shares of the company’s stock worth $30,000 after buying an additional 239 shares during the last quarter. V Square Quantitative Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Roblox in the third quarter valued at $27,000. Frazier Financial Advisors LLC raised its stake in Roblox by 20,800.0% during the third quarter. Frazier Financial Advisors LLC now owns 627 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,000 after purchasing an additional 624 shares during the period. GAMMA Investing LLC increased its position in Roblox by 132.8% during the 3rd quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 929 shares of the company’s stock worth $41,000 after purchasing an additional 530 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Huntington National Bank lifted its stake in shares of Roblox by 277.0% during the third quarter. Huntington National Bank now owns 1,048 shares of the company’s stock worth $46,000 after purchasing an additional 770 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 94.46% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, insider Manuel Bronstein sold 37,846 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $52.03, for a total transaction of $1,969,127.38. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now owns 674,259 shares in the company, valued at $35,081,695.77. This represents a 5.31 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CAO Amy Marie Rawlings sold 3,601 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $49.32, for a total transaction of $177,601.32. Following the transaction, the chief accounting officer now owns 81,407 shares in the company, valued at $4,014,993.24. The trade was a 4.24 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 1,207,812 shares of company stock worth $69,509,773 in the last three months. Corporate insiders own 22.15% of the company’s stock.

Roblox Company Profile

Roblox Corporation develops and operates an online entertainment platform in the United States and internationally. It offers Roblox Studio, a free toolset that allows developers and creators to build, publish, and operate 3D experiences, and other content; Roblox Client, an application that allows users to explore 3D experience; and Roblox Cloud, which provides services and infrastructure that power the platform.