Equities Analysts Offer Predictions for Roblox Q1 Earnings

Roblox Co. (NYSE:RBLX - Free Report) - Equities research analysts at Roth Capital issued their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for Roblox in a report issued on Monday, January 27th. Roth Capital analyst E. Handler expects that the company will earn ($0.38) per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Roblox's current full-year earnings is ($1.56) per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Roblox's Q2 2025 earnings at ($0.31) EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at ($0.37) EPS and Q4 2025 earnings at ($0.36) EPS.

Roblox (NYSE:RBLX - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Thursday, October 31st. The company reported ($0.37) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating 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 firm had revenue of $919.00 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.02 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned ($0.45) EPS. The firm's revenue was up 9.5% on a year-over-year basis.

Other equities analysts have also issued reports about the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on shares of Roblox from $62.00 to $72.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Friday, January 10th. Wedbush restated an "outperform" rating and set a $49.00 target price on shares of Roblox in a research report on Friday, October 25th. Barclays increased their price target on Roblox from $40.00 to $50.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Friday, November 1st. Canaccord Genuity Group boosted their price objective on Roblox from $50.00 to $60.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Friday, November 1st. Finally, Macquarie lifted their price target on Roblox from $50.00 to $58.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Friday, November 1st. Seven research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, sixteen have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $59.14.

Roblox Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE:RBLX traded up $1.36 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $69.79. The stock had a trading volume of 2,523,937 shares, compared to its average volume of 5,987,267. The company has a quick ratio of 0.98, a current ratio of 0.98 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.64. Roblox has a 12-month low of $29.55 and a 12-month high of $69.96. The stock has a market capitalization of $42.40 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -42.51 and a beta of 1.43. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $59.09 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $49.06.

Institutional Trading of Roblox

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in RBLX. Toronto Dominion Bank increased its holdings in Roblox by 34.3% during the 3rd quarter. Toronto Dominion Bank now owns 60,092 shares of the company's stock worth $2,660,000 after purchasing an additional 15,333 shares during the period. Entropy Technologies LP increased its stake in shares of Roblox by 168.4% during the third quarter. Entropy Technologies LP now owns 99,649 shares of the company's stock worth $4,410,000 after buying an additional 62,521 shares during the period. Benjamin Edwards Inc. raised its holdings in Roblox by 12,971.4% in the third quarter. Benjamin Edwards Inc. now owns 52,024 shares of the company's stock valued at $2,302,000 after acquiring an additional 51,626 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp lifted its stake in Roblox by 2.3% in the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 10,855,890 shares of the company's stock worth $480,482,000 after acquiring an additional 240,565 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Friedenthal Financial acquired a new position in Roblox during the 4th quarter worth approximately $763,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 94.46% of the company's stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Roblox news, insider Mark Reinstra sold 16,480 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Wednesday, November 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $51.43, for a total transaction of $847,566.40. Following the transaction, the insider now directly owns 278,161 shares in the company, valued at $14,305,820.23. This represents a 5.59 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, insider Manuel Bronstein sold 37,846 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Monday, November 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $52.03, for a total value of $1,969,127.38. Following the completion of the sale, 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 disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 1,417,812 shares of company stock valued at $80,070,173. Insiders own 22.15% of the company's stock.

About Roblox

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.