Roku (ROKU) Expected to Announce Quarterly Earnings on Thursday

Roku (NASDAQ:ROKU) is anticipated to release its Q1 2025 earnings data before the market opens on Thursday, April 24th. Analysts expect Roku to post earnings of ($0.27) per share and revenue of $1.01 billion for the quarter. Roku has set its Q1 2025 guidance at EPS and its FY 2025 guidance at EPS.

Roku (NASDAQ:ROKU) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 13th. The company reported ($0.24) earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.44) by $0.20. The business had revenue of $1.20 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.15 billion. Roku had a negative return on equity of 5.34% and a negative net margin of 3.15%. On average, analysts expect Roku to post $0 EPS for the current fiscal year and $1 EPS for the next fiscal year.

Roku Stock Up 1.2 %

Shares of NASDAQ:ROKU opened at $59.17 on Tuesday. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $73.56 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $75.92. Roku has a twelve month low of $48.33 and a twelve month high of $104.96. The firm has a market capitalization of $8.64 billion, a PE ratio of -66.48 and a beta of 2.17.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research firms recently issued reports on ROKU. JMP Securities lifted their price objective on Roku from $95.00 to $115.00 and gave the company a “market outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, February 14th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on shares of Roku from $92.00 to $115.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, February 14th. Jefferies Financial Group raised shares of Roku from an “underperform” rating to a “hold” rating and increased their price target for the stock from $55.00 to $100.00 in a report on Thursday, February 20th. Moffett Nathanson upgraded shares of Roku from a “sell” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $70.00 target price for the company in a research report on Tuesday, March 4th. Finally, Benchmark restated a “buy” rating and set a $130.00 price target on shares of Roku in a research report on Monday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have assigned a hold rating, eighteen have issued a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $94.11.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Roku news, CEO Anthony J. Wood sold 4,600 shares of Roku stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $75.00, for a total transaction of $345,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 6,243 shares in the company, valued at approximately $468,225. The trade was a 42.42 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CAO Matthew C. Banks sold 1,906 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $80.36, for a total value of $153,166.16. Following the transaction, the chief accounting officer now owns 7,256 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $583,092.16. The trade was a 20.80 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 71,905 shares of company stock worth $6,560,876. 13.98% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Roku Company Profile

Roku, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, operates a TV streaming platform in the United states and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Platform and Devices. Its streaming platform allows users to find and access TV shows, movies, news, sports, and others. The Platform segment offers digital advertising, including direct and programmatic video advertising, media and entertainment promotional spending, and related services; and streaming services distribution, such as subscription and transaction revenue shares, and sale of premium subscriptions and branded app buttons on remote controls.