What is Roth Capital’s Forecast for Roblox Q1 Earnings?

Roblox Co. (NYSE:RBLX) – Analysts at Roth Capital issued their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for Roblox in a research report issued to clients and investors 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.

Several other analysts also recently weighed in on the stock. Macquarie lifted their price target on shares of Roblox from $50.00 to $58.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, November 1st. The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their target price on Roblox from $45.00 to $55.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, November 1st. Wells Fargo & Company increased their price target on Roblox from $58.00 to $76.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 16th. Raymond James restated a “strong-buy” rating and issued a $60.00 price objective on shares of Roblox in a report on Friday, November 22nd. Finally, Wedbush reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $49.00 target price on shares of Roblox in a report on Friday, October 25th. Seven research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, sixteen have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $59.14.

Roblox Trading Up 1.9 %

Shares of RBLX opened at $68.46 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.64, a current ratio of 0.98 and a quick ratio of 0.98. The firm has a market capitalization of $41.59 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -41.74 and a beta of 1.43. The company has a 50-day moving average of $59.09 and a 200 day moving average of $49.06. Roblox has a 1-year low of $29.55 and a 1-year high of $69.12.

Roblox (NYSE:RBLX) last released 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. The business had revenue of $919.00 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.02 billion. Roblox had a negative return on equity of 986.36% and a negative net margin of 30.90%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 9.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned ($0.45) earnings per share.

Insider Transactions at Roblox

In other Roblox news, CEO David Baszucki sold 333,334 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, December 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $57.31, for a total transaction of $19,103,371.54. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 129,295 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,409,896.45. This trade represents a 72.05 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, Director Anthony P. Lee sold 200,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, October 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of $50.33, for a total transaction of $10,066,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 4,707,579 shares in the company, valued at $236,932,451.07. This trade represents a 4.08 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 1,417,812 shares of company stock worth $80,070,173. Company insiders own 22.15% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Roblox

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