In summary, the potential rebound in Roblox's share price will be driven by an acceleration of bookings growth, further progress in aging up, and foreign markets expansion. But the extent of Roblox's stock price rebound might not be as significant as investors would have hoped for, which I discuss in the next section.
Additionally, the Roblox stock price has retreated as the earlier excitement about the metaverse evaporates. Indeed, the most metaverse cryptocurrencies like Axie Infinity, Decentraland, and The Sandbox have all crashed by more than 60% from their highest levels on record.
Roblox has been the subject of 8 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock. Roblox has received 33 “outperform” votes. (Add your “outperform” vote.) Roblox has received 11 “underperform” votes. (Add your “underperform” vote.) Roblox has received 75.00% “outperform” votes from our community.
Wall Street expects Roblox to turn profitable this year as it gradually narrows its losses, then grow its earnings 3% in fiscal 2022. But that outlook could still be too optimistic, since it could be tough for Roblox to reduce the exchange rate for its developer exchange fees without alienating developers.
Their forecasts range from $78.00 to $103.00. On average, they anticipate Roblox's stock price to reach $86.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 7.0%. View analysts' price targets for Roblox or view top-rated stocks among Wall Street analysts.
NYSE: RBLX Management had earlier noted that it expected the declines could reverse in the middle of 2022. If Roblox updates investors and informs them that trends have turned upward, it could be an excellent time to buy the stock.
Why Did Roblox Stock Drop? Besides the steep deceleration in bookings growth, RBLX stock dropped also due to declining usage. Hours engaged increased 28% year over year but declined sequentially.
The company is a great buy as young gamers spend more time on the platform. But even after falling from the $141.60 high set in November 2021, the stock could get cheaper. The market will remain irrational longer than some will expect. Stockholders will need to wait out the storm and keep their long position in Roblox.
Roblox has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.31, and is based on 7 buy ratings, 7 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.
In the first quarter of 2022, gaming company Roblox Corporation reported a consolidated net loss of over 162 million U.S. dollars.
Roblox Stock Crashes 25% After Lackluster Earnings.
For 2022, revenues are expected to be in the range of $203 million to $207 million per month. Using an estimated revenue run rate of $200 million per month, the full year forecast is $2.4 billion. This implies a growth rate of 26% from 2021. Another, positive factor is its ability to generate positive free cash flow.
Roblox finished 2021 with $1.9 billion in revenue, a terrific 108% jump over the prior year. The company also reported a 40% year-over-year increase in daily active users (DAUs) to 45.5 million. User engagement was also strong, as evident from a 35% year-over-year increase in hours engaged to 41.4 billion.
Zacks' proprietary data indicates that Roblox Corporation is currently rated as a Zacks Rank 3 and we are expecting an inline return from the RBLX shares relative to the market in the next few months.
The 16 analysts offering 12-month price forecasts for Roblox Corp have a median target of 37.00, with a high estimate of 61.00 and a low estimate of 21.00. The median estimate represents a +39.78% increase from the last price of 26.47.
Stock Price TargetHigh$61.00Low$21.00Average$37.63Current Price$27.76
Today at 3pm, internet search giant Google announced its aquistion of startup game studio Roblox for a purchase price of 380 million dollars. Roblox is an online building game for kids.
16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Roblox in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 6 hold ratin...
16 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Roblox's shares. Their forecasts range from $21.00 to $125.00. On average, they...
Roblox's stock was trading at $103.16 at the beginning of the year. Since then, RBLX stock has decreased by 73.1% and is now trading at $27.76. Vi...
Roblox is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, August 15th 2022. View our earnings forecast for Roblox .
Roblox Co. (NYSE:RBLX) released its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 10th. The company reported ($0.27) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' con...
Roblox's management team includes the following people: Mr. David Baszucki , Founder, Pres, CEO & Chairman (Age 57, Pay $601.39k) ( LinkedIn Pro...
144 employees have rated Roblox CEO David Baszucki on Glassdoor.com . David Baszucki has an approval rating of 98% among Roblox's employees. This...
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(RBLX) raised $0 in an IPO on Wednesday, March 10th 2021. The company issued 198,900,000 shares at $0.00 per share. Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanle...
The Roblox chart shows the stock has been on a sharp downtrend since it hit its November all-time high despite nailing the market’s estimates for the firm’s revenues for the third quarter of the 2021 fiscal year.
Other companies aside from Roblox have dipped their toes into the metaverse industry including the social-media giant Facebook Inc., which was rebranded as Meta Platforms .
Roblox reported its financial results covering the third quarter of its 2021 fiscal year in November last year.
According to data compiled by MarketBeat as of 10 January, the consensus recommendation for Roblox was bullish with a total of 11 out of 14 analysts covering the stock rating it as ‘buy’. The two analysts gave RBLX a ‘hold’ rating, while another one rated it as ‘sell’.
Commenting on Roblox stock future, Mikhail Karkhalev, an analyst at Capital.com, said:
Roblox's lock-up period expires on Monday, September 6th. Roblox had issued 198,917,280 shares in its public offering on March 10th. The total size of the offering was $8,951,277,600 based on an initial share price of $45.00.
Roblox Corporation develops and operates an online entertainment platform. It offers Roblox Client, an application that allows users to explore 3D digital worlds; and Roblox Studio, a toolset that allows developers and creators to build, publish, and operate 3D experiences and other content. The company also provides Roblox Cloud, a solution that provides services and infrastructure to power the human co-experience platform. It serves customers in the United States, Canada, Europe, the Asia-Pacific, and internationally. Roblox Corporation was incorporated in 2004 and is based in San Mateo, California.
Roblox trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "RBLX."
Roblox does not currently pay a dividend.
Players buy Robux to pay creators, who can then covert the currency back to U.S. dollars at a set exchange rate. This self-sufficient cycle differentiates Roblox from professional game development engines like Unity Software, and shares more qualities with Microsoft 's Minecraft.
Data source: Roblox. YOY = Year over year.
However, Roblox's overwhelming dependence on tween users is still risky. It must constantly refine its safety measures to protect those users from online predators, and some of those players might eventually move on to other games as they grow older. Its content creators could also graduate to more complex game engines like Unity, or simply quit if Roblox reduces Robux's real-world value.
A self-sufficient gaming platform for tweens. Roblox lets people create video games with a simple block-based system. The simplicity of its platform, which doesn't require any coding experience, drives its growth among tween users. More than half of its daily active users (DAUs) are currently under the age of 13.
Roblox's creators can share their games with other users, promote them on streaming platforms like Amazon 's Twitch, and monetize them with in-game features or cosmetic upgrades for avatars. Roblox enables these transactions with an in-game currency called Robux.
Wall Street expects Roblox to turn profitable this year as it gradually narrows its losses, then grow its earnings 3% in fiscal 2022. But that outlook could still be too optimistic, since it could be tough for Roblox to reduce the exchange rate for its developer exchange fees without alienating developers.
Shares of Roblox ( RBLX -8.68% ) were down 18.4% week to date through Thursday's close, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. In its latest fourth-quarter report, the gaming platform posted decelerating growth in key operating metrics and issued a weak outlook for the year ahead.
The more important metric that analysts watch is bookings, a non-GAAP (adjusted) measure of revenue. Growth in this metric has decelerated significantly over the last four quarters, from 161% in the year-ago quarter to just 20% in the fourth quarter.
These are likely just near-term speed bumps, as Roblox laps spikes in demand a year ago. While bookings growth is slowing, it's important to remember that time spent on the platform is still above 10 billion hours, which is close to record highs for the company. Overall, the collapse in the share price can be blamed on valuation concerns.