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Short Report on Roblox Stock

Roblox logged a -2.2% change during today's morning session, and is now trading at a price of $64.8 per share.

Roblox returned gains of 51.5% last year, with its stock price reaching a high of $75.74 and a low of $29.55. Over the same period, the stock outperformed the S&P 500 index by 31.5%. More recently, the company's 50-day average price was $61.52. Roblox Corporation develops and operates an online entertainment platform in the United States and internationally. Based in San Mateo, CA, the Large-Cap Technology company has 2,457 full time employees. Roblox has not offered a dividend during the last year.

Increasing Revenues but Narrowing Margins:

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Revenue (M) $508 $924 $1,919 $2,225 $2,799
Operating Margins -15% -28% -26% -42% -45%
Net Margins -14% -27% -26% -42% -41%
Net Income (M) -$71 -$253 -$492 -$924 -$1,152
Diluted Shares (M) 163 182 506 596 616
Earnings Per Share -$0.44 -$1.39 -$0.97 -$1.55 -$1.87
EPS Growth n/a -215.91% 30.22% -59.79% -20.65%
Free Cash Flow (M) $16 $420 $566 -$57 $138
CAPEX (M) $83 $104 $93 $426 $321
Current Ratio nan 1.16 1.73 1.55 1.07

Roblox does not have a meaningful trailing P/E ratio since its earnings per share are negative. Its forward EPS guidance is negative too, at $-1.39. The average P/E ratio for the Technology sector is 30.01. Furthermore, Roblox is likely overvalued compared to the book value of its equity, since its P/B ratio of 224.22 is higher than the sector average of 3.91.

There's an Analyst Consensus of Some Upside Potential for Roblox:

The 31 analysts following Roblox have set target prices ranging from $30.0 to $83.0 per share, for an average of $66.4 with a buy rating. The company is trading -2.4% away from its average target price, indicating that there is an analyst consensus of some upside potential.

Roblox has an average amount of shares sold short because 5.3% of the company's shares are sold short. Institutions own 75.4% of the company's shares, and the insider ownership rate stands at 5.99%, suggesting a large amount of insider shareholders. The largest shareholder is Vanguard Group Inc, whose 9% stake in the company is worth $3,419,965,507.

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