Wedbush Research Analysts Lift Earnings Estimates for Roblox

Roblox Co. (NYSE:RBLX) – Stock analysts at Wedbush lifted their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Roblox in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday, February 4th. Wedbush analyst M. Pachter now expects that the company will post earnings of ($0.43) per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of ($0.45). Wedbush has a “Outperform” rating and a $83.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Roblox’s current full-year earnings is ($1.56) per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for Roblox’s Q2 2025 earnings at ($0.28) EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at ($0.39) EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at ($0.54) EPS, FY2025 earnings at ($1.65) EPS and FY2026 earnings at ($1.61) EPS.

RBLX has been the subject of a number of other research reports. CICC Research started coverage on Roblox in a report on Tuesday, January 14th. They set an “outperform” rating for the company. Citigroup boosted their target price on Roblox from $63.00 to $82.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, February 3rd. Morgan Stanley boosted their target price on Roblox from $65.00 to $75.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, January 13th. Canaccord Genuity Group boosted their target price on Roblox from $50.00 to $60.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, November 1st. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their target price on Roblox from $62.00 to $72.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, January 10th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have assigned a hold rating, sixteen have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $64.19.

Roblox Stock Down 1.1 %

RBLX opened at $66.41 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.64, a current ratio of 0.98 and a quick ratio of 0.98. Roblox has a 12 month low of $29.55 and a 12 month high of $75.74. The stock has a market capitalization of $40.34 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -40.49 and a beta of 1.46. The business has a 50-day moving average of $62.47 and a two-hundred day moving average of $50.62.

Roblox (NYSE:RBLX) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 6th. The company reported ($0.33) EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.46) by $0.13. Roblox had a negative return on equity of 986.36% and a negative net margin of 30.90%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Simon Quick Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Roblox by 4.6% in the fourth quarter. Simon Quick Advisors LLC now owns 4,915 shares of the company’s stock worth $284,000 after purchasing an additional 217 shares in the last quarter. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust grew its stake in shares of Roblox by 44.5% in the fourth quarter. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust now owns 747 shares of the company’s stock worth $43,000 after purchasing an additional 230 shares in the last quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc grew its stake in shares of Roblox by 83.9% in the fourth quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc now owns 524 shares of the company’s stock worth $30,000 after purchasing an additional 239 shares in the last quarter. Impact Partnership Wealth LLC boosted its stake in Roblox by 3.8% during the third quarter. Impact Partnership Wealth LLC now owns 6,730 shares of the company’s stock valued at $298,000 after buying an additional 245 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Yousif Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in Roblox by 3.8% during the fourth quarter. Yousif Capital Management LLC now owns 6,672 shares of the company’s stock valued at $386,000 after buying an additional 245 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 94.46% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Roblox news, Director Anthony P. Lee sold 25,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, November 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $52.34, for a total value of $1,308,500.00. Following the sale, the director now directly owns 5,731,695 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $299,996,916.30. This trade represents a 0.43 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, CAO Amy Marie Rawlings sold 6,054 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, November 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $51.43, for a total value of $311,357.22. Following the completion of the sale, the chief accounting officer now directly owns 85,008 shares in the company, valued at $4,371,961.44. This represents a 6.65 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 1,306,335 shares of company stock valued at $77,348,316 over the last three months. Company 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.