Silicon Investor - Roku

[Ron] Roku is now in 100 million streaming households variety.com earnings are April ...

Ron — 4/16/2026 1:05:11 PM

Roku is now in 100 million streaming households
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earnings are April 30

[zax] Roku plans to dramatically expand its advertiser base from 200 to 100,000 compan...

zax — 9/11/2025 3:26:00 PM

Roku plans to dramatically expand its advertiser base from 200 to 100,000 companies using generative AI tools, CFO Dan Jedda told investors at recent conferences. The streaming platform, which commands over 20% of US TV viewing and reaches half of broadband households, is currently "roughly half sold out" on ad inventory. Jedda said small businesses can create commercials "within minutes" using AI tools Roku has integrated into its self-serve platform.

[StockF] Roku's performance was quite impressive from 2018 to 2021. However, bearish mark...

StockF — 4/14/2023 3:11:45 AM

Roku's performance was quite impressive from 2018 to 2021. However, bearish market affected the growth of ROKU stock.

Today Roku Inc. is one of the best digital streaming provider with more than $6 billion valuation. I believe Roku can go upto $50 billion market cap before the end of 2030.

Roku is currently undervalued and can give good returns to its long-term holders.

What's your take on ROKU stock?

[Glenn Petersen] Roku says 26% of its cash reserves are stuck in Silicon Valley Bank Published F...

Glenn Petersen — 3/10/2023 6:08:10 PM

Roku says 26% of its cash reserves are stuck in Silicon Valley Bank

Published FRI, MAR 10 20235:36 PM EST
Rohan Goswami @ROGOSWAMI
CNBC.com

KEY POINTS

-- Around $487 million, or 26%, of Roku’s cash reserves are stuck at Silicon Valley Bank, the stream said in a Friday SEC filing.

-- Shares tumbled after hours on the news, but the company believes its remaining reserves will be enough to meet its financial obligations for at least the next twelve months.

Roku has $487 million of cash and cash equivalents in uninsured deposits at failed Silicon Valley Bank, the streaming media company said in an SEC filing Friday.

About 26% of Roku’s $1.9 billion in cash was deposited with SVB, which was placed into receivership by the FDIC midday Friday.

Roku says 26% cash reserves stuck in Silicon Valley Bank (cnbc.com)

[Glenn Petersen] Roku Stock Surges After Report Of Potential Takeover By Netflix Reports suggest...

Glenn Petersen — 6/8/2022 9:59:41 AM

Roku Stock Surges After Report Of Potential Takeover By Netflix

Reports suggest employee chatter at San Jose-based has been focused on a potential takeover bid from Netflix.

MARTIN BACCARDAX
TheStreet.com
28 MINUTES AGO

Roku ( ROKU) - Get Roku Inc. Report shares surged higher Wednesday following a report that linked the streaming service hub to a potential takeover by Netflix ( NFLX) - Get Netflix Inc. Report.

Business Insider reported Wednesday that Roku has recently closed the window during which employees can sell their vested stock grants, citing people familiar with the matter, and that talk inside the San Jose, California-based group has focused on a potential takeover bid from streaming giant Netflix.

While Netflix's balance sheet may be stressed by its planned $33 billion in content spending this year, as well as its 'junk grade' credit rating, an all-stock deal with Roku could allow the group to gain access to its ad-sales platform just as Netflix looks to transition away from its subscription-only model.

D.A. Davidson analyst Tom Forte said in a recent research not that Roku has "myriad" ways in which it can help Netflix thanks in part to its ability to "enable Netflix to target advertising on Roku's platform to try to get consumers to restart the service."

"For example, it could give Netflix the opportunity to showcase the first season of one its shows on The Roku Channel as a way of inspiring consumers to subscribe to Netflix to watch the remaining seasons," Forte said. "At a high level, it could help Netflix navigate its initial foray into advertising."

Roku Stock Surges After Report of Potential Netflix Takeover - TheStreet

[Glenn Petersen] Roku’s Island in the Stream Takes on Some Water Streaming TV pioneer’s plans to...

Glenn Petersen — 2/22/2022 12:16:14 PM

Roku’s Island in the Stream Takes on Some Water

Streaming TV pioneer’s plans to raise investments to boost growth come as faltering hardware sales gives another cause for worry

By Dan Gallagher
Heard on the Street
Wall Street Journal
Updated Feb. 22, 2022 11:46 am ET

Roku ROKU +8.23% was really on fire for a couple of seasons.

Since the TV streaming pioneer’s stock hit an all-time high last July, though, the company has shed a wrenching $49 billion—three-quarters of its market value. The most recent brutal episode was a 22% plunge on Friday following the company’s fourth-quarter results. That drop put the shares back around their level from early 2020, before the pandemic sent people rushing home to their connected TVs, boosting Roku’s sales, adjusted earnings and stock price.

Roku’s last two quarterly reports have been the only times the company has missed Wall Street’s revenue projections since it went public in 2017. The most recent was the worst, with revenue of $865.3 million coming in about $20 million shy of the low end of the company’s own projected range. Roku says supply-chain disruptions have disrupted both the availability of its hardware—streaming boxes and connected TVs made by partners—as well as advertising in certain segments that are also affected by those shortages.

Those shortages aren’t expected to ease soon. Roku projected revenue growth of 25% year over year for the current quarter, which would be its slowest in nearly five years. Moreover, Roku expects to significantly increase spending this year to invest more in its business, which now includes the production of original content. As a result, the company projected adjusted pretax earnings for this year would be “roughly in line” with 2020’s level—a drop of about 70% from last year.

In a market that has turned brutal for richly valued tech companies, investing in growth over profits didn’t go down well.

“In essence, Roku is going to grow revenue at a slower than expected pace in combination with a massive ramp in expenses, into potentially a global economic slowdown with increasing levels of competition,” wrote Pivotal Research Group’s Jeff Wlodarczak, who downgraded Roku’s shares to a sell rating on Friday. Even more positive analysts were taken aback; Michael Pachter of Wedbush maintained his outperform rating but called the full-year earnings guidance “shocking” and predicted that the stock would “remain in the penalty box with investors for some time.”

Roku also has to contend with a market that has grown decidedly less friendly to streaming businesses. Netflix and Spotify both have lost more than one-third of their value just since the first of the year in part due to disappointing subscriber-growth projections. And Paramount Global —the company once known as ViacomCBS—has shed more than a fifth of its value just since its analyst meeting last week where the company sharply boosted its projected spending on streaming content for the next few years.

Roku ended 2021 with about 52% of connected TV users in the U.S. market, according to eMarketer. But competition is picking up. Roku’s share of device sales through Amazon.com, Best Buy, Target and Walmart fell by 7 percentage points in 2021 while Amazon’s share for its Fire TV products rose by 6 points, according to YipitData, which monitors streaming TV and device sales in the U.S.

And because Roku is such a sizable platform in its own right, it no longer has the benefit of being perceived as neutral ground in turf battles among much bigger tech giants; the company has lately had a few battles of its own with companies ranging from HBO Max-owner WarnerMedia and Google’s YouTube.

Such challenges come with the territory of having a commanding position in TV streaming. But growing pains were much easier to take when growth wasn’t so expensive.

Write to Dan Gallagher at dan.gallagher@wsj.com

Roku’s Island in the Stream Takes on Some Water - WSJ

[quantinvestor] Growth has been slowing for Roku as the market is becoming saturated. Looking to...

quantinvestor — 8/9/2021 12:51:14 PM

Growth has been slowing for Roku as the market is becoming saturated. Looking to take profits at current price levels. Bearish!

[Ron] Roku adds considerably more original content, mostly ad supported. Stock pulls b...

Ron — 8/9/2021 11:51:09 AM

Roku adds considerably more original content, mostly ad supported. Stock pulls back after earnings
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[zax] Roku Stock Breaks Out After Preliminary Q1 Numbers Roku, Inc. (ROKU) shares ros...

zax — 4/14/2020 5:17:07 PM

Roku Stock Breaks Out After Preliminary Q1 Numbers

Roku, Inc. (ROKU) shares rose more than 10% during Tuesday's session after preliminary first quarter numbers showed an increase in growth. Since mid-March, the stock has experienced a robust turnaround from lows of below $60.00 per share to current levels of nearly $110.00 per share.

The streaming TV provider reported an estimated 39.8 million active accounts at the end of the first quarter, representing a net increase of 3 million over the prior quarter. The company also reported a 49% year-over-year increase in streaming hours to 13.2 billion during the first quarter, although a new "Are you still watching?" feature could reduce streaming hours in future quarters.

While operational growth remains strong, Roku withdrew its previous 2020 outlook, citing uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 outbreak. The company expects some marketers to pause or reduce ad investments over the near term, resulting in a potential revenue hit. The company also drew down its credit facility to increase liquidity and ended the first quarter with an estimated $587 million in cash and equivalents.

... investopedia.com

[zax] Fox Buys Free Ad-Supported Streaming Service Tubi For $440 Million Tubi, a lea...

zax — 3/17/2020 10:22:42 PM

Fox Buys Free Ad-Supported Streaming Service Tubi For $440 Million

Tubi, a leader in the fast-growing free ad-supported streaming category, is being purchased by Fox for about $440 million. It's paying for the acquisition using cash from the sale of a minority stake in Roku. Deadline reports:

Tubi brings Fox an expanded consumer offering with a sizable, younger-skewing and directly connected user base that spends over 160 million hours per month watching content on the service. Tubi is available on more than 25 digital platforms in the U.S. with some 20,000 titles and 56,000 hours of film and episodic television programming from over 250 content partners. Fox plans to continue to run Tubi as an independent service and said it will evaluate opportunities to expand its offering -- not through original content but in a "more cost-effective manner by leveraging our expertise in national and local news and sports programming." Tubi founder and CEO Farhad Massoudi will continue to lead the service.

"Tubi will immediately expand our direct-to-consumer audience and capabilities and will provide our advertising partners with more opportunities to reach audiences at scale. Importantly, coupled with the combined power of Fox's existing networks, Tubi provides a substantial base from which we will drive long-term growth in the direct-to-consumer arena," said Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch.

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[SI Ron (Crazy Music Man)] [X] #Roku$ROKU 70.57 +10.5% Why Roku Crashed After Hours on Monday https://...

SI Ron (Crazy Music Man) — 3/17/2020 12:55:23 PM

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[JakeStraw] Roku predicts half of US homes will have cut the cord and dropped cable by 2024 ...

JakeStraw — 2/14/2020 10:16:02 AM

Roku predicts half of US homes will have cut the cord and dropped cable by 2024

The consumer shift from expensive cable TV packages to cheaper and more flexible "over-the-top" internet streaming services has been driving a wave of investment and competition in the media industry, said Roku in its Q4 2019 earnings release.
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[zax] Roku, Inc. (ROKU) 139.05 +0.76 (+0.55%) At close: 4:00PM EST 148.70 +9.65 (6.9...

zax — 2/13/2020 4:29:25 PM

Roku, Inc. (ROKU)
139.05 +0.76 (+0.55%)
At close: 4:00PM EST

148.70 +9.65 (6.94%)
After hours: 4:27PM EST

Roku holiday quarter revenue beats on new streaming platforms

finance.yahoo.com

Reuters) - Roku Inc beat Wall Street estimates for quarterly revenue on Thursday, as the video streaming device maker benefited from the launch of streaming services from Walt Disney Co and Apple Inc in the quarter, sending its shares up 10%.Total net revenue rose about 49% to $411.2 million, beating analyst's estimates of $391.6 million, according to IBES data from Refinitiv.

The company posted net loss attributable to common stockholders of $15.7 million, or 13 cents per share, in the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, compared with a profit of $6.8 million, or 5 cents per share, a year earlier.

[zax] Earnings after close! [youtube video] Needham Analysts Prefer Roku Over Netfl...

zax — 2/13/2020 12:17:54 PM

Earnings after close!

Needham Analysts Prefer Roku Over Netflix

Needham analysts on Wednesday gave an Underperform rating to Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) as they believe the demand for advertising-based video on demand (AVOD) service will far outweigh the demand for its subscription-based model.

Roku Is The Winning Aggregator

Analysts Laura Martin and Dan Medina of Needham studied the Nielsen Holdings PLC’s (NYSE: NLSN) Total Audience Report published earlier this month to conclude that Roku Inc. (NASDAQ: ROKU) is the “winning aggregator” in the U.S. of Subscription Video on Demand (SVOD) and AVOD services.

The analysts said that AVOD is poaching viewers from SVOD.

In over-the-top (OTT) capable households, streaming viewing makes up 20% of total viewership.

80% of the time is spent by consumers watching “linear TV,” especially sports. The analysts are of the view that as legal sports betting increases, so would the share of sports viewing.

Another factor that works against SVOD is cost. Cost is the most important factor for choosing an SVOD for 84% of the respondents note Martin and Medina.

The time spent viewing the service is of crucial importance, according to the analysts. 42% of respondents were cited as willing to cancel an SVOD service because they weren’t using it enough.

... finance.yahoo.com

[zax] Roku earnings preview: Getting a first read on Disney and Apple’s impacts The ...

zax — 2/12/2020 10:30:09 AM

Roku earnings preview: Getting a first read on Disney and Apple’s impacts

The options market is looking for a 15.6% post-earnings swing, but that would be a smaller stock move than in recent quarters

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Anthony Wood, founder and chief executive officer of Roku Inc.

Fresh off a carriage renegotiation with Fox Corp., Roku Inc. is about to face another test.

The streaming company is set to post December-quarter results on Thursday afternoon, with a report that will not only show how well Roku ROKU, +0.97% devices and connected TVs sold during the holidays but also provide some early indications of how Roku benefited from recent streaming launches by Walt Disney Co. DIS, +0.64% and Apple Inc. AAPL, +0.94% , both of which debuted services in November.

Roku shares surged more than 300% in 2019, in part due to enthusiasm around new streaming offerings from some of the larger players in tech and media. When users subscribe to one of these paid offerings through the Roku platform, the company takes a cut of the monthly fee, so bulls argued that Roku could ride the rising tide. “The significant expansion of streaming options in Q4, including Apple+ and Disney+, drove increased cord-cutting in the quarter, which may have accelerated active account growth on the Roku platform in Q4 in excess of our estimates,” wrote Wedbush’s Michael Pachter, who has a neutral rating and $105 price target on the shares due to concerns about valuation.

The stock had a more muted start to this year, but it has been subject to a wave of enthusiasm in the immediate lead up to the earnings report. Shares have added about 10% so far this week and are now in positive territory for 2020.

Here’s what to watch for in Roku’s upcoming report.

What to expect Earnings: Analysts surveyed by FactSet expect that Roku lost 13 cents a share in the fourth quarter, whereas the company posted positive earnings per share of 5 cents in the year-earlier period. According to Estimize, which crowdsources projections from hedge funds, academics and others, the average estimate calls for a 14-cent loss per share.

On an adjusted basis, analysts are calling for a loss of 7 cents a share. Roku recorded 5 cents in adjusted EPS a year prior.

Revenue: The FactSet consensus models $392 million in fourth-quarter revenue for Roku, up from $276 million a year earlier. The Estimize consensus calls for $396 million.

Stock movement: Roku’s stock is priced for a big move, but not as extreme as in the past. The options market is looking for a 15.6% swing in Roku shares in the day after the report, which would mark the second-smallest post-earnings move for the stock on a percentage basis. The average of the last six post-earnings swings is 22.3%.

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[zax] Roku, Inc. (ROKU) 132.05 +7.80 (+6.28%) TCL came out of nowhere to capture the ...

zax — 2/10/2020 3:54:58 PM

Roku, Inc. (ROKU)
132.05 +7.80 (+6.28%)

TCL came out of nowhere to capture the US TV market. Up next: cheap phones

TCL's Roku partnership helped the company grow fast, but its margins remain thin.

After capturing the U.S. television market with aggressively priced Roku TVs, China's TCL wants to replicate that success with inexpensive phones, IoT devices and connected appliances — and in the process, turn its still relatively unknown brand into a household name.

In other words: TCL wants to be the next Samsung.

It won't be easy. The phone market, TCL's next target, is firmly dominated by Apple and Samsung and hard to penetrate for newcomers. The company also faces headwinds from the Trump administration's ongoing trade war with China, as well as political resistance to fellow Chinese tech companies like Huawei. And while TCL's partnership with Roku has been key to building its U.S. TV business, it has also forced the company to operate with razor-thin margins as Roku cashes in on a rapidly growing advertising business that's been a newfound source of revenue for other TV manufacturers.

... protocol.com

[Ron] Roku begins streaming operations in Brazil. Stock up nearly 5% mid morning. fin...

Ron — 1/21/2020 11:12:26 AM

Roku begins streaming operations in Brazil. Stock up nearly 5% mid morning.
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[zax] Roku... the official arms merchant in the streaming wars between Netflix, Disney...

zax — 1/6/2020 10:06:44 AM

Roku... the official arms merchant in the streaming wars between Netflix, Disney, Apple, HBO and Google...

Roku, Inc. (ROKU)
140.84 +3.33 (+2.42%)

Roku TV Momentum Grows with New Licensee Brands

businesswire.com

(CES) Roku, Inc. (NASDAQ: ROKU) today announced that 15 TV brands will launch Roku TV™ models in Canada, Mexico, the United States and the United Kingdom in 2020, providing consumers with a premium smart TV experience at an affordable price. Roku TV brands in 2020 include ATVIO, Element, Hisense, Hitachi, InFocus, JVC, Magnavox, onn., Philips, Polaroid, RCA, Sanyo, TCL and Westinghouse.

Roku TV models are simple to use, featuring endless entertainment and an easy-to-use remote. (Graphic: Business Wire)

In Mexico, new partner brands InFocus, Polaroid and Walmart’s ATVIO will sell Roku TV models, while existing partner brand Westinghouse and others will extend their Roku TV offerings to Mexico. In addition, TCL and Hisense will expand their Roku TV offerings with new Roku TV models launching later in the year.

The Roku TV licensing program offers OEMs and TV brands an easy and cost-effective way to make best-in-class smart TVs at competitive price points that consumers love. Roku offers the #1 licensed TV operating system in North America. Roku provides a TV hardware reference design and the Roku operating system, which provides automatic software updates that deliver new features and streaming channels.

Roku TV models offer consumers a customizable home screen, thousands of free and paid streaming channels and advanced features like fast and easy search across top channels with results ranked by price, and private listening available in the Roku mobile app. The Roku TV home screen puts a customer’s favorite entertainment in one place so it’s easier than ever to watch what they love. People can stream free movies and TV episodes, news and sports or access a cable box, game console, or antenna from the simple home screen.

"2019 was a tremendous year for Roku TV, with more brands, retailers and consumers choosing the platform than ever before," said Mustafa Ozgen, senior vice president and general manager of Account Acquisition at Roku. "We believe that Roku TV represented more than one in three smart TVs sold in the U.S. during the first nine months of 2019, and the number of our licensees keeps growing."

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zax — 12/11/2019 7:42:46 PM

[zax] Cord-Cutting Pushed to ‘Tipping Point’ as Video Streaming Grows The media ecosy...

zax — 12/2/2019 4:54:50 PM

Cord-Cutting Pushed to ‘Tipping Point’ as Video Streaming Grows

The media ecosystem is undergoing a massive change as streaming video looks to extend its recent dominance over traditional distribution, according to research firm MoffettNathanson, which wrote that a large minority of cable consumers could cut their subscriptions in coming years.
“The video market is in full disruption and this year could be the cord cutting tipping point,” analyst Michael Nathanson wrote to clients. “Media companies will need to master a whole new suite of skill sets to win going forward,” with content creation, user interfaces and “churn mitigation strategies” among the factors that could determine the next generation of winners in the market.

Consumers have been abandoning traditional media bundles for years, instead looking to services like Netflix Inc. or Walt Disney Co.’s recently launched Disney+ service, which has signed up more than 10 million subscribers since launching in November. Streaming services have made in-roads into a number of major categories of video entertainment, including TV shows and movies.

... bloomberg.com

[zax] After a small consolidation speed-bump, the road to ROKU 10-baggerhood continues...

zax — 11/15/2019 1:21:59 PM

After a small consolidation speed-bump, the road to ROKU 10-baggerhood continues....

Roku, Inc. (ROKU)
157.25 +8.55 (+5.75%)

As of 1:20 PM EST.

10 million people signed up for Disney streaming service on its very first day!

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zax — 11/13/2019 10:17:45 PM

[AdventureCapitalist] Ran across this on a Disney news thread, it covers Roku in the last third of the...

AdventureCapitalist — 11/6/2019 2:42:08 PM

Ran across this on a Disney news thread, it covers Roku in the last third of the video.
Interesting watching a former short convert to a long thesis as an addition to his pair long disney/short netflix trade thesis: Andrew Freedman

[zax] Roku, Inc. is expected to report earnings on 11/06/2019 after market close. The ...

zax — 10/30/2019 6:21:23 PM

Roku, Inc. is expected to report earnings on 11/06/2019 after market close. The report will be for the fiscal Quarter ending Sep 2019. According to Zacks Investment Research, based on 4 analysts' forecasts, the consensus EPS forecast for the quarter is $-0.28.

[zax] Roku to Acquire dataxu to Strengthen Industry-Leading OTT Advertising Platform ...

zax — 10/22/2019 10:39:18 AM

Roku to Acquire dataxu to Strengthen Industry-Leading OTT Advertising Platform

finance.yahoo.com

LOS GATOS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Roku, Inc. (ROKU) today announced that it has entered into an agreement to purchase Boston-based dataxu, a demand-side platform (DSP) that enables marketers to plan and buy video ad campaigns.

dataxu provides marketers with an automated bidding and self-serve software solution to manage ad campaigns programmatically across digital platforms. dataxu utilizes advanced TV and OTT media planning tools, a proprietary device graph, and data science to help marketers optimize for business outcomes across TV, OTT, desktop and mobile.

As the No. 1 U.S. TV streaming platform by hours streamed, Roku streams more ad-supported hours than any other OTT platform, according to a June 2019 comScore analysis. With more than 30.5 million active accounts as of June 30, 2019, a direct consumer relationship, proprietary data and inventory, and advertising technology built directly into its operating system, Roku is already a top OTT ad solutions provider to Ad Age Top 200 marketers.

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[SI Ron (Crazy Music Man)] [X] #Roku$ROKU 116.16 +7.6% Analyst: Roku Sales Could Triple By 2022 https://t....

SI Ron (Crazy Music Man) — 10/9/2019 11:47:47 AM

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#Roku $ROKU 116.16 +7.6% Analyst: Roku Sales Could Triple By 2022 https://t.co/OerbnmIJex
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[zax] ROKU $121.66 -12.10 (-9.05%) Roku shares are trading lower after Pivotal Resear...

zax — 9/20/2019 9:43:48 AM

ROKU $121.66 -12.10 (-9.05%)

Roku shares are trading lower after Pivotal Research initiated coverage on the stock with a Sell rating and a $60 price target.

[zax] What is remarkable is that the box that Comcast used to rip people off with unju...

zax — 9/20/2019 9:39:43 AM

What is remarkable is that the box that Comcast used to rip people off with unjustifiable perpetually recurring monthly charges for, now they are dying to give away for free to all of their customers who are rapidly "cutting the cable" for Internet only service + Roku. I don't see Comcast or any cablecos as any sort of a threat. Why would anyone want a set-top box when there is already the equivalent technology now built into their TV by Roku? This is just too little, too late.

Roku's >50% streaming market share will only grow.

[zax] OK, consolidation is over. Time for the next major bull run.

zax — 9/19/2019 10:15:55 AM

[zax] Roku stock falls amid new competition in streaming from Comcast, Facebook marke...

zax — 9/18/2019 12:25:53 PM

Roku stock falls amid new competition in streaming from Comcast, Facebook

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Roku Inc. shares ROKU, -11.93% are off 8% in Wednesday trading after the company got some new competition in streaming video. Comcast Corp. CMCSA, +0.36% announced that it would be giving internet-only customers a free Xfinity Flex device, which lets them watch their streaming services on a TV set. Also on Wednesday, Facebook Inc. FB, +0.08% announced its $149 Portal TV device, which supports video calls that get streamed to a TV set and also allows users to watch various programs. Roku shares have gained 356% so far this year, while the S&P 500 SPX, -0.29% has risen 20%.

[zax] This stock will be trading at $400/share within 2 years.

zax — 9/10/2019 2:45:28 PM

[zax] *Roku shares trading lower on no company-specific news. A DA Davidson analy...

zax — 9/9/2019 5:19:40 PM

	*Roku shares trading lower on no company-specific news. A DA Davidson analyst told Benzinga he believes the market is "taking a breather" in the name following a recent run. He noted Saturday news on Hisense is a positive.

[zax] Roku, Inc. ROKU 170.10 +3.17 (+1.90%) New ATH [graphic]

zax — 9/6/2019 1:05:40 PM

Roku, Inc.
ROKU 170.10 +3.17 (+1.90%)

New ATH

[zax] Roku, Inc. (ROKU) 160.51 +3.63 (+2.36%) at open - New ATH Roku Introduces the ...

zax — 9/4/2019 9:33:42 AM

Roku, Inc. (ROKU)
160.51 +3.63 (+2.36%) at open - New ATH

Roku Introduces the Roku Smart Soundbar and Roku Wireless Subwoofer

LOS GATOS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

New Roku Audio Devices Make it Incredibly Easy to Add Both Premium Sound & Powerful Streaming to a TV

Roku, Inc. ( ROKU) today announced it is expanding its portfolio of premium audio products to include the new Roku Smart Soundbar and Roku Wireless Subwoofer. Specifically designed for how people watch television, the Roku Smart Soundbar is an incredibly easy way to add premium sound and powerful movie, TV and music streaming to any TV with an HDMI input. The optional Roku Wireless Subwoofer expands the Roku Smart Soundbar with even deeper, richer bass. Customers can pre-order both products from Roku.com starting today for $179.99 MSRP each.

his press release features multimedia. View the full release here: businesswire.com

“We’ve been very successful in delivering best-in-class streaming experiences to our customers and we’re constantly innovating in order to deliver on our promise of making TV better,” said Mark Ely, Vice President, Players and Whole Home Product Management at Roku. “The Roku Smart Soundbar is a great value and makes it easier than ever to add incredible sound and powerful streaming to any TV. In addition, if you want heart-pounding bass you can easily add that too.”

Roku Smart Soundbar

Meticulously engineered to deliver room-filling sound and powerful streaming in brilliant HD, 4K UHD and HDR, the Roku Smart Soundbar is powered by the Roku OS. The Roku Smart Soundbar reduces clutter while featuring simple set up, an easy-to-use home screen while providing access to 500,000+ movies and TV episodes and millions of songs. Four premium drivers offer distinctive clarity, immersive depth and dynamic bass response. Advanced volume modes enable consumers to reach for the remote less often. Automatic Volume Leveling offers uniform audio level across various types of content, including quieting loud commercials. Night mode lowers the volume for louder scenes and boosts it for quieter ones. Speech Clarity boosts voice frequencies to address intelligibility for crisp, clear dialogue. Automatic software updates will deliver new capabilities over time. Additional features include:

Roku Connect: A wireless protocol that seamlessly connects the Roku ecosystem

Dolby Audio™: Delivers rich, clear, powerful sound

Bluetooth®: Listen to your favorite music, podcasts, and more from popular streaming channels or Bluetooth compatible devices

HDMI ARC or Optical Support: Connect the Roku Smart Soundbar to a TV with a single cable via HDMI ARC or use HDMI and Optical

Roku Search: Fast and easy cross-channel search offers results ranked by price

Roku Voice: Makes it easy to launch streaming channels, search for entertainment, replay, turn closed captions on and off and more through the Roku Voice Remote

Voice Assistant Compatibility:The Roku Smart Soundbar works with Google Assistant and is compatible with Amazon Alexa-enabled devices

Roku Voice remote: The point-anywhere remote features channel shortcut buttons and TV on/off buttons

Roku Wireless Subwoofer

The optional Roku Wireless Subwoofer adds powerful bass and a thunderous response to a Roku Smart Soundbar without needing to run a separate audio cable. Featuring an easy wireless setup, and a sealed cabinet design with a powerful 10-inch driver, the Roku Wireless Subwoofer allows users to expand the premium audio of the Roku Smart Soundbar with for a theater-like experience in the home. Roku TV™ Wireless Speakers that are connected to Roku TV models will receive a software update in the coming months to add compatibility with the Roku Wireless Subwoofer.

Pricing and Availability

The Roku Smart Soundbar and Roku Wireless Subwoofer are each priced at $179.99 MSRP. Both are available for pre-order at Roku.com starting today and are expected to ship in October. General availability at Best Buy and Roku.com is also expected in October.

For more information on the Roku Smart Soundbar or the Roku Wireless Subwoofer visit Roku.com.

About Roku, Inc.

Roku pioneered streaming to the TV. We connect users to the streaming content they love, enable content publishers to build and monetize large audiences, and provide advertisers with unique capabilities to engage consumers. Roku TV™ models and Roku streaming players are available around the world through direct retail sales and licensing arrangements with TV OEMs and service operators. Roku audio products are available in the U.S. through direct retail sales. Roku is headquartered in Los Gatos, Calif. U.S.A.

This press release contains “forward-looking” statements that are based on our beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to us on the date of this press release. Forward-looking statements may involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. These statements include but are not limited to the benefits, impact, and features of the Roku Smart Soundbar and the Roku Wireless Subwoofer, the availability of the Roku Smart Soundbar and the Roku Wireless Subwoofer online and in certain retail stores, and the timing of the update to enable Roku TV Wireless Speakers to connect to the Roku Wireless Subwoofer. Except as required by law, we assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements publicly, or to update the reasons actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements, even if new information becomes available in the future. Important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially are detailed from time to time in the reports Roku, Inc. files with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2019. Copies of reports filed with the SEC are posted on Roku’s website and are available from Roku without charge.

Roku is a registered trademark and Roku TV is a trademark of Roku, Inc. in the U.S. and in other countries. Trade names, trademarks and service marks of other companies appearing in this press release are the property of their respective holders.

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