Roku (ROKU) Stock Moves -0.52%: What You Should Know
Roku (ROKU) closed the most recent trading day at $59.39, moving -0.52% from the previous trading session. This change was narrower than the S&P 500's 1.03% loss on the day. Elsewhere, the Dow lost 1.15%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq added 0.37%.
Prior to today's trading, shares of the video streaming company had lost 8.91% over the past month. This has lagged the Consumer Discretionary sector's loss of 6.96% and the S&P 500's loss of 3.51% in that time.
Roku will be looking to display strength as it nears its next earnings release. On that day, Roku is projected to report earnings of -$1.37 per share, which would represent a year-over-year decline of 385.42%. Meanwhile, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenue is projecting net sales of $698.93 million, up 2.79% from the year-ago period.
ROKU's full-year Zacks Consensus Estimates are calling for earnings of -$3.56 per share and revenue of $3.11 billion. These results would represent year-over-year changes of -308.19% and +12.6%, respectively.
Investors should also note any recent changes to analyst estimates for Roku. These revisions typically reflect the latest short-term business trends, which can change frequently. As such, positive estimate revisions reflect analyst optimism about the company's business and profitability.
Based on our research, we believe these estimate revisions are directly related to near-team stock moves. Investors can capitalize on this by using the Zacks Rank. This model considers these estimate changes and provides a simple, actionable rating system.
The Zacks Rank system, which ranges from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), has an impressive outside-audited track record of outperformance, with #1 stocks generating an average annual return of +25% since 1988. Within the past 30 days, our consensus EPS projection remained stagnant. Roku is currently a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell).
The Broadcast Radio and Television industry is part of the Consumer Discretionary sector. This industry currently has a Zacks Industry Rank of 230, which puts it in the bottom 9% of all 250+ industries.
The Zacks Industry Rank includes is listed in order from best to worst in terms of the average Zacks Rank of the individual companies within each of these sectors. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.
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