Roku (ROKU) Valuation Check After ARK Invest and Insider Stock Sales Shake Investor Sentiment

Roku (ROKU) slipped after Cathie Wood's ARK Invest trimmed its position for a second straight day, extending a string of high profile stock sales that now includes earlier disposals by Roku's CEO.

See our latest analysis for Roku.

Even with ARK trimming its stake and a recent software glitch weighing on sentiment, Roku’s share price still shows a solid year to date rebound. It has a 34.4% year to date share price return and a 3 year total shareholder return of 93.5%, suggesting longer term momentum remains constructive despite near term volatility.

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So with double digit growth, improving profitability and shares still trading at a discount to many analyst targets, is Roku quietly undervalued here, or are markets already pricing in its next leg of streaming led expansion?

Most Popular Narrative: 9.7% Undervalued

Roku last closed at $100.09, while the most widely followed narrative pegs fair value closer to $110.88, hinting at upside anchored in platform monetization.

The global migration of advertising budgets from linear TV to digital and connected TV, combined with Roku's successful rollout of new ad products (such as Roku Ads Manager) and deeper third-party DSP integrations, increases its share of high-margin digital advertising, which is showing up as both revenue growth and higher platform margins.

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Want to see the revenue and earnings runway behind that valuation gap? The narrative focuses on accelerating growth, rising margins, and a bold future profit multiple. Curious how those moving parts combine into one fair value number?

Result: Fair Value of $110.88 (UNDERVALUED)

Have a read of the narrative in full and understand what's behind the forecasts.

However, concentrated ad exposure and intensifying competition from Amazon and Google could quickly erode Roku’s growth, margins, and premium valuation expectations.

Find out about the key risks to this Roku narrative.

Another Lens On Value

Viewed through its sales multiple, Roku appears considerably less cheap. It trades on a 3.3x price to sales ratio, above the US Entertainment average of 1.4x and its own 2.4x fair ratio, although it is slightly below peer average valuations. Whether that premium is justified by future growth remains an open question.

See what the numbers say about this price — find out in our valuation breakdown.

Build Your Own Roku Narrative

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