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Roku (ROKU) Gains But Lags Market: What You Should Know

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Roku (ROKU - Free Report) closed the most recent trading day at $101.83, moving +1.13% from the previous trading session. The stock lagged the S&P 500's daily gain of 2.14%. At the same time, the Dow added 1.82%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 0.01%.

Heading into today, shares of the video streaming company had lost 36.68% over the past month, lagging the Consumer Discretionary sector's loss of 12.05% and the S&P 500's loss of 5.01% in that time.

Wall Street will be looking for positivity from Roku as it approaches its next earnings report date. In that report, analysts expect Roku to post earnings of -$0.15 per share. This would mark a year-over-year decline of 127.78%. Meanwhile, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenue is projecting net sales of $719.87 million, up 25.37% from the year-ago period.

ROKU's full-year Zacks Consensus Estimates are calling for earnings of -$0.70 per share and revenue of $3.72 billion. These results would represent year-over-year changes of -140.94% and +34.7%, respectively.

Investors might also notice recent changes to analyst estimates for Roku. Recent revisions tend to reflect the latest near-term business trends. As a result, we can interpret positive estimate revisions as a good sign for the company's business outlook.

Based on our research, we believe these estimate revisions are directly related to near-team stock moves. We developed the Zacks Rank to capitalize on this phenomenon. Our system takes these estimate changes into account and delivers a clear, actionable rating model.

The Zacks Rank system ranges from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell). It has a remarkable, outside-audited track record of success, with #1 stocks delivering an average annual return of +25% since 1988. Within the past 30 days, our consensus EPS projection has moved 144.54% lower. Roku is holding a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold) right now.

The Broadcast Radio and Television industry is part of the Consumer Discretionary sector. This group has a Zacks Industry Rank of 166, putting it in the bottom 35% of all 250+ industries.

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