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Roku (ROKU) Stock Sinks As Market Gains: What You Should Know

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In the latest trading session, Roku (ROKU - Free Report) closed at $63.37, marking a -1.74% move from the previous day. This change lagged the S&P 500's 0.46% gain on the day. Elsewhere, the Dow gained 0.15%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq added 0.59%.

Prior to today's trading, shares of the video streaming company had lost 8.93% over the past month. This has lagged the Consumer Discretionary sector's gain of 1.83% and the S&P 500's gain of 3.24% 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 -$0.24 per share. This would mark a year-over-year decline of 242.86%. Meanwhile, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenue is projecting net sales of $189.06 million, up 38.43% from the year-ago period.

For the full year, our Zacks Consensus Estimates are projecting earnings of -$0.72 per share and revenue of $1.02 billion, which would represent changes of -800% and +37.22%, respectively, from the prior year.

It is also important to note the recent changes to analyst estimates for ROKU. These revisions help to show the ever-changing nature of 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. To benefit from this, we have developed the Zacks Rank, a proprietary model which takes these estimate changes into account and provides an 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 has moved 3.25% lower. ROKU is currently a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold).

The Broadcast Radio and Television industry is part of the Consumer Discretionary sector. This group has a Zacks Industry Rank of 56, putting it in the top 22% of all 250+ industries.

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