Catalyst Private Wealth LLC bought a new stake in shares of Roblox Corporation (NYSE:RBLX – Free Report) in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 2,185 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $230,000.
Other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Nuveen LLC purchased a new stake in Roblox during the 1st quarter valued at about $70,254,000. Fox Run Management L.L.C. grew its position in shares of Roblox by 56.5% in the 1st quarter. Fox Run Management L.L.C. now owns 12,161 shares of the company’s stock worth $709,000 after buying an additional 4,390 shares during the last quarter. Long Corridor Asset Management Ltd bought a new stake in shares of Roblox in the 1st quarter worth approximately $4,372,000. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. grew its position in shares of Roblox by 15.5% in the 1st quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 35,483 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,096,000 after buying an additional 4,760 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Kentucky Retirement Systems Insurance Trust Fund bought a new stake in shares of Roblox in the 1st quarter worth approximately $890,000. 94.46% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
Insider Activity at Roblox
In related news, CEO David Baszucki sold 875 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $126.72, for a total transaction of $110,880.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 211,559 shares in the company, valued at approximately $26,808,756.48. This represents a 0.41% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, insider Arvind Chakravarthy sold 20,552 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, August 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $117.71, for a total value of $2,419,175.92. Following the sale, the insider owned 242,469 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $28,541,025.99. This trade represents a 7.81% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 828,938 shares of company stock valued at $93,618,526 in the last 90 days. 12.92% of the stock is owned by company insiders.
Roblox Stock Down 1.0%
Roblox (NYSE:RBLX – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 31st. The company reported ($0.41) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.37) by ($0.04). Roblox had a negative return on equity of 372.96% and a negative net margin of 23.67%.The business had revenue of $1.44 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.20 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned ($0.32) EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 50.5% compared to the same quarter last year. Roblox has set its FY 2025 guidance at EPS. Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. Equities analysts forecast that Roblox Corporation will post -1.49 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Analyst Ratings Changes
A number of brokerages have recently weighed in on RBLX. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price objective on Roblox from $116.00 to $153.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, August 1st. Oppenheimer reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $125.00 price objective (up from $80.00) on shares of Roblox in a research report on Wednesday, June 18th. Citigroup lifted their price target on Roblox from $123.00 to $152.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Cowen reissued a “sell” rating on shares of Roblox in a research report on Monday, August 18th. Finally, Wedbush reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $165.00 price target on shares of Roblox in a research note on Thursday, September 4th. Twenty analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $123.16.
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Roblox Company Profile
Roblox Corporation develops and operates an online entertainment platform in the United States and internationally. It offers Roblox Studio, a free toolset that allows developers and creators to build, publish, and operate 3D experiences, and other content; Roblox Client, an application that allows users to explore 3D experience; and Roblox Cloud, which provides services and infrastructure that power the platform.
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