Roku shares climb 10% on strong growth in streaming hours during coronavirus.
The move added around $1.2 billion to Roku's market cap, bringing it around $12.8 billion.Monday, Roku said it expects Q1 revenue to be slightly higher than expected in its previous guidance, though it withdrew its full-year guidance in light of uncertainty around the crisis. It expects total net revenue for the first quarter to land between $307 million and $317 million, higher than itsRoku also estimated a net increase of 3 million active accounts from December 31 to March 31, reaching 39.
"Since Roku sells most of its advertising inventory at least 30 days in advance, we think there was less exposure to the industry wide slowdown in digital advertising, but we would expect some advertisers to negotiate cancellations," Oppenheimer analysts wrote Tuesday, upgrading its price-target from $110 to $120 with an outperform rating.
Needham analysts maintained a buy rating on the stock, but lowered their 12-month price target from $200 to $150, citing "growing uncertainties about the timing and shape of an economic recovery in 2021" that could have implications on U.S. advertising growth. The firm raised its Q1 estimates based on the guidance, but lowered second quarter and full year 2020 forecasts based on projected weakness in the ad market.
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