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Roku

ROKU
60
Entertainment · Communication Services
Price
$144.43
+0.61 (+0.42%)
Market Cap
$21.43B
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
60
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.

Share count rising — dilution

+6.5% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 141.7M (2021) → 150.9M (2025)

Roku, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates a TV streaming platform. The company operates in two segments, Platform and Player. Its platform allows users to discover and access various movies and TV episodes, as well as live TV, news sports, shows, and others. As of December 31, 2021, the company had 60.1 million active accounts. It also provides digital and video advertising, content distribution, subscription, and billing services, as well as other commerce transactions, and brand spo

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+22.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+405.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$729M/ year

Flat (+1% vs prior year)

15.4% of revenue

In line with sector average (12%)

Steady R&D investment year-over-year

Insider Activity

12.3%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$1.6B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth + cash flow

Roku is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 22%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."

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Quality

Gross Margin
45.2%
Healthy — 45.2% gross margin
Operating Margin
4.1%
Thin — 4.1% operating margin
ROCE
1.7%
Weak — 1.7% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY
+16.8%
Fast-growing sales (16.8% YoY)
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
EPS Consistency
8/8 quarters
Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
327%
Turns 327% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
13.1%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (13.1%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.15
Conservative — low debt load (0.15)
Interest Cover
122.35x
Comfortably covers interest (122.4x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
106.1x
Expensive — P/E 106.1

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

P/E vs Forward
+80.0
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (106.1 → 26.1)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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