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Roku, Inc key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Roku, Inc had return on equity of 3.4%, an operating margin of -0.1%, debt equal to 0.0% of equity and a current ratio of 2.75. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Roku, Inc: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year2015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMSept 2026
Gross margin28.1%30.4%39.0%44.7%43.9%45.4%51.0%46.1%43.7%43.9%43.8%45.3%
Operating margin−11.7%−10.9%−3.8%−1.8%−5.8%−1.1%8.5%−17.0%−22.7%−5.3%−0.1%7.8%
Net margin−12.7%−10.7%−12.4%−1.2%−5.3%−1.0%8.8%−15.9%−20.4%−3.1%1.9%9.3%
Free-cash-flow margin−11.8%−10.3%5.5%−0.6%−5.6%3.7%6.8%−4.8%5.0%5.2%10.1%14.6%
Return on equity———−4.5%−12.7%−1.7%11.8%−18.4%−28.5%−5.4%3.4%18.0%
Return on assets—−23.9%−23.1%−2.1%−6.2%−0.9%7.6%−11.7%−16.4%−3.0%2.0%11.0%
Asset turnover—2.231.861.771.170.950.870.740.800.961.081.18
Current ratio—1.422.112.232.583.264.192.742.412.622.752.70
Debt to equity——0.0%0.0%14.3%7.1%3.2%3.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)————n/m——n/mn/mn/mn/m190.2x
Effective tax rate——————−2.5%———5.9%4.4%
R&D as % of revenue15.8%19.1%21.1%23.0%23.5%20.0%16.7%25.2%25.2%17.5%15.4%13.5%
Capital spending as % of revenue1.6%2.2%1.8%2.5%6.8%4.6%1.4%5.2%2.4%0.1%0.1%0.2%
Free cash flow ÷ net income——————77.6%———541.5%156.0%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow————————0.0%0.0%31.3%32.8%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

3 of 3 checks passed · September 30, 2026
What it owns · $4.9bn
Short-term assets $4.0bnLonger-term assets $973m
What it owes, and who funded it · $4.9bn
Short-term liabilities $1.5bnLonger-term liabilities $427mShareholders' equity $3.0bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $4.0bn of assets due within a year against $1.5bn of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $4.0bn short-term assets against $427m of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt Cash or debt not separately reported. Not assessable.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Equity or debt not reported. Not assessable.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Five-year comparison not available. Not assessable.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt Cash flow or debt not reported. Not assessable.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $428m against $2m of interest.

From Roku, Inc's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

45 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Roku's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 9 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 14 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 10.9% of total assets over 9 years.

  • Pricing power 14 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 44.6%, moving by 3.7 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 10 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median -4.2%; its worst year was -27.9%.

  • Cash conversion 8 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 6 of 9 years, at a median 3.0% of revenue.

  • Discipline 5 / 20

    The diluted share count rose 13.0% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 7.9% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (50 before it).

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Roku, Inc's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved November 2, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Roku, Inc.