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
| Fiscal year | 2015Dec 2015 | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMSept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 28.1% | 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 | — | 2.23 | 1.86 | 1.77 | 1.17 | 0.95 | 0.87 | 0.74 | 0.80 | 0.96 | 1.08 | 1.18 |
| Current ratio | — | 1.42 | 2.11 | 2.23 | 2.58 | 3.26 | 4.19 | 2.74 | 2.41 | 2.62 | 2.75 | 2.70 |
| 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/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | 190.2x |
| Effective tax rate | — | — | — | — | — | — | −2.5% | — | — | — | 5.9% | 4.4% |
| R&D as % of revenue | 15.8% | 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 revenue | 1.6% | 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% |
| Quarter | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 | 2026 Q3Sept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 42.7% | 43.6% | 44.8% | 43.4% | 43.5% | 45.2% | 49.7% | 43.2% |
| Operating margin | −3.3% | −5.7% | −2.1% | 0.8% | 4.7% | 4.1% | 10.8% | 10.9% |
| Net margin | −3.0% | −2.7% | 0.9% | 2.0% | 5.8% | 6.9% | 12.1% | 12.2% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 6.4% | 13.4% | 9.8% | 10.4% | 7.6% | 15.7% | 20.7% | 14.5% |
| Current ratio | 2.62 | 2.86 | 2.85 | 2.74 | 2.75 | 2.91 | 2.87 | 2.70 |
| R&D as % of revenue | 15.4% | 18.1% | 16.0% | 15.1% | 13.2% | 15.2% | 13.3% | 12.4% |
Financial health
- 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.
Moat
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).
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