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RBLX (Roblox) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -2.18% (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Roblox Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Roblox's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $38,553 Mil. Roblox's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2025 was $-841 Mil. Roblox's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was -2.18%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Roblox's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

RBLX' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -7.29   Med: -3.15   Max: -0.56
Current: -1.21

During the past 7 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Roblox was -0.56%. The lowest was -7.29%. And the median was -3.15%.

RBLX's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
57.6% of 566 companies
in the Interactive Media industry
Industry Median: 0.805 vs RBLX: -1.21

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. Roblox's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 0.00%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past five years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


Roblox Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Roblox's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Roblox Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Roblox Annual Data
Trend Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - -0.85 -5.65 -3.94 -2.36

Roblox Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -4.70 -4.43 -3.52 -2.36 -2.18

Competitive Comparison of Roblox's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Electronic Gaming & Multimedia subindustry, Roblox's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Roblox's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, Roblox's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Roblox's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.


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Roblox Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

Robloxs Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-896.687/37941.94534
=-2.36 %

Roblox's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2025 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-841 Mil.



Roblox  (NYSE:RBLX) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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Roblox Business Description

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Address
3150 South Delaware Street, San Mateo, CA, USA, 94403
Roblox operates a free-to-play online video game platform with about 85 million daily active users. This platform has spawned a virtual universe and a Roblox economy based on the Robux currency. The platform houses millions of games from a wide range of creators spanning from young gamers themselves to professional development studios. Roblox offers creators the tools, publishing abilities, and platform for their games, enabling anyone to create a game. Creators earn money when gamers make optional in-game purchases within their games and by offering space for real-world advertising, and Roblox earns revenue primarily by taking a cut of these earnings.
Executives
Mark Reinstra officer: Gen. Counsel & Secretary 970 PARK PLACE, SAN MATEO CA 94403
Manuel Bronstein officer: Chief Product Officer 970 PARK PLACE, SUITE 100, SAN MATEO CA 94403
Anthony P Lee director 970 PARK PLACE, SAN MATEO CA 94403
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David Baszucki director, 10 percent owner, officer: President & CEO 970 PARK PLACE, SAN MATEO CA 94403
Gregory Baszucki director 970 PARK PLACE, SAN MATEO CA 94403
Christopher Carvalho director 970 PARK PLACE, SAN MATEO CA 94403
Daniel Sturman officer: Chief Technology Officer 970 PARK PLACE, SAN MATEO CA 94403
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Han Kim 10 percent owner 2882 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 100, MENLO PARK CA 94025
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Jason Kilar director 208 S. AKARD ST, DALLAS TX 75202
Craig Donato officer: Chief Business Officer 970 PARK PLACE, SAN MATEO CA 94403
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