On July 31, Roblox Corporation declined 13.81% overnight, trading at $41.85/share, with turnover of $3,850.08.
The decline was triggered by the company's Q2 earnings report missing key metrics and issuing significantly weaker-than-expected Q3 guidance. Q2 daily active users came in at 123 million, below the consensus estimate of 128.71 million. While EPS loss of $0.26 beat the $0.30 estimate, Q3 revenue guidance of $1.41 billion to $1.49 billion fell far short of analysts' expectation of $1.87 billion. Q3 bookings guidance of $1.58 billion to $1.65 billion also missed consensus of $1.77 billion. The company announced it will no longer provide annual guidance going forward.
Adding to the pressure, the EU confirmed Roblox has surpassed the Digital Services Act's 45 million monthly active user threshold, with designation as a very large online platform expected as early as August. This would subject the company to stricter content moderation obligations, with potential fines of up to 6% of global annual revenue. Compliance cost concerns and age-verification friction on user growth compounded the selling pressure.
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