Roblox jumps to $38 billion market cap as public investors get their first crack at the popular kids game app

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.MeganPlays says that Roblox is a primary asset to her brand because of the flexibility it offers. 'It's literally turning 15 year-olds into millionaires,' the content creator says.

debuted and underpriced their shares, leading to a huge discount for new investors. Roblox opted to go the direct listing route and raised a smaller funding round in January to minimize dilution.after the SEC scrutinized the way it recognizes revenue from sales of Robux, its digital currency.

Roblox is a particularly difficult company to value because there's no telling what will happen when schools reopen and kids return to playing with their real-life friends. The company has been, such as virtual concerts, meetups and educational experiences, but it's still primarily reliant on kids using their parents' money.

"Roblox has been growing for 15 years, driven by our community, driven by the awesome content, driven by our creators, and driven by our ability for people to do things together. That's a long-term growth path, and we believe that continues forward, even after Covid," Roblox CEO David Baszucki told CNBC's "Roblox is forecasting rapid growth in 2021, albeit at a much slower clip than last year. Revenue is expected to climb between 56% and 64% to between $1.

"We headed into 2020 with strong organic growth which was further bolstered by social distancing restrictions," Michael Guthrie, Roblox's finance chief, said in the guidance statement. "As those restrictions ease, we expect the rates of growth in 2021 will be well below the rates in 2020, however, we believe we will see absolute growth in most of our core metrics for the full year.

At its opening price on Wednesday, Roblox is valued at about 29 times revenue for 2021, based on the midpoint of its guidance. That's slightly above software developer

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