Roku Inc (ROKU)

Roku has become the preferred way to stream through devices or software built it into more and more smart TVs. It's jumped nearly 30% in the past 12 trading days. Two weeks ago, Roku released early quuarterly data which was terrific including over 50 million users. The stock declined, then rallied to this day. JPM started coverage of ROKU with an overweight rating and price target of $475. There's upside here, but ROKU now trades at 20x sales, which is expensive in this sector. If you've made money, then take some profits.

Part of his Fear Factor portfolio of stocks that will thrive with or without government stimulus during Covid The de-facto entertainment company during Covid. Lets you stream video from your web to the TV. Prefers it to Netflix, because it gives you access to everything, not just betting on one streamer.

He does not own this as it is pretty expensive here. It is a $17 billion market cap, but only makes $1 billion per year. They are on the hardware side of video streaming services. They are benefiting from the increase in content that is being streamed, especially Disney. Consumers are demanding quality content and this will benefit.

He follows the streaming space closely. Roku is unique because it has several thousand apps connected to it--it's a conduit, unlike, say, Netflix. Roku is attractive not for conservative investors.

He thinks they got hit by the news of Apple TV's aggressive price offering. They are a strong player, but they are competing against the giants in the space (Amazon, Google, Apple, etc.), who can spend them into oblivion. They will not win a price war against these ones. Stay away.

No one expected Apple+ to cost $5/month. Roku is an open platform, not tied to a particular service; they're in a weird place as this streaming battle continues. This will continue to fall.