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Roku shares stream higher after Guggenheim hits the “buy” button on the stock

Roku is now in nearly half of all US households with broadband.

Nia Warfield

Roku shares leapt 6% Wednesday afternoon after Guggenheim doubled down on its “buy” rating for the streaming TV company.

Roku is now in more than half of US broadband homes and making big moves in Mexico, where it’s in over 40% of broadband homes. While Roku no longer shares quarterly household streaming numbers, Guggenheim forecasts the tech company will reach 92 million streaming households globally and 65 million in the US by the end of the first quarter.

Roku is seeing growing demand for The Roku Channel, with half of US broadband households kicking off their TV time on its home screen. To keep the momentum going, the company’s expanding third-party partnerships to ramp up advertising demand. It’s starting to work: in Q4, Roku’s platform revenue — which includes advertising, content, and subscription sales — topped $1 billion for the first time.

Despite maintaining the buy rating, Guggenheim lowered its 12-month price target on the stock from $115 to $100 per share, based on “the contraction in the relative peer multiple.” Even still, the $100 target implies a 40% boost from current stock levels. Looking ahead, Guggenheim says Roku is “well-positioned” to reach its 2026 operating profit goal. Roku shares are up nearly 12% over the past year.

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SpaceX gets a wave of bullish ratings from Wall Street analysts

SpaceX received more than a dozen positive analyst calls on Tuesday — including from major Wall Street banks — as they initiate coverage on Elon Musk’s space and AI company.

SpaceX went public on June 12 at a $2.2 trillion valuation, the largest debut in history. While the company hasn’t yet posted a profit, it seems to have convinced Wall Street that it will get there and grow its valuation on the way.

Of the at least 17 analysts that gave a rating on Tuesday, all but one gave it a “buy” or “outperform” rating. MoffettNathanson was "neutral."

The ratings come as SpaceX joined the Nasdaq 100 index, a benchmark tech-heavy basket of companies that underpins millions of portfolios. The inclusion adds built-in demand for the stock from index funds and ETFs.

Still, SpaceX fell more than 5% on Tuesday amid a broader sell-off, and is currently effectively flat from its opening price of $150 a share.

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Nike sinks to lowest level since 2014 after warning of “challenged” sales environment in Q4 report

Did Nike do it?

Investors had a mixed reaction after the global sports apparel company reported its fourth quarter earnings on Tuesday after the bell. Shares initially rose 5% as Nike beat out Wall Street expectations amid a hefty tariff refund bonus. However, the stock then sank to its lowest level since August 2014 in postmarket trading.

Here are the Q4 numbers:

  • Revenue of $11.0 billion (estimate: $10.8 billion).

  • Adjusted earnings per share of $0.20 (estimate: $0.12).

Ahead of this report, Nike warned that results would be flattered by a one-time tariff refund (now estimated at roughly $0.52 per share for the bottom line). That gave the company an extra cushion in snapping its streak of seven quarters of year-over-year profit declines.

Over the past year, the company had been punished by tariffs on imported goods, stagnant consumer spending, and increasing competition from other footwear brands like New Balance, Adidas, and Hoka.

Outgoing CFO Matthew Friend deemed it an “increasingly challenging operating environment, where sell-through remains challenged.”

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