Roblox, the gaming platform where users themselves create the experience, has been a growing platform for years, but has long struggled with profitability. Despite a reported 151.5 million daily active users, Roblox is a company with a difficult-to-predict future. Read on for our Roblox stock price prediction for 2026 and 2030.
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Roblox is a video game stock that has captured the hearts and minds of both tech and more mainstream investors, but has struggled to actually deliver on promises as profitability has been difficult to achieve. Since the stock's initial public offering (IPO) in March 2021, it's only managed to grow its value by 35%, just barely more than its one-year gain of close to 34%.
Although past performance is no indication of future performance, history has not been kind to Roblox, and the near future doesn't look like it will be any better.
2026 forecast
The new year has barely begun, but Roblox started 2026 strong, with a gain in value. Unfortunately, experts don't anticipate this will hold, likely due to a lack of actual profits and no real change in its concrete ability to make money, given that both net income and operating income aren't really improving substantially. Despite several Hold, Buy, and Strong Buy recommendations from analysts in January, losses are again expected in 2026.
CoinCodex anticipates Roblox stock prices will drop substantially by the end of 2026, with an average January price of $75.34 plunging to $32 by December 2026. Its predicted average annualized price could be as low as $45.83.
2030 forecast
A lot will have to change for Roblox for 2030 to be any better than 2026. Since it's not yet profitable and seems to only be losing more money as it expands, it's understandable that the price forecast is grim. Of course, this assumes that the company remains on a similar trajectory. We can't anticipate a black swan event or even a sudden epiphany in Roblox research and development (R&D).
New advertising partnerships that have just been announced could definitely change the company's stars by the time 2030 rolls around, but so far, these are mostly hopes and dreams -- not anything that has hit the balance sheet or made a dent in money hemorrhaging out the door.
By 2030, CoinCodex only anticipates an average annualized price of $49.64 for the stock, only an 8% growth over those four years between 2026 and 2030.
Roblox's highlights and risks
The popularity of Roblox continues to drive optimism for the platform, but it has experienced substantial and serious issues with operating a platform of this nature. The biggest risks continue to come from user safety, which includes child safety, since the platform is largely used by minors. Multiple lawsuits have been filed against the platform, as well as some countrywide regulatory bans, reducing the positive vibes and making parents and governments more hesitant to allow minors access to the platform.
Due to these issues, Roblox has dropped a lot of money on moderation, including both artificial intelligence (AI)- and human-powered safety teams. This has led to a predictable drop in the company's profit margin forecast that may continue through 2026 or even beyond, depending on just how much moderation is required to right the ship. It also has stiff competition from a range of video game companies, many of which are much more profitable than Roblox.
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Despite this, though, the company does have 151 million daily active users, a high for it. It also announced new advertising partnerships at CES 2026, including deals with both Amazon (AMZN -1.51%) and Alphabet (GOOG +1.35%)(GOOGL +1.29%), moving Roblox's sources of revenue from focusing primarily on the sales of virtual currency for the game itself to ad-generated revenue from multiple partners. This could be fundamental to increasing profitability in a relatively short period, given the size of its potential advertising audience.
All in all, Roblox investors need to keep in mind that Roblox is still an early-stage company trying to figure out its future. This could spell a lot of wins down the road, but you'll have to hold tight to your stock investments over all the bumps on the way to that point. Virtual spaces are tricky, especially when your target demographic is too young to have a credit card.
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