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ROKU vs. AAPL, AMZN, GOOG, GOOGL, NFLX, TTD, ZM, DIS, SHOP, and WMT

Should you be buying Roku stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Roku include Apple (AAPL), Amazon.com (AMZN), Alphabet (GOOG), Alphabet (GOOGL), Netflix (NFLX), Trade Desk (TTD), Zoom Communications (ZM), Walt Disney (DIS), Shopify (SHOP), and Walmart (WMT).

Roku vs. Its Competitors

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Roku (NASDAQ:ROKU) are related large-cap companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and risk.

Apple presently has a consensus price target of $234.94, indicating a potential upside of 9.85%. Roku has a consensus price target of $93.92, indicating a potential upside of 4.21%. Given Apple's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Apple is more favorable than Roku.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Apple
2 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57
Roku
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.74

In the previous week, Apple had 223 more articles in the media than Roku. MarketBeat recorded 263 mentions for Apple and 40 mentions for Roku. Apple's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Roku's score of 0.80 indicating that Apple is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Apple
161 Very Positive mention(s)
24 Positive mention(s)
51 Neutral mention(s)
20 Negative mention(s)
5 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Roku
19 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Apple has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Roku has a beta of 2.12, suggesting that its share price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Apple has higher revenue and earnings than Roku. Roku is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Apple, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Apple$391.04B8.17$93.74B$6.4233.31
Roku$4.11B3.20-$129.39M-$0.73-123.45

Apple has a net margin of 24.30% compared to Roku's net margin of -2.49%. Apple's return on equity of 167.24% beat Roku's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Apple24.30% 167.24% 31.35%
Roku -2.49%-4.29%-2.51%

67.7% of Apple shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.3% of Roku shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Apple shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.0% of Roku shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Apple beats Roku on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ROKU and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ROKU vs. The Competition

MetricRokuBRDCST IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$13.14B$21.06B$8.33B$9.50B
Dividend YieldN/A5.19%3.10%4.01%
P/E Ratio-123.459.1321.4620.06
Price / Sales3.201.454.6489.33
Price / Cash62.5632.4316.6558.56
Price / Book5.282.164.865.87
Net Income-$129.39M-$19.04M$215.28M$258.55M
7 Day Performance-3.40%0.68%2.27%3.73%
1 Month Performance4.18%5.29%44.30%11.75%
1 Year Performance52.64%11.72%16.08%18.02%

Roku Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ROKU
Roku
2.0789 of 5 stars
$90.12
+0.1%
$93.92
+4.2%
+56.9%$13.14B$4.11B-123.453,340Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
AAPL
Apple
4.5817 of 5 stars
$212.31
+0.5%
$235.11
+10.7%
-1.7%$3.17T$391.04B33.05164,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
AMZN
Amazon.com
4.3175 of 5 stars
$229.19
+1.4%
$250.02
+9.1%
+28.7%$2.43T$637.96B37.331,556,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
GOOG
Alphabet
4.8683 of 5 stars
$191.04
+2.7%
$208.40
+9.1%
+14.7%$2.32T$350.02B21.30190,200Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
GOOGL
Alphabet
3.7041 of 5 stars
$190.12
+2.7%
$202.22
+6.4%
+15.5%$2.31T$350.02B21.19183,323Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
NFLX
Netflix
4.2499 of 5 stars
$1,231.99
+1.9%
$1,297.66
+5.3%
+86.2%$525.23B$41.69B52.5914,000Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
TTD
Trade Desk
4.2179 of 5 stars
$80.05
-0.2%
$98.48
+23.0%
-5.2%$39.40B$2.44B97.773,522Trending News
Analyst Forecast
ZM
Zoom Communications
4.7728 of 5 stars
$74.50
-0.5%
$87.00
+16.8%
+25.5%$22.53B$4.67B22.377,412Positive News
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DIS
Walt Disney
4.6508 of 5 stars
$120.81
-0.5%
$128.13
+6.1%
+36.1%$217.61B$91.36B24.75233,000Trending News
SHOP
Shopify
4.129 of 5 stars
$128.48
+1.1%
$118.11
-8.1%
+109.4%$166.65B$9.38B82.8711,600Positive News
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WMT
Walmart
4.6621 of 5 stars
$95.63
+0.6%
$106.67
+11.5%
+39.2%$763.49B$680.99B40.882,100,000Trending News
Insider Trade

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This page (NASDAQ:ROKU) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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