Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Nearly 30 years of experience in the Korean/Asian equity research. Major sectors coverage include the following:
- Technology 
- Consumer 
- Special Situations/Deep Value Plays
- Tender Offers/M&As
- Holdcos/Stubs
- Asian Unicorns/Private Companies

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

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Equity Capital Markets

<p>In this insight, we provide an updated valuation analysis on the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/roblox-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29697:1" rel="noopener">ROBLOX Corp (RBLX US)</a> direct public listing. The company has provided a guidance that it plans to complete its direct listing on or near March 10th. The company has also provided the full year results in 2020. Roblox plans to sell 198,917,280 shares in this direct listing. In January 2021, the company sold about 12 million shares of convertible preferred stock in a private placement at $45 per share, valuing the company at<a href="https://www.barrons.com/articles/roblox-sets-date-to-go-public-through-a-direct-listing-51614036401" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> $29.5 billion. </a></p><div class="content-highlight"><p>Our revised valuation of Roblox is an implied market cap of $49.4 billion and implied price of $75.3 per share. Our valuation of the company has been slightly lowered by 1.2% versus our previous estimate. <strong>At a valuation of $49.4 billion, this would represent 67% higher levels than the last private market value of $29.5 billion.</strong></p></div>

In this insight, we provide an updated valuation analysis on the ROBLOX Corp (RBLX US) direct public listing. The company has provided a guidance that it plans to complete its direct listing on or near March 10th. The company has also provided the full year results in 2020. Roblox plans to sell 198,917,280 shares in this direct listing. In January 2021, the company sold about 12 million shares of convertible preferred stock in a private placement at $45 per share, valuing the company at $29.5 billion. Our revised valuation of Roblox is an implied market cap of $49.4 billion and implied price of $75.3 per share. Our valuation of the company has been slightly lowered by 1.2% versus our previous estimate. At a valuation of $49.4 billion, this would represent 67% higher levels than the last private market value of $29.5 billion.

Take Two Interactive Software, Inc (TTWO US)

Roblox Direct Public Listing Valuation Update