The reason for that skyrocketing valuation is that the company saw huge increases in players during the pandemic. Though it chose not to raise money today, Roblox itself still has plenty of cash, as it brought in $520 million in private funds last month at a $29.5 billion valuation, which was seven times its value from a funding round from nearly a year before. It’s nice to just take the moment for today to reflect on that.” “We don’t normally take these moments to touch the trophy. “It’s a nice moment to step back,” said Roblox chief business officer Craig Donato in an interview with GamesBeat today. Shares are already trading above $70 a share.
The shares are trading under the RBLX stock symbol on the New York Stock Exchange. In guidance released last week, Roblox said it expects to earn around $1.5 billion in revenue in calendar 202, with $2.1 billion in non-GAAP bookings.Roblox‘s employees and shareholders sold more than 388.2 million shares out of a total 650 million available. In preparation for its listing, Roblox raised a $520 million Series H funding round in January this year, which raised its value from $4 billion to $29.5 billion. However, the firm opted for a direct listing due to concerns that its stock would be under-priced in a traditional IPO. Roblox had been preparing to go public since at least October 2020. "To all those who helped us get one step closer to fulfilling our vision of the Metaverse - thank you." "We are deeply humbled by the overwhelming support for Roblox and our public offering today," said Dave Baszucki, the company's CEO, on Twitter yesterday. All of these values are well above the $45 reference price set by the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday.Īs CNBC highlighted, the first day's closing price of $69.50 gives Roblox a market cap of more than $38 billion, and a total value of $45.3 billion. The company started trading at $64.50 a share, peaking at around $74, before closing its first day at $69.50. Roblox closed its first day as a publicly traded company with a market cap of more than $38 billion.
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