Company profile
- Industry
- Streaming media
- Founded
- 2002
- Headquarters
- San Jose, United States
- Ownership
- Publicly traded
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The analyses
The Loss Leader · Business Model
Roku Loses Money on Every Box It Sells. That's the Plan, and It's Working.
In 2024 Roku's hardware lost $80M — devices cost more to make than they sold for. That's not a stumble; it's the point. The box is bait. The $1.9B in platform profit at a 53.5% margin is the catch.
7 min
Moat Anatomy · Moat & Competition
Roku's Whole Moat Was Standing in the Middle. Then a Content Owner Bought the Middle.
Roku sold itself as the neutral road every streamer drove on, treating Netflix and Disney+ the same. In June 2026 Fox agreed to buy it for ~$22 billion in enterprise value - and the moment a content owner takes the wheel, neutrality stops being an asset and becomes a liability.
8 min