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Roblox Shares Crash As Engagement Headwinds Blindside Wall Street
Roblox Shares Crash As Engagement Headwinds Blindside Wall Street
Online gaming platform Roblox crashed the most in four years in premarket trading to the tune of 24%, after the company reported weaker-than-expected first-quarter user metrics and slashed its full-year bookings outlook.
One of the major problems plaguing Roblox has been that new child-safety features, including age-verification requirements and limits on platform communication, have slowed user growth.
Daily active users came in at 132 million, missing the Bloomberg Consensus estimate of 143.8 million, while hours engaged also missed estimates.
Here's a snapshot of first-quarter...
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