Roblox shares fell as much as 9% after the short seller said the company conflated daily active users (DAUs) with the number of people visiting its platform. The stock was recently down 3% at $40.06.

“Roblox is lying to investors, regulators, and advertisers about the number of ‘people’ on its platform, inflating the key metric by 25-42%+,” Hindenburg said.

Roblox shares slid more than 20% in early trading, as the gaming giant dialed back its forecasts for growth and first-quarter earnings showed player spending is slowing.

The latest trading session saw Roblox (RBLX) ending at $41.78, denoting a -1.18% adjustment from its last day's close. The stock's performance was behind the S&P 500's daily gain of 0.57%. On the ...

Roblox's Q4 bookings grew 21% to $1.36B but missed estimates, while DAUs rose 19% to 85.3M and engagement hours hit 18.7B. Despite a smaller-than-expected bookings beat, Roblox’s 2025 outlook ...

Roblox’s ability to monetize its growing user base also showed improvement in Q2 2025. Average bookings per daily active user (ABPDAU) increased to $12.86, representing a 7% year-over-year growth.

Earnings Results Roblox’s stock slides as losses expand, bookings come up short ‘We will see leverage against pretty much all of the cost areas over the next 12 months,’ CFO says ...