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Why Roblox Stock Is Falling -- and Why I'm Still Not Buying the Stock

Summary by The Motley Fool
Key PointsThe platform reported strong first-quarter growth, with bookings rising 43% year over year.Mandatory age verification is weighing on user growth and forcing a sharp reduction in guidance.Even after the pullback, the stock's valuation may still be too rich.10 stocks we like better than Roblox › Shares of Roblox (NYSE: RBLX) plunged 18% on Friday following the gaming platform's first-quarter earnings update. The stock now trades at about…

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Roblox has drastically lowered its forecasts for 2026. The gaming platform believes that mandatory age verification will result in $900 million less revenue this year than previously anticipated. The company adjusted its expectations from $8.3 billion to between $7.3 and $7.6 billion. The stock subsequently plummeted by 22 percent last Friday.

There were 152 million active users daily in the third quarter of 2025, 132 million in May 2026. Twenty million people disappeared from radars. And Roblox knows very well why. Since January, anyone who wants to access chat on the platform must stick his face in front of a camera. The facial scan filters, sort, blocks [...]

Protecting minors comes at a price. For Roblox, it's in the billions.

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The Motley Fool broke the news in Alexandria, United States on Monday, May 4, 2026.
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