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Analysts say Roku has shown great upside by diversifying its revenue away from chiefly hardware to partnerships and advertising over its platform.
“Over the past two-and-a-half years, Roku has expanded their product lines, evolved their platform business with smart-TV makers, and continued to build out its advertising business,” said Brett Sappington, director of research of at consulting firm Parks Associates. “A platform-based approach and their advertising business will be keys to their future revenues and success.”
From the article "Roku IPO: Shares jump 68% as investors bet the firm can fend off Amazon, Apple and Google" by David Pierson and David Ng.
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