M&A
confidence high
sentiment neutral
materiality 0.30
Roku supplements Fox merger proxy after stockholder demand letters; Qatalyst DCF used 12.5-18% discount rates
ROKU, INC
- Roku received stockholder demand letters alleging omissions or misstatements in the Fox merger joint proxy/prospectus; Roku denies the claims but voluntarily filed supplemental disclosures.
- Qatalyst standalone Roku DCF used 12.5%-18.0% discount rates; Roku projected cash of approximately $2.43 billion as of June 30, 2026 per management.
- Pro forma combined company DCF used 9.0%-13.0% discount rates; estimated combined net debt of about negative $630 million (net cash) as of June 30, 2026, excluding the Mergers.
- New comparable multiples: Netflix 20.4x CY2026E EBITDA ($346.2B EV), Spotify 25.1x ($89.3B), AppLovin 24.3x, Alphabet 19.2x ($4,432.2B), Meta 10.3x, Snap 8.2x.
- Transaction bonuses capped at $13M aggregate, $2M per individual reporting to the CEO and $600K for others; CEO Anthony Wood receives neither transaction nor retention bonus.