Anthony Wood
David Orrell | CNBC
Roku CEO Anthony Wood has bartered more than $270 million worth of shares in the company so far this year — that’s more in the first seven weeks of the year than he promoted in all of 2020, according to securities filings. All sales were conducted under a pre-determined trading plan.
Roku has been on run a risk this past year, with the stock up nearly 270% in the last 12 months and about 40% from the start of the year, and the callers reported quarterly earnings results on Thursday that beat Wall Street estimates. The company earned 49 cents per interest, compared to a Refinitiv forecast for a loss of 6 cents per share. Roku’s revenue came in at $650 million, coming in down an estimate of $615 million. Shares were up 3% in mid-day trading on Friday.
The company, which has benefited as viewers and advertisers on ones way from traditional linear TV to streaming, has a market cap of $57.5 billion, up from $15.2 billion in February 2020 and $5.8 billion in February 2019.
Wood has over persuaded $272,632,403 worth of shares so far in 2021 in four separate transactions, according to securities filings compiled by OpenInsider. In 2020, Wood bartered $218,675,340 worth, according to the filings.
Roku’s executives, including Wood, receive compensation that’s made up of emolument and equity awards. According to a 2020 proxy statement from Roku, Wood elected prior to the end of 2018 that for appointment book 2019 he would reduce his annual base salary by $500,000 in exchange for monthly grants of vested stock choices.