Is Roku Inc. (ROKU) A Smart Long-Term Buy?

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JDP Capital Management, an investment management firm, published its fourth-quarter 2020 Investor Letter – a copy of which can be downloaded here. A spectacular net return of 109.4% was recorded by the fund for the year end 2020, outperforming its S&P 500 benchmark that returned 18.4%. You can view the fund’s top 5 holdings to have a peek at their top bets for 2021.

JDP Capital Management, in their Q4 2020 Investor Letter said that their investment in Roku, Inc. (NASDAQ: ROKU) has been a top holding and was a large contributor to their 2020 performance. Roku Inc. is a television streaming platform company that currently has a $49.3 billion market cap. For the past 3 months, ROKU delivered a huge 92.21% return and settled at $389.03 per share at the closing of January 29th.

Here is what JDP Capital Management has to say about Roku Inc. in their investor letter:

"Roku became a top JDP holding in April and was a large contributor to our 2020 performance. I was first introduced to the company in 2014 by a venture investor who admired its founder Andy Wood and company's strategic move that year to partner with Chinese TV manufacturer TLC to build the first Roku TVs.