# How Roblox (RBLX) compares with the whole market and its popular alternatives

> Source: EasyCompare research, https://easycompare.io/research/rblx
> Data as of October 20, 2026. Total returns include reinvested dividends. Past performance does not predict future results; nothing here is investment advice.

Built by QuantCommons' quantitative engine, this page is about relative opportunity, not data on RBLX alone. It places RBLX (Roblox Corporation) against 16 popular alternatives, its neighboring categories and the entire market of over 10,000 U.S.-listed stocks and ETFs, and surfaces what has done better on consistent outperformance, return for the risk taken, behavior in real market crashes and diversification. The result is a clearer view of where RBLX stands in the market, and of the alternatives worth a closer look.

Period covered: RBLX's full trading record, from March 2021 through September 2026. The crash tests reach back to 2000 using older funds and the S&P 500. All returns include reinvested dividends. Data as of October 20, 2026.

## Key findings

- **Right now:** Over the past 6 months, RBLX fell 15.3% while the S&P 500 rose 9.1%. The slide is RBLX's own: it is 63.0% below its high, against 1.3% for the S&P 500.
- **Stock or market?:** The weakness is RBLX's own: it fell 1.7% over the past 3 months while the technology sector ETF XLK (State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF) rose 5.7%. The S&P 500 rose 3.9%. Its entertainment peers did not move as one over the past 3 months: U (Unity Software) rose 34.7%, while BILI (Bilibili) fell 24.4%.
- **Past 1 to 3 years:** RBLX has gone against the market, falling 61.2% over the past year while the S&P 500 rose 15.8%. The same gap shows up over 3 years (64.8% against 89.3%). That said, the last two calendar years both went the same way: RBLX rose 40.0% in 2025, while the S&P 500 rose 15.8%.
- **Long term:** RBLX turned $10,000 into $6,660 over the past 5 years, against $18,200 in the S&P 500. RBLX's 5-year loss of 33.4% puts it behind 76% of the stocks worth at least $300 million with that much history. The S&P 500 returned 81.7%.
- **In a crash:** The 2022 bear market took 75.6% off RBLX, against 24.5% for the S&P 500. That was more than MSFT (Microsoft, 31.0%) but less than U (Unity Software, 76.6%).
- **Diversification:** Over 5 years RBLX took more of the market's losses than of its gains: in the S&P 500's rising months it gained 24% as much as the index, and in falling months it lost 1.2 times as much, with a beta of 1.45.
- **Better options**
  - **Popular alternatives:** NVDA (NVIDIA), GOOG (Alphabet) and META (Meta Platforms) earned more than RBLX with less volatility over the past 5 years. NVDA returned 58.0% a year at 51.9% volatility, against a loss of 7.8% a year at 71.1%.
  - **Nearby categories and themes:** AMZN (Amazon.com, e-commerce) and T (AT&T, integrated telecommunications) earned more than RBLX with less volatility over the past 5 years. AMZN returned 9.0% a year at 36.6% volatility, against a loss of 7.8% a year at 71.1%.
  - **Whole market:** 2,850 of the 3,633 stocks and funds worth at least $500 million earned more than RBLX with less volatility over the past 5 years, among them NVDA (NVIDIA), AAPL (Apple) and GOOG (Alphabet).

## How much would $10,000 in RBLX have grown?

This chart tracks a hypothetical $10,000 investment in RBLX over the past 5 years, with dividends reinvested, alongside the same amount in the S&P 500, investments that ended ahead of RBLX over the same span and RBLX's popular alternatives, among those that traded for the entire period.

- $10,000 invested in RBLX at the end of September 2021 would have grown to $5,608 by September 2026, less than the $19,000 it would have become in SPY, an S&P 500 fund.
- All eight other investments on the chart ended ahead of RBLX, and NVDA finished highest, at $110,811.

## RBLX at a glance

This section summarizes the key facts about the stock, its returns over periods from one to ten years and the risk it has carried, with dividends reinvested throughout.

- RBLX is still 63.0% below its all-time high.
- RBLX's deepest decline since it began trading in 2021 was 82.8%, from November 2021 to May 2022. It took about three years from the low to climb back to its old high.
- Over four full calendar years, RBLX's best was 2023, when it returned 60.6%, and its worst was 2022, when it lost 72.4%. It lost money in one of those years.

- Type: Stock, Technology (Electronic Gaming & Multimedia)
- Trading since: March 10, 2021
- Market value: $37B
- Volatility (5 years): 71.1%; Sharpe ratio: 0.24
- Worst decline ever: −82.8%, from November 19, 2021 to May 10, 2022; back at its high by July 31, 2025

| Period | RBLX total return |
| --- | --- |
| 1 month | +2.1% |
| 3 months | −1.7% |
| 6 months | −15.3% |
| year to date | −35.3% |
| 1 year | −61.2% |
| 3 years | +64.8% |
| 5 years | −33.4% |

## RBLX against the whole market

Where RBLX ranks among every stock and fund, and what across the market has done better.

### How does RBLX rank among all stocks?

This section ranks RBLX on return, volatility, risk-adjusted return and worst decline against every stock worth at least $300 million with enough history.

- RBLX's 1-year return ranks in the bottom 3% of the 3,287 stocks worth at least $300 million with 1 year of history.

| Measure | RBLX | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1-year return | −61.2% | 3,197 of 3,287 (top 98%) |
| 3-year return | +64.8% | 1,332 of 3,017 (top 45%) |
| 5-year return | −33.4% | 2,209 of 2,893 (top 77%) |
| Volatility, 5 years | 71.1% | 2,524 of 2,893 (top 88%) |
| Sharpe ratio, 5 years | 0.24 | 1,730 of 2,893 (top 60%) |

### What has beaten RBLX on both return and risk?

Each dot is an investment, placed by how much it earned a year over the past 5 years (higher is better) and how much its price swung, its volatility (further left is calmer).

- 1,854 stocks and 996 ETFs worth at least $500 million sit in the green region: each earned more than RBLX over the past 5 years with smaller price swings. That is 78% of the 3,633 screened.
- Among those with at least half RBLX's swings, CLS has the best return for its risk: 101% a year at 59.7% volatility, 16% less than RBLX's 71.1%, and a Sharpe ratio (return above cash per unit of volatility) of 1.47 against 0.24 for RBLX.
- Among RBLX's popular alternatives, NVDA, GOOG and MSFT are in the region. NVDA earned 58.0% a year against a loss of 7.8% a year for RBLX, at 51.9% volatility, 27% less than RBLX's 71.1%.

### Is there a better investment than RBLX?

The table below lists investments that beat RBLX over the past 5 years on at least one of these measures: a higher annual return with lower volatility, a higher annual return at similar volatility, a similar return with lower volatility, a higher Sharpe ratio with a smaller worst decline, a higher total return in most periods from 3 months to 10 years, or smaller losses in recent market crashes.

- Among RBLX's popular alternatives, NVDA, GOOG and META earned more than RBLX with less volatility over the past 5 years. NVDA returned 58.0% a year at 51.9% volatility, against a loss of 7.8% a year at 71.1%.
- Looking beyond its popular alternatives, AMZN (e-commerce) and T (integrated telecommunications) earned more than RBLX with less volatility over the past 5 years. AMZN returned 9.0% a year at 36.6% volatility, against a loss of 7.8% a year at 71.1%.
- Across the whole market, 2,850 of the 3,633 stocks and funds worth at least $500 million earned more than RBLX with less volatility over the past 5 years, among them NVDA, AAPL and GOOG.

The 15 strongest of 2,850 investments that beat RBLX over the past 5 years, out of 3,633 stocks and funds worth at least $500 million.

| Investment | Group | Annual return (5 years) | Volatility | Sharpe | Worst decline (10 years) | 5Y return | Correlation with RBLX | Better on |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RBLX: Roblox Corporation (this page) |  | −7.8% | 71.1% | 0.24 | −82.8% | −33.4% |  |  |
| [RY](https://easycompare.io/research/ry): Royal Bank of Canada | Banks | +17.3% | 18.2% | 0.97 | −40.0% | +122% | 0.03 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher Sharpe, smaller worst decline; Higher return in most periods |
| [PBR-A](https://easycompare.io/research/pbr-a): Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras | Integrated Oil & Gas | +51.8% | 37.5% | 1.31 | −71.7% | +705% | -0.12 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher Sharpe, smaller worst decline; Higher return in most periods |
| [CAH](https://easycompare.io/research/cah): Cardinal Health, Inc. | Health Care Distribution | +42.1% | 24.7% | 1.55 | −46.1% | +479% | 0.03 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher Sharpe, smaller worst decline; Higher return in most periods |
| [AAPL](https://easycompare.io/research/aapl): Apple Inc. | Computer Hardware | +18.5% | 28.0% | 0.75 | −38.5% | +133% | 0.31 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher Sharpe, smaller worst decline; Higher return in most periods |
| [MPLX](https://easycompare.io/research/mplx): MPLX Lp | Oil & Gas Midstream | +23.5% | 18.8% | 1.22 | −75.2% | +187% | 0.03 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher Sharpe, smaller worst decline; Higher return in most periods |
| [TSM](https://easycompare.io/research/tsm): Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | Semiconductors | +31.5% | 38.5% | 0.91 | −56.6% | +293% | 0.36 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher Sharpe, smaller worst decline; Higher return in most periods |
| [LLY](https://easycompare.io/research/lly): Eli Lilly and Company | Pharmaceuticals | +40.7% | 32.8% | 1.21 | −34.5% | +451% | -0.13 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher Sharpe, smaller worst decline; Higher return in most periods |
| [VTI](https://easycompare.io/research/vti): Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF | US Total Market | +11.5% | 17.5% | 0.71 | −35.0% | +72.6% | 0.37 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher Sharpe, smaller worst decline; Higher return in most periods |
| [MU](https://easycompare.io/research/mu): Micron Technology, Inc. | Semiconductors | +68.1% | 57.1% | 1.20 | −57.6% | +1,244% | 0.11 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher Sharpe, smaller worst decline; Higher return in most periods |
| [VOO](https://easycompare.io/research/voo): Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | US Large-Cap Equity | +12.8% | 16.9% | 0.80 | −34.0% | +82.3% | 0.35 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher Sharpe, smaller worst decline; Higher return in most periods |
| [WMT](https://easycompare.io/research/wmt): Walmart Inc. | Discount Retail | +20.8% | 22.6% | 0.96 | −25.7% | +158% | 0.05 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher Sharpe, smaller worst decline; Higher return in most periods |
| [XOM](https://easycompare.io/research/xom): Exxonmobil Holdings Corporation | Integrated Oil & Gas | +27.1% | 26.5% | 1.04 | −61.0% | +232% | -0.29 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher Sharpe, smaller worst decline; Higher return in most periods |
| [AMD](https://easycompare.io/research/amd): Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | Semiconductors | +35.7% | 57.6% | 0.82 | −65.5% | +359% | 0.28 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher Sharpe, smaller worst decline; Higher return in most periods |
| [JPM](https://easycompare.io/research/jpm): JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Banks | +17.3% | 24.3% | 0.78 | −43.6% | +122% | 0.25 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher Sharpe, smaller worst decline; Higher return in most periods |
| [ABBV](https://easycompare.io/research/abbv): AbbVie Inc. | Pharmaceuticals | +26.1% | 23.4% | 1.11 | −45.1% | +218% | -0.01 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher Sharpe, smaller worst decline; Higher return in most periods |

## RBLX against its popular alternatives

The investments people most often weigh against RBLX, compared period by period and year by year.

### How do RBLX's risk and return compare with its alternatives?

This map plots each investment's annual return over the past 5 years against its volatility, the size of its typical price swings.

- Seven of the 15 popular alternatives, led by NVDA, GOOG and META, were both more rewarding and calmer than RBLX over the past 5 years, earning a higher annual return with lower volatility.
- Over the past 5 years, RBLX returned -7.8% a year, less than the S&P 500's 12.7%, with higher volatility (71.1% against 17.1%).

### Has RBLX consistently beaten its popular alternatives?

This section compares RBLX with the investments people most often weigh against it, checking each one over seven periods from one month to five years.

- Three of the 16 popular alternatives, NVDA, META and GOOG, outperformed RBLX in at least 3 of 5 short-term and 2 of 2 long-term timeframes.
- NVDA and META outperformed RBLX in every long-term period and in all but one short-term period, the most consistent record in the group.
- NVDA, GOOG and MSFT earned more for the risk they took than RBLX (a higher Sharpe ratio) and fell less in their worst decline of the past 10 years.

| Investment | 1Y return | 3Y return | 5Y return | Periods ahead of RBLX | Verdict | Sharpe |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RBLX: Roblox Corporation (this page) | −61.2% | +64.8% | −33.4% |  |  | 0.24 |
| [NVDA](https://easycompare.io/research/nvda): NVIDIA Corporation | +18.8% | +425% | +884% | 4/5 short-term, 2/2 long-term | all-weather | 1.14 |
| [META](https://easycompare.io/research/meta): Meta Platforms, Inc. | −4.9% | +127% | +106% | 4/5 short-term, 2/2 long-term | all-weather | 0.55 |
| [GOOG](https://easycompare.io/research/goog): Alphabet Inc. | +31.2% | +148% | +138% | 3/5 short-term, 2/2 long-term | consistent | 0.71 |
| [APP](https://easycompare.io/research/app): AppLovin Corporation | −51.9% | +625% | +192% | 1/5 short-term, 2/2 long-term |  | 0.66 |
| [MSFT](https://easycompare.io/research/msft): Microsoft Corporation | +3.8% | +66.6% | +80.3% | 5/5 short-term, 1/2 long-term |  | 0.56 |
| [SONY](https://easycompare.io/research/sony): Sony Group Corporation | −13.2% | +54.0% | +15.4% | 5/5 short-term, 1/2 long-term |  | 0.24 |
| [NTES](https://easycompare.io/research/ntes): NetEase, Inc. | −16.2% | +34.1% | +37.6% | 4/5 short-term, 1/2 long-term |  | 0.36 |
| [TTWO](https://easycompare.io/research/ttwo): Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | −21.2% | +47.0% | +19.1% | 3/5 short-term, 1/2 long-term |  | 0.27 |
| SNAP: Snap Inc. | −17.5% | −32.4% | −91.6% | 5/5 short-term, 0/2 long-term |  | -0.26 |
| SG: Sweetgreen, Inc. | +43.6% | −2.3% | — | 5/5 short-term, 0/2 long-term |  | — |
| GRVY: Gravity Co., Ltd. | +15.2% | +2.8% | −34.9% | 4/5 short-term, 0/2 long-term |  | 0.01 |
| U: Unity Software Inc. | +13.9% | +47.8% | −71.8% | 4/5 short-term, 0/2 long-term |  | 0.06 |
| SOHU: Sohu.com Limited | −14.0% | +54.6% | −44.3% | 2/5 short-term, 0/2 long-term |  | -0.07 |
| PLAY: Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. | −56.1% | −78.2% | −78.2% | 2/5 short-term, 0/2 long-term |  | -0.19 |
| BILI: Bilibili Inc. | −49.5% | +11.3% | −83.1% | 1/5 short-term, 0/2 long-term |  | -0.09 |
| PLTK: Playtika Holding Corp. | −39.2% | −72.7% | −91.5% | 1/5 short-term, 0/2 long-term |  | -0.67 |

### How did RBLX do year by year?

This table shows each investment's total return in every full calendar year since 2022, along with where RBLX ranked among its popular alternatives each year.

- RBLX finished ahead of the S&P 500 in three of its four full calendar years, and ahead of it in each of the last three.
- Among its popular alternatives, NVDA came out ahead of RBLX most often, in three of the four years both traded.
- Ranked against its popular alternatives each year, RBLX finished in the top quarter in one of four years and in the bottom quarter in no. In 2025, it ranked 5 of 17.

| Year | RBLX | SPY |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2025 | +40.0% | +17.7% |
| 2024 | +26.6% | +24.9% |
| 2023 | +60.6% | +26.2% |
| 2022 | −72.4% | −18.2% |

## Risk and diversification

How RBLX has fallen, how it held up in crashes beside the S&P 500 and its popular alternatives, and what moves independently of it.

### What were RBLX's worst declines?

A drawdown is the decline from a peak to the lowest point before a new high.

- In all five of RBLX's worst declines, the S&P 500 held up better over the same dates.
- Not every decline was the market's doing: RBLX fell 74.9% from September 2025 to August 2026, while the S&P 500 rose 17.4%.
- The slowest recovery came after RBLX fell 82.8% from November 2021 to May 2022; it did not regain that peak until July 2025, three years later.

| Decline | Peak | Low | Back at the high | SPY over the same dates | Market event |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| −82.8% | November 19, 2021 | May 10, 2022 | July 31, 2025 | −14.3% | 2022 bear market |
| −74.9% | September 29, 2025 | August 12, 2026 | not yet | +17.4% |  |
| −29.7% | June 2, 2021 | October 11, 2021 | November 9, 2021 | +4.1% |  |
| −22.0% | April 13, 2021 | May 10, 2021 | May 21, 2021 | +1.2% |  |
| −16.7% | July 31, 2025 | August 21, 2025 | September 29, 2025 | +0.5% |  |

### How did RBLX do in stock market crashes?

This section measures how far RBLX, the S&P 500 and each alternative fell from peak to trough during every major market crash since 2000.

- Among its popular alternatives, MSFT held up best, falling less than RBLX in all two crashes they both traded through.
- RBLX began trading after the 2008 financial crisis, but eight of its popular alternatives lived through it. The mildest fall among them was NTES's 41.8%, against 55.2% for the S&P 500.
- RBLX fell further than the S&P 500 in one of the two crashes it has traded through. The clearest case was the 2022 bear market, when RBLX fell 75.6% and the S&P 500 fell 24.5%.

| Crash | Dates | RBLX fall | SPY fall |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dot-com bust | March 10, 2000 to October 9, 2002 | not trading | −47.5% |
| Global financial crisis | October 9, 2007 to March 9, 2009 | not trading | −55.2% |
| Flash crash | May 6, 2010 to May 7, 2010 | not trading | −1.5% |
| Euro debt crisis | July 22, 2011 to October 3, 2011 | not trading | −17.9% |
| China devaluation & oil rout | August 10, 2015 to February 11, 2016 | not trading | −12.8% |
| Volmageddon | February 2, 2018 to February 9, 2018 | not trading | −6.5% |
| Q4 2018 selloff | September 21, 2018 to December 24, 2018 | not trading | −19.3% |
| COVID crash | February 19, 2020 to March 23, 2020 | not trading | −33.7% |
| 2022 bear market | January 4, 2022 to October 12, 2022 | −75.6% | −24.5% |
| SVB / regional bank stress | March 8, 2023 to March 13, 2023 | −3.4% | −3.4% |

### How closely does RBLX move with the S&P 500?

Upside capture measures how much of the S&P 500's gains an investment kept in the months the market rose, and downside capture how much of its losses it took in the months the market fell.

- 11 of the 15 popular alternatives had a higher capture ratio (upside capture divided by downside capture) than RBLX's 0.21, led by NVDA, GOOG and NTES.
- NTES took just 73% of the S&P 500's losses, against 115% for RBLX, while still keeping 72% of its gains.
- Over the past 5 years, RBLX captured 24% of the S&P 500's gains in rising months and 115% of its losses in falling months, with a beta of 1.45. Its share of the market's losses was larger than its share of the gains.

Measured over the past 5 years of monthly returns against SPY.

| Investment | Upside capture | Downside capture | Beta |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RBLX: Roblox Corporation (this page) | 24.0% | 115% | 1.45 |
| [NVDA](https://easycompare.io/research/nvda): NVIDIA Corporation | 259% | 152% | 2.21 |
| [META](https://easycompare.io/research/meta): Meta Platforms, Inc. | 139% | 150% | 1.18 |
| [GOOG](https://easycompare.io/research/goog): Alphabet Inc. | 140% | 132% | 1.20 |
| [APP](https://easycompare.io/research/app): AppLovin Corporation | 257% | 267% | 2.56 |
| [MSFT](https://easycompare.io/research/msft): Microsoft Corporation | 115% | 126% | 1.10 |
| [SONY](https://easycompare.io/research/sony): Sony Group Corporation | 83.0% | 137% | 0.99 |
| [NTES](https://easycompare.io/research/ntes): NetEase, Inc. | 72.0% | 73.0% | 0.67 |
| [TTWO](https://easycompare.io/research/ttwo): Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | 66.0% | 83.0% | 0.98 |
| SNAP: Snap Inc. | −61.0% | 207% | 1.08 |
| GRVY: Gravity Co., Ltd. | 78.0% | 175% | 1.03 |
| U: Unity Software Inc. | 101% | 308% | 2.10 |
| SOHU: Sohu.com Limited | 40.0% | 131% | 0.31 |
| PLAY: Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. | 58.0% | 313% | 1.92 |
| BILI: Bilibili Inc. | 9.0% | 197% | 0.65 |
| PLTK: Playtika Holding Corp. | −19.0% | 256% | 1.07 |

### What diversifies RBLX?

Correlation measures how closely two investments move together, on a scale from 1 (in lockstep) through 0 (unrelated) to -1 (in opposite directions).

- Moving a fifth of the money in RBLX into MPC would have cut the portfolio's volatility by 21% over the past 5 years and raised its annual return (-10.9% for RBLX alone, +3.8% for the mix).
- Among large ETFs, LVHI, DXJ and EMLP have moved largely independently of RBLX over the past 5 years, with correlations of 0.05 or lower, and each still earned a positive 5-year return.
- In 2022, the one year RBLX lost money (-72.4%), MPC returned +86.6%.

| Investment | Correlation with RBLX | 5Y return | Volatility | Sharpe | Rose in RBLX's 1 down years |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LVHI: Franklin International Low Volatility High Dividend Index ETF | -0.08 | +119% | 11.1% | 1.48 | 1 of 1 |
| DXJ: WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund | -0.01 | +225% | 19.1% | 1.34 | 1 of 1 |
| EMLP: First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund | 0.05 | +101% | 14.5% | 1.04 | 1 of 1 |
| HDV: iShares Core High Dividend ETF | -0.05 | +83.3% | 13.0% | 1.00 | 1 of 1 |
| [SMH](https://easycompare.io/research/smh): VanEck Semiconductor ETF | 0.39 | +323% | 36.9% | 0.97 | 0 of 1 |
| DBEF: Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF | 0.19 | +85.0% | 13.8% | 0.96 | 0 of 1 |
| [GLD](https://easycompare.io/research/gld): SPDR Gold Shares | 0.01 | +126% | 18.9% | 0.96 | 0 of 1 |
| SPMO: Invesco S&P 500 Momentum ETF | 0.33 | +136% | 20.8% | 0.93 | 0 of 1 |

## Common questions

### What was RBLX's worst drawdown?

RBLX's deepest decline since it began trading in 2021 was 82.8%, from November 2021 to May 2022. It took about three years from the low to climb back to its old high. Because RBLX launched in March 2021, that record does not include the dot-com bust, the 2008 financial crisis or six other sell-offs.

### What were RBLX's best and worst years?

Over four full calendar years, RBLX's best year was 2023, when it returned 60.6%. Its worst was 2022, with a return of -72.4%.

### Is there a better investment than RBLX?

Among RBLX's popular alternatives, NVDA, GOOG and META earned more than RBLX with less volatility over the past 5 years. NVDA returned 58.0% a year at 51.9% volatility, against a loss of 7.8% a year at 71.1%. Looking beyond its popular alternatives, AMZN (e-commerce) and T (integrated telecommunications) earned more than RBLX with less volatility over the past 5 years. AMZN returned 9.0% a year at 36.6% volatility, against a loss of 7.8% a year at 71.1%.

### Is RBLX more volatile than the S&P 500?

Yes. RBLX's volatility over the past 5 years was 71.1%, 4.1 times the S&P 500's 17.1%. Volatility measures how widely returns swing around their average: in roughly two years out of three, RBLX's return lands within 71.1% of its average, either way. The higher it is, the rougher the ride and the harder it is to hold through a slump.

### What is RBLX's Sharpe ratio?

RBLX's Sharpe ratio over the past 5 years was 0.24, against 0.79 for the S&P 500, so RBLX earned less for each unit of risk than an index fund did. The Sharpe ratio is the return earned above cash for each unit of volatility: two investments with the same return are not equal if one got there with far bigger swings.

### How correlated is RBLX with the S&P 500?

Over the past 5 years, RBLX's monthly returns had a correlation of 0.35 with the S&P 500. Correlation runs from 1 (moving in lockstep) through 0 (unrelated) to −1 (moving in opposite directions). They are only loosely linked, which makes it a real diversifier next to an index fund. In the table, the correlation column measures each option against RBLX instead: the lower it is, the more that option would diversify a RBLX holding.

### What are the best alternatives to RBLX?

Of the 16 popular alternatives we compared, three outperformed RBLX in at least 3 of 5 short-term and 2 of 2 long-term timeframes, with dividends reinvested: NVDA, META and GOOG.

### Did RBLX outperform the S&P 500?

RBLX finished ahead of the S&P 500 (SPY) in three of four full calendar years. In 2025, it returned +40.0%, against +17.7% for the index.

### How did RBLX do in stock market crashes?

RBLX fell less than the S&P 500 (SPY) in none of the two major crashes it has traded through, and further in one. The clearest case was the 2022 bear market, when RBLX fell 75.6% and the S&P 500 fell 24.5%.

### What diversifies RBLX?

These had a low correlation with RBLX over the past 5 years and still earned a positive 5-year return: among large ETFs, LVHI (correlation -0.08), DXJ (correlation -0.01) and EMLP (correlation 0.05); among large stocks, CAH (correlation 0.03), CLS (correlation 0.33) and FIX (correlation 0.33). A correlation near zero means the two have moved largely independently.

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