Activision Blizzard Stock Forecast, Price & News

22 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Activision Blizzard in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 20 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" Activision Blizzard stock.
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Activision Blizzard saw a increase in short interest during the month of July. As of July 30th, there was short interest totaling 12,680,000 shares, an increase of 27.1% from the July 15th total of 9,980,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 6,250,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.0 days. Currently, 1.7% of the company's stock are sold short.
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Activision Blizzard is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 4th 2021.
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Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATVI) posted its earnings results on Monday, August, 2nd. The company reported $0.91 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.76 by $0.15. The business had revenue of $1.92 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.89 billion. Activision Blizzard had a net margin of 29.17% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 17.05%.
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Activision Blizzard's stock was trading at $59.33 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, ATVI shares have increased by 33.6% and is now trading at $79.28.
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Activision Blizzard declared an annual dividend on Thursday, February 4th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.47 per share on Thursday, May 6th. This represents a yield of 0.46%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, April 14th. This is a positive change from Activision Blizzard's previous annual dividend of $0.41.
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Activision Blizzard pays an annual dividend of $0.47 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.60%. Activision Blizzard does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Activision Blizzard is 14.46%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Activision Blizzard will have a dividend payout ratio of 11.58% next year. This indicates that Activision Blizzard will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Activision Blizzard updated its FY 2021 earnings guidance on Tuesday, August, 17th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $3.760-$3.760 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $3.770. The company issued revenue guidance of $8.65 billion-$8.65 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $8.77 billion.

22 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Activision Blizzard's stock. Their forecasts range from $100.00 to $125.00. On average, they expect Activision Blizzard's share price to reach $113.45 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 43.1% from the stock's current price.
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62 employees have rated Activision Blizzard CEO Robert A. Kotick on Glassdoor.com. Robert A. Kotick has an approval rating of 50% among Activision Blizzard's employees. This puts Robert A. Kotick in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Activision Blizzard trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "ATVI."

Activision Blizzard's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (8.26%), BlackRock Inc. (7.44%), FMR LLC (4.56%), State Street Corp (4.44%), Capital International Investors (3.08%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.68%). Company insiders that own Activision Blizzard stock include Armin Zerza, Brian G Kelly, Casey Wasserman, Christopher B Walther, Claudine Macartney, Collister Johnson, Daniel Alegre, Dennis M Durkin, Jesse Yang, Peter J Nolan, Peter J Nolan and Robert J Morgado.
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ATVI stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, First Trust Advisors LP, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Deutsche Bank AG, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Invesco Ltd., Alyeska Investment Group L.P., and Primecap Management Co. CA. Company insiders that have sold Activision Blizzard company stock in the last year include Armin Zerza, Brian G Kelly, Casey Wasserman, Christopher B Walther, and Daniel Alegre.
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ATVI stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Amundi, Comgest Global Investors S.A.S., State Street Corp, Geode Capital Management LLC, Capital International Investors, Los Angeles Capital Management LLC, Morgan Stanley, and Simplex Trading LLC. Company insiders that have bought Activision Blizzard stock in the last two years include Jesse Yang, and Peter J Nolan.
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One share of ATVI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $79.28.

Activision Blizzard has a market capitalization of $61.66 billion and generates $8.09 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $2.20 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.25 on an earnings per share basis.

Activision Blizzard employs 9,500 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of Activision Blizzard: ATVI C.V., Activision Blizzard International BV, Activision Blizzard Media Limited, Activision Blizzard UK Limited, Activision Publishing Inc., Beenox, Blizzard Entertainment, Blizzard Entertainment SAS, Budcat Creations, California 7 Studios, DemonWare, Gray Matter Interactive Studios, High Moon Studios, King.com, King.com (US) LLC, Major League Gaming Inc, Midasplayer AB, Omniata, Radical Entertainment, RedOctane, Shaba Games, Treyarch, and Z-Axis Ltd..

Activision Blizzard was founded in 1979.

The official website for Activision Blizzard is www.activisionblizzard.com.

Activision Blizzard is headquartered at 3100 OCEAN PARK BOULEVARD, SANTA MONICA CA, 90405.

Activision Blizzard's mailing address is 3100 OCEAN PARK BOULEVARD, SANTA MONICA CA, 90405. The company can be reached via phone at (310) 255-2000 or via email at [email protected]