NASDAQ:ATVI - Activision Blizzard Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Activision Blizzard declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase program on Tuesday, April 11th 2017, which allows the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire up to 3.4% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATVI) released its earnings results on Thursday, May, 3rd. The company reported $0.34 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.29 by $0.05. The firm had revenue of $1.38 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.32 billion. Activision Blizzard had a net margin of 4.78% and a return on equity of 17.91%. Activision Blizzard's quarterly revenue was up 15.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.56 EPS. View Activision Blizzard's Earnings History.

Activision Blizzard is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August, 1st 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Activision Blizzard.

28 analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Activision Blizzard's stock. Their forecasts range from $62.00 to $90.00. On average, they anticipate Activision Blizzard's share price to reach $74.9630 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Activision Blizzard.

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News coverage about ATVI stock has trended somewhat negative this week, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Activision Blizzard earned a media sentiment score of -0.03 on Accern's scale. They also gave news articles about the company an impact score of 45.09 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future.

Activision Blizzard's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (6.69%), Northern Trust Corp (1.23%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (0.89%), Carmignac Gestion (0.87%), OppenheimerFunds Inc. (0.55%) and Neuberger Berman Group LLC (0.54%). Company insiders that own Activision Blizzard stock include Brian G Kelly, Christopher B Walther, Dennis M Durkin, Michael Morhaime, Peter J Nolan, Riccardo Zacconi, Robert A Kotick, Robert J Corti, Robert J Morgado, Stephen G Wereb and Thomas Tippl. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Activision Blizzard.

ATVI stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Boston Partners, Iridian Asset Management LLC CT, Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Park West Asset Management LLC, American Century Companies Inc. and Swiss National Bank. Company insiders that have sold Activision Blizzard company stock in the last year include Brian G Kelly, Dennis M Durkin, Riccardo Zacconi, Robert J Corti and Stephen G Wereb. View Insider Buying and Selling for Activision Blizzard.

ATVI stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including OppenheimerFunds Inc., CI Global Investments Inc., Alecta Pensionsforsakring Omsesidigt, FIL Ltd, Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, Eaton Vance Management, Inverness Counsel LLC NY and Summit Trail Advisors LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Activision Blizzard.

Shares of ATVI can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of ATVI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $77.87.

Activision Blizzard has a market capitalization of $58.92 billion and generates $7.02 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $273 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.05 on an earnings per share basis. Activision Blizzard employs 9,800 workers across the globe.

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]