NASDAQ:ATVI - Activision Blizzard Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Activision Blizzard declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback plan on Tuesday, April 11th 2017, which authorizes the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 3.4% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are typically an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATVI) announced its earnings results on Thursday, November, 8th. The company reported $0.47 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.50 by $0.03. The company had revenue of $1.66 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.66 billion. Activision Blizzard had a return on equity of 15.44% and a net margin of 8.07%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 12.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.25 EPS. View Activision Blizzard's Earnings History.

Activision Blizzard is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 14th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Activision Blizzard.

Activision Blizzard issued an update on its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Thursday, November, 8th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $0.43 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $0.59. The company issued revenue guidance of $3.05 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.06 billion.Activision Blizzard also updated its FY 2018 guidance to $2.58-2.58 EPS.

24 brokers have issued 12-month price targets for Activision Blizzard's shares. Their predictions range from $60.00 to $90.00. On average, they expect Activision Blizzard's share price to reach $74.4583 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 55.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Activision Blizzard.

24 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Activision Blizzard in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 20 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Activision Blizzard.

Press coverage about ATVI stock has trended somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Activision Blizzard earned a news impact score of 1.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the company a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term.

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Activision Blizzard's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include FMR LLC (12.70%), Vanguard Group Inc (6.94%), BlackRock Inc. (6.57%), Capital World Investors (3.94%), Morgan Stanley (2.92%) and Jennison Associates LLC (1.93%). Company insiders that own Activision Blizzard stock include Brian G Kelly, Dennis M Durkin, Michael Morhaime, Riccardo Zacconi, Robert A Kotick, Robert J Corti, Robert J Morgado and Stephen G Wereb. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Activision Blizzard.

ATVI stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital World Investors, Janus Henderson Group PLC, American Century Companies Inc., AQR Capital Management LLC, Schroder Investment Management Group, ADAMCAPITAL Gestao de Recursos Ltda., BlackRock Inc. and FIL Ltd. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital International Investors, Capital Research Global Investors, FMR LLC, Point72 Asset Management L.P., Bessemer Group Inc., Alliancebernstein L.P., Neuberger Berman Group LLC and Alecta Pensionsforsakring Omsesidigt. 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 $47.75.

Activision Blizzard has a market capitalization of $37.02 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.

The official website for Activision Blizzard is http://www.activisionblizzard.com.

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]