Activision Blizzard - ATVI Stock Forecast, Price & News

24 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Activision Blizzard in the last twelve months. There are currently 16 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" ATVI shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in ATVI, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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24 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Activision Blizzard's stock. Their ATVI share price forecasts range from $74.00 to $114.24. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $94.30 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 17.5% from the stock's current price.
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Activision Blizzard's stock was trading at $66.53 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, ATVI stock has increased by 20.7% and is now trading at $80.27.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, November 1st 2022.
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Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATVI) posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, August, 1st. The company reported $0.47 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.38 by $0.09. The business earned $1.64 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.57 billion. Activision Blizzard had a net margin of 24.57% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.22%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 14.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.86 EPS.

Activision Blizzard declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 3rd. Shareholders of record on Friday, April 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.47 per share on Friday, May 6th. This represents a $1.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.34%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, April 13th. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.34.
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Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ:ATVI) pays an annual dividend of $0.47 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.58%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 13 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 19.58%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, ATVI will have a dividend payout ratio of 14.37% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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128 employees have rated Activision Blizzard Chief Executive Officer Robert A. Kotick on Glassdoor.com. Robert A. Kotick has an approval rating of 50% among the company's employees. This puts Robert A. Kotick in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies. 59.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at Activision Blizzard to a friend.

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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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (4.15%), FMR LLC (2.52%), Bank of Nova Scotia (1.23%), Deutsche Bank AG (1.15%), Northern Trust Corp (1.14%) and Pentwater Capital Management LP (0.00%). Insiders that own company stock include Armin Zerza, Brian G Kelly, Casey Wasserman, Christopher B Walther, Claudine Macartney, Collister Johnson, Daniel Alegre, Dennis M Durkin, Hendrik Hartong III, Jesse Yang, Peter J Nolan, Peter J Nolan and Robert J Morgado.
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One share of ATVI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $80.27.

Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ:ATVI) has a market capitalization of $62.80 billion and generates $8.80 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $2.70 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.40 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 9,800 workers across the globe.

Activision Blizzard was founded in 1979.

Activision Blizzard's mailing address is 3100 OCEAN PARK BOULEVARD, SANTA MONICA CA, 90405. The official website for the company is www.activisionblizzard.com. The company can be reached via phone at (310) 255-2000, via email at ir@activision.com, or via fax at 310-255-2100.