Activision Blizzard Stock Forecast, Price & News

21 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Activision Blizzard in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating 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 is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 3rd 2021.
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Activision Blizzard will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, August 3rd at 4:30 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATVI) posted its earnings results on Monday, May, 3rd. The company reported $0.84 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.65 by $0.19. The firm earned $2.07 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.77 billion. Activision Blizzard had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 18.18% and a net margin of 26.95%. Activision Blizzard's quarterly revenue was up 36.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.65 earnings per share.
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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 stock has increased by 41.7% and is now trading at $84.05.
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Activision Blizzard announced 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 boost 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 0.52%. 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 11.69% next year. This indicates that Activision Blizzard will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Activision Blizzard issued an update on its FY 2021 earnings guidance on Tuesday, May, 25th. The company provided EPS guidance of 3.700-3.700 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $3.650. The company issued revenue guidance of $8.60 billion-$8.60 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $8.55 billion.

21 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Activision Blizzard's stock. Their forecasts range from $100.00 to $125.00. On average, they anticipate Activision Blizzard's share price to reach $113.22 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 34.7% 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 variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Marathon Asset Management LLP (0.13%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.11%), Baskin Financial Services Inc. (0.04%), Vigilant Capital Management LLC (0.03%), Gofen & Glossberg LLC IL (0.02%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%). Company insiders that own Activision Blizzard stock include Armin Zerza, Brian G Kelly, Brian M Stolz, Casey Wasserman, Christopher B Walther, Claudine Macartney, Collister Johnson, Daniel Alegre, Dennis M Durkin, Jesse Yang, 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 State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Exane Asset Management, Northstar Advisory Group LLC, Manning & Napier Group LLC, TIAA FSB, Compagnie Lombard Odier SCmA, and Veracity Capital LLC. Company insiders that have sold Activision Blizzard company stock in the last year include Armin Zerza, Brian G Kelly, Casey Wasserman, Christopher B Walther, Claudine Macartney, Daniel Alegre, and Dennis M Durkin.
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ATVI stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Marathon Asset Management LLP, Transform Wealth LLC, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Baskin Financial Services Inc., CHICAGO TRUST Co NA, Vigilant Capital Management LLC, Anderson Hoagland & Co., and Cornerstone Wealth Group 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 $84.05.

Activision Blizzard has a market capitalization of $65.31 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]