Activision Blizzard Stock Forecast, Price & News

28 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Activision Blizzard in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 25 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street 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 March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 12,550,000 shares, an increase of 41.2% from the February 28th total of 8,890,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 5,800,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.2 days. Approximately 1.7% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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Activision Blizzard is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 4th 2021.
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Activision Blizzard will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, May 4th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATVI) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February, 3rd. The company reported $1.21 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.18 by $0.03. The company had revenue of $3.05 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.84 billion. Activision Blizzard had a net margin of 28.90% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 19.07%. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.23 earnings per share.
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Activision Blizzard's stock was trading at $59.33 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, ATVI stock has increased by 62.6% and is now trading at $96.48.
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Activision Blizzard announced an annual dividend on Thursday, February 4th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, April 15th will be given a dividend of $0.47 per share on Thursday, May 6th. This represents a dividend yield of 0.46%. The ex-dividend date 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 $0.41 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.42%. Activision Blizzard does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Activision Blizzard is 19.71%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Activision Blizzard will have a dividend payout ratio of 12.42% 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 FY21 earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 4th. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.83 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $3.06. The company issued revenue guidance of $8.45 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $7.56 billion.

28 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Activision Blizzard's stock. Their forecasts range from $66.00 to $125.00. On average, they anticipate Activision Blizzard's share price to reach $103.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.8% 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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Huntington National Bank (0.06%), Gillespie Robinson & Grimm Inc. (0.05%), Signature Estate & Investment Advisors LLC (0.05%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.05%), Royal London Asset Management Ltd. (0.04%) and Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.04%). Company insiders that own Activision Blizzard stock include Brian G Kelly, Brian M Stolz, Casey Wasserman, Christopher B Walther, Claudine Macartney, Collister Johnson, Daniel Alegre, Dennis M Durkin, Jesse Yang and Robert J Morgado.
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ATVI stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including DnB Asset Management AS, Moody National Bank Trust Division, Calamos Advisors LLC, Retirement Systems of Alabama, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, First Hawaiian Bank, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, and Teamwork Financial Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have sold Activision Blizzard company stock in the last year include Brian G Kelly, Casey Wasserman, Christopher B Walther, Claudine Macartney, Collister Johnson, Daniel Alegre, and Dennis M Durkin.
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ATVI stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including LVM Capital Management Ltd. MI, CX Institutional, Gillespie Robinson & Grimm Inc., Huntington National Bank, Everence Capital Management Inc., Crossmark Global Holdings Inc., Private Asset Management Inc., and Signature Estate & Investment Advisors LLC.
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Shares of ATVI can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of ATVI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $96.48.

Activision Blizzard has a market capitalization of $74.75 billion and generates $6.49 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $1.50 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.08 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]