Activision Blizzard Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:ATVI)

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

Activision Blizzard declared an annual dividend on Wednesday, February 13th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, March 28th will be paid a dividend of $0.37 per share on Thursday, May 9th. This represents a dividend yield of 0.83%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, March 27th. This is a positive change from Activision Blizzard's previous annual dividend of $0.34. View Activision Blizzard's Dividend History.

Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATVI) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August, 8th. The company reported $0.34 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.20 by $0.14. The business earned $1.21 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.19 billion. Activision Blizzard had a return on equity of 15.54% and a net margin of 23.69%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 12.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.41 EPS. View Activision Blizzard's Earnings History.

Activision Blizzard is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 7th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Activision Blizzard.

Activision Blizzard will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, November 7th 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 updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 8th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.41 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $1.32. The company issued revenue guidance of $6.3 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $6.36 billion.

28 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Activision Blizzard's shares. Their forecasts range from $43.00 to $68.00. On average, they expect Activision Blizzard's share price to reach $59.52 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Activision Blizzard.

28 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Activision Blizzard in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 5 hold ratings and 22 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 very negative on Thursday, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing 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 nearest to five being the most favorable. Activision Blizzard earned a news sentiment score of -3.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Activision Blizzard.

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Activision Blizzard's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.30%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.24%), Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI (0.12%), Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.08%), Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.05%) and Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.05%). Company insiders that own Activision Blizzard stock include Brian G Kelly, Brian M Stolz, Christopher B Walther, Dennis M Durkin, Riccardo Zacconi, 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 Manning & Napier Group LLC, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Cerebellum GP LLC, Cerebellum GP LLC, Perpetual Ltd and Crossmark Global Holdings Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Activision Blizzard company stock in the last year include Brian M Stolz, Christopher B Walther and Robert J Morgado. View Insider Buying and Selling for Activision Blizzard.

ATVI stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Artemis Investment Management LLP, DNB Asset Management AS, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Vigilant Capital Management LLC, Community Trust & Investment Co. and Ingalls & Snyder 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of ATVI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $55.78.

Activision Blizzard has a market capitalization of $42.78 billion and generates $7.50 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $1.81 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.39 on an earnings per share basis. Activision Blizzard employs 9,900 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Activision Blizzard.

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]