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

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

Activision Blizzard announced an annual dividend on Wednesday, February 13th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, March 28th will be given 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) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 2nd. The company reported $0.31 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.18 by $0.13. The company had revenue of $1.26 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.24 billion. Activision Blizzard had a return on equity of 16.19% and a net margin of 23.90%. Activision Blizzard's quarterly revenue was down 8.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.38 EPS. View Activision Blizzard's Earnings History.

Activision Blizzard is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 1st 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Activision Blizzard.

Activision Blizzard issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, May, 2nd. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.18 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 $6.40 billion.Activision Blizzard also updated its FY 2019 guidance to $2.10-2.10 EPS.

31 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Activision Blizzard's stock. Their forecasts range from $40.00 to $90.00. On average, they expect Activision Blizzard's stock price to reach $60.7241 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 32.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Activision Blizzard.

31 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Activision Blizzard in the last year. There are currently 11 hold ratings and 20 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Activision Blizzard.

News coverage about ATVI stock has trended somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Activision Blizzard earned a media sentiment score of 1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Activision Blizzard.

Activision Blizzard saw a increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totalling 18,205,800 shares, an increase of 10.4% from the April 30th total of 16,495,900 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 8,190,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.2 days. Currently, 2.4% of the company's shares are sold short. View Activision Blizzard's Current Options Chain.

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Activision Blizzard's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include FMR LLC (7.48%), BlackRock Inc. (6.11%), Northern Trust Corp (1.21%), Primecap Management Co. CA (1.07%), Swedbank (0.78%) and Artisan Partners Limited Partnership (0.66%). Company insiders that own Activision Blizzard stock include Brian G Kelly, 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 FMR LLC, Jennison Associates LLC, BlackRock Inc., Janus Henderson Group PLC, Wells Fargo & Company MN, OppenheimerFunds Inc., Gilder Gagnon Howe & Co. LLC and Montag & Caldwell LLC. Company insiders that have sold Activision Blizzard company stock in the last year include Christopher B Walther, Riccardo Zacconi 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 Lazard Asset Management LLC, DNB Asset Management AS, Swedbank, Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management Company LTD, Thornburg Investment Management Inc., Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. and Allen Investment Management 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of ATVI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $45.91.

Activision Blizzard has a market capitalization of $35.17 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 BLVD, SANTA MONICA CA, 90405. The company can be reached via phone at 310-255-2000 or via email at [email protected]