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

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

Activision Blizzard declared an annual dividend on Wednesday, February 13th. Investors 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 is Wednesday, March 27th. This is a boost from Activision Blizzard's previous annual dividend of $0.34. View Activision Blizzard's Dividend History.

Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATVI) announced its earnings results on Thursday, November, 7th. The company reported $0.32 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.23 by $0.09. The company earned $1.21 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.15 billion. Activision Blizzard had a return on equity of 13.91% and a net margin of 23.66%. The company's revenue was down 27.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.52 earnings per share. View Activision Blizzard's Earnings History.

Activision Blizzard is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 6th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Activision Blizzard.

Activision Blizzard will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, February 6th 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 FY 2019 After-Hours earnings guidance on Monday, November, 25th. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.60-2.17 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $2.21. The company issued revenue guidance of $$6.325-6.325 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $$6.37 billion.

26 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Activision Blizzard's stock. Their forecasts range from $43.00 to $72.00. On average, they expect Activision Blizzard's stock price to reach $61.52 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 2.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Activision Blizzard.

26 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Activision Blizzard in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings, 20 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Activision Blizzard.

News coverage about ATVI stock has been trending somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Activision Blizzard earned a coverage optimism score of 1.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Activision Blizzard.

Activision Blizzard saw a drop in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 25,340,000 shares, a drop of 6.3% from the December 15th total of 27,050,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 6,120,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.1 days. Currently, 3.4% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Activision Blizzard's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Activision Blizzard include Electronic Arts (EA), TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE (TTWO), Zynga (ZNGA), Glu Mobile (GLUU) and Rosetta Stone (RST).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Activision Blizzard investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Alibaba Group (BABA), Walt Disney (DIS), Micron Technology (MU), Netflix (NFLX), Paypal (PYPL), Starbucks (SBUX), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Adobe (ADBE) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).

Activision Blizzard's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include DNB Asset Management AS (0.28%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.28%), Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI (0.10%), KAMES CAPITAL plc (0.09%), Marathon Asset Management LLP (0.07%) and Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.07%). Company insiders that own Activision Blizzard stock include Brian G Kelly, Brian M Stolz, Christopher B Walther, Collister Johnson, 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, Artemis Investment Management LLP, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Marathon Asset Management LLP, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Community Trust & Investment Co. and Farmers & Merchants Investments Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Activision Blizzard company stock in the last year include Brian M Stolz, Christopher B Walther, Collister Johnson and Robert J Morgado. View Insider Buying and Selling for Activision Blizzard.

ATVI stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including DNB Asset Management AS, Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A., KAMES CAPITAL plc, Grassi Investment Management, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Penn Davis Mcfarland Inc., Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank and Deane Retirement Strategies Inc.. 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 $60.32.

Activision Blizzard has a market capitalization of $46.34 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]