Electronic Arts Stock Forecast, Price & News

Electronic Arts' stock was trading at $101.18 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, EA shares have increased by 27.2% and is now trading at $128.69.
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26 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Electronic Arts in the last year. There are currently 10 hold ratings, 15 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."
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Electronic Arts is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 4th 2021.
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Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:EA) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January, 30th. The game software company reported $2.52 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.26 by $0.26. The game software company had revenue of $1.98 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.95 billion. Electronic Arts had a net margin of 23.51% and a return on equity of 17.85%. Electronic Arts's revenue was up 22.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.86 EPS.
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Electronic Arts declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 5th. Investors of record on Wednesday, December 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.17 per share on Wednesday, December 23rd. This represents a $0.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.53%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, December 1st.
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Electronic Arts issued an update on its FY21 earnings guidance on Thursday, November, 5th. The company provided EPS guidance of $3.15 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $3.40. The company issued revenue guidance of $5.95 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $6.06 billion.

26 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Electronic Arts' shares. Their forecasts range from $120.00 to $170.00. On average, they anticipate Electronic Arts' share price to reach $142.64 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 10.8% from the stock's current price.
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Electronic Arts saw a increase in short interest in the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 6,100,000 shares, an increase of 35.6% from the October 31st total of 4,500,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,580,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.4 days. Currently, 2.1% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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Electronic Arts trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "EA."

Electronic Arts' stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (7.01%), State Street Corp (4.97%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (4.27%), Nuveen Asset Management LLC (1.05%), Ninety One UK Ltd (0.92%) and UBS Asset Management Americas Inc. (0.89%). Company insiders that own Electronic Arts stock include Andrew Wilson, Blake J Jorgensen, Chris Bruzzo, Jacob J Schatz, Jay C Hoag, Joel Linzner, Kenneth A Barker, Laura Miele, Lawrence F Probst III, Leonard S Coleman Jr, Luis A Ubinas, Matthew Bilbey and Vijayanthimala Singh.
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EA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Point72 Asset Management L.P., CI Investments Inc., The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, AQR Capital Management LLC, TD Asset Management Inc., AJO LP, and State Street Corp. Company insiders that have sold Electronic Arts company stock in the last year include Andrew Wilson, Blake J Jorgensen, Chris Bruzzo, Jacob J Schatz, Jay C Hoag, Joel Linzner, Kenneth A Barker, Laura Miele, Lawrence F Probst III, Leonard S Coleman Jr, Matthew Bilbey, and Vijayanthimala Singh.
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EA stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including California Public Employees Retirement System, Altshuler Shaham Ltd, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, Ninety One UK Ltd, Jupiter Asset Management Ltd., Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich, Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership, and DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale.
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Shares of EA 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 EA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $128.69.

Electronic Arts has a market capitalization of $37.30 billion and generates $5.54 billion in revenue each year. The game software company earns $3.04 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.76 on an earnings per share basis. Electronic Arts employs 9,800 workers across the globe.

The official website for Electronic Arts is www.ea.com.

Electronic Arts' mailing address is 209 REDWOOD SHORES PARKWAY, REDWOOD CITY CA, 94065. The game software company can be reached via phone at 650-628-1500 or via email at [email protected]