NASDAQ:EAElectronic Arts Stock Price, Forecast & News

Electronic Arts' stock was trading at $101.18 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, EA shares have increased by 15.8% and is now trading at $117.18. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

30 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Electronic Arts in the last year. There are currently 9 hold ratings, 20 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Electronic Arts.

Electronic Arts is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Electronic Arts.

Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:EA) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May, 5th. The game software company reported $1.09 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.73 by $0.36. The game software company had revenue of $1.21 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.17 billion. Electronic Arts had a return on equity of 16.79% and a net margin of 54.88%. View Electronic Arts' earnings history.

Electronic Arts updated its FY21 earnings guidance on Tuesday, May, 5th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of ~$3.35 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $4.91. The company issued revenue guidance of ~$5.55 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $5.27 billion.

30 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for Electronic Arts' shares. Their forecasts range from $99.00 to $145.00. On average, they anticipate Electronic Arts' share price to reach $122.82 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Electronic Arts.

News headlines about EA stock have been trending negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Electronic Arts earned a coverage optimism score of -2.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the game software company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news aboutElectronic Arts.

Electronic Arts saw a drop in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 5,910,000 shares, a drop of 8.5% from the April 30th total of 6,460,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,970,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.5 days. Currently, 2.1% of the company's stock are sold short. View Electronic Arts' Current Options Chain.

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

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

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 State Street Corp (4.84%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (3.79%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (2.55%), Wellington Management Group LLP (2.11%), Invesco Ltd. (1.82%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.54%). Company insiders that own Electronic Arts stock include Andrew Wilson, Blake J Jorgensen, Chris Bruzzo, Jacob J Schatz, Jay C Hoag, Joel Linzner, Laura Miele, Lawrence F Probst III, Leonard S Coleman Jr, Luis A Ubinas, Matthew Bilbey, Patrick Soderlund and Vijayanthimala Singh. View institutional ownership trends for Electronic Arts.

EA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Waddell & Reed Financial Inc., Wellington Management Group LLP, Swedbank, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Carmignac Gestion, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Deutsche Bank AG, and Two Sigma Advisers LP. 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, Laura Miele, Lawrence F Probst III, Leonard S Coleman Jr, Luis A Ubinas, Matthew Bilbey, and Vijayanthimala Singh. View insider buying and selling activity for Electronic Arts.

EA stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital Research Global Investors, Flossbach Von Storch AG, State Street Corp, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company , Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Vantage Investment Partners LLC, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, and PGGM Investments. View insider buying and selling activity for Electronic Arts.

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 $117.18.

Electronic Arts has a market capitalization of $33.94 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]