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EA vs. GOOG, MSFT, NFLX, TTWO, RBLX, APP, CRWD, NTES, SNOW, and NET

Should you be buying Electronic Arts stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Electronic Arts include Alphabet (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT), Netflix (NFLX), Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO), Roblox (RBLX), AppLovin (APP), CrowdStrike (CRWD), NetEase (NTES), Snowflake (SNOW), and Cloudflare (NET).

Electronic Arts vs. Its Competitors

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:EA) are related large-cap companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.

Alphabet has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Electronic Arts has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

27.3% of Alphabet shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.2% of Electronic Arts shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.0% of Alphabet shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Electronic Arts shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Alphabet had 140 more articles in the media than Electronic Arts. MarketBeat recorded 170 mentions for Alphabet and 30 mentions for Electronic Arts. Alphabet's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Electronic Arts' score of 0.76 indicating that Alphabet is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Alphabet
134 Very Positive mention(s)
13 Positive mention(s)
16 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Electronic Arts
20 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Alphabet currently has a consensus price target of $244.68, suggesting a potential downside of 2.86%. Electronic Arts has a consensus price target of $177.00, suggesting a potential downside of 11.65%. Given Alphabet's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Alphabet is more favorable than Electronic Arts.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Alphabet
3 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
21 Buy rating(s)
6 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86
Electronic Arts
1 Sell rating(s)
25 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.16

Alphabet has a net margin of 31.12% compared to Electronic Arts' net margin of 13.94%. Alphabet's return on equity of 34.31% beat Electronic Arts' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Alphabet31.12% 34.31% 24.88%
Electronic Arts 13.94%18.43%9.93%

Alphabet pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Electronic Arts pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Alphabet pays out 8.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Electronic Arts pays out 19.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Alphabet has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Alphabet has higher revenue and earnings than Electronic Arts. Alphabet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Electronic Arts, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Alphabet$350.02B8.70$100.12B$9.3926.82
Electronic Arts$7.46B6.72$1.12B$3.9950.21

Summary

Alphabet beats Electronic Arts on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding EA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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EA vs. The Competition

MetricElectronic ArtsGAMING IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$50.23B$9.03B$8.40B$10.55B
Dividend Yield0.38%2.21%3.11%4.78%
P/E Ratio50.2118.7118.1027.19
Price / Sales6.7216.836.25132.96
Price / Cash31.9719.7916.3862.13
Price / Book8.1814.174.936.65
Net Income$1.12B$12.37M$256.64M$276.79M
7 Day Performance0.17%-1.34%1.07%1.75%
1 Month Performance15.42%-2.63%-4.49%5.15%
1 Year Performance38.94%2.79%33.11%36.96%

Electronic Arts Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EA
Electronic Arts
4.3796 of 5 stars
$200.35
-0.2%
$177.00
-11.7%
+38.1%$50.23B$7.46B50.2114,500Trending News
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GOOG
Alphabet
4.6663 of 5 stars
$251.51
+2.1%
$235.33
-6.4%
+51.1%$3.04T$350.02B26.78190,200Trending News
Analyst Forecast
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MSFT
Microsoft
4.9831 of 5 stars
$528.57
+2.2%
$618.47
+17.0%
+22.9%$3.93T$281.72B38.75228,000Trending News
NFLX
Netflix
4.7282 of 5 stars
$1,163.31
+0.9%
$1,335.00
+14.8%
+68.6%$494.32B$41.69B49.5714,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
TTWO
Take-Two Interactive Software
3.7266 of 5 stars
$256.98
-0.3%
$249.50
-2.9%
+67.3%$47.41B$5.80B-10.7312,928Positive News
Analyst Forecast
RBLX
Roblox
2.7683 of 5 stars
$126.33
+3.0%
$126.72
+0.3%
+225.1%$81.49B$3.60B-88.342,474Trending News
Analyst Forecast
APP
AppLovin
2.9992 of 5 stars
$587.00
-14.0%
$579.81
-1.2%
+318.1%$198.55B$4.71B83.381,710Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
CRWD
CrowdStrike
4.1724 of 5 stars
$495.95
+1.2%
$487.11
-1.8%
+57.5%$124.46B$3.95B-416.7610,118Trending News
Analyst Forecast
NTES
NetEase
4.3935 of 5 stars
$151.04
-0.3%
$132.00
-12.6%
+81.5%$95.70B$109.68B20.4426,028Positive News
Short Interest ↓
SNOW
Snowflake
4.2095 of 5 stars
$242.73
+3.2%
$255.53
+5.3%
+102.0%$82.24B$3.63B-58.497,834Gap Up
NET
Cloudflare
4.0684 of 5 stars
$221.09
+2.0%
$191.28
-13.5%
+131.0%$77.05B$1.67B-650.264,263Positive News
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This page (NASDAQ:EA) was last updated on 10/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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