Electronic Arts (EA) Competitors $171.76 -0.62 (-0.36%) Closing price 09/15/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$171.25 -0.51 (-0.30%) As of 07:04 AM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock EA vs. GOOG, MSFT, NFLX, TTWO, RBLX, CRWD, NTES, NET, SNOW, and INFYShould 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), CrowdStrike (CRWD), NetEase (NTES), Cloudflare (NET), Snowflake (SNOW), and American Noble Gas (INFY). Electronic Arts vs. Its Competitors Alphabet Microsoft Netflix Take-Two Interactive Software Roblox CrowdStrike NetEase Cloudflare Snowflake American Noble Gas 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 risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and media sentiment. Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in GOOG or EA? 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Electronic Arts shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. Is GOOG or EA a better dividend stock? 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. Which has higher valuation and earnings, GOOG or EA? 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 RatioAlphabet$350.02B8.70$100.12B$9.3926.81Electronic Arts$7.46B5.76$1.12B$3.9943.05 Which has more risk and volatility, GOOG or EA? Alphabet has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Electronic Arts has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Is GOOG or EA more profitable? 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% Does the media prefer GOOG or EA? In the previous week, Alphabet had 159 more articles in the media than Electronic Arts. MarketBeat recorded 197 mentions for Alphabet and 38 mentions for Electronic Arts. Electronic Arts' average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Alphabet's score of 0.92 indicating that Electronic Arts is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Alphabet 141 Very Positive mention(s) 13 Positive mention(s) 13 Neutral mention(s) 19 Negative mention(s) 9 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Electronic Arts 29 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 4 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Do analysts prefer GOOG or EA? Alphabet currently has a consensus price target of $227.56, indicating a potential downside of 9.61%. Electronic Arts has a consensus price target of $167.12, indicating a potential downside of 2.70%. Given Electronic Arts' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Electronic Arts is more favorable than Alphabet.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Alphabet 3 Sell rating(s) 5 Hold rating(s) 18 Buy rating(s) 4 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.77Electronic Arts 0 Sell rating(s) 15 Hold rating(s) 11 Buy rating(s) 2 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.54 SummaryAlphabet beats Electronic Arts on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Electronic Arts News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for EA and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Subscribe Now View SMS TermsBy entering your phone number and clicking the sign-up button, you agree to receive periodic text messages from MarketBeat at the phone number you submitted, including texts that may be sent using an automatic telephone dialing system. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency will vary. 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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.Skip Chart EA vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricElectronic ArtsGAMING IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$43.13B$9.40B$8.35B$10.16BDividend Yield0.44%2.06%3.01%4.60%P/E Ratio43.0519.9718.4326.39Price / Sales5.7618.695.21175.01Price / Cash27.4520.5114.9729.91Price / Book7.0114.485.116.28Net Income$1.12B$12.37M$254.99M$270.38M7 Day Performance3.44%0.33%1.83%1.89%1 Month Performance-1.67%0.78%18.85%6.01%1 Year Performance17.23%11.73%51.83%25.26% Electronic Arts Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)EAElectronic Arts4.6116 of 5 stars$171.76-0.4%$167.12-2.7%+17.8%$43.13B$7.46B43.0514,500Positive NewsInsider TradeGOOGAlphabet4.6458 of 5 stars$234.16-0.4%$227.56-2.8%+59.0%$2.83T$350.02B24.94190,200Trending NewsShort Interest ↓MSFTMicrosoft4.9271 of 5 stars$498.20+0.6%$612.54+22.9%+19.7%$3.70T$281.72B36.52228,000Trending NewsDividend IncreaseNFLXNetflix4.5336 of 5 stars$1,244.76+0.1%$1,317.58+5.9%+72.5%$528.94B$39.00B53.0414,000Trending NewsAnalyst UpgradeTTWOTake-Two Interactive Software4.0636 of 5 stars$248.78+3.8%$248.32-0.2%+62.5%$45.89B$5.63B-10.3912,928Positive NewsRBLXRoblox2.7976 of 5 stars$128.56+0.7%$121.96-5.1%+199.4%$82.93B$3.60B-89.902,474Positive NewsCRWDCrowdStrike4.2642 of 5 stars$428.06+2.5%$460.10+7.5%+71.6%$107.43B$3.95B-359.7110,118Trending NewsNTESNetEase4.4883 of 5 stars$144.00+7.2%$128.78-10.6%+100.2%$91.24B$14.43B19.4926,028Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastShort Interest ↓NETCloudflare3.821 of 5 stars$217.96+1.6%$191.28-12.2%+188.0%$75.96B$1.67B-641.074,263Positive NewsSNOWSnowflake4.1247 of 5 stars$226.41+0.4%$255.53+12.9%+98.4%$75.59B$3.63B-54.567,834Short Interest ↑INFYAmerican Noble Gas3.1717 of 5 stars$16.80+2.5%$17.18+2.3%-27.0%$69.62B$19.28B21.81323,578Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Alphabet Alternatives Microsoft Alternatives Netflix Alternatives Take-Two Interactive Software Alternatives Roblox Alternatives CrowdStrike Alternatives NetEase Alternatives Cloudflare Alternatives Snowflake Alternatives American Noble Gas Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:EA) was last updated on 9/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersNew Biotech Backed by Proven Incubator Now Open to PublicA successful biotech incubator just opened its next chapter - and you're invited to their raise. 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