EA vs. GOOG, MSFT, NFLX, TTWO, RBLX, APP, CRWD, NTES, NET, and SNOW
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), Cloudflare (NET), and Snowflake (SNOW).
Electronic Arts vs. Its Competitors
Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:EA) are related large-cap companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and dividends.
In the previous week, Alphabet had 118 more articles in the media than Electronic Arts. MarketBeat recorded 173 mentions for Alphabet and 55 mentions for Electronic Arts. Alphabet's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Electronic Arts' score of 0.87 indicating that Alphabet is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Alphabet currently has a consensus price target of $215.19, indicating a potential upside of 5.99%. Electronic Arts has a consensus price target of $167.12, indicating a potential downside of 6.33%. Given Alphabet's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Alphabet is more favorable than Electronic Arts.
Alphabet pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. 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.
Alphabet has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Electronic Arts has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
27.3% of Alphabet shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.2% of Electronic Arts shares are held by institutional investors. 13.0% of Alphabet shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Electronic Arts shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
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.
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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This page (NASDAQ:EA) was last updated on 8/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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