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EA vs. GOOG, MSFT, NFLX, TTWO, RBLX, APP, CRWD, NTES, INFY, 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), American Noble Gas (INFY), 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 stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Alphabet currently has a consensus target price of $215.19, indicating a potential upside of 11.38%. Electronic Arts has a consensus target price of $162.71, indicating a potential upside of 6.60%. Given Alphabet's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly 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)
6 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
5 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.77
Electronic Arts
0 Sell rating(s)
14 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.48

In the previous week, Alphabet had 237 more articles in the media than Electronic Arts. MarketBeat recorded 265 mentions for Alphabet and 28 mentions for Electronic Arts. Alphabet's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Electronic Arts' score of 0.89 indicating that Alphabet is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Alphabet
172 Very Positive mention(s)
17 Positive mention(s)
48 Neutral mention(s)
10 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Electronic Arts
16 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

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$350.02B6.70$100.12B$8.9721.54
Electronic Arts$7.46B5.14$1.12B$4.2436.00

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 0.5%. Alphabet pays out 9.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Electronic Arts pays out 17.9% 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 a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Electronic Arts has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Alphabet has a net margin of 31.12% compared to Electronic Arts' net margin of 15.02%. Alphabet's return on equity of 35.22% beat Electronic Arts' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Alphabet31.12% 35.22% 25.57%
Electronic Arts 15.02%18.73%10.37%

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$38.63B$9.07B$8.41B$9.48B
Dividend Yield0.48%2.09%3.07%3.99%
P/E Ratio36.0021.7121.2619.95
Price / Sales5.142.853.29102.72
Price / Cash24.4820.1216.9358.97
Price / Book6.2313.614.855.90
Net Income$1.12B$25.40M$215.28M$258.42M
7 Day Performance1.88%-0.57%1.61%1.94%
1 Month Performance-3.36%9.25%41.53%12.02%
1 Year Performance8.12%16.87%17.53%20.81%

Electronic Arts Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EA
Electronic Arts
4.1257 of 5 stars
$152.64
-0.7%
$162.71
+6.6%
+8.3%$38.63B$7.46B36.0014,500Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
GOOG
Alphabet
4.8891 of 5 stars
$191.15
+2.8%
$208.40
+9.0%
+4.3%$2.32T$350.02B21.31190,200Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
MSFT
Microsoft
4.5496 of 5 stars
$510.06
+0.0%
$543.79
+6.6%
+13.7%$3.79T$245.12B39.42228,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
NFLX
Netflix
4.3148 of 5 stars
$1,233.27
+2.0%
$1,297.66
+5.2%
+83.1%$524.84B$41.69B52.5514,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
TTWO
Take-Two Interactive Software
4.3301 of 5 stars
$231.63
+0.2%
$230.25
-0.6%
+50.8%$41.10B$5.63B-9.1212,928Positive News
Analyst Forecast
RBLX
Roblox
2.7308 of 5 stars
$124.46
0.0%
$86.68
-30.4%
+188.5%$84.42B$3.60B-92.882,474Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
APP
AppLovin
3.8549 of 5 stars
$366.17
+0.5%
$438.43
+19.7%
+332.1%$123.91B$4.71B66.101,710Trending News
Analyst Forecast
CRWD
CrowdStrike
4.4517 of 5 stars
$481.58
+1.2%
$460.93
-4.3%
+71.6%$120.03B$3.95B-697.9410,118Trending News
Analyst Forecast
NTES
NetEase
4.1635 of 5 stars
$137.35
+0.9%
$119.38
-13.1%
+50.6%$87.02B$14.43B19.7626,028
INFY
American Noble Gas
2.449 of 5 stars
$18.21
0.0%
$17.73
-2.6%
-16.4%$75.43B$19.28B23.95323,578Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
SNOW
Snowflake
3.932 of 5 stars
$215.54
-0.6%
$226.73
+5.2%
+60.2%$71.96B$3.63B-51.207,834Trending News

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This page (NASDAQ:EA) was last updated on 7/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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