Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:EA) Releases Quarterly Earnings Results

Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:EA) announced its earnings results on Tuesday. The game software company reported $2.34 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $3.41 by ($1.07), Zacks reports. Electronic Arts had a net margin of 14.12% and a return on equity of 18.56%. Electronic Arts updated its FY 2025 guidance to 6.250-6.650 EPS and its Q4 2025 guidance to 0.760-1.170 EPS.

Electronic Arts Trading Down 0.1 %

Shares of EA opened at $130.38 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $34.20 billion, a PE ratio of 33.37, a P/E/G ratio of 2.50 and a beta of 0.79. Electronic Arts has a twelve month low of $115.21 and a twelve month high of $168.50. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $145.31 and its 200-day moving average price is $147.54. The company has a quick ratio of 1.43, a current ratio of 1.43 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.25.

Electronic Arts Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, March 19th. Investors of record on Wednesday, February 26th will be issued a $0.19 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, February 26th. This represents a $0.76 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.58%. Electronic Arts’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 19.34%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages recently weighed in on EA. BNP Paribas cut shares of Electronic Arts from an “outperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $125.00 target price on the stock. in a report on Monday, January 27th. StockNews.com downgraded shares of Electronic Arts from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday. DZ Bank raised shares of Electronic Arts from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their price target for the company from $135.00 to $177.00 in a report on Thursday, October 31st. Wedbush reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $173.00 target price on shares of Electronic Arts in a report on Thursday, January 23rd. Finally, Argus lifted their price objective on shares of Electronic Arts from $161.00 to $183.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 7th. Twelve research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and ten have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Electronic Arts has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $155.24.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Electronic Arts news, EVP Jacob J. Schatz sold 1,500 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, November 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $163.30, for a total value of $244,950.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president now owns 23,360 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,814,688. This trade represents a 6.03 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, insider Vijayanthimala Singh sold 1,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $164.45, for a total transaction of $164,450.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 30,216 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,969,021.20. This represents a 3.20 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 23,500 shares of company stock worth $3,562,510. Insiders own 0.22% of the company’s stock.

About Electronic Arts

Electronic Arts Inc develops, markets, publishes, and distributes games, content, and services for game consoles, PCs, mobile phones, and tablets worldwide. It develops and publishes games and services across various genres, such as sports, racing, first-person shooter, action, role-playing, and simulation primarily under the Battlefield, The Sims, Apex Legends, Need for Speed, and license games from others, including FIFA, Madden NFL, UFC, and Star Wars brands.