Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:EA) Releases FY25 Earnings Guidance

Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:EA) updated its FY25 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $3.34-4.00 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $4.61. The company issued revenue guidance of $7.3-7.7 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $7.74 billion. Electronic Arts also updated its Q1 guidance to $0.73-0.90 EPS.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts have weighed in on the stock. UBS Group dropped their target price on shares of Electronic Arts from $146.00 to $143.00 and set a neutral rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, March 27th. Wedbush reiterated an outperform rating and set a $162.00 price objective on shares of Electronic Arts in a research note on Thursday, May 2nd. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their target price on Electronic Arts from $152.00 to $155.00 and gave the company a buy rating in a research note on Thursday, January 18th. Roth Mkm dropped their target price on Electronic Arts from $140.00 to $135.00 and set a neutral rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, May 1st. Finally, Benchmark reaffirmed a buy rating and set a $153.00 price target on shares of Electronic Arts in a report on Thursday, April 18th. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, ten have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of Moderate Buy and a consensus price target of $146.72.

Electronic Arts Price Performance

Shares of Electronic Arts stock traded down $0.32 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $130.24. The stock had a trading volume of 3,301,501 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,987,594. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.25, a current ratio of 1.33 and a quick ratio of 1.33. The firm has a market cap of $34.82 billion, a P/E ratio of 32.89, a PEG ratio of 1.73 and a beta of 0.78. The business has a fifty day moving average of $131.75 and a two-hundred day moving average of $134.50. Electronic Arts has a fifty-two week low of $117.47 and a fifty-two week high of $144.53.

Electronic Arts Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, June 19th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, May 29th will be given a dividend of $0.19 per share. 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 19.14%.

Insider Transactions at Electronic Arts

In other news, Director Luis A. Ubinas sold 4,872 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $136.84, for a total transaction of $666,684.48. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. In related news, Director Luis A. Ubinas sold 4,872 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $136.84, for a total transaction of $666,684.48. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, insider Vijayanthimala Singh sold 800 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, March 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $139.08, for a total value of $111,264.00. Following the transaction, the insider now directly owns 27,883 shares in the company, valued at $3,877,967.64. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 37,144 shares of company stock valued at $5,087,143 over the last three months. Company insiders own 0.20% 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.