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Bulls & Bears Of The Week: CVS, EA, GM, Kinder Morgan And More
Sunday, January 20, 2019 - 12:51pm | 833Read More...Benzinga has featured looks at many investor favorite stocks over the past week. Bullish calls included a top automaker and a leading airline. Bearish calls included a troubled utility and a video game giant. When the big U.S. banks kicked off the fourth-quarter earnings season last week, their...
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Shifting To Digital Has Been Good To Electronic Arts
Wednesday, May 10, 2017 - 11:17am | 352Read More...Shares of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) hit a new all-time high of $108.71 Wednesday morning in reaction to its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings beat and announcement of a new stock buyback program. The video game maker's report was good enough for Credit Suisse's Stephen Ju to maintain...
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February Digital Gaming Round-Up: Activision's Blues, EA Titles On Top, Ubisoft Makes A Splash
Wednesday, March 29, 2017 - 12:02pm | 770Read More...Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) had a forgettable February, as its games didn't take off — but this didn't show in its stock, which has been on a run up since November. Activision's digital games fared ordinarily compared to competitors, including Electronic...
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Electronic Arts Announces Public Offering, Proceeds Will Partially Be Used To Buyback Stock
Wednesday, February 17, 2016 - 2:54pm | 151Read More...Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) announced on Wednesday that it intends to offer senior notes in a public offering. Electronic Arts noted that it plans on using the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, including the payment of amounts due upon conversion, maturity or...
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Wall Street Asked EA Why There's No 'Episode 7' Game And The Answer Was Surprising
Friday, January 29, 2016 - 9:42am | 317Read More...Shares of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) were trading lower by nearly 7 percent early Friday morning following its third quarter results. Following Electronic Arts' earnings release, management hosted a conference call with analysts to further discuss its performance and outlook. The...
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Sky-High 'Star Wars Battlefront' Expectations Mean Good News For This Stock
Wednesday, October 14, 2015 - 2:32pm | 334Read More...Shares of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) have gained more than 50 percent year-to-date and more than 115 percent from a year ago. Eric Handler of MKM Partners sees further upside in EA's stock as he upgraded the name to Buy with an $82 price target. Handler cited a better than expected debut...
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Brean Lifts Targets On Activision Blizzard, Electronic Arts And Take-Two
Tuesday, July 28, 2015 - 11:58am | 871Read More...In separate reports published Tuesday, Brean Capital analyst Todd Mitchell discussed why he is incrementally bullish on Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA), Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) and Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO) Electronic Arts: ‘Cleanest' Path...
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Facebook, Zynga See Sharp Drops In Short Interest
Friday, May 29, 2015 - 1:49pm | 1225Read More...Between the April 30 and May 15 settlement dates, some of the largest swings in short interest among the leading social media companies based in the United States happed to Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB), Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) and Zynga Inc (NASDAQ: ZNGA). Below we take a quick look at how these...
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EA's Maxis Closure Is 'Interesting' But 'Irrelevant'
Thursday, March 5, 2015 - 2:43pm | 564Read More...Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) announced this week that it will close Maxis Emeryville, the creator of "SimCity" and "The Sims." EA purchased the company more than a decade ago and gained control of one of the biggest PC franchises of all time. Well it was a fun 12...
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What Were October's Top Games & Apps For iOS, Android Devices?
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - 11:37am | 302Read More...Each month, App Annie details the top-performing games and apps downloaded from Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AAPL) App Store and Google Inc's (NASDAQ: GOOG) Google Play. October's results are in. Top Downloads By Company France-based and privately held Gameloft regained the top...
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Brean Capital Previews Video Game Publishers: Electronic Arts, Take-Two Interactive And Activision Blizzard
Monday, October 27, 2014 - 11:28am | 605Read More...Todd Mitchell of Brean Capital previewed the major video game publishers, including Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI), Electronic Arts Inc. (NYSE: EA) and Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO) ahead of third quarter results. Industry Wide View Positive Mitchell believes...
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TGIF As Markets Rally; S&P 500 Posts Longest Weekly Loss Streak Since 2011
Friday, October 17, 2014 - 4:43pm | 2830Read More...U.S. stocks rallied on Friday following positive earnings reports from several large-cap multinationals this morning on a relatively light day of market moving news. The Dow traded higher by more than 300 points before giving back some of the gains. The S&P 500 rallied but still posted its...
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Tech, Semiconductors Among Worst Performers As Sell-Off Continues
Friday, October 10, 2014 - 5:06pm | 2294Read More...U.S. stocks continued to sell off on Friday on higher than usual volume. Semiconductor stocks were hit hard following Microchip's profit warning and cautious sector-wide comments. The rest of the tech sector was weak, especially "momentum" and high-beta stocks as the Nasdaq index...
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Weekly Highlights: Ford's iPhone Deal, Facebook Outage And More
Saturday, August 2, 2014 - 2:34pm | 195Read More...Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) had a good week, but it didn't include any product announcements. It did, however, enjoy a new sale from Ford (NYSE: F). Facebook's (NASDAQ: FB) week did not go nearly as well. The social network unveiled a new app, which is always interesting. Unfortunately, a...
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Electronic Arts' New Service Is A 'Non-Event' That's Unlikely To Impact Sales
Thursday, July 31, 2014 - 12:43pm | 654Read More...Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA) announced a new subscription service on Tuesday, furthering the belief that downloads and streaming will be the future of video games. The service -- officially known as EA Access -- has gained a lot of media attention, in part because it is currently exclusive to...
