Electronic Arts (EA)

• Market cap: $34.1B
• 1 day: 0.74%
• 5 days: 0.93%
• 1 month: -8.61%
• 3 months: -22.04%
• 6 months: -12.55%
• Year to date: -10.25%
• 1 year: -7.24%
• 5 years: 21.24%
• 10 years: 127.54%
• Sector: Information Technology
• Industry: Prepackaged Software

About: Electronic Arts is one of the largest global developers and publishers of video games. Its most important franchises are the Madden NFL and FC soccer games, which it releases annually. In 2024, it also relaunched its American college football game. Other major franchises include Apex Legends, Battlefield, and The Sims. Typically, about three quarters of the firm's sales are from in-game spending, with the remainder coming from initial game sales.

Employees: 13,700

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

73% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 138 | Existing positions closed: 80

1.66% more ownership

Funds ownership: 92.77% [Q3] → 94.43% (+1.66%) [Q4]

1% more funds holding

Funds holding: 961 [Q3] → 973 (+12) [Q4]

3% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $35.3B [Q3] → $36.4B (+$1.12B) [Q4]

4% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 346 | Existing positions reduced: 360

28% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $425M | Put options by funds: $590M

33% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 6 [Q3] → 4 (-2) [Q4]

Research analyst outlook

10 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $132 1% upside
• Avg. target: $143 9% upside
• High target: $173 32% upside

10 analyst ratings

• positive: 4 40%
• neutral: 6 60%
• negative: 0 0%

DA Davidson Wyatt Swanson 100% 1-year accuracy 4 / 4 met price target	7% upside $140	Neutral Initiated	18 Feb 2025
Benchmark Mike Hickey 79% 1-year accuracy 71 / 90 met price target	7% upside $140	Buy Maintained	5 Feb 2025
BMO Capital Brian Pitz 75% 1-year accuracy 40 / 53 met price target	8% upside $142	Market Perform Maintained	5 Feb 2025
B of A Securities Omar Dessouky 73% 1-year accuracy 8 / 11 met price target	1% upside $132	Neutral Maintained	5 Feb 2025
Citigroup Jason Bazinet 83% 1-year accuracy 29 / 35 met price target	6% upside $139	Neutral Maintained	4 Feb 2025