Electronic Arts (EA)

• Market cap: $37.8B
• 1 day: -0.60%
• 5 days: 0.20%
• 1 month: 0.39%
• 3 months: 22.25%
• 6 months: -2.72%
• Year to date: -0.56%
• 1 year: 14.41%
• 5 years: 26.98%
• 10 years: 149.77%
• Sector: Communication Services
• Industry: Electronic Gaming & Multimedia

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 disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

81% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 152 | Existing positions closed: 84

5% more funds holding

Funds holding: 961 [Q3] → 1,009 (+48) [Q4]

3.06% more ownership

Funds ownership: 92.21% [Q3] → 95.27% (+3.06%) [Q4]

4% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $35B [Q3] → $36.6B (+$1.51B) [Q4]

4% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 354 | Existing positions reduced: 370

28% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $426M | 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 9% downside
• Avg. target: $147 1% upside
• High target: $170 17% upside

10 analyst ratings

• positive: 3 30%
• neutral: 7 70%
• negative: 0 0%

Oppenheimer Martin Yang 51% 1-year accuracy 18 / 35 met price target	17% upside $170	Outperform Maintained	25 Apr 2025
JP Morgan David Karnovsky 48% 1-year accuracy 13 / 27 met price target	7% downside $135	Neutral Maintained	22 Apr 2025
Morgan Stanley Brian Nowak 64% 1-year accuracy 23 / 36 met price target	7% downside $135	Equal-Weight Maintained	17 Apr 2025
UBS Eric Sheridan 46% 1-year accuracy 27 / 59 met price target	5% upside $152	Neutral Maintained	3 Apr 2025
Benchmark Mike Hickey 56% 1-year accuracy 50 / 89 met price target	10% upside $160	Buy Maintained	24 Mar 2025