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Is Electronic Arts, Inc (EA) a good stock to buy now?

Electronic Arts, Inc (NASDAQ: EA) is -11.67% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $115.21 and a high of $168.50 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The EA stock was last observed hovering at around $129.12 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.11%.

Currently trading at $129.23, the stock is -0.42% and -4.59% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 5.18 million and changing 0.09% at the moment leaves the stock -10.05% off its SMA200. EA registered -7.75% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -13.45%.

The stock witnessed a 8.89% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -21.69%, and is -3.60% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.08% over the week and 2.32% over the month.

Electronic Arts, Inc (EA) has around 13700 employees, a market worth around $33.68B and $7.34B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 32.88 and Fwd P/E is 17.27. Profit margin for the company is 14.29%. Distance from 52-week low is 12.17% and -23.31% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (11.29%).

with sales reaching $1.54B over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -4.50% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -4.20% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -7.32% in year-over-year returns.

Electronic Arts, Inc (EA) Top Institutional Holders

The shares outstanding are 261.55M, and float is at 235.39M with Short Float at 4.80%.

The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 29.11 million shares valued at $4.06 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 10.7832% of the EA Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 27.82 million shares valued at $3.88 billion to account for 10.3025 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are PUBLIC INVESTMENT FUND which holds 24.81 million shares representing 9.3263% and valued at over $3.46 billion, while STATE STREET CORP holds 5.8999 of the shares totaling 15.69 million with a market value of $2.19 billion.

Electronic Arts, Inc (EA) Insider Activity

A total of 0 insider transactions have happened at Electronic Arts, Inc (EA) in the last six months, with sales accounting for 0 and purchases happening 0 times.

Electronic Arts, Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Feb 20 ’25 that Wilson Andrew (Chairman & CEO) sold a total of 5,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Feb 20 ’25 and was made at $130.14 per share for $0.65 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 37615.0 shares of the EA stock.

Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 20 ’25, Canfield Stuart (EVP & Chief Financial Officer) disposed off 1,000 shares at an average price of $130.11 for $0.13 million. The insider now directly holds 9,516 shares of Electronic Arts, Inc (EA).

Electronic Arts, Inc (EA): Who are the competitors?

The company’s main competitors (and peers) include Unity Software Inc. (U) that is trading -12.25% down over the past 12 months.

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