DA Davidson Forecasts Electronic Arts Q2 Earnings

Electronic Arts Inc.

( NASDAQ:EA Free Report ) Analysts at DA Davidson issued their Q2 2026 earnings per share estimates for Electronic Arts in a research report issued on Wednesday, July 30th.

DA Davidson analyst W.

Swanson expects that the game software company will post earnings of $0.66 per share for the quarter.

The consensus estimate for Electronic Arts current full-year earnings is $4.71 per share.

DA Davidson also issued estimates for Electronic Arts FY2026 earnings at $5.95 EPS.

Several other equities analysts also recently commented on EA.

Oppenheimer boosted their price objective on Electronic Arts from $170.00 to $185.00 and gave the company an outperform rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 7th.

Hsbc Global Res upgraded Electronic Arts from a hold rating to a strong-buy rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 7th.

Citigroup restated a neutral rating and issued a $153.00 price objective (up from $139.00) on shares of Electronic Arts in a research report on Thursday, May 29th.

Moffett Nathanson reiterated a neutral rating and issued a $163.00 target price on shares of Electronic Arts in a research report on Wednesday, May 7th.

Finally, Bank of America boosted their target price on Electronic Arts from $166.00 to $168.00 and gave the stock a neutral rating in a research report on Wednesday.

Fifteen research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eleven have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the companys stock.

Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of Hold and an average price target of $164.21.

Electronic Arts Price Performance Shares of Electronic Arts stock opened at $152.49 on Friday.

The stocks 50-day simple moving average is $151.22 and its 200-day simple moving average is $143.14.

Electronic Arts has a 52 week low of $115.21 and a 52 week high of $168.50.

The company has a market capitalization of $38.32 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 38.22, a PEG ratio of 2.12 and a beta of 0.73.

The company has a quick ratio of 0.95, a current ratio of 0.84 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.24.

Electronic Arts Announces Dividend The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, September 17th.

Investors of record on Wednesday, August 27th will be paid a $0.19 dividend.

The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, August 27th.

This represents a $0.76 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.5%.

Electronic Artss dividend payout ratio is 19.05%.

Insider Transactions at Electronic Arts In other Electronic Arts news, CEO Andrew Wilson sold 6,563 shares of the companys stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 20th.

The stock was sold at an average price of $151.18, for a total transaction of $992,194.34.

Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 70,059 shares in the company, valued at $10,591,519.62.

This represents a 8.57% decrease in their ownership of the stock.

The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website .

Also, insider Vijayanthimala Singh sold 1,000 shares of the companys stock in a transaction on Tuesday, July 1st.

The stock was sold at an average price of $159.53, for a total value of $159,530.00.

Following the sale, the insider owned 37,131 shares of the companys stock, valued at approximately $5,923,508.43.

This represents a 2.62% decrease in their position.

The disclosure for this sale can be found here .

Insiders sold 30,729 shares of company stock worth $4,677,324 in the last ninety days.

0.24% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of Electronic Arts A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of EA.

Ameriprise Financial Inc.

lifted its holdings in shares of Electronic Arts by 197.5% during the 1st quarter.

Ameriprise Financial Inc.

now owns 2,916,693 shares of the game software companys stock valued at $421,524,000 after purchasing an additional 1,936,313 shares during the last quarter.

Alyeska Investment Group L.P.

purchased a new stake in shares of Electronic Arts during the 1st quarter valued at $225,102,000.

Nuveen LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Electronic Arts during the 1st quarter valued at $203,537,000.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

lifted its holdings in shares of Electronic Arts by 62.7% during the 1st quarter.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

now owns 3,253,505 shares of the game software companys stock valued at $470,197,000 after purchasing an additional 1,254,194 shares during the last quarter.

Finally, ING Groep NV lifted its holdings in shares of Electronic Arts by 3,477.8% during the 1st quarter.

ING Groep NV now owns 1,163,747 shares of the game software companys stock valued at $168,185,000 after purchasing an additional 1,131,220 shares during the last quarter.

Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.23% of the companys stock.

About Electronic Arts ( Get Free Report ) 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.

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